Online Store Coupons: a Real Gold Mine!

Why Spend More when You Can Save a Lot.?

Tom Marino
One boring day I was brewing my morning coffee and noticed that Maxwell House Coffee had a "win a prize"
ad on the label. I don't usually respond well to ads, so I put the coffee can down and continued to brew my coffee.

That afternoon my curiosity got the best of me, so I pealed off the label and followed through with their instructions' to key in my "winning number" you know I didn't win, but like I said it was one of those boring days. A few weeks later I received an email from them offering a $1.00 off coupon. No big deal! They indicated that if you wanted to print the coupon, you need to download some software that insures that the bar coding will print correctly. So I did, but the software failed and I gave it up.

What came next was a complete surprise to me. I reloaded my print software and entered my zip code as requested. A boat load of coupons appeared in my browser from local merchants and national chain stores and supermarkets. These are every day products that are on a typical shoppers list. I am impressed! I have never been a coupon cutter and have avoided them like the plague. I shared them with my wife and daughter. Sad news is that they were on my lap top for hours!

I am a real convert now - and any time I need (or want) to I search for the products using this print software and coupon web site. It is really fun to see how much you can save. It is a real gold mine! For example I wanted to buy some food products (sorry, I can't tell you what)
but, I wanted the highest dollar amount off. In only a few searches I found it, printed it and placed in my shopping stack. I find it more enjoyable shopping this way, because I am not hit with a ton of sales pages, just the coupons nothing but the coupons.

No need to wait for the Sunday news paper any more. I must admit, that I looked for excuses to search for coupons and this just might happen to you too. Like all good things, you run the risk of over doing it and actually end up spending more.

Published by Tom Marino

Retired telecommunications worker and former tech writer. Former Marine  View profile

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