Use coupon codes when buying online

Today I made a purchase online. Several hours later I realized hadn't checked to see if there were any coupon codes for the merchant I made the purchase from. You can save significantly by taking that little step. All you have to do is type in the name of the vendor and coupon code. If I was going to buy something from Amazon I would type in "Amazon coupon codes." I could then look through the list and see if there were any that applied to my purchase. Sometimes the discount available is free shipping, other times it is a % off your purchase, or sometimes you get a certain dollar amount off. Some companies have special discounts if you are a new customer and other coupon codes you can use over and over again.

Speaking of online purchases, I will remind you to check out www.slickdeals.net . They have a great list of deals that are available online. They often will list deals with the coupon code needed to get a great deal. Several weeks ago I was able to get a 4 year subscription to a magazine for $4.40 (That's $1.20 a year!!!). It's retail value is $3.99 an issue. Prior to reading about the deal I could get at www.slickdeals.net, the cheapest I had seen the magazine was $10 a year.

Stack those deals

It's a good time to stack deals. It takes a little time to get all your coupons in order, but you will save more. Tomorrow we have a cereal sale at one of our two local grocery stores. They have boxes of cereal on sale for $1.68. I went to safeway.com (go to Coupon link...you can use those coupons at other stores unless they specify they can only be used at Safeway) and coupons.com, and printed off coupons for cereal. You will have to download a little program that allows you to print the coupons. Then go through the list of coupons and select the ones you want and print them off. You can go back to the site and keep printing coupons if you want to buy more than one box of a particular kind of cereal until you reach the limit set for each coupon. The extra $.50-$.75 cents off a box makes for a great buy on cereal. So take a few minutes and collect some coupons before heading off to a sale to save even more.