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MackerelCat
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Re: Coupons

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I did Fetch and was happy with it the first year, but then the company changed the point system and I noticed it was not reading items correctly on my receipts, so I had to correct them almost every time. The second year I made about half what I did the first and quit doing it.
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Re: Coupons

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floridacatlover wrote: Fri Jul 01, 2022 6:55 am Maggie, when inflation started heating up early this year, I made a good investment decision related to the idea that people will keep buying certain products. (This is not advice since the stock environment has changed!) The company that came to mind was Proctor and Gamble. I figured that most people who buy Tide, Charmin and Bounty would continue even with the price increases that P&G has put in place. I bought the stock and it went up but even with the big decline in the stock market it is above my purchase price plus it has a 2.75% dividend. Thought I’d mention this to you because I know you research investments. In my business writing days I would read the company financial documents but I did this on gut instinct and looking at a few numbers on Yahoo Finance.
Oh yeah, P&G is Headquartered in Cincinnati, so i hear a lot about them. My investment club has a stake in them. But thanks!
chocolite
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Re: Coupons

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Quilter51 wrote: Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:55 pm I botta did not have a lot of things I use. When there were things I used, I did save money. But especially as I live alone, I felt that it was not worthwhile. I also think their customer service absolutely sucks the big one (I have had issues making a new account and having my old phone number and so on and so forth and being told that phoen numbers don't transfer.

To be honest I rarely use coupones any more that are not gotten through the store. I do play the "Drugstore game" and use both apps and clip coupons and only buy things when there is extra bucks or walmart cash. And I do the same with Kroger.

But I find Winco and Aldi both to be cheaper than a traditional store with coupons. As maggie says I am going to buy All Free and Clear once a month, coupon or not. The same with Fair life milk, cuties and so on and so forth. I am not going to change most of my product options because of a coupon. I've come to realize that I buy the brand and size I want or I buy generic. It works for me.

Instead, I concentrate my shopping time on using Aldi, and buying nothing but loss leaders from Kroger and Safeway except the sale meat counters. It does require two stores a week and I do need to go into the stores to see the markdowns. I also try and keep track of food waste,

For people interested in apps, coupons.com has an app and you can print your own coupons. I will say here that the absolutely best way to save money is to set up a specific yahoo or hotmail address and then go to every single manufactuer and subscribe to their emails, and get on their rewards programs. Kellogs rewards includes kellogs, oatmeal, keebler crakers and a whole pile of other things that you can get rewarded for by entering the codes. Coke has it's own rewards progra,. I get emails from pillsbury that includes coupons and rebates all the time.

As far as apps, there is Ibotta, Shopkick, Brandclub, Get upside, Redeipthog.. many of these require linking your card and or linking your Target, Walmart, Amazon or grocery store account.
Thank you Barb.
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