Did you catch our Savings Segment this morning on Fox? We are honored to be a featured on Good Day Tampa Bay each Sunday to share our knowledge about coupons and how to get the most for your money! This week’s topic was all about how to avoid common couponing mistakes and become successful at the couponing game!
Here is a little more information for you:
- Have Patience with Yourself – Realize that this way of saving is not a “quick fix”. There is a little bit of diligence involved and you are not going to have maximum savings the first weeks out of the gate. Be patient with yourself and be sure to continue building up your newspapers. Remember, coupons from this weeks newspapers are not necessarily used this week (in fact usually they are not). At about 4 weeks you will have more of the papers and the coupons that you need and start to see significantly more savings than you had before.
- Get a Coupon Buddy – Everything is always more fun with a friend, and couponing is no different. A friend is helpful to bounce ideas off and be sure you are doing this correctly. Plus, they see deals you may have missed, or can help to share coupons (if you have a dog and they have a cat, you can trade coupons). Having a friend to share with those first few weeks makes all the difference in the world.
- Have a System – We teach a specific way to coupon so that you are not cutting coupons every Sunday. It is reasonable couponing…the least amount of time with the most amount of savings. Something that can easily fit into everyone’s life, because none of us have any extra time laying around. In this system, you file your coupon inserts instead of cutting them, and then only cut coupons once you see the sales list for what your family needs. The sales dictate what you buy, not the coupons!
- Don’t Buy Unnecessary Things – Couponing can get so exhilarating. When you start to realize all the free or super cheap items you can get, it can get out of control! So you have to exercise restraint and only purchase what you would before couponing. If something costs only $0.25 but you wouldn’t normally buy it, it may be a super deal but if you don’t normally buy that item you just spent more than you would have!
Basically, don’t get defeated before even beginning! Learn the techniques… and prepare for the savings journey of a lifetime!
View some more of our Fox Saving Segment Videos HERE.
~Happy Couponing!
