Coupon Sources

On my last trip to Harris Teeter I saved $105 in just one trip and stocked up on some great household items such as Reynolds Wrap, Cottonelle, Scott and many other name brand products that I use on a day to day basis.  It is easy to save several hundred dollars a month and for those that want to get started and learn how, I thought I would repost some of these tips -- below are just a few great coupon sources to get you started and here are past posts loaded with lots of info.

To start with, considering buying the Sunday newspaper. The Georgia Times Union and large newspapers are wonderful sources for coupons. If you are interested in purchasing the Georgia Times Union, click here.

Fliers vary by region/demographics. Many times, the same Smart Source coupon flier in Georgia may be slightly different from the flier in South Carolina. Smaller Paper = Fewer Coupons. Different demographics, different products.

NEWSPAPER FLIERS

Smart Source
Red Plum
Proctor and Gamble
Unilever
Drug Store Fliers (allow stacking with a MFG Q)

Coupon Schedule 2010 will tell you which coupons will appear each Sunday. Average buying one paper per family member if you are stockpiling and striving for ultimate savings.  Check the schedule each week so you don't waste money buying a paper with there are no inserts.

INTERNET COUPON SITES:

Coupons.com
Red Plum
Proctor and Gamble
Smart Source
Check out SWS home page for more links and great sites to follow.
Unilever
- see the latest technology being tested on Unilever coupons

MANUFACTURER WEBSITES
My favorite right now is Kraft's First Taste - this is a fun website that offers coupons as well as free product coupons to taste test their latest products.  Another favorite, I have written about in the past is Vocal Point.

For a great list of manufacturer websites check out Mommie Saves Big. Scroll down for a full list of manufacturer websites to sign up for great savings.

Some of my favorites (and there are hundreds) are:

Arm & Hammer
Blue Bunny Ice Cream
Lysol Coupons
Pillsbury Coupons
General Mills (Eat Better America)
and Mommie Saves Big has tons more.

Visit Savings With Sadie (SWS) “Healthy Living Sites" for organic coupons.

Your Green Helper and Affluent Pauper are great sites for organic products. And I bet you thought there were not any coupons for organic products, but there are tons.

OTHER COUPON SOURCES:

Register at your grocers/drug stores website for special offers to on-line customers only. Harris Teeter has the E-Vic program and I have received many free products by being a member. I get a new offer each week. Sometimes free, sometimes a discount at the register and top that with a coupon and it is next to free.

• Register with CVS, Walgreens, etc. They send out great coupon offers and allow stacking.
• Target Print, Click, Save (allows stacking)
• Cellfire is a coupon resource that allows you to link coupons to your grocery loyalty card at at participating grocers -- Kroger participates. Cellfire offers valuable savings on groceries, shopping, restaurants, and entertainment. No clipping or printing. You can even download to your cell phone.
• Have young children then sign up for Upromise for college savings and coupons. See a past post here.
• Grocery store fliers. Pick them up on the way in the grocery store. Publix also offers several magazines to subscribe to free: Publix Family Style Magazine, Publix GreenWise Market Magazine, and Publix Upromise.
• Register with Kroger . I just received the My Magazine home mailer with coupons.
• Trade with family, friends and co-workers or ask people to save inserts.

Coupon Clippers: There are clipping services for those looking for ultimate savings.

If you have any additional sources, please post a comment to share with others.

Linking Up Safely On Your Blog

There may be nothing to the story I am about to share with you but anytime I get an email from someone I don't know requesting a link up, I am always cautious. 


The other day, I received a friend request on Facebook from someone I did not know. We will call her Jane Doe. I did not think anything of it and just did not acknowledge it.  A couple of days later, I received an email from a Jane but not Doe - a different last name-  that stated...

"I was just checking your site http://www.savingswithsadie.com yesterday and trust me I really liked the way you have presented it. I was going through some of your article and I really found them interesting and informative. So I was just wondering if I can do something for your site. I am a content writer and I love writing articles on topic like finance, real estate, education, etc. What if I provide you with an unique article as a Guest Post or even you can publish with your name. I really don’t have an issue, after all its your website, its your hard work.  The article will be rich in content and will be well presented to you. All I would like to ask for only one link in the article. I would not charge a penny to you for the article :)  Please let me know if this sound good to you, so that I can start working on your article.   Best Regards,"

Well, the email sounded okay but I thought it strange that the person was not a bit more professional and offer website information and any links to substantiate the request.  Curious, I emailed back asking for much more information, samples of articles, etc.  Oh, one other thing, you notice the person failed to put the plural on several words which made me question the content writers English or lack thereof. I was thinking this is a  foreign scheme.


I received an email back below but edited out some of the information...

I just want to tell you again that I really liked the presentation of your website.. You have worked so professionally on it.. Thumbs up!! I have a website : www.xxxxxxxxxx.com, http://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com (my hubby's blog).  I am from Australia. Born in US. now working in Melbourne. I write articles as a freelancer. I submit them to my clients and they publish it in their sites. Like for example : http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com and http://www.xxxxxxxxxxxx.com, and many more...  and yes I have just started Facebooking : http://www.facebook.com/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Please let me know what u think on this?"

By nature I am a curious person and have always researched anything I am about to embark on practically to death.  It only takes minutes do the research because of this great internet world we live in. The first thing I did was follow the link to the Facebook page.  Well it happened to be the picture of the girl that had tried to befriend me a couple days but with a different last name.  Maybe not so strange in todays world -- a lot of women keep their maiden name for business and married for personal.


Second, I visited all the sites she provided (hers and her husbands).  On her website which provided good content, there was nothing to indicate that the site even remotely belonged to her and next I visited her husband's website and the same thing. There was no indication of who really owned the site, except for that at the bottom of the page under contact, I clicked on it and the owner of the site is someone with an Indian name.  Since just about everyone is now on Facebook, I took my chances and cut and pasted his name into Facebook and his profile came up and his location was in India. Again, this girl's FB page network was Australia.  Of course I am suspicious and emailed her back with one or two words stating I am not interested.


I am not sure what her modus operandi was or even if she had one but she failed to present herself professionally which caused a red flag to go up.   I just wanted to share this with all of my blogging friends because I know we do like to link up and share and hopefully this will motivate you to be selective in your choices and more alert in this crazy, bizarre world we live in!

Facebook: Would You Rather Have the Opt In or the Opt Out Option?

On Facebook, would you rather have the "opt in" option to share your information or the "opt out" system FB presently has in place?  Do you even know what I am talking about?  If not, read on. Personally I would rather "opt in" so nothing is shared upon joining and I can be the one to decide how I want my information shared.  


Presently, all information is automatically shared upon joining Facebook unless you are a genius and can maneuver around all the settings and controls.  I think I must have changed the option to not show my birth date in two or three different areas of the settings.  It is very confusing.


Believe it or not, millions don't have a clue and are spilling their guts all over the place and third parties are having a heyday picking up all sorts of private information.  What is really scary is all of the children that use FB and list their home addresses, cell numbers, birth dates, etc.


I thought this was an interesting article my uncle shared with me and wanted to pass in on...


Identity theft is on the rise so clean up your profile folks and protect yourselves!

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New to Savings With Sadie?

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There are many great saving sites similar to SWS popping up all over the internet and you will find links to many of them on SWS.  With the economy in such poor shape, people losing jobs and taking pay cuts -- everyone is looking for a variety of ways to take some pressure off their bulging budget. Maybe some of what you read on Savings With Sadie or some of the sites you link to, will help you cut expenses and bring in a few extra bucks.

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