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As I mentioned in my article about trading coupons, I did several coupon trades last week. I put the first batch of coupons to use over the weekend – and this was the motivation for my trades:
There were coupons in the 01/03/10 Smart Source newspaper insert for .50/1 off any Maruchan Yakisoba bowl. These are on sale for $1.00 at Safeway, which makes them free after coupons and doubles. What makes this even more interesting is the 10% discount that is loaded onto our club card. As I’ve mentioned previously, this deducts the 10% based on your pre-coupon total, which turns this Yakisoba scenario into a money-maker. Here’s the math breakdown:
1 Yakisoba bowl: $1.00
-.50 cent coupon
-.50 cent double
- 10 cents for 10% discount
Total: Negative 10 cents (AKA overage)
My first coupon trade last week was for 9 of these coupons. I paid a .05 cent handling fee per coupon, plus .44 cents postage, for a total of .89 cents spent through PayPal. This evens out to roughly 9.8 cents per coupon – and since the coupons resulted in free Yakisoba bowls plus .10 cents of overage each, the coupons essentially paid for themselves. So here’s what I got on my trips -
March 27th Safeway trip:
Spent nothing out of pocket, put $2.91 on my free gift card from MyBlogSpark, and came home with $31.34 worth of groceries. We’re also giving one of these gift cards away, so don’t forget to enter!
Transaction #1:
Total spent: Nothing out of pocket, put $1.99 on my gift card from MyBlogSpark
Total before coupons: $6.39
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Got:
4 Maruchan Yakisoba bowls – on sale for $1.00 each, used four .50/1 coupons, which doubled, and received an additional .10 cent deduction each because of the 10% club card discount; Final price: Free plus .40 cents overage.
1 gallon of milk – was almost out! Originally $2.39, the .40 cents overage from the Yakisoba brought the final price down to $1.99. (The 10% discount does not apply to milk, which is why it only deducted .40 cents and not .64 cents.)
Transaction #2:
Total spent: Nothing out of pocket, put .92 cents on my gift card from MyBlogSpark
Total before coupons: $24.95
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Got:
1 Warm Delights cake – regularly $2.19, used one free product coupon sent to me by MyBlogSpark. The 10% discount deducted an additional .22 cents, making the final total: Free plus .22 cents overage.
4 Maruchan Yakisoba bowls - on sale for $1.00 each, used four .50/1 coupons, which doubled, and received an additional .10 cent discount each because of the 10% club card promotion; Final price: Free plus .40 cents overage.
1 bottle of Holland Wine Cooking Sherry – regularly $4.79, used one free product coupon (see below) and received a 10% discount of .48 cents. Final price: Free plus .48 cents overage.
1 bottle of Nakano rice vinegar – remember last week when I got free coupons for rice vinegar and cooking wine in the mail, and was trying to figure out where they came from? Well, whatever it was, I apparently had Jai sign up for it as well, as a second envelope arrived for him with two more free coupons! This rice vinegar is regularly $3.39 – I used one free product coupon and received an additional .34 cent discount because of the 10% offer. Final price: Free plus .34 cents overage.
2 bottles of Vitaminwater - on sale for $1.25 each, plus a .10 cent bottle deposit; used two free product coupons that we got from the recent free coupon offer on Facebook. The coupons automatically deducted the full value $1.59 each, and I also received a .25 cent discount because of the 10% offer. Final price: Free plus .83 cents overage.
1 box of Popsicles – normally $3.99, used one free product coupon that I won during a Twitter contest. I also received a 10% discount of .40 cents. Final price: Free plus .40 cents overage.
1/2 gallon of half & half - I was all out! Normally $3.99, received a 10% discount of .40 cents, and the overage from the other coupons brought the final price down to .92 cents.
March 28th Safeway trip:
Total spent: Nothing out of pocket, put $2.15 on my gift card from MyBlogSpark.
Total before coupons: $3.50
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Got:
1 Maruchan Yakisoba bowl – on sale for $1.00, used one .50/1 coupon, which doubled, and received an additional .10 cent discount each because of the 10% club card promotion. Final price: Free plus .10 cents overage.
1 Sunday newspaper - regularly $2.50, received an additional .25 cent discount because of the 10% club card promotion; and the .10 cent overage from the Yakisoba brought the final price down to $2.15.
Finally. I made an attempt to make my Rice Krispies Recipe. Well, all that got done well were the original version, but I will share through this whrrl story! Enjoy..
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