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All stores have clearances for instance seasonal, back to school, and ect.
There are blogs out there that already have what’s on sale and scenarios for the next week
Play the CVS/Walgreens Game Instructions below CVS101/Walgreens 101
Buy Sunday’s Newspaper to collect all the coupons and keep them organized in an easy to access place
1-800-555-1212 to get 1-800 numbers-Let them know positive and negative, ask for coupons
Randall’s:Register your Randalls card and sign up your card to ecoupons http://www.randalls.com/IFL/Grocery/Coupons - http://shortcuts.com/ http://www.pgesaver.com/
Buy whats on sale and combine it with coupons to get great prices
H-E-B accepts manufacturer coupons, but can not combine a manufacturer coupon with an
H-E-B coupon, you can only use one or the other, some stores will allow it
H-E-B does accept internet printable coupons as long as it has "manufacture coupon."
Swagbuck –earn point when you search online.http://swagbucks.com
MyPoints.com you earn Points by shopping, search the Web, and looking at there emails (5 points)
Print coupons from them and get points every time you use them
Redeem your Points for gift cards, online certificates, gas cards, travel, dining and more
Example GAS cards-1650 points for 10.00/bookstores restaurants CVS
Kohl’s-has a lot of clearances up to 90% off and has offers such as $10off $50.00
Sears Kids Advantage replaces certain clothing if torn for the same size
Wal-Mart Matches competitors sale flyer and will accept all coupon even computer print outs.
Target -Use their Wedding Registry computer to print out coupons by-clicking online, scroll down, click coupon, and print one or all coupons(blue paper)they except both their coupons and manufacture coupons. You have two weeks for price adjustments not on clearance
Clearance:
All holidays except Christmas follow the 3-3-2 rule:
The first 3 days after the holiday are 50% off. Valentines &Easter
The next 3 days are 75% off; the next 2 days are 90%. After that it goes to salvage.
4th of July 3-3-2 (since it's always on July 4, the schedule stays the same)
July 5 = 50% off July 8 = 75% off July 10 = 90% off
Halloween (since it's always on Oct. 31, the schedule stays the same)
Nov 1st = 50% off Nov 4th = 75% off Nov 7th = 90% off
For the best deals, get there early on the day of the markdown and be sure to make liberal use of the in-store scanners to find deals that haven't been otherwise marked...that's another Target retailing puzzle that can work in your favor.
CVS- Extra Care you’ll earn 2% back with every purchase in-store and online
Their pharmacy. Earn 1 Extra Buck for every 2 prescriptions purchased
Every 3 months your Extra Bucks will print on your store register receipt
1. Sign up for a CVS card at the store or online. Also register your card online and this way CVS will send you coupons example 4.00 off 10.00 .
2. Check your local ad or go online to blogs that already have the deals and what coupon to us . These give you the information on what product you need to buy that week which would generate an ECB . Once you bought the item, you would receive an ECB at the bottom of your receipt which you could use like cash on your next transaction, thus making that item in essence, “free.”At this time they DO accept expired ECB .
§ Blogs with CVS/Walgreens/Target/Walmart and Randalls.deals .Printable coupons and other deals can be found also.
§ http://www.savingwithshellie.com/ http://thefrugalfind.com/category/my-videos
http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com http://moneysavingmom.com
http://www.thethriftymama.com/2008/08/cvs-101.html http://slickdeals.net/
Printable coupons for Retail stores http://www.thokalath.com/coupons/free_printable_coupon.php
Information on Mark downs http://mommysavers.com/
Buying seasonal http://www.allthingsfrugal.com/s_sale.htm
