Becoming an Extreme Couponer, Part Two

So where do you find coupons? There's a few places you can look.

In-Store

• Tear pad coupons: Often in a Coupon Zone at the front of the store, or within the aisles. Take 4-5 coupons to start your collection or to trade. In our local Walmart, the pharamacist actually will put the tear pad coupons with tape on the items.
• Peelie coupons:  Stuck to a product for instant discounts, only get if you are buying product.
• Packaging coupons: Buy this cereal, kit, whathaveyou, and there is a coupon for another item within it or on the back of it.

Local Newspapers

• Inserts (Red Plum & Smart Source) can be found on these dates inthese papers. Our small local newspapers in my rural town don't carry these!

Mail Out Coupons

• Signing up for a manufacturer's mailing list or Facebook page will often get you coupons. I have a seperate email address I use for this.
• Can sign up any valid email address (husband, friends, family etc) for extra
• Pampers sends diaper coupons out very regularly!

Online Ordered Coupons

•  The following sites carry coupons you can request & then they mail them out to you. Some sites require at least 3-4 be selected at a time. Also have specific brand portals for certain products that are "hidden" from main page.
• P&G Brandsaver, Save.ca, Go Coupons, http://www.rightathome.ca/
• Entire list with hidden portals here

Online Print Coupons

• Coupons you can print out at your printer at home and take to a store.Note: Not every store will accept these.
• Complete list can be found here 
• *NEW* Smart Source coupons are available online to be printed
• Safeway offers several E-Coupons every week to your email address & 100 AirMiles for signing up.

Free Samples

• A lot of Facebook promotions lately, where you get a free sample + a coupon.

Magazines

• Some types of magazines will have coupons. I haven't found any in the ones I read...yet.
• The what's cooking magazine by Kraft often has coupons (by subscription now, $)
•  The all you need is cheese magazine often has coupons for free cheese.

Email/Calling

•  Many couponers will call up/email their favourite companies to tell them how much they love their product and mooch coupons.

Loyalty Cards

• AirMiles, Optimum Points, PC Points, I-Coke Points, PlumRewards all can net you coupon savings or $ off your purchases after you buy so much product. This is usually a net amount (aka the amount before you use coupons), so it can really add up.
• We redeem Air Miles for $20 Shell gift certificates, so then we save on gas at the pump too & they rack up quickly with our BMO Mastercard.
• Optimum Points frequently have "Bonus" Redemption Days - so you redeem (and usually for top $ is the best value) and they throw in extra $$ over what redeeming normally would be.

Tomorrow, I will show you how I organize coupons, how I get more of the coupons I want, and how my mailbox is usually rockin' with coupons I've traded.

I also recommend joining Smart Canucks community - I have the main feed (blog) RSS-ed in my Google Reader. As soon as there is new printables, orderable or Facebook coupons to be had, they know about it! It also shows weekly mash-ups of the coupons vs. stores, so you can find out about the really good deals quick.