Match Prices to Save Money

Did you know that many of your favorite stores offer a money saving perk/policy called "price matching"?

Price matching is when you show your favorite store proof that a different merchant is offering the same item for a lower price. Your store may offer to match or even beat that price - saving YOU $$! Pretty neat, huh?

Most stores will have some kind of policy in place regarding the price matching. You may need to bring in a current ad showing the special price. They may request you to take a photo of the shelf tag or even bring in the other product. You might need a receipt from the other store. You need to do your research on your stores to see how they want you to prove that the other store has a better deal. Several stores will even offer to give you up to 10% OVER the matched price. Money back in your pocket..

Here are just a few stores that I know of that will try to price match for you:

• Amazon
• Best Buy
• Family Dollar
• Home Depot
• JCPenney's
• Kohls
• Lowes
• Sears
• Staples
• Target
• Tractor Supply Company
• Walmart

I'd love to hear of any more stores that can be added to the list. Let me know! 

How to Actually USE Your Coupons At the Store

We've all done it, spent countless time matching our coupons to the deals, sorting them out, making them ready for our shopping trip. Then we somehow manage to either leave them at home or in the car or if we do bring them in, we forget to give the cashier half of them at the register. FRUSTRATING!!

For quite some time I've been using a really simple system that has been helping me combat this issue of forgetfulness combined with pressure at the register. It is a very easy plan that anyone can implement immediately.

• I make my shopping list and match up all the corresponding coupons for my items. 

• I have 2 regular envelopes for each store I shop. One envelope is labeled with the store name "CVS or Walgreens, etc" and the other is labeled "Register". 

• I start out by having all of the coupons that I will be using for that particular trip in the store envelope. 

• As I make my progress around the store, I move the coupons for the products I've added to my cart into the "Register" envelope.

• Once I get to the register, only the coupons in that "Register" envelope are handed to the cashier. No fumbling, no forgetting, no problem!

****Another little tool I've been using is a couple of clothespins. Many times I want to do multiple transactions in order to roll my Register Rewards or ECBs. Instead of having to dig around in the envelope or carrying even more envelopes, I just clip the coupons for the other transaction(s) into a handy dandy clothespin. Easy peasy.

Collecting Coupons - Where and How to Find Them

It's pretty simple, you can't coupon if you haven't any to coupon with! Makes sense huh? Well, today we'll show you a few places to obtain these little money-saving treasures.

• SUNDAY PAPER - our old standby. Most Sunday papers will have one or more coupon inserts. These may include Smart Source, Red Plum, Proctor & Gamble and on occasion Unilever. There may also be some oddball sheets here and there - just be sure to go through the entire paper in your search.
• ONLINE PRINTABLES - Right here at Centsable Coupons ;), Coupons.com, Smart Source, Red Plum, Common Kindness, Hopster, Bricks, Facebook, product websites, newsletters, blogs, etc. *Keep in mind that most Internet printables are limited to two prints per coupon.
• IN STORE - Be sure to join the rewards cards programs for EVERY store you shop at that has one. Many times they will send coupons directly to your card, email you, mail them to you via snail mail or even print out at the store. Several stores such as Walgreen's have a monthly coupon booklet you pick up at the store. 
• PHONE APPS - There are many, many apps for your smart phones that are out there. There are some to find all types of coupons, find sale items, track rebates and receipts, etc. Most are available for both Android and the iPhone platforms. I posted a list of my favorite and most-used HERE. 
• MISC SOURCES - Some of the less-traveled paths to coupons might include: Cellfire, Target Cartwheel, individual store websites, clipping services, Facebook groups and pages, local newspaper carriers, Post Office staff, etc. 

As you can see, this isn't your Mama's couponing world anymore. Coupons are a way of life for more and more people all of the time. Just keep your eyes open and you'll find em!

*in case you don't understand some of the terms in this post - or others I've published, you can find many if not most of the common couponing terms HERE.

31 Days to Make Sense out of Saving Cents

If this is your first time at Centsable Couponing, WELCOME!  I hope you'll stick around and check us out.  If your're one of our regular readers, the blurb below will make this a little clearer.

I am excited to be taking part of a fun and challenging project for the month of October. It is being hosted by Myquillyn at write31days.com. This is the 7th year that she and now a HUGE group of bloggers/writers will post or write every day for the full 31 days of October. 

We will all post a link on to our site on their home page and away we'll go. You can check out all of the topics and categories HERE or by clicking on the box below. 

One of the best things about doing the challenge, aside from being encouraged to be sure and write daily, is discovering so many new-to-me blogs and sites to visit. 

I will use this post as my 31 Days index and post the link to each article here. I hope you will be sure to come back and visit us each day. 

31 Days

  1)  New Printable Coupons for October

  2)  Friday Freebies 100215 + Lots of FREE Halloween Books

  3)  CVS Free Deals - 092715

  4)  Utilizing Apps to Pad Your Wallet & Up Your Savings

  5)  Monthly Sales & Fresh Produce Cycles - October

  6)  Store Loyalty Programs are Your Friend and Partner in Crime

  7)  Daily Magazine Deals

  8)  FREE Amazon Student Prime Trial - Free Books, Free Shipping, Free Movies

  9)  Friday Freebies 100915

10)  Columbus Day Weekend Online Deals - Save a Shipload

11)  FREE Salonpas Patches at CVS This Week

12)  3 Walgreens Freebies 101115

13)  Collecting Coupons - Where and How to Find Them

14)  Show Me the Savings! How to Save With Little to No Effort

15)  Daily Magazine Deals - Vanity Fair and Popular Science 101515

16)  Friday Freebies 101615

17)  Cell Phone Portable Charger 70% OFF

18)  How to Actually USE Your Coupons at the Store

19)  $500 Dayspring Giveaway for Centstable Couponing Readers

20)  Match Prices to Save Money

21)  Printable Pet Product Coupons

22)  Daily Magazine Deals
23)  Friday Freebies 102315

24)  Ebates - Make Money While You Shop, Save and Share

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