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First Attempt to Stockpile!!

Posted by Leslie | Stockpiling | Wednesday 21 July 2010 11:18 am

So I am really excited! I am now partially stocked up on toothpaste! I also now have plenty of Scrubbing Bubbles to clean my showers! yay!

TARGET TRANSACTIONS FOR SCRUBBING BUBBLES

$27.96 – 4 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayer Starers
-$20 – 4 x $5 Off Coupon on Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayer Starters
$2.12 – Tax
$10.08 – Out of Pocket (OOP)
Got $5 Gift Card since I also used a coupon Buy any 4 Scrubbing Bubbles Products get $5 Gift Card

Repeated Same Transaction only used the gift card to pay so $5.08 OOP

Bought Ice Cream and a gallon of milk and only paid $0.79 since I used my $5 gift card from the 2nd transaction.

Total Out Of Pocket $15.95 Total Savings: $50!

KROGER CREST DEAL:

It actually says I saved 100%!

Kroger has Crest on sale for $1.00. I used 2 $0.50 coupons. These doubled to $1.00! I only had to pay tax which was $0.09! I am doing this deal 10 more times, but have to wait on the coupons I ordered!

I am sorry, I didn’t tell you all about these earlier. It was a last min scenario I put together and I want to make sure things work before I share them. Unfortunately, the Scrubbing Bubbles $5 gift card coupons expired yesterday. The Crest deal is still good if you can find the coupons (from Red Plum 6/27 $0.50 off any Crest Toothpaste) . I scoured the coupon clipper sites and I don’t think you would be able to get them mailed out today if you bought them. So it would be taking a chance to get them on time for Saturday which is the last day of the Kroger sale.

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Comments (2)

Multiple Coupons/Stockpiling

Posted by Leslie | Stockpiling | Friday 25 June 2010 12:09 pm

We Use Coupons, which has taught me a lot, recommends about 5 sets of coupons each week. Why so many? It is all about buying when the prices are the lowest. Typically, stores run around a 6-12 week sales cycle. Prices fluctuate weekly so the goal is to buy the item at the lowest price during the cycle. Then stock up enough that you don’t have to buy any until it is low again. To be the most efficient in doing this you need to have multiple coupons for that item.

Example:

I use 1 container of Tide each month. Meaning I need 3 to last me through a 12 week cycle. It goes on sale and I buy 3 Tides with 3 manufacture coupons and 3 store coupons! (see here about stacking coupons) I just saved a ton of money and I don’t have to worry about Tide for 3 months!

Now if you can afford it, buy 4 instead of 3 then you have one extra. Eventually, build up to having a stockpile or supply of 6-12 months of different items!

Great items to stockpile: toilet paper, detergents, shampoo, conditioner, soap, toothpaste, paper towels etc… You can also stockpile food!

Need more coupons check out my post here!