Do you guys spend time on coupons?

[Torn Mind]

Depending on the product being sold, yes sir.

Harbor Freight's coupons are actually just "regular price".

The periodic oil rebates from Mobil 1 were good.

Slickdeals makes stuff real easy.

 

[BudAshes]

I do the credit card rewards thing, but that is as close as I get to coupons.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That reminds me I have not checked how much points I have on my CC in a while. I usually put it all into Home Depot cards and might have a few hundred in there by now.

 

[Ajay]

That reminds me I have not checked how much points I have on my CC in a while. I usually put it all into Home Depot cards and might have a few hundred in there by now.

Cool. Reminds me that our main credit card has no rewards or cash back. Maybe time to rethink this, or not.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Yes, I spend some time in coupons, mainly CVS. They print out a ton of them on your receipt and have e-receipts as well.

Other than that, just CC rewards. I usually put my discover against the monthly balance, and I signed up for Amazon CC, use the rewards to help build out my Plex library 😏

 

[BudAshes]

Cool. Reminds me that our main credit card has no rewards or cash back. Maybe time to rethink this, or not.

If you are lazy the best one is Citi's double cash card. Get 2% back on everything and and no yearly fee. Every once in a while I check it and it's a free few hundred bucks to use to help pay off your card.

 

[dlerious]

Not so much anymore. Used to clip, but don't grab Sunday papers anymore. I might check online occasionally, but I don't buy anything just because it has a coupon. I do tend to check a little more around Thanksgiving/Christmas. I hate mail in rebates too. Been burned too many times ( around $200 on a $900 printer) so I avoid them.

 

[lxskllr]

Rebates are a hassle. I haven't used one in ages. I had a pretty good track record getting them, but <100%. I didn't really factor them into my purchase decision since getting them honored could be iffy. The rebate was the bonus on top. If an item required the rebate to purchase it, I didn't.

 

[Charmonium]

Who's "Coupons" and is she cute?

 

[ch33zw1z]

Lol mail in rebates. MSI burned me on one in 2006. I had bought a new build and received all my rebates except for that one. Antec sent me $60 for a case. I sent a nice email to MSI (after a couple phone calls that were unfruitful) and said they lost a customer for life. I haven’t bought anything new or used from them since.

 

[Hans Gruber]

I got this Dewalt Tool kit from Home Depot for $99. After they shipped it, I decided they can track my purchases.

DEWALT 20-Volt MAX Cordless Combo Kit (7-Tool) with ToughSystem Case, (1) 20-Volt 4.0Ah Battery & (2) 20-Volt 2.0Ah Batteries DCKTS781D2M1 - The Home Depot

This 20V MAX* Cordless Compact 7-Tool Combo Kit includes one 4 Ah battery and two compact 2 Ah batteries. It's a versatile kit, featuring our a brushless hammer drill which is lightweight and compact for big jobs in tight spaces. The impact driver has a 2-speed transmission with up to 1500 RPMs...

www.homedepot.com

 

[Brainonska511]

Still doing what I did 2 years ago: quickly scrolling through the Albertsons site for my local grocery chain to clip relevant coupons as I make my normal grocery lists. Plus, there are secondary coupons through credit cards for various places I normally go to. For example, Capital One offers extra cash back for a place I buy coffee from if I use their referral link; American Express randomly has a $10 off grocery stores (up to 3x) if you spend $100.

 

[Muse]

I do the credit card rewards thing, but that is as close as I get to coupons.

I have 2-3 CCs that have those quarterly 5% discounts on 2-3 categories of purchases. They make you confirm to get them, easily done, a one step process to set up the quarter. I just have to keep track of what is what... I keep that in my data. I like it when they do it for Paypal or Ebay or groceries. But there are other categories that work for me too. If I don't have something like that, I fall back on my Citi double cash card, so I never get less than 2% unless I can't use a CC, such as my property taxes.

 

[pmv]

Coupons, no, not as such. But I do use the stupid supermarket loyalty cards - and hate myself for doing so. The amount they give you in 'points' in return for all the data they get from you is downright miserly. They get to know every customer's spending habits in return for what works out as a 0.5% discount (i.e. 5p back for every £10 you spend - pitiful).

But I can't bring myself to refuse to use it and feel like I'm throwing away even that tiny sum of money.