Earn MyPoints points with printable coupons
April 17th, 2008 | by mbhunter |For a site named Mighty Bargain Hunter you might expect that I use coupons religiously at the grocery store.
Nope.
It’s pretty rare that we use coupons in the grocery store, actually. (Costco is an exception. We check those coupons out each time we get the booklet.) Most of the savings we get are by catching sales and stocking up. It seems that food staples don’t really have a whole lot of “couponage” associated with them. The coupons are usually for things we probably wouldn’t buy anyway. Besides, paper coupons are on the way out, probably.
Well, I checked out the printable coupon section at MyPoints.com, and of the 59 coupons that were available in my ZIP code, there were actually a few I could use, like frozen vegetables, 2-liters of Pepsi, and DiGiorno frozen pizzas. For each coupon I print out and redeem, I get 10 points toward a gift card ($5 gift cards run about 800 points or so). That means that the printable coupons give me a few cents’ extra savings through MyPoints, in addition to the face value of the coupon.
Another good reason to join MyPoints!
(And if those coupons don’t really cut it (**rim shot**) then MyPoints is still a good way to earn free gift cards for just opening e-mails and taking a few surveys.)
4 Responses to “Earn MyPoints points with printable coupons”
By Cola Tax & Solutions on Apr 17, 2008 | Reply
I agree most coupons are for stuff you do not need and cause you to spend more money on stuff you do not need. Catching sales is a great time to bulk up on food. I only buy steaks when they are under $4.99/lb. The other week I found chicken breast for $1.79/lb I bought plenty.
Just like at a gas station. Plan to buy gas when you are going to be around a cheaper gas station. If need be, only buy 2-3 dollars at a higher price in order to save the 10 cents per gallon across town.
By deals2spot on Apr 18, 2008 | Reply
This is a great site to find some good deals. The site does not seem to list a lot of them but the quality is great. I saved hundreds of this site.
By Saving Freak on Apr 19, 2008 | Reply
Gotta disagree on the coupons. I use them religiously and have cut my already small, by most standards, food budget. The key is to not let them dictate what you buy instead use them to stock up on things you use regularly.
By JACK on Apr 21, 2008 | Reply
Yeah, I got into coupons and at first was making the mistake that many make: buying some over-priced thing I normally don’t get because I’ve got a 50 cent off coupon for it. Now, I do a simple thing. I go to CouponMom.com and see what they rate are the best deals for my store and any coupons they note. I look through the list (and my circular) to see if there are any buy-one-get-one-free deals of interest and check to see if I have coupons for them. The days of being able to buy tons of groceries for nothing are over now that double and triple coupon days are no more. But with some effort to track prices and to use coupons strategically, you can save. I’ve consistently paid about 60% of what I ordinarily would have if I didn’t use coupons. And kept to my food budget.