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price score
Oct. 23rd, 2005 05:23 pmI'm not fanatical about grocery coupons, because my time is valuable too. I clip (well, tear) coupons for things I buy regularly or things with big-enough payoffs that I might plausibly buy before they expire. A speculative 20-cents-off coupon isn't worth my hassle. On average, I use about half a dozen coupons in a typical shopping trip.
Today, though, I scored. I got four bags of cat food for roughly the price of one.
First, I had two buy-one-get-one-free coupons, which is always a good deal for cat food because my cats have no brand preferences. In the store, I noted that one flavor was on sale for about a third off; I picked up two bags of that and two of other flavors (my cats do get bored with the same stuff all the time), and wondered which ones the cashier would treat as the free ones. I won; she charged me for the ones that were on sale. And then, unbeknownst to me beforehand, Friskees was handing out coupons for a dollar off your next order for each two bags. Yes, I got a coupon for my free bags. :-)
Today, though, I scored. I got four bags of cat food for roughly the price of one.
First, I had two buy-one-get-one-free coupons, which is always a good deal for cat food because my cats have no brand preferences. In the store, I noted that one flavor was on sale for about a third off; I picked up two bags of that and two of other flavors (my cats do get bored with the same stuff all the time), and wondered which ones the cashier would treat as the free ones. I won; she charged me for the ones that were on sale. And then, unbeknownst to me beforehand, Friskees was handing out coupons for a dollar off your next order for each two bags. Yes, I got a coupon for my free bags. :-)