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Are there coupons available for baby products?
Yes, many baby product manufacturers provide free coupons via their websites, email newsletters, and special clubs. Be sure to sign up for all of them to save the most money easily.

What are Baby Clubs at stores?
Most grocery stores offer some type of Baby Club, which may include a newsletter with attractive coupons, automatic rebates in an account for all qualifying baby purchases, or special discounts on baby products. Ask for information at your stores’ customer service counters and sign up for all of them.

How do I find the lowest prices on items I need to buy easily?
      If you plan to shop in traditional stores, you can quickly and easily search the advertising circulars in your city on websites like shoplocal.com or cairo.com. If you plan to shop online, you can quickly search the best prices at comparison shopping sites like shopzilla.com and pricegrabber.com.

How can I stay informed on the price reductions on items I need to buy?
      If you are planning a purchase but want to wait for prices to drop, you can sign up for “deal alerts” or “price reduction alerts” at many of these shopping sites. When the price of your designated items drop, you will receive an email!

Can I get a credit or refund on purchases if I’ve found a lower price elsewhere?
      Many stores will refund the difference if an item you bought has had its price reduced within a certain time period (typically 14 days). Save your receipts and stay tuned into their sales by subscribing to their email newsletter.

What is price matching?
      Price matching is when a retailer honors the competitor’s lower price for the same item if the customer has proof of the other retailer’s price.

What stores do price matching?
      Price matching policies vary by store brand and by individual store location, depending on their competitive pressures. Therefore, your best bet is to ask the store personnel if they have a price matching policy. On a national basis, all Walmart stores have a price matching policy.

How do I save the most with price matching?
      If you plan to make a major purchase, you can quickly search the advertising circulars in your area to see which retailers offer the product you need. As long as you find a retailer within your city limits who offers a lower price on the item, you can use that store ad at a closer price matching store to save.

How do I know if I’m paying the lowest price available for gas in my area?
An easy way to see what the price ranges are for gas in your zip code and across your city is to check the websites, gaspricewatch.com and gasbuddy.com. Because gas prices are determined by competitive prices, it is not unusual to see a 20% price variance on gas in the same city. You may find that there are less expensive “zones” along your commute that are better choices for your regular fill-ups.

Are there gas coupons out there?
Many grocery stores and discount stores have added fuel centers, and they frequently offer special promotions tied to purchases in their stores that work like coupons. For example, a typical grocery store promotion offers shoppers who buy at least $100 in groceries a 10 cent per gallon discount at their own fuel centers.

What are coupon codes?
      Coupon codes are simply codes that you enter in the promotional code box on the checkout page when you shop online. They work just like coupons, and automatically deduct the coupon amount from your order before you checkout.

Where do I find coupon codes?
      You can get coupon codes from your favorite retailers by signing up for their email newsletters. They will send you promotional codes as soon as they become available. However, with thousands of online retailers out there, your best bet is to check an online coupon code website which updates and categorizes available coupon codes. You can find a comprehensive inventory of great coupon codes at the Coupon Mom website.

Can I use coupon codes with sale items?
      Unless the code specifies that it cannot be used with sale items, you are able to save even more by using the coupon code with items on sale.

Where can I find coupons for clothes?
      Your best bet for finding coupons at the stores you like is to sign up for their in-store mailing list and email newsletter on their website. If they ask for your birthday, be sure to include that because they are likely to send you a special coupon on your birthday. If you have the credit card for your favorite store, you will also receive special coupons and offers only available to credit card holders.

You can also find many store coupons for clothes in the newspaper, in the Entertainment book, in store catalogs, in some fashion magazines like Shop, Etc. and at keycode.com.

Can I use clothes coupons with sale items?
      Unless the coupon specifically states that it cannot be used with sale items (which is rare), you can save even more by combining your coupon with items on sale.

Are there other ways to save money on clothes besides coupons?
      Many stores offer special rewards programs to regular customers that may or may not require having their credit card. Rewards programs may give points toward free gift certificates (typically a 5% rebate on dollars spent) or cash discounts off each purchase (again, 5% is typical). Taking advantage of double points promotions can reward you with 10% rebates.

What is the best source for grocery coupons?
      The Sunday newspaper coupon circulars distribute 85% of the 342 billion grocery coupons distributed each year. Subscribing to the newspaper is the most economical and easy way to be sure you get the coupons each week. You can also view your state’s grocery coupons on the Virtual Coupon Organizer the Saturday before the coupons come out. If you see many coupons you would use, it may make financial sense to buy an extra copy of the paper on Sunday.

How much can I save by using grocery coupons?
      The average coupon user saves 11% on their overall grocery bill. However, it is possible to save as much as 50% if you combine sales with coupons on a regular basis.

What are double coupon days?
      Many grocery stores offer bonus coupons, such as doubling or tripling the face value of grocery coupons. Stores generally double or triple coupons every day if they offer this benefit to shoppers.

Is there a limit to how many coupons I can use at a store?
      There is rarely a limit on how many coupons a shopper may use (as long as it is only one coupon per item purchased), but some stores will limit the number of coupons that can be doubled or tripled. You should ask the store personnel if they have any coupon limits before using coupons at a store.

Are there any other places to find grocery coupons besides the Sunday paper?
      You can also find many grocery coupons on the printable grocery coupon sites, in the red shelf boxes in stores, in special coupon booklets and magazines at the stores’ customer service counters, and in women’s magazines, to name a few sources.

Where can I print free grocery coupons?
      The Coupon Mom website has a grocery coupon page with several links to printable coupon sites, including Smartsource.com, Boodle.com and Coolsavings.com.

Why won’t my store accept coupons I printed?
      In August 2003 there was a counterfeit coupon scam that caused many grocery stores to discontinue accepting coupons printed from a home computer. Because that coupon scam did not involve coupons printed from the legitimate sites we recommend, many stores have reversed their policy and have started to accept them again. Be sure to check with your store periodically to see if they have reversed their policy as they probably won’t advertise this policy change.

What does “one coupon per item” mean?
      Exactly what it describes: one cents-off coupon per item purchased can be redeemed by the shopper. It does not mean one coupon per order.