I'm sure the majority of us remember our mommies opening up those catalogs or newspapers on those Sunday mornings, clipping those coupons like kids opening up Christmas gifts. For every coupon my mom would clip she would pause and smile, she would then turn to me and whisper shop like mommy and save all the time (LOL)
Today mind you, it's still a great way to save and i'm sure more than half of us still clip coupons from catalogs whenever we can. But with the Internet things are changing, every year more and more people are shopping online, and as the retailing business grows online, prices are dropping dramatically because of the competition.
Smart shoppers are noticing that shopping online is not only convenient but can save you lots of money. So how do smart shoppers shop? Most smart shoppers use online coupons called coupon codes, these are numeric digits that are entered on a merchants site at checkout to receive a discount.
They also keep a list of their favorite stores and wait patiently for their promotional offers or blowout sales in order to save that extra 10 to sometimes 75% off regular prices and in addition they use coupon codes for extra savings.
Now the tricky part is finding these coupon codes, many online merchants do not advertise discount coupon codes on their site, I don't think they want all their customers using coupon codes for discounts.
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Here are four ways to find coupon codes.
1) One way to find a stores coupon online is by emailing the merchant, most of them will take forever to email you back but some of them will, (its worth a try)
2) You can find lots of printable coupons and coupon codes by hanging around shopping forums whereas you can trade coupons and deals.
3) Download or order that particular stores catalog online if they have, most of them are free and many times you'll find coupon codes and promotional offers.
4) There are also some sites online that spend their days looking for coupons and they post them for free, if you find a site that has free discount coupons BOOKMARK THEM and try to find more sites that provide the same service.
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Every time you shop online always make sure there's no coupon codes lingering online for that particular store you want to shop. Coupon codes are great savings. Use them whenever and however you can.
You too can shop like mommy and save all the time (lol)
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