The way to save the most money with coupons is to stock up and buy
things when you can stack a sale with a coupon to get the lowest
possible price. Having multiple coupons helps in building your stockpile.
When I started couponing a year and a half ago, I found all sorts of
ways to gather extra coupons. In fact, my friend Christine and I gathered hundreds of discarded coupon
booklets and shared our coupon booty.
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Christine and I had so much fun clipping and discussing our savings,
sharing our sources, and
comparing our stockpiles. Sharing really enhanced our experience and encouraged us to keep working at saving money with coupons to reduce our cost of living and get more bang for our buck.
In
Part 1 I showed you a way to get more coupons with a coupon swap. Here is another option. In another post, I mentioned the idea of
starting a seed train for your garden. For Part 2 of my series, I will talk about how to start a coupon train.
How To Start A Coupon Train:
To Coupon Swap you will need to access couponing websites or find some couponing friends. To Start a Coupon Train, you need a list of people who want to swap coupons, but don't want to worry about
bartering for the coupons
Facebook fan pages like the ones for
The Krazy Coupon Lady will allow you to "meet" people with whom you can trade coupons online.
1.
Post a comment on your Facebook page and let your friends know you want to start a coupon train.
2. Compile a list of everyone involved with their names and addresses (or phone numbers for local people, or desk location for an in-office coupon train).
3.Decide if you will pre-clip them for each other or hand off the scrap pages. If you are mailing the coupon train, it is probably best to pre-clip them as tight as possible, so the postage is the cheapest.
4. Simply clip ALL your coupons. Choose which ones you know you will not use and then pass the list and the extra coupons on to the next person on your list.
5. They will follow the same steps and continue on to the next person. When the Coupon Train reaches it's last stop the last person should start again with you at the top of the list.
6. If you are doing a mailed train, don't forget to include the Train address list! This will only cost you ONE stamp, which will be returned when your name comes around again.
7. Throw out any old or expired coupons before passing on the pile to the next person.
8. Be cautious. Don't give too much personal
information to strangers. If you coupon swap extensively and have access
to a secondary address, be sure to use it. I prefer to coupon swap only
with people within my real-life network. If you choose to do a coupon train
with strangers, just be aware. If they are local to you, you may
consider meeting at the grocery store to pass on the list, so you don't have
to waste money on stamps or give out your address.You could do this with a phone number list instead!
Want another way to get more coupons? Check out
How to Get MORE Coupons: Part 1. Part 3 will be coming soon.
What other things could you start a train for? How about a Quick Recipe Train? I might include my
Lazy Pickles. What about a Cheap Recipe Train? I might include my
lentil soup in that one.
Do you ever trade coupons? Do you have any other ways you get MORE coupons?
