The Coupon Whisperer: Cheap Dog Food and Some Great Body Wash Coupons

The Coupon Whisperer ^ | March 22, 2011 | PJ-Comix

[PJ-Comix]

If you live in the Southeast, you're in luck. Starting Thursday, Publix will have a BOGO sale on 4 lb bags of Kibbles 'n Bits dry dog food. They normally sell for $4.99 but when you apply the $2 coupons from the Feb. 20 Red Plum they will only be about 50 cents each. This would be a good time to stock up on it. For only about 30 bucks you could have enough to feed your dog for a year.

However, if you don't live in a Publix area, there is still good news. This Sunday's Red Plum insert will have Axe shower gel coupons for Buy One Get One Free (BOGO). The only problem is that I have yet to see a store offer this item BOGO but there is always a first time. Even better news is that the April P&G insert will have a BOGO coupon for Gillette Body Wash and those I have seen BOGO in the stores so using your coupons on this item, you will get them for FREE.

[Politicalmom]

Lady’s speedstick or men’s?

[Immerito]

Thanks for the tip! :-)

[Holen1]

Finally found a Spring Beauty Guide. The cashier didn’t take the book or coupon. Is that coupon reusable?

[RummyChick]

both
1.99 get back 1.00.

there is a .50 coupon.

[Politicalmom]

Thanks. :)

[RummyChick]

Yes it is reusable.

The Beauty Advisor is getting $1.00 for eyeshadow so make her your friendly cashier by buying all the eyeshadow. Just make sure she realizes she is getting a buck for them.

[Politicalmom]

One more question. The Speed Stick deal is for next week’s ad?

[RummyChick]

Correct.

[Holen1]

“The Beauty Advisor is getting $1.00 for eyeshadow so make her your friendly cashier by buying all the eyeshadow. Just make sure she realizes she is getting a buck for them.”

Hate to keep bugging you but I’m a little confused.
Are you able to buy more than one Almay product at a time? I tried to buy two, as a test, and only got one RR.

[RummyChick]

Only one at a time if you want the 5.00 RR. You have to do separate transactions but the BA makes a buck for each eyeshadow she sells.

[Holen1]

Thought so. Just making sure. Am I correct that you’ve reached 1500/ one deal at a time?

[RummyChick]

Yes, and I am not done - but I am exhausted.

However, anyone could have done this deal if they had an approachable store manager who would order for them two weeks in advance - and had bought the coupons to do the deals. You also have to have cooperative cashiers who don’t grouch and grumble and make things difficult- here is where the eyeshadow comes in. Buy what they make money on every once in a while.

I have some 1.00 coupons I will use if I run out of $2 and there is still stock and I haven’t totally exhausted myself. But time is running out...

Now, I have to go take an Almay nap.

[Politicalmom]

I had a manager refuse to use the Beauty Guide coupon on top of my man. coupon. He read the back and it said “Manufacturer’s coupon”. I was almost done with all my coupons, though.

[RummyChick]

Most of the Walgreens coupons say that. For example, the monthly book coupons say that. The argument goes that they are advertising using coupons from inserts in their weekly ads to be used with that monthly book. Save one of the weekly circulars that does this.

Extrapolate.

But when you find a manager like that and you can’t convince them you just have to move onto another store.

One thing you can do is take your receipt with the customer service survey and leave bad comments.

That coupon is considered a Walgreens coupon. Whether you can convince the District Manager of that is another story. But try it.

[joesjane]

Hi! Could you please add me to your list?

[Colonel_Flagg]

Just visited your blog and hit hotcouponworld. It was a near-religious experience. Thanks very much.

[PJ-Comix]

You'll have another such experience when you find out that you can BUY the coupons you need. Recently GROUPON had a tremendous deal. They sold $15 eBay gift cards for just $7 each. Of course, I (and almost a half million other people) snapped at that deal. The first thing I did the next day was use my $15 eBay gift card (which cost me $7) to buy 60 Air Wick coupons which allowed me to buy 60 Air Wick Ultra Freshmatic starter kits (retail value: $13.99 each). Plus there was a $1.01 overage on each. So basically for $7 out of pocket, I got over $800 worth of product plus 60 bucks back in the form of overage. Net cost therefore was I got PAID $53 to pick up over $800 worth of Air Wicks.

Oh, and if you sign up for GROUPON (it's FREE signup), don't procrastinate when you see a great deal like that eBay gift card deal. I waited when they offered a 4 hour sailboat excursion for just $55 and when I decided to buy it a day later, it was GONE.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Just wow. I need to convince my family that couponing is worth doing.

[PJ-Comix]

As I sit here right now, I am waiting for the mail person to deliver a whole stack of $3 bic razor coupons. Those will allow me to buy a years supply of razors for FREE since Publix has them on sale BOGO at $5.49 plus I get overage ($6 for two coupons minus $5.49) with which to buy other stuff.