Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Temporary Hold
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Day Thirty-One: Profit-Sharing 1.0 (Coupon Giveaway!)
Today marks the one-month anniversary of the inception of Profitable Obsession! To celebrate, I have a bundle of coupons to give away including 4 each of the following:
$1.50/1 jumbo pack or larger of GoodNites Sleep Pants (exp. 2/27/10)
$1.50/1 any Pampers Extra Protection Diapers (exp. 3/31/10)
$1.50/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants (exp. 3/31/10)
$1.50/1 Pampers Easy Ups Trainers (exp. 3/31/10)
$0.50/1 Pampers Wipes 60ct or larger (exp. 3/31/10)
One-Day Pass to Sam's Club (exp. 2/21/10)
To enter the giveaway drawing, e-mail your name and mailing address to profitableobsession@live.com by 7:00pm CST on Sunday, February 14th. For double the chances of winning, send your Profitable Obsession Follower nickname to get an extra entry! Winner will be selected by random drawing and announced on the same evening.
$1.50/1 jumbo pack or larger of GoodNites Sleep Pants (exp. 2/27/10)
$1.50/1 any Pampers Extra Protection Diapers (exp. 3/31/10)
$1.50/1 Pampers Diapers or Pants (exp. 3/31/10)
$1.50/1 Pampers Easy Ups Trainers (exp. 3/31/10)
$0.50/1 Pampers Wipes 60ct or larger (exp. 3/31/10)
One-Day Pass to Sam's Club (exp. 2/21/10)
To enter the giveaway drawing, e-mail your name and mailing address to profitableobsession@live.com by 7:00pm CST on Sunday, February 14th. For double the chances of winning, send your Profitable Obsession Follower nickname to get an extra entry! Winner will be selected by random drawing and announced on the same evening.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Day Thirty: A Mediocre Experience
Tonight I made my first venture to Crest. They accept coupons except for internet printed ones and do not double. However, there were still some good deals to be had. Here are some of the ones we found:
Ziplock Food Storage Containers $0.99 - use $1.50/2 Sunday paper coupon to make them $0.24 each! Variety of sizes ranging from 1-5 containers per pack.
Ziplock Food Storage Bags $0.99 - use $1.00/2 Sunday paper coupon to make them $0.49 each.
Ken's salad dressing $1.25 - use $1.00/1 Sunday paper coupon to make them $0.25 each.
Sargento sliced cheese $1.67 - use $2.00/2 Manufacturer coupon from Homeland flyer to get 2 packs for $0.67 each. (Must be reduced fat or reduced sodium, but there was a good variety available.)
Tornados $1.50 - use $1.00/1 Sunday paper coupon to make them $0.50 each or $0.50 coupon from inside a previously purchased Tornados to make them $1.00 each.
Tyson Anytizers $2.50 - use $1.00/1 box Sunday paper coupon to make them $1.50 each.
Suave deodorant $0.68 - use $0.50/1 Sunday paper coupon to make them $0.18 each.
Craisins 4/$5.00 - use $1.00/1 coupon from bottle of Ocean Spray juice to make them $0.25 each.
Cheese Nips $1.29 - use $1.00/1 Nabisco crackers coupon from Sunday paper to make them $0.29 each.
Friskies Party Mix cat treats $1.42 - use $2.00/2 coupon with two BOGO coupons to get 4 for $0.84 or $0.21 each.
To determine a more specific date/type of insert the coupon you seek can be found in, try checking the Personal Coupon Box at Deal Seeking Mom. This is something I've been working on but it will take some time to locate each of the huge number of coupons in my library so your patience in the meantime is appreciated!
There were a few more items on my list that were supposed to be very good deals, only the cash register rang them up at the wrong price. For example, the Roland olives I picked up for my husband despite not having a coupon should have been $0.69, but they rang up at $2.00. It took some scouring through the receipt after it printed to find the discrepancies, and the store manager stated that we would have to come back tomorrow as Customer Service was closed for the night despite the store being open 24 hours. That coupled with the cashier's questioning of each and every coupon in my stack (I had to pull out and display the physical items each time so she could be sure I had the right number, size and brand) and several attempts to tell me I could not use certain coupons (she did not want to use the $1.50/2 ziplock container coupons, for example, because she thought it would cause an overage even though I was still paying $0.24 apiece) caused a somewhat disappointing end to a fun evening. My receipt only showed a savings of 42%; however, nearly all the items purchased would have cost a good deal more at Homeland and once the erroneous items are corrected or removed the percentage should jump significantly.
One exciting thing I noticed after getting home was a label on my Arm & Hammer baking soda purchase. It only cost $0.54 for a 1lb package, and 5there is a mail-in rebate on the back! For this to work you need to buy one Arm & Hammer baking soda 1 lb. and one Arm & Hammer liquid laundry detergent in the same purchase. They must be bought in the same transaction and between 09/07/09 and 02/15/10 - just 5 days away! The laundry detergent is on sale 2/$5.00 at Crest right now so the refund would be good for $2.50. (the refund will return the price of laundry detergent up to a maximum of $5.00).
Deal idea: Buy 2x laundry detergent and 1x baking soda. Use $1.00/2 laundry detergent coupon found in or on various packages of Arm & Hammer product. Spend $4.54. Submit for $2.50 mail-in rebate. Final cost: $2.04 + tax for 2 laundry detergents and 1lb. of baking soda. Not bad!!
Ziplock Food Storage Containers $0.99 - use $1.50/2 Sunday paper coupon to make them $0.24 each! Variety of sizes ranging from 1-5 containers per pack.
Ziplock Food Storage Bags $0.99 - use $1.00/2 Sunday paper coupon to make them $0.49 each.
Ken's salad dressing $1.25 - use $1.00/1 Sunday paper coupon to make them $0.25 each.
Sargento sliced cheese $1.67 - use $2.00/2 Manufacturer coupon from Homeland flyer to get 2 packs for $0.67 each. (Must be reduced fat or reduced sodium, but there was a good variety available.)
Tornados $1.50 - use $1.00/1 Sunday paper coupon to make them $0.50 each or $0.50 coupon from inside a previously purchased Tornados to make them $1.00 each.
Tyson Anytizers $2.50 - use $1.00/1 box Sunday paper coupon to make them $1.50 each.
Suave deodorant $0.68 - use $0.50/1 Sunday paper coupon to make them $0.18 each.
Craisins 4/$5.00 - use $1.00/1 coupon from bottle of Ocean Spray juice to make them $0.25 each.
Cheese Nips $1.29 - use $1.00/1 Nabisco crackers coupon from Sunday paper to make them $0.29 each.
Friskies Party Mix cat treats $1.42 - use $2.00/2 coupon with two BOGO coupons to get 4 for $0.84 or $0.21 each.
To determine a more specific date/type of insert the coupon you seek can be found in, try checking the Personal Coupon Box at Deal Seeking Mom. This is something I've been working on but it will take some time to locate each of the huge number of coupons in my library so your patience in the meantime is appreciated!
There were a few more items on my list that were supposed to be very good deals, only the cash register rang them up at the wrong price. For example, the Roland olives I picked up for my husband despite not having a coupon should have been $0.69, but they rang up at $2.00. It took some scouring through the receipt after it printed to find the discrepancies, and the store manager stated that we would have to come back tomorrow as Customer Service was closed for the night despite the store being open 24 hours. That coupled with the cashier's questioning of each and every coupon in my stack (I had to pull out and display the physical items each time so she could be sure I had the right number, size and brand) and several attempts to tell me I could not use certain coupons (she did not want to use the $1.50/2 ziplock container coupons, for example, because she thought it would cause an overage even though I was still paying $0.24 apiece) caused a somewhat disappointing end to a fun evening. My receipt only showed a savings of 42%; however, nearly all the items purchased would have cost a good deal more at Homeland and once the erroneous items are corrected or removed the percentage should jump significantly.
One exciting thing I noticed after getting home was a label on my Arm & Hammer baking soda purchase. It only cost $0.54 for a 1lb package, and 5there is a mail-in rebate on the back! For this to work you need to buy one Arm & Hammer baking soda 1 lb. and one Arm & Hammer liquid laundry detergent in the same purchase. They must be bought in the same transaction and between 09/07/09 and 02/15/10 - just 5 days away! The laundry detergent is on sale 2/$5.00 at Crest right now so the refund would be good for $2.50. (the refund will return the price of laundry detergent up to a maximum of $5.00).
Deal idea: Buy 2x laundry detergent and 1x baking soda. Use $1.00/2 laundry detergent coupon found in or on various packages of Arm & Hammer product. Spend $4.54. Submit for $2.50 mail-in rebate. Final cost: $2.04 + tax for 2 laundry detergents and 1lb. of baking soda. Not bad!!
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