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couponing
« on: September 04, 2011, 01:04:10 AM »
i am not sure where to put this but since its about saving money i posted it here...


are you able to clip coupons in the Uk like in america? I am coupon clipper...nothing like extreme couponers but i do fairly well i think... are UK stores set up similar as American in handling coupons? i know each store have different policies but i am referring more to the fact getting them in sunday paper..double/triple coupons . etc.
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Re: couponing
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2011, 01:07:17 AM »
Not really but have a look here for some info:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=42992174
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Re: couponing
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2011, 01:21:26 AM »
thanks im looking at it now... couponing became a lifesaver to me in college lol and i would like to keep it going especially now that i would really be on my own and trying to stray away from my parents helping me out
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Re: couponing
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2011, 07:50:54 AM »
thanks im looking at it now... couponing became a lifesaver to me in college lol and i would like to keep it going especially now that i would really be on my own and trying to stray away from my parents helping me out

What I've found as a replacement is going for marked down reduced/price to clear items. It is more of an adventure, because you'll never know what they'll have. But in places like Waitrose you can end up getting things for free or getting more ££ back to apply to the rest of your shop. :)

The best coupons here, imho, are the ones for clothing shops. Especially the ones with no minnimum spend. Those are the ones to keep an eye out for! :D
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Re: couponing
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2011, 10:20:36 AM »
Coupons here are different from in the States. You won't find them here in the Sunday papers (in fact, I've never seen a coupon circular in any newspaper, really - and the main newspaper of the week seems to be Saturday here, not Sunday...).


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Re: couponing
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2011, 11:23:57 AM »
I subscribe to the moneysavingexpert.com website and email. I get information on upcoming sales and coupons. It's mostly for entertainment and restaurants though, not groceries. I just got a coupon off the site for 40% off an odeon ticket. Which to me is a great deal considering how expensive it is to go to the movies out here. I'll post the link for everyone, it's good for a month and it can be used more than once :)

http://promo.odeon.co.uk/film40/?utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=40%+Off&utm_source=ML

Also, my husband got a year free, through his work, with this thing called a taste card. It gets you 2 for 1 or half off your meal at a lot of restaurants. I have noticed that going out here is so expensive so it's nice to treat ourselves every now and then and not break the bank!

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Re: couponing
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2011, 11:40:40 AM »
Coupons are generally referred to as vouchers here, but couponing simply doesn't exist in the UK on the same level as in the US.  You will not find Sunday papers crammed with cents off coupons.  On occasion, a Sunday paper might have a coupon/voucher for a specific item at a specific shop or for a discount at a restaurant.  You'll have to dig for things like on the link that balmerhon posted.  Watch out for store 3 for 2 specials or 1/2 off specials or buy 1 get 1 free or 1/2 off.  What they do have is loyalty card schemes whereby you get points every time you shop which you can use to pay for purchases or are converted into vouchers which you can use in the shop.  Check out Boots and Tesco for their loyalty schemes.  There are plenty more. Occasionally the shop may send you a cents off voucher to use in store or to get extra points. My local area has a loyalty card which is good for different things in different shops in the area from 10% off a meal at a restaurant, 10% off at a clothing shop, free drink with a meal, when you present the card.  

 


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« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2011, 11:53:46 AM »
 What they do have is loyalty card schemes whereby you get points every time you shop which you can use to pay for purchases or are converted into vouchers which you can use in the shop.

We have a Nectar card which we can use to get "Nectar points" at Sainsbury's, BP petrol stations, Ford servicing and a lot of others places. They say they have more members than Tesco. You can get online points from Amazon, Apple etc. There is a Wikipedia page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nectar_loyalty_card




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Re: couponing
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2011, 12:03:05 PM »
You won't find coupons like you do in the sunday papers in the states (boo) but you will find LOTS AND LOTS of buy one get one free, two for one types of deals (yay)


Re: couponing
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2011, 12:22:31 PM »
buy one get one free

Commonly known as BOGOFs and pronounced "bogoffs"...


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Re: couponing
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2011, 12:39:57 PM »
The only problem I have with bogofs instead of coupons is the size of my freezer.  :(


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Re: couponing
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2011, 12:50:18 PM »
I love couponing in the US!  I am sad that they're not readily available here the way they are there, because I used to get all my toothpastes, deodorants, shampoos etc for next to nothing.

I normally do like CaliGirl, and go for the clearance items.  There's a tesco around the corner from where we live, so we go almost everyday, after the 2nd or 3rd round of reductions have been made. Normally we can get some sort of vegetable for around 10p, or a loaf of bread for 17p.  Not an amazing deal, but yesterday, I got some reduced 500g Organic beef for £1.43 instead of £2.87; also got some hummus for 30p.  In my area, I've found tesco to have better reductions than sainsbury's, marks & spencers is hit or miss, and I haven't tried waitrose (though I might have to!)

Also, the only place I've seen some grocery coupons was in the Sun, they were just part of the paper though, no special insert.  They were specifically for Tesco--£1off when you spend something like £4 on fruit or something. I think it might be a weekly thing (like wednesdays or something), but I'm really not sure.  I also saw a Catalina on the ground yesterday from Sainsbury's, but didn't bother to pick it up, so I'm not sure what it was for.
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Re: couponing
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2011, 03:50:05 PM »
http://www.hotukdeals.com/

Is a good site as well. Youll find a lot of employees will post about items about to go on clearance and price drops and what not.


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Re: couponing
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2011, 03:58:49 PM »
We get grocery coupons. There's a local grocery that sends us circulars in the mail with vouchers. Also, the big boys (Tesco, Sainsbury and so on) will often have a special offer printed on the grocery receipt. We get various coupons with things like Amazon orders, too.

Store loyalty cards aren't as useful as mine in the States, though.


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Re: couponing
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2011, 12:28:28 AM »
While you won't find manufacturer coupons here, like you do in the States... you can sign up for store-specific discount cards which give you pretty good vouchers.  We just used £15.50 in vouchers at Tescos.  We have our pet insurance and mobile phone plans (2 of them) through Tescos and they allow you to add those to your discount card with some pretty significant voucher savings.

But, the way that we have cut our grocery bill is by buying a small chest freezer and doing most of our weekly shopping at stores like Lidl's and Aldi.  (The freezer fits inside the storage cupboard under the stairs.) Hubby watches the sales adverts and we head out early on Saturday morning to get great deals.  This weekend, Lidl had mince for 99p... so we bought 5.  That's enough mince to last us a month.  We only buy meat when it's on special and we stock up... buying 5 or 6 of whatever is on offer. Two weeks ago, Tesco had sirloin steaks for half off. We bought 6 packs.  What a bargain!!  2 thick, juicy sirloin steaks for about £3.50. 



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