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Cover Story: Coupons to the Extreme

Katie Crow says the best deals are found when shoppers combine store coupons with manufacturer coupons, especially if coupled to purchase an item already on sale. (Stuff like body wash, toothpaste, razors, floss and condiments can even end up free in some cases.) Here’s how a few deals broke down during Crow’s recent shopping trip to Target.

Bengay
Regular price: $4.29
Manufacturer coupon: $5 off
Final price: -71 cents

Dove Men + Care Body and Face Bar
(8 count)
Regular price: $11.59
In-store sale price: $7.99
Manufacturer coupon: $5 off
Final price: $2.99

Kashi Frozen Meals
Regular price: $3.29
Sale price: $2.99
Manufacturer coupon: Buy four, get one free
Target coupons (4): 99 cents per box ($3.96)
Savings: $1.69 per box
Final price: $1.60 per box

Scotch Magic Tape
Regular price: $1 per roll
Sale price: 50 cents
Manufacturer coupon: $1 off
Target coupon: 50 cents off
Savings: $1.50 per roll
Final price: -$1

Advil “Pocket Pack”
Clearance price: $1.67
Manufacturer coupon: $2 off one
Final price: -33 cents Instead of a handwritten pen-scrawled list on a piece of scratc h paper, Katie Crow’s grocery list is three pages, typed, and includes coupons she has on file and the amount she expects to pay for each item. Accompanying her list is a binder, full of coupons she expects to use on her shopping trip. It sits open and propped up on the cart as she criss-crosses the Target store with purpose: first drug store items, then office supplies, then cosmetics, then finally groceries.

As Crow hands over an inch-thick stack of coupons to the hot-pink-haired cashier, a middle-aged woman behind her watches with interest.

“Are you an extreme couponer?” she asks.

“Yes,” Crow, 24, says.

The term “extreme couponer” has entered the pop culture lexicon, thanks to TLC’s “Extreme Couponing.” The hit show chronicles the lives of fanatical shoppers who stockpile household items bought at grocery and drug stores at deep discounts, and house years’ worth of goods on wall-to-wall shelving units. Though the idea of stockpiling goods may seem a bit, well, extreme, shoppers like Crow save thousands of dollars per year. Crow estimates savings of $500 a month, advancing her family’s goal of being debt-free in 15 years.

Puck Junk: Sometimes I buy baseball cards

1986 Topps Baseball Set with Traded Set 1987 Topps Baseball Set 1988 Topps Baseball Set with Traded Set 1990 Topps Baseball Set with Traded Set When I go to the National next month, I will try to find a 1987 Topps Traded set. It shouldn't be hard, but the trick is to get one for cheap. Then I will have every Topps baseball card set from 1985 to 1990. Worthless cards to die-hard baseball card aficionados, but timeless for this hockey fan.

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