Worthwhile Coupon Strategy

I came across this article, Worthwhile Coupon Strategy, and I was very happy I did.  This article basically tells consumers that if they hold off on using their coupons then they can save more money.  This article was written on January 25, 2008 so it is very recent, as well as being timeless because this is a deal that can be applied anytime of the year and for years to come.  There was a link given at the bottom of the little write up on this neat website Everyday Loopholes  where there are little write ups that include hints and ways to cheat the system, for example, by adding a specific set of letters and numbers you can get better resolution on YouTube videos.  This is a great website because it is people helping other people get more out of their everyday experiences, and Everyday Loopholes lets people submit tips they've found, that is where this coupon strategy came from.  Also Everyday Loopholes writes small blurbs about the deals so it is really easy to read about something quickly then apply it to your life if you want.  

The Worthwhile Coupon Strategy was found on The Simple Dollar, financial talk for the rest of us, a blog by a man named Trent Hamm who started posting 2 years ago and started because he wanted to help people who are in financial trouble.  His blog seems very successful and has a lot of really great posts written in language that almost anyone can understand.  The particular topic of coupons came up and he had a friend who worked at a local Iowa grocery store, and his friend revealed to him that many items that are featured in the Sunday coupon pages go on sale a month after the coupon sheets come out.  Trent saved his coupons for 4 weeks and then went to the grocery store and found that 40% of the products featured in the coupon section were on sale.  He got amazing deals on these items, commenting on getting vanilla ice cream for $.19 and salad dressing for less than a dollar as well.  

Trent and Everyday Loopholes are doing a really great thing because everyone wants to save money especially on something as necessary as groceries, so by Trent blogging about his experience, making the information public, and Everyday Loopholes picking it up makes the helpful information available to even more people.  Also Everyday Loopholes included a link to Trent's blog, The Simple Dollar, so people who visit one website now have easy access to the other helpful information resource.  This is "link love" at it's finest and helps a lot of people who want to get the most out of their dollar as well as their daily life, Everyday Loopholes posts about all types of things helping people in all types of categories.  I am excited to check out these two sites and learn some ways to save a couple dollars and also get more out of Youtube and other aspects of my life.