Extreme Couponing and Grocery Shopping Tips from eCoupons.com

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme Couponing is the extreme sport combining savvy shopping skills with couponing in an attempt to save as much money as possible while accumulating the most groceries. 

eCoupons.com, creator of the ExtremeCouponing.com website offers the following Extreme Couponing Grocery Coupon Shopping Tips:

1)  Clip ALL the coupons from your weekly circular and Sunday newspapers. Note: coupon circulars are usually not distributed during holiday weekends (i.e. Christmas and New Year's). It's a good policy to clip all coupons because an item may go on sale in the future.   You can also trade coupons with other people. ExtremeCouponing.com has an active forum where members exchange coupon trading information.

2)  Study weekly supermarket sales circulars and compare with your coupon inventory.  Some supermarkets have sale patterns corresponding to when coupons are distributed and expire. 

3)  Sign up for supermarket club cards. Discounts are applied to orders automatically.

4)  Know supermarket coupon policy.  Due to the popularity of Extreme Couponing, these policies can change suddenly.  Supermarkets are usually independently owned and operated so call your local supermarket before your shopping trip and ask the following questions:

a)  Are expired coupons accepted?
b)  Can you use 10 coupons for 10 of the same items?
c)  Can you stack a manufacturer coupon with a supermarket coupon?
d)  Are there double and triple coupon days? i.e. a supermarket will double or triple the value of an individual coupon.
e)  Does your store accept competitor's coupons? If so, clip those coupons as well.
f)   How are coupon overages applied to the final bill? i.e. will a supermarket give cash back if the coupon overage exceeds the total price.

5)  Buy and Sell Grocery Coupons on eBay.  Although frowned upon by the coupon manufacturer industry, you can buy and sell coupons on eBay. Coupon manufacturers place restrictions on coupons limiting their transferability to ensure the coupons stay within the targeted market but these restrictions are not universal and are difficult and/or costly to enforce. Since most coupons are not allowed to be sold, the fee is considered to be for the time and effort put into cutting out the coupons. Note: Do not pay for electronic coupons.  These can be found on websites like eCoupons.com

Meanwhile, Boxing Day was December 26, the busiest retail return and exchange day of the year.  Boxing Day is also the equivalent of Black Friday in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia with mobs of shoppers at retail stores. The online version of Boxing Day is Cyber Boxing Day with several U.S. retailers having Boxing Day sales this year.

Boxing Day Shopping Tips:

1)  Bring the gift receipt for the item otherwise the store will give the current lowest price.

2)  Like supermarket coupon policies, retailer return policies are also evolving.  Retailer return policies are usually posted on its website.

3)  Some online retailers offers free in store returns.  This feature saves you money on return shipping costs.

Cyber Boxing Day Clearance sales last until the end of the year.

For further information:
http://www.extremecouponing.com
http://www.ecoupons.com
http://www.cyberboxingday.com

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