Did you know that 1.6 billion coupons were redeemed in the first half of 2009, up 23 percent from 2008. But here is what is interesting from a study done by The Nielson Company:
- More affluent consumers ($70k+) are considered super heavy coupon users (39percent compared to 35 percent for total U.S. households) and coupon enthusiasts (42 percent compared to 35 percent for total U.S. households.)
- Other serious coupon users include those from large households, those households with female heads age 54 and younger, as well as consumers living in affluent suburban areas.
So what do ya think of that? The next time you are in line with your stack of coupons, proudly hand them over, cause the person behind you in line, not using them, probably should. Cause we really are LIVING RICH WITH COUPONS. Go us!
Source: Reuters
Cindy Livesey is the force behind Living Rich With Coupons which provides its readers with all the resources they need to shop smart so they can get life’s luxuries for a lot less. Her family of 5 has saved over $11,000 a year in groceries. And you can too.
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Cindy, I think you should get credit for some of those positive statistics!
Hi Cindy,
I am not sure how to post or provide links. But I wanted to let you know that yoplus is giving a free sample on their website. There are a few state exclusions. Like it does not work in New Jersey for me but there are only another few. Nevertheless, they still provide a $1.00 off coupon.
Also, I want to thank you for the time that you take everyday on this website. You are a role model to me in coupon clipping! I started about 6 months ago because of my and my husband’s decrease in income and your website is such a guide and gives excellent new coupons and free sample suggestions.
I also noticed that where you live you can use multiple coupons for one item and they double over $1.00? They only let me double up to $1.00 in New Jersey with one coupon per item but I still make great savings!
Thank you.
Silver Buckman
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
@Silver Buckman, Hi Silver, thanks for the yoplus info. i found it.
Most of the store in north jersey allow doubling of coupons up to $.99 but there are some stores that only allow it to double up to $1.00. But, almost all stores will allow you to use a store coupon and a manufacturer coupon which is probably what you are referring to. No stores will allow 2 manufacturer coupon ever but if you have a store coupon and a manufacturer coupon you can use both. If it’s CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Target, they all allow stacking of a store and a manufacturer coupon. So check it out at your supermarket as well. You might be surprised.
When I go to my new CVS (just opened 1 1/2 months ago – yay), the woman who rings me up about half the time is always amazed at the great deals I get. Yesterday she was saying how she wished she could get such good deals too and I was just thinking “but you can!” I spent much of my career in retail and I know that at that level you just can’t make much money. Next time I go, I’m going to take a list of a couple blogs for her to check out.
I wanted to let you know how much this site has inspired and encouraged me. A friend turned me on to your site and the art of couponing in January and I have been hooked ever since. I always thought I was doing as much as I could to save, buying mostly only items that were on sale at the grocery store, but our frig was always empty by the end of the week with no money left in our food budget to get more. Now, our frig and pantry is jammed with food, I never run out by the end of the week and I have had a surflus in our food budget for the last month or so that we can now use for other things! Another nice by- product of doing this is being able to give more to others. I never felt like I could be too generous with what we had since we are in a lower income bracket so our discretionary spending has to be cautious but now I get all these deals for free thanks in part to this site and can stock up and things I get for free that we won’t need or use, I can give to others! Thank you, thank you, thank you for all you do!
@Dawn, Dawn, What a great note you left. Thank you for sharing. It made my morning and I’m so happy you are saving so much!
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