Today's Frugal Friday post is a simple one. I love coupons, and I love it when I can double my deals. I like shopping at Target much better than a certain other large retailer - the stores are brighter, cleaner and cheerier, and the employees are much nicer and FAR easier to find when needed. I find that the prices are basically the same as the other store, maybe a couple of pennies more, but not enough more to make me want to leave. And their clearance spots are easy to find! To make Target even sweeter, they actually have coupons at their website that you can use in the stores. Just go to their home page, go down to the bottom, and click on "Super Target Coupons". Even though it says "Super Target", you can still use them at a regular, non-Super Target.
The only problem with the Target coupons is that each one is good for a few weeks, but they change them out every week or every other week - and once they're gone off the site, they're gone. One thing you can do is go in and save a copy of each coupon to your own hard drive, but if you forget one week, you're out of luck. Luckily, someone more web-savvy than I has fixed the proble. This site keeps a copy of every current Target coupon so that you can pick and choose which ones you want, and print as many at one time as you want.
The best part about Target coupons? You can use a regular manufacturer's coupon in addition to the Target coupon! So you get extra savings, fabulous. Another great thing about the Target coupons is that since they are in-store coupons, it's like a sale price - which means the tax goes down, too. I live in a state where EVERYTHING is taxed, and my county is currently at 10%, so for every dollar in Target coupons I use, I save an additional 10 cents. A couple of notes about Target coupons: yes, you can use more than one at a time, but don't go overboard even if it's a good deal. For example, right now there is a coupon for a free Choxie chocolate bar. Don't go in with 100 of them! 2, or 4 maybe, but not a ridiculous amount.
Another thing is the fact that a lot of Targets have stopped accepting internet-printed coupons, and some of the less bright employees think this means their own store coupons as well. It does not. Nor do you *have* to print out the entire web page to "prove" that you got it from the Target website. But if you do have problems, and the coupon you're wanting to use is one from the current week, just go up to the kiosks at the customer service area, visit the website from one of them, go to the coupons section online and hit "Print". It will print it out for you right there! They can't argue if you just printed it from their own machine, LOL.
Go visit Crystal's blog for more frugal goodness!
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We are about to get a Target in our area and this sounds so wonderful... especially since I also do not like shopping at a 'certain other large retailer' either!!
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Lady Why, at 9:46 AM
I did not know about the online coupons. Thanks for the great info. I love all the clearance stuff at Target!!
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Heather @ Marine Corps Nomads, at 11:40 AM
Thanks so much for the great tip! Target is my favorite store and this will be my new favorite website!
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Sara, at 1:00 PM
Ooooh! This is a cute little blog - neat stuff!
We just got a new Target over here. It will be the death of me, I'm afraid.
Thanks for stopping by with Congrats, this should be a fun venture!!
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The Brothers, at 8:25 PM
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