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Free Sources for Newspaper Coupon Inserts
Buying newspapers for coupons each week is not cheap. As you have probably noticed, I try to buy mine at Walgreens with RR. But I have a somewhat unique situation. I have no family nearby, the largest paper in my area doesn’t do home delivery in my county, and there aren’t any stores I know of that do a discounted bundle. Below are some ideas I have run across for getting your newspaper coupons cheap or free!- Get your non-couponing family to save you inserts. This is an easy one, and many family members are willing to help out! Just be careful, when they see all your free stash, they might keep the coupons for themselves!
- Get your co-workers to help out. I have a very sweet woman at work who sends her coupons to me almost every Monday. She only cuts a few and gives me the rest. I don’t count on it, but I take it as a nice surprise. Some businesses have a subscription to the paper, and you might be able to pick up some inserts there.
- Keep your eyes peeled at restaurants and coffee shops. Many people leave their whole Sunday paper for others to enjoy. Make sure it is not property of the restaurant before taking the coupons out!
- Recycle bins and centers, also known as Dumpster Diving. You heard me right. There are people out there who do this on a weekly basis. I know one very kind lady in our area that gets her inserts this way. I am truly not brave enough for this. (I would also ask permission here, because you don’t want in trouble for stealing!) I have never figured this one out, but I figure, if you ask and it is being thrown out, it is fair game.
- Check out the library. Many libraries have newspaper subscriptions. You could ask the librarian to save them for you. Some libraries also have take a coupon, leave a coupon boxes.
Do you have a Thrifty idea? Did you save a ton of money this week? Do you have a Thrifty deal you want to share?
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7 comments:
I've always wanted to go dumpster diving. I may just have to dive right in! (pun intended). :)
I heard about the library having newspapers from one of my coupon workshops. But the girl was taking about 20 newspapers. I had to have a talk to you about being a considerate couponer. That's one of my pet peeves I guess :) I'm going to have to go dumpster diving. Haven't done that since I was a teenager. Boy we used to get all kinds of good stuff!
Often times the items that you buy will have hidden coupons in them..ex ziploc bags, cat food..etc...
By the way, I commented before on your cat but I don't know where it is... I have one just like it and I was wondering what kind it was..
Happy Thrifty Thursday!
We're lucky enough to get the paper. It's gone downhille, so I only get the coupons out, but it's a big help to get it. My aunt lives nearby and doesn't coupon, so she saves coupons every week and when my grandma's at home, she gives me hers too.
:)
Great ideas for getting inserts - I hadn't thought to ask the library for theirs. I'll have to check into that.
Thanks for posting!
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I used to "dumpster dive" when we lived in the apartment - we had a recycling bin for the paper, and I'd always end up with 5 or 6 papers every week! I miss that!
We have a coupon swap box set up at our local library. It is always full of coupons! The best part, they are already cut out for you!Thanks for linking up to Making Dollars out of Change!
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