LD Stackers: How Often Do You Stack?

[Midnightly]

i go once maybe twice a month.. i'm pretty organized, i have a list of stuff i'm going there to buy and "tentative stuff" basically see if the price in store is good if it isn't i'll wait on it till i see a sale or price match option.. sometimes i'll go twice a week if something is out of stock or i forgot my stack at home, it really depends on the flyers how often i go

[CouponCacher]

After moving near a LD a month ago I went through a period where I was at LD every day. Now I haven't been since Saturday, but I credit that to going in prepared on the weekend. If I can find a Zellers flyer with $4 Sunlight today (hoping the sale isn't only in ON) then I will definitely be rushing over for a stockpile of free laundry detergent! Last weekend I was really lucky and got great deals at a number of different stores (nice when you can get freebies elsewhere too!) so London Drugs wasn't my only source this week.

[danam314]

i'm pretty organized, i have a list of stuff i'm going there to buy

Me too! I'm unorganuzed at home for the time being but I am VERY organized when I go to the store. I have my list of each item x however many with the price beside it. And then I have each stack paper clipped together with a little sticky note with what it's for and the stack amount (ie: $16 for Size 4 pampers, 64ct). Then I know for sure what's in the stack.

[rutlandgrl]

New to cpouponing but loving it.

[Kayla]

I'm pretty organized now as well - I've been a few times and it keeps getting easier and faster the more organized I am.

So far this month, I've been twice and I am going tomorrow with a bunch of stacks. I write out a list of everything I am going to price match with my stacks attached. Then I have a list for everything that is not price matched with stacks attached.

When I get to the cashier, I hand the cashier one item at a time with the appropriate stack. I've been told this is sooooooooooo much easier for them! and I now call ahead when I am going to go in with all my coups. By the time I get to the cashier, they have an extra cashier to help other customers.

[YourMoneyMentor]

I stack at LD at least once or twice a week. I try to keep the coupon savings under $100 each time and make my shops smaller then a big stack shop since it takes the customer service rep more time to ring it up and they appreciate the smaller shops opposed to the buggy full and a book full of coupons. I try to stay on their good side as they throw my a favour every once in a while. I am lucky as I have 4 LDs in my community.

[MelanieG]

I go once every three weeks.

[DianneS]

I live and work 5 minutes away from two London Drugs stores. So I go in frequently with several stacks at a time. I like to be in and out in under 15 minutes.

I make up stacks as coupons come in and clip them to index cards which I file in a recipe box. The box has alphabetical dividers in it. When the LD flyer comes out, I quickly check my 'stacks' box and off I go. I have done really well with coupon trading here on SC. How much will I pay for things? Most often, just the sales tax.

[Chantel]

At least once a week, occasionally I'll skip a weekend if I'm on a coupon stack dry spell or have other plans.

I basically spend my week planning via the early flyers on here, and put my stacks together friday night for my saturday morning trip.

I never stack beforehand, because coupons (especially the versatile ones, 7 wub 3 of ___, 5 WUB 3 of ___) are like lego blocks, they dont have to always be built in a certain way, you can change them around to fit. So I do it when I have all my info on fridays so that I can maximize my savings.

[Sanrio]

very much depend on whether there's sale or not and if I have enough stacks or not.

[kellib]

I used to go once a week...now i go maybe once a month I have what i need and dont need much more right now.

[Amanda83]

I used to go once a week...now i go maybe once a month I have what i need and dont need much more right now.

I too have what we need, not much else is needed but I do watch the flyers and the coupons. When I first joined I did a few HUGE shops and since have done a smaller ones for the products I use only with no extras, however I'd like to get some sunlight green

[CouponCacher]

LOL, just saw my post from last May!! ROTFLMAO! Well, I go in less often now, but it is because I have built up a decent stash. Like others, I won't buy things that cost more than a dollar unless my need is urgent, and I keep my stacking trips under $200 in coupons per trip to save time. In the past few weeks I have made more trips than usual, but I've picked up a ton of stuff that I only had to pay the tax on.

Also, before I head to LD, I check their website. All of their product and prices are listed, so it saves being surprised by their inflated prices, and I can prepare for PMing if necessary. (I have been trying to avoid PMing because it slows down the checkout process - sometimes its just easier to wait for LD to have a sale.)

[dandyprat]

I go at least twice a month. I feel if i go to long I start to crave it! LOL and i do bigger shops usually. I'll take a few days to prepare for the bigger ones. for example I am doing a shop soon and I have been preparing for 2 days now and my list is at over $200 in products and with tax and everything is should be around $30

[corbinx]

I go about twice a month. I wait until I have enough coupons to get quite a few things for free, or until I really need something (eg. will go for diapers if I am running low even if I don't have quite enough coupons to get them for free). I try to make sure I am constantly getting coupons by keeping up on save.ca, brandsaver, etc. websites, watching my local papers, and keeping an eye out in stores for coupons. I also watch flyers for deals, I look online for them since I don't have flyer delivery at this time and then call my sister to save the ones we need for price matching. I also have family and friends on the hunt for coupons for me and they occasionally will find ones I don't have which is great! My sister is now on board with stacking and she will usually call me to set a date for us to go to give me time to get my coupons together and we will spend some time together going through them as well.