How much did you save by using coupons last year??

[lekate]

Great thread! I haven't really kept track but know its in the $5000 range as I've been able to do several bonus redemption days this past year at SDM (guessing about $2500 in free stuff) plus all the coupons for food & using FPC's & doing MIR's (glade promo, Airwick, gas cards etc). SC has been a lifesaver for us & enabled us to do several donations this past year too!

I wish SC had a tracking system on the website that is user friendly!! I don't have Excel so can't use the program that has been posted by DH666!

I will try to do a better job by writing down my coupon usage/savings by month in 2011!

Try Open Office? They have an excel type program.

[annedougherty]

Not at all, many of the posters can stack and say that the vast majority of their savings is LD. Some people class savings as 'how much I paid in comparison to how much it would be if I paid full price (not flyer sale prices) when many items would not be bought if not on sale or no coupon

and any savings are good

I don't class savings that way because I would never pay full price anyway lol. If it's regular 3$, on sale for 2$ and I have a coupon I only count that as 1$ because I would never pay $3!

I also hoard my coupons until something is on sale and then I go crazy lol.

Like Carly said, those SDM points really drive up the savings. I did 3 mega bonus redemptions and 4 or 5 bonus redemptions before that. So that's almost a couple of thousand right there. Thank god for SDM.

[annedougherty]

I'm with you Zonny, maybe 200$ max., but there really wasn't much I needed, I only need so many haba items, and since I walk/bike/bus I can't really buy a lot. And there's practically no coupons for the foodstuffs I buy (okay Metro sends AM coupons based on stuff you buy, so I get bonus points for buying fruits and vegetables from them!). I have however saved more in other areas so I'm still happy :D

A year ago I would never have though that I could buy a 700$ laptop in cash without batting an eye, oh how times they have changed!

That's a really important point. It's not really about how many $were saved in coupons. It's about being conscious of your spending!

[FallenPixels]

Yeah, but some people do so the numbers they 'save' are inflated

I do put regular prices in DH666's excel because I can check it as a pricebook to see what I paid before (because if I have to pay full price, I want to know where has the cheapest full price lol) but for saving tracking I go by shelf price

[liezlranoy]

I created a Facebook application where you can publish how much you saved using coupons! It is used by over 1,000 people and has over 500 stores for easy entry.

You can export the results to Excel and show the coupon savings on your website or blog or Facebook!

http:///85miC

[momof5boys]

Used a lot of coupons since summer but also on things that I normally don't stock up on - like chocolate .....

We spend about $535/month on groceries for our family of 7 and this hasn't really changed a whole lot since using coupons....I do have a stockpile, of course, and also realize that we pay tax on items even if using coupons. I'm going to keep my stockpile down to a manageable level, really digging into my freezers to empty them out before spring/summer and only using coupons for stuff we really need at this point. So I'm hoping to bring my grocery amount down to about $475 a month.

[maverickmom]

in the tree moths on this bored i save 350 bucks whoo hoo i am going on a mini vacation because of it thanks all

[sweetmomma]

Mine was well over $2000 kept track until around June. I will be more dilligent about maintaining this for 2011.

[whoseyomomma]

That's crazy how much people are saving! :O

[annedougherty]

Yeah, but some people do so the numbers they 'save' are inflated

I do put regular prices in DH666's excel because I can check it as a pricebook to see what I paid before (because if I have to pay full price, I want to know where has the cheapest full price lol) but for saving tracking I go by shelf price

I know, I don't even count all the pink stickers from Fortino's and such, because if it didn't have the pink sticker on it I wouldn't buy it anyways. Hmmmm, speaking of that there hasn't been many pink stickers round here since they renovated those Fortino's!! lol

[FallenPixels]

I know, we were spoilt by the renos

[savess]

I have used $4079 in coupons (face value), and another $698.10 in SPC discount. This does not include the sale price, or price matching deals. This also doesn't include the many times I've redeemed at Shoppers!
I would guess that about 50% of this is for my family use (only the things we normally use) and the rest is for stockpile. I did a really nice Christmas hamper for a family, donated to women's shelters, and gave A LOT to family and friends who needed it. I also just boxed up the rest to give away so I can move around in my computer room!! I may cost me a few dollars to buy this extra "stuff", but it gives me a lot of pleasure to share it
There are only a few people I would tell these amounts to, the rest would think I'm crazy. Have I mentioned - I love this site!!!

[hogama]

2011 -I've saved about $46 with coupons - that garnered me 4 free Softlips, .....

Where are you getting the free Softlips these days?!?! My chapped lips need to know....

[maliha44]

I'm doing the same thing as you. Just started to keep track of all my savings, I've only saved like $12 bucks so far. Yes, its sad compared to what some of you have saved, but its a start.

[barbs]

Where are you getting the free Softlips these days?!?! My chapped lips need to know....

had a raincheck from Oct. for '$1.99 limit 4'; my store only recently got more stock in. (used the $2 printable.)