Group #4 THE DEAL DAZZLERS : 21 Things to be an Epic Couponer

[bc_chik]

It was for Prex laundry detergent....which I am having a hard time finding coupons for! Oh well

Nope, only good in ON and some eastern provinces, it will say on the back.
which one is it?

[Giving-Small]

bc_chik - last year there were quite a few Purex laundry coupons around. Haven't seen any in a long while.

[Giving-Small]

I've been missin' my Deal Dazzlers Team.

Are you still there ... or are sorting your brandsaver.ca and brandsaver online coupons?

Thanks everyone for being so patient with me. Traveling and catching up kinda knocked a wee bit of stuffing out of me but I'm getting my bounce back.

To present the Shoppers program, I interviewed an experienced optimum fan, Kim. Thanks Kim! I also added some slides -- we talked about calculating the value of points and that's easier to grasp if you can read and hear it.

Kim shared some of the ways she maximized the points that she gets at Shoppers.

This slide show willl probably contain information that you already know about Shoppers if you have been tracking the Shoppers discussions and/or read the FAQ.

Hopefully there will be a tidbit or two that's new to you.

Part 2 is coming with more info.



Listen to interview and view slideshow.


Note: A couple of people couldn't hear the other interviews/shows, so I made this one louder. There is also more background noise due to how we recorded.

[Giving-Small]

Activities and Discussion

1. Do you use your Shoppers card (if you have one regularly)?


2. Do you use any of the strategies Kim described to earn points faster?


3. On a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you like the Shoppers reward program?

Bonus Activity:

If you've never looked at the Shoppers Bonus Offers thread, take a look now.

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[Clippy]

Received the coupon train this morning.
Lots of interesting coupon ... thank you Couoponcrazygirl.
I will post it on to kerrylynn tomorrow.

[kerrylynn]

Thanks so much for the video, I am def. going to get a shoppers points card...
Clippy--> Yippie I cant wait for my train to arrive, so excited!!

[Giving-Small]

Great to see the train chugging along.

[Rima Dickson]

Great to see the train chugging along.

I am so excited about thsi train!! it's coming soon

[bc_chik]

Oh good I was hoping to see some ideas on how to use the Optimum program to its advantage. I'm just a casual card user

I've been spending my time trying to get lots of diaper coupons so I can head to LD before my coupons for Apr 22 expire!!! Its so hard to find MF coupons tho, they are like GOLD! lol

I've signed up to about 6 trains I think and havent received any yet but am waiting patiently as my stash is diminishing haha

Can't wait to watch the video, and I will let you know what I learn. Giving Small - THANK YOU so much for all your time and effort, I am learning loads and slowly building a useful stockpile. I'm glad you have given yourself some time off! hah
Nadine

[Giving-Small]

Thanks everyone. Super helpful to have crazycoupongirl organize and do the train part.

[kerrylynn]

Hello Team,
I just wanted to let you all know that I went into loblaws in Aylmer Quebec and they accept a coupon zone and a manufactuers coupon as well, so I was able to do my very first stack!!!! I am going to try @ no frills next week in Ontario and will try to stack a zone with a man. coupon...I will let you all know!

[Clippy]

Train sent out today to kerrylynn.
I removed expired Hi liner coupon.
Took ... 1x$2 off, 4x$1 off, 4x$.50 off, 1x$4 off, 1x$3 off, 1x$5 off, 2x$.60 off.
Added ... 2x FPC, 2x MIR, 2x$.30, 12x$1, 3x$3, 4x$.75, 1x$5, 2x$.50, 2x$2, 2x$4 WUB
Also added some coupons that expire end of April ....maybe somebody can use them up before then?

[caroman]

interesting video and talk with Kim. I understand the rewards program more than before. I'm also just a casual card user and even on bonus days I find it difficult to buy 50$ worth of product (even when there's a sale). I find Shopper's too expensive for the type of shopping I do. I guess I'll buid my points extremly slowly. the rewards progrma would be a 3 on the scale for me.

[bc_chik]

I don't shop at SDM enough to do most of those techiniques. I definetly have been shopping there more when I know there is a deal (and to get some tearpad coupons lol) But for the most part I don't spend much, and I don't buy drugstore cosmetics so again I don't hit up those sales. But its nice to know I could do the gift card thing every once and awhile when I know I will be shopping

[bc_chik]

Just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to everyone for giving so much advice and being so helpful with any and all couponing questions. I went to LD yesterday and got 117 dollars worth of diapers for 17 dollars!!!!!!! Thank you for showing me the way!