Starting couponing

Alright so I hope you have had time to order your papers get your coupons and organize them to your desired method.  The two different methods are clipping and no clipping.  Clipping means you cut out all of your coupons when you receive them and then organize them in some way such as in binder filled with baseball card sheets.  The second is no clipping which is the method I now use and went over in my previous post.

The key to successful couponing is organization.  So it is key to find a method that works for you.  I am going to go over coupon lingo today.

Here are some of the common terms you will hear referring to couponing and what they mean...  I only shop at Albertsons or Walmart so I will be covering these stores.

The inserts that come in the Sunday paper will be refered to as these initials
SS-Smartsource
RP-Redplum
GM-General Mills or Vlassis
P&G- Procter and Gamble


Coupon Lingo
B1G1-buy one get one free
WYB2-When you buy 2
B2G1-Buy two get one
OOP-out of pocket
MIR- Mail in rebate
FAR-Free after rebate
OYNSO- On your next shopping order
Stack- refers to using 2 coupons for 1 product (at albies you can use 1 store and 1 manufacture coupon on a single product.  But you can't use 2 store or 2 manufacture)
YMMV- your mileage may vary


Some Lingo that stores use are as follows
Albies- Albertsons
Doublers AKA twice the value coupons-  At Albertsons the main store I shop at they send out coupons in their paper every once and a while making it possible to double any coupon up to 1.00 value.  Ex. 50cent coupon becomes 1.00, and $1 becomes $2.
Round up-  Albertsons runs a promotion once and a while where any coupon under .99cents is automatically rounded up to 1.00.  There is no limit on the number of coupons you can use and you don't need any extra coupons such as a twice the value for the coupons to be rounded up.
Catalina- These are a type of coupon that print out of the machines next to the register at Albertsons.  These machines register when you purchase certain items.

So there is the lingo you will need to know. Hopefully this helps.  I will do a post in a few about the double deals at Albertsons this week so check it out.