Nicole Crawley has been a coupon since the age of 15.
NOW, at 28 and a mother of three, she takes money reduction seriously. In the past two years, it has saved $ 2,000 using a coupon application. This can make a real difference in her household, who lives on one income because she is a Housewife. High daycare The costs pushed her to stay at home with her children; Losing your salary means leaning even more about the coupon.
“I always use a lot of skills and many purchasing techniques to be able to afford the style of life we have followed,” she said, referring to the money economy methods she learned from a “very, very poor” family.
Although it now uses mainly a coupon application, it first accumulated economies in the old -fashioned manner: a coupon binder, contenting itself with the recycling center for coupons inserts and even the collection of coupons with people in its community who wanted to help.
These skills are useful at a time when products, especially those for children and babies, have experienced price fluctuations. Prices could only increase costs. A survey of April 10 with 1,1014 US consumers by the NUMERATOR market study data company revealed that 83% of consumers planned to modify their purchase behavior in preparation for prices, and 48% said they are looking for sales or coupons. Crawley said prices are a stressor – she has recovered her coupon to make sure they have staples in their household.
“If prices are increasing considerably, what I see happening, it won’t hit as loud and so suddenly,” she said.
Coupon to save money on children’s stuff
When she was younger, Crawley watched TLC’s “Extreme Couponing”, a television program on people looking to save as much money as possible and compete to see who can make their bills the smallest. Although Crawley said that the spectacle itself was unrealistic, he helped her throw his own coupon passion.
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Crawley said that when she left her house for the first time at 18, she had a coupon break for a while when she moved. But when her first child was born a few years later, and she was trying to do it by herself, she discovered how expensive Baby Gear was. It was then that she rejected herself in the lifestyle of the coupon.
She was able to accumulate as many baby articles as she could give her care center for local women; Its features included baby soap, lotions and layers with diapers. She also said that she had brought her coupon philosophy to other ways of sparing – she used thrift stores and swaps her coupon items for other items she needed, such as baby clothes or toys.
The coupon today seems a little different. Paper coupons are less common and retailers will allow consumers to use a few at a time, she said. Instead, the discount applications like Ibotta are the place where to be these days. This application helped Crawley save more than $ 2,000. It also benefits from online coupons for retailers and online loyalty accounts. One of its most recent households described: eight toilet cleaners for $ 5 at Walgreens. With a world of transaction options, Crawley said that she was focusing her efforts on diapers, the formula and other babies accessories.
Get discounts and try new products
Crawley also capitalizes on a strategy used by retailers to potentially hang new customers: it will often try new products simply because they have a strong reduction. When Ragu announced a new vegetarian children’s sauce, she was able to obtain pots for 25 cents each; It ended up being a success in her house, and she has 12 pots currently seated in her pantry.
Crawley always tries to be aware of the overconsumption – she doesn’t just want to accumulate things she doesn’t need for the coupon. She said that she tries to clean up certain things when she is short of space, or that they may not be able to use them before they go wrong.
“If I get something more, we might not use it in time, it is automatically given to a family in need. I will publish on Facebook,” hey, who needs this? Come and get it, “she said.” Or I will take her to the care center of our wife and they will have it to anyone who needs it there. “
The coupon is worth it for Crawley’s house. She knows it can be intimidating to explore, but the work is worth it.
“When you plan your grocery excursion with it, making your list, it can take time,” she said. “You check several applications, you check all the coupons, you check the ads, you write everything. But I think that an hour to sit and do it and save money is worth it.”
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