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    Posted: 25 Jul 2009 at 8:14pm
This week at Costco, I bought a pack of Clorox cleaning wipes and they are awesome.
I wouldn't have normally bought them (they are pricey), but someone left a coupon for $2.50 off, right next to the wipes. The coupon was deliberately wedged next to the price tag.

Obviously, someone got the mailer full of Costco coupons, cut them all out,
used the ones they wanted, and placed the rest of them around the store as gifts for people like me.

I think that's a brilliant idea!
Next time you got to the store with a fistful of coupons,
if you decide not to use some of them, try placing them next to each product!

The next person to come along will have a little savings, thanks to you.
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  Quote meinga Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Jul 2009 at 2:27am
Thumbs%20Up I've found coupons like this, and have also left some.  It is a nice surprise!
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  Quote specialkt Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Jul 2009 at 2:48am
i have left them before
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  Quote Hootman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Jul 2009 at 3:08am
We do that all the time.  One time we had two coupons for a buy one entree and get one free.  It expired that day.  So when we left, we spotted a couple in their 80's and gave it to them.  
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  Quote Thor Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Jul 2009 at 3:42am
I like the idea.  I've been both the recipient of such coupons and the donor.
 
I've also fed parking meters for strangers when I'd see the meter maid coming around, but I think that's illegal in some places.
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  Quote Hezadancer Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Jul 2009 at 4:09am
Usually mailed home coupons from work come in a big sheet. People seem to bring the entire sheet and only use one coupon, yet they hand me the entire sheet. I always end up ripping theirs off and leaving the rest of the coupons in my register space for other people to see and use.
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  Quote PaWolf Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Jul 2009 at 3:37pm
We also do this all the time.
MissyDWolf ALWAYS has her coupon purse with her; her coupons get traded, used, and left for others constantly. 
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  Quote Thor Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Jul 2009 at 5:07pm
I rarely use coupons anymore.  I've found that food is cheaper at the discount supermarkets (such as FoodMaxx) than it is with coupons at the more mainstream supermarkets.
 
For instance, Quaker Rice Cakes with, let's say, a $1-off coupon at Safeway, would end up costing me $2.59.  At FoodMaxx, the regular price is $1.78 for the same Quaker Rice Cakes.
 
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  Quote Jimbo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Jul 2009 at 9:17pm
You eat rice cakes??????? Shocked
 
I hope you pile a bunch of sausage & peppers on top of them.
 
Or sloppy joe mix or something!!!!!
 
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  Quote Tiz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Jul 2009 at 9:58pm
<This week at Costco, I bought a pack of Clorox cleaning wipes and they are awesome.>
 
Nothing to add about coupons. But are those Clorox wipes as good as you say? I'm tired of wasting money on wipes that don't clean. 
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  Quote SunnyBunny Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Aug 2009 at 7:06am
We have a trash can for junk mail next to our mailbox in our complex.  Sometimes the trash can will be over flowing with coupons.  I have a stack of 20 sheets of A&W/KFC coupons sitting in my drawer in the kitchen.  It's crazy!Shocked  15% off chinese food, free donuts, jamba juice, Carl's Jr., and every pizza place in the vicinity of my house.  Why people wouldn't want free/cheaper stuff is beyond me.  I don't think I've paid for a smoothie in 5 years!Thumbs%20Up

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  Quote Big Momma Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Aug 2009 at 12:28pm

At my church, we keep a box of baby care coupons next to the changing table.

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  Quote NathanAlexander Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Aug 2009 at 2:07pm
Originally posted by Tiz

are those Clorox wipes as good as you say?

Sooo much better than the (barely) cheaper Kirkland brand.
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  Quote youabear Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Oct 2009 at 2:27am
I do that all the time Big%20smileCool
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