Some spammer started a thread in MPSIMS that purported to be something like this, but it was only to spam their own site. I think it’s a great thread idea, so I figured I’d start a real one here.
I can never find a really good printable coupon site, so if you do know of one I’d love the suggestion. But the best coupon code site, by far, is retailmenot.com. People report whether or not the code works and it posts them by percentage chance of it working. I have yet to have one fail. I use this site every time I order something online, and have saved a TON of money because of it.
I have been getting some good use out of Restaurant.com lately. If you get on their mailing list, you can fairly regularly get $25 gift certificates for $2 towards the end of the month.
As for printable coupons for things like groceries, frankly I think there is a real lack of good sites for this (most are spammy, bulky, and poorly designed). Since I’m a member anyway, I usually check Mypoints.com once a month or so, but that’s about it.
I don’t use this portion of this site, so can’t claim if anything here is good or not. But the site in general is a good site for money and financial issues and this is one of the sub-forums there:
I use grocery coupons as much as I can without spending a huge amount of time on it. I use several, sporadically helpful as I don’t buy a lot of processed food-like products.
shortcuts.com (electronic coupons associated with my frequent shopper card at the grocery store I use the most)
If you get coupon inserts in your Sunday paper, many of them have online versions.
I often visit the website of products I want and get coupons directly, i.e., Oikos yogurt, Healthy Choice frozen meals.
Proctor and Gamble has a thing on their website where you can load coupons onto various frequent-shopper cards. It’s the same deals as their monthly inserts in the Sunday paper, so it won’t be worth it if you already get that.
I also recommend Slickdeals and Fatwallet. They both have a freebie forum, which can be fun. I’ve gotten coffee samples, pet food samples, and today a “better than ears” sample. (It’s a dog treat, I love the name.)
They also have various deals forums. You can always find the latest Kohl’s coupon codes there. People will also discuss various ways to combine deals. For example, last Christmas there was a 30% off code and a free shipping code which could be used on the same order.
As far as printed coupons go, I like Slickdeals coupon forum. A lot of companies will post a coupon on their own site, not a coupon site. So I check that forum a couple of times a week to see if anything interesting turns up.
I especially recommend checking those sites out at Christmas. It’s a great way to keep up with in-store sales, special online sales, free shipping offers, etc.
I have made two attempts to use coupons from Restaurant.com and they were rejected both times.
(And when I tried to use a Groupon on Valentine’s Day – with my girlfriend’s permission – the restaurant decided we had to take tango lessons. Groupon gave me credit and the restaurant is now closed.)
We used to have that problem with those big coupon books they sell every year. You’re supposed to buy one meal, get one free, but when we’d hand them the card, they’d get flustered, go find their managers, come back and say, “I’m sorry but we can’t take this. The best we can do is give you half off ONE meal.” Well lady, that was your tip. Sorry.
We don’t use those coupon books very often, although as I understand it, they did away with the card and if your restaurant is in the book, tough shit for you, half the bill is getting put right back on the credit card that purchased both meals.
