I bought 15 coupons for pasta roni on ebay for $1.87. $1 off 2 boxes.
the local grocer is having a buy 1 get 1 free sale on pasta roni. normally they are $0.99 a box, so now they are $0.99 for 2 boxes. Plus they double coupons.
So i got 32 boxes and when i was in line I flirted with the cashier (so she would be sure and try to help me out. My brother has tried getting free food with coupons and the cashier wouldn’t let him. so I figured i’d grease the wheels this way). She only doubled 7 of my 15 coupons, but they ended up paying me $7 for 32 boxes of pasta roni. Well, technically they didn’t pay me (i bought about $35 of other stuff too), but that $35 of other stuff only cost me $28 due to the $7 I got back. yay me.
I just got $80 worth of stuff that I would buy anyway for less than $20. It takes a few weeks to stock up and organize the coupons, and I quickly realized that having three or more sets of coupons pays off big.
To make things better I work for an airline in the Denver Airport, and in the course of my rounds on the concourse Sunday mornings, in which I tend to tidy up any way, I score three or four sets of coupons in addition to the set that the Denver Post delivers to the house!
My Dominick’s was kind of fucked up for a while and I could get away with giving them any coupons that I had brought with me and they would take the price off the bill regardless if I had bought the product. Still happens sometimes if I buy a large load and pick the casher that really hates her job.
Yup, they sell just about everything on e-bay. I have even seen used lottery tickets (non winners) up for bid. You got a steal on the pasta roni. Makes me wanna go check out the coupons on e-bay.
I stopped at Wendys last night for a yumm-dilyisious Big Bacon Cheeseburger. The total was 5.23$. I pull up to the window and give the cashier a 20$ bill and a quarter. I can see the confusion in her eyes as she takes my money. “Not good”, I’m thinking. She then proceeds to hand me a 10$ bill, 4 1$ bills, and some change. My brain was saying “Just take the change! Don’t say anything!” So, I say “Uhhhmm. I gave you a 20 and a quarter, I should get a 15.02$ back.” Confusion is looking me in the face. Her eyes start moving back and forth from me to the floor and then kinda rolling to the side. “Here”, I say “Just take this 4$ and the change and give me a 5$ and 2 cents. Ok?” I am using a nice reassuring smile at this point, nodding my head, and am holding out the 4$ and change. “Oh, Uhhh Yeah.” she says, “I’m sorry” as she takes the money and closes the window.
I can see her through the window. Her mind is moving at the speed of light… and then she panics. “I need Mark. Where is Mark at!” she starts asking some unknown person around the counter. She then disappears back into the depths of Wendys.
Lesson learned. I promise not to do this again God. Please let me eat bacon.
She reappears a few minutes later composed and nodding to herself. She hands me a wad of money and change. I can see dollar bills in the change. “Shut up, Shut up, Shut up”, echoes in my brain. I nod and smile. She nods and smiles back at me and hands me my drink and food. “Thanks!” I say, and I drive away.
I didn’t notice until I was driving out that she had given me a 10$, 4 1$ bills, and 99 cents. I still had the original 10$ bill she had given me right away.
I bought a batch of coupons on eBay once, and it says on the coupon (if the cashier bothers to look) that “you can use only one of these coupons at a time”.
That’s if your cashier bothers to read the fine print.
