Let's Talk Overages and Freebies

So, you're a newbie couponer and you're wondering...  How do people get all that stuff for free?!  Or how they get 10 bottles of laundry detergent for $1?  Let's talk about how that works.

Overages
Overages are awesome.  You'll want to check your store's coupon policy and see if they allow for overages.  Some stores do not and will adjust down the price of your coupon so you just get the item for free, no overage.  But some stores, like Walmart, allow for overages which can make for some awesome deals.  The most recent that I've come across is the McCormick Gourmet coupons (NLA, you gotta watch for when these come back around and print them ASAP).  These sell for $1 or less which gives you $1 overage for each that you buy and use a $2 coupon with.  If you were able to print 10 coupons and bought 10 spices, you would have $10 in overage that you could apply to other items.

Freebies

We all love free stuff but it isn't always so easy to come by.  You really gotta watch for the free items, people tend to jump on it pretty quick and will wipe out shelves.  Here are a couple examples of some great free items recently.

All Detergent at Family Dollar

Family Dollar had a one day deal last week.  All Detergent was on sale for $3.50 and they had a text code that gave you $2.50 off that price.  You could also use a MF coupon ($1/1) which made the detergent FREE.  

This is a freebie you can easily grab, as it's not advertised nor very popular, but makes for a great quick lunch.  

They are $1 at the Commissary, you can also find these at Walmart and Target.  Use $1/1 Printable Coupon and it's free!  You can also snag some Asian Garden Tai Pei for cheap, as they are regularly priced at $1.50-$2.

So that's how people do it, they get multiple coupons and use coupons that makes items free and free with overages.

Here are some of my favorite free and cheap purchases

This was one of my favorite purchases, all thanks to coupons and Ibotta.  These were purchased at Winco (in WA state), Target and Free yogurt at Safeway.

This was another fun trip, I made money off this purchase thanks to Ibotta and coupons.

More cheap items at Target and Winco, thanks to Ibotta and coupons.

This was a purchase made with Target Mobile coupons, Target Cartwheel, MF coupons and Ibotta.