How do you organize and manage your coupons?

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I use the baseball card system. I have a three ring binder with the baseball card sheets. I have dividers between sheets for various groupings.

I did what made sense to me – meat, dairy, canned goods, cereal/breakfast, pet supplies, toiletries, paper goods, etc. Set up the dividers for what makes sense to you.

Then, as I cut my coupons, I file them behind the appropriate divider. If necessary, I fold them so that I can see the picture of the product (I’m a visual type person). When I get to the grocery store, I can flip to the page that has the appropriate coupons.

I then compare coupons, prices, sales, etc to find the best deal.

My binder has a pocket in the front. When I have picked a product that will use a coupon, I pull that coupon out and stick it in the front pocket. When I check out, all my coupons are right there to hand to the cashier.

I’ve been using this system for a couple years and I love it. Once you have it set up, it’s a breeze to maintain.

Good luck!

Chrissey

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From: The Victors
Date: 11/4/2007 7:10:42 PM
To: Budget101_@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Budget101.com : How do you organize and manage your coupons?

i know it has been discussed before, but i am fixing to start using coupons heavily and i need a good way to organize them. right now, i have a small box that i separated categories with index card dividers but i want to see if there is a better way to keep up with what i have at a glance, or how to keep multiple copies of coupons together. and of course, manage the expiration date.

i know some people use baseball card organizers, exactly how does that work?

i am hosting the coupon class i asked about earlier since i have enough people interested and i would like to offer different ways of organizing them.


melissa v.



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