So far this year, I have saved $137.08 with coupons. When we go to the store, at the checkout, my husband always asks for the coupons. I love the new organizer. I'm saving my money to get your tote and getting the kit to get started with your program. It was the best investment I could make.
Have a blessed week,
ElizaBeth
I was visiting my neighbor and she had just gotten The Couponizer. It was love at first sight for a "coupon queen" like myself!! I immediately came home and ordered one for myself. I love, love, love it...Is by far superior to any coupon organizer I have ever owned. I did have a problem with the spiral ring; it was coming apart. I called the company and imagine my surprise when Amy herself answered the phone! I was so totally impressed...She offered me a full refund or a replacement. Of course I wanted the replacement which she shipped out to me without question. I am off and running (I mean saving...) Thank you again!!
The Dotted Line:
A Note from Amy: "Elizabeth - sorry for the malfunction and we do stand by our product, so I am happy you are back up and saving again! -Amy"
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Hello Coupon-lovers! I've been involved in couponing (on and off) since the 80's. In fact, I still have my original copy of Cashing in at the Checkout by Susan Samtur. I have numerous couponing DVD's. I, loyally, get two newspapers every Sunday so that I can have a cache of coupons. What I haven't had going for me was a viable coupon organizing system, haven't had until now, that is. My early coupon organizing efforts were culminated in an index card/small brief-case type container. In theory, it seemed like a good idea, and I was making it work (sort of) until the unthinkable happened, and in an odd calamity of errors , the entire coupon file, turned over and it was a complete disaster.
Most recently, I decided to try a clip-less system, whereby entire coupon flyers, organized per each month by date. Clip-less system was a Use-less system for me. There was this do not touch sort of attitude with this system, so I didn't touch them, save to put them in the file. The tempting aspect of this system was that there is an online (free) database of the coupon inserts, so one was to search database for specific items. I spend scads of time at my computer, so I thought this might be a new approach for me to an age old problem---organizing my coupons for use. However, volumes of inserts went by without my touching them and soon, I wasn't using any of my coupons, which were, nicely organized in the file folders for searching through the database.
I had been eyeing another system online for nearly a year. It was called the Couponizer. I kept going back to the site and was helpless to understand how a system, so simple, could accomplish for me, what a coupon attach, a computer data base, a hanging file folder, four loose-leaf filled with baseball card pockets (yeah used that one too) were unable to do for me. But, one day, my husband (God bless him) ordered it for me. That was a week ago. Last week I went through my tome of (mostly expired but neatly organized by date) coupon inserts and clipped what I could salvage. Saturday, my husband and I used the Coupon Stacker with the Couponizer and put away our coupons. Filling the Couponizer was accomplished with such ease, I wondered if we were really finished. On the strength of the Coupon stacker, I devised a sub-category coupon stacker for coupons that I use only at Drugstores. This leads me to my story about actually using the Couponizer to save money. It's a small story , about a very little amount of money.
On Saturday, after sorting our coupons into the Couponizer and my Couponizer-inspired drugstore-coupon organizer, my husband and I were driving home. I had been meaning to pick-up dishwashing liquid for nearly a week and it had slipped my mind each time. So when the CVS sign we were passing flashed Dawn dishwashing liquid 96 cents, we pulled in. Then I remembered I had 1 (yes ONE) Dawn coupon in my organizer. My husband (who had helped in the coupon organizing) remembered it too. One little coupon for 50 cents. So we culled through the Household cleaning segment and found the one coupon. As it happens, when I went into CVS, I scanned my ECB card and learned that I had two Extra-Care Bucks as well. So we ended up getting three bottles of Dawn dishwashing liquid, for 44 cents. I was tickled. Walt (my husband) was thrilled!
Just today, we made another CVS run and came home with $90 worth of products for $60. So for us, the Couponizer system does, indeed work. My next purchases from the Couponizer site will be Couponizers for gifts for family and friends who are into or want to try couponing. Thank you for your good works.
A Note from Amy: "Kim & Walt - what a great story and thank you for taking the time to write it and send it to me. I love how you have stuck with your coupons through thick and thin and I am glad you have found a system that works for you! Please stay in touch in this journey we share. Wishing you all the best savings! - Amy"
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Here are some pictures of me holding my Couponizer and sharing my love of it with my students!
This month we selected Maria as Couponizer of the Month since she is a Couponizer Coach & BeCentsable Educator and recently received some very postive press! Read on..
Aurora Mom Teaches Others How to Save on Their Household Budget
I've been a couponaholic for the past few years but always lacked a good system that I found managable... until I purchased The Couponizer. I love it! Finally I have a system that I think works for the majority of savvy coupon shoppers. Recently I attended a "coupon class" with some friends who heard about my savings stories. The class leader brought along binders she had assembled that included similar items to The Couponizer. However, her version was huge and ugly compared to mine. After the class I quietly pulled out my Couponizer to show someone the Coup Stacker. Quickly a swarm of women, including the teacher, gathered to take a look at how quick and easy I could sort a stack of coupons that would have been unmanagable earlier. Everyone was really impressed by the simple, easy and compact design. It proves once again that I bought the best system. Now that I am more organized I am saving even more at the stores.
I received my Couponizer as a gift a few months ago and I LOVE it! I used to keep my coupons in one of those small file organizers that you use for cancelled checks. No matter how hard I tried to keep up-to-date on what coupons I had and the expiration date, I just couldn't do it. I was throwing out more expired coupons than I was using in the store. Now it's a breeze compared to what it used to be.
I LOVE my Couponizer!
A Note from Amy: "Renate - Thanks for writing to me and I am glad that my Couponizer system has simplified keeping up with your coupons! Wishing you continued savings. - Amy"
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My story is about helping someone else by showing them my Couponizer! I was shopping in Winco when a woman approached me and exclaimed, "What is that? It looks great, all my coupons are in the car!"
I took my Couponizer out of the shopping cart and went through it for her page by page, explaining it all as I went. She loved it, so I promptly gave her the website address so she could go online and buy one. I didn't get her name but I hope she bought one as I know it has helped me get back into using coupons, making it very easy and keeping everything well organized.
Thanks again!!
A Note from Amy: "Jeanie - What a great the picture of you getting organized with your Couponizer! I love your encouraging spirit and am grateful for helping to spread the word about my product. Thank you sharing your story with me so I could share it with others."
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I've had my new tote for 7 days & it's already paid for itself! YEAH!! You have to love this bag more every day with the time and money it saves. I was in need of a new Couponizer (best coupon system ever) & you had a 'deal' price of $10.00 with the purchase of a very cool looking tote. To justify the cost, I promised myself I'd start using it immediately to track extra savings.
Placed my order on a Tuesday & had it early Thursday...super fast FREE shipping! All coupons, sales inserts, coupon catalogs, reward dollars/certificates, etc. PLUS my water & healthy snack fit into the bag! No more 'forgotten' coupons or 'extra trips' to the store. Now the savings...$9.95 on the new Couponizer PLUS free shipping $5.75. Next stop was for printer ink.
No worries, just stopped on my way home because I had sales flier & rewards dollars with me, savings $21.40. Usually would have to go home for this purchase (butcher shop/deli), because the coupon was on the back of my neighborhood newsletter, savings $5.35. Fast stop at grocery store, savings $7.93. Emergency replacement of hardware, savings $19.26. Grand total savings of $69.64 in 7 days!! YEAH Couponizer Tote!
Thanks for helping me save money, time, and look fashionable too!
Blessings,
Shari Stott
A Note from Amy: "Thank you Shari for your story! I love how you are saving money, time and looking fashionable too! $69.64 in 7 days, that's GREAT!"
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When I first found out that we were not getting any raises, I had to figure out how to make my shopping buck go further. When I found The Couponizer, I found gold!
I had been using coupons all along, but just the few ideas I've gotten from this "tool you can't live without", I know my savings have increased exponentially. I scour the manufacturers coupons & pair them up with store coupons faithfully. The sales emails are so valuable that I can't live without the emails.
Every person who is a shopper must, and I reiterate, must own this organizer/tool. You WILL truly recoup your insignificant investment hundreds of times over.
BUY IT NOW!!!
A Note from Amy: "Thank you Kathy for your story! I am so glad you have had such success with my little invention! When I put it on the market back in 2002, I hoped it would have a positive impact and you have shown this to be true. Thank you again for sharing. All the best savings to you!"
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I went out on medical disability in July 2008 and found myself living on a budget that was very different from my "old life". I was always resourceful as a kid growing up with limited money in a one parent family and had paper
routes, baby sat, etc. Those options were out so I decided it was time to go back to being serious with coupons, like I was as a young person in the 1980's.
My old coupon book was falling apart and the morning after I had the thought, saw the Couponizer and a clip of a Couponizer party on our local news channel! No coincidences! I ordered my own Couponizer that day and have loved it. The organization of it is brilliant, especially at check out time. I've also started helping friends out who are having tough times in this economy by passing coupons to them of their most used products. The true test has been with my significant other or "emergency contact" as we call each other when I've pulled out coupons for meals, etc. and he sees savings of $8 or more with one coupon and now asks "do you have the Couponizer in the car?" before we leave the house!
A Note from Amy: "Thank you Deb for writing to me. I love it that my system passed the true test! I wish you continued savings and thank you for helping others during these tough economic times."
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Date of Couponizer Purchase: 2008
Estimated Savings to Date: $5,000
I heard about the Couponizer from a friend of mine at work. I had just started using coupons regularly and was still trying to figure it all out. She told me how much she loved hers, so I decided to try it.
It definitely helps keep me organized. It helps when cutting and filing the coupons as well as when I'm looking for coupons to use. After I started using the Couponizer, I started spending half as much at the store. That's a savings of about $300 each month! Not only am I spending less money each month, but I have MORE food in my freezer and pantry than I did before. Thanks!
A Note from Amy: "Thank you Stacey for writing to me. I am glad my system helped you figure it all out and post some really impressive savings. I wish you a very prosperous 2010!"
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