Coupon

I saw a show on TV a few days ago. It was about how housewives can make the best use of coupons. There was one woman who bought which was originally $200 something value of goods and ended up paying $6 with numerous $1 or $2 coupons, and she got another more than $6 value of coupons because of this purchase. I admit, the value of the time spent on acquiring these coupons may not the worth the money actually saved, but come on, with coupons, that woman paid almost nothing for the $200 something stuff! That was amazing.

After that, while I was cleaning my room one day, I found a coupon hidden at the bottom of a box: save $1 on the next purchase of Nestle instant coffee. I cannot even remember when I put it in and I checked, it expired on Dec 31, 2010. I’ve kept it after a few times of cleaning and now it’s finally the time to throw it away. I always thought I would use it someday.

If you have a coupon, it is very likely that next time you need to buy something in that category, you buy from their brand, and it increases the chances you buy from them (you have to use it before the expiry date!). Just like what I did last Sunday.

I got a coupon from a friend: 2 for 1 cheesecake in Jan, 2011 at True Confections. True Confections is my favorite place to have dessert and there is one store very close to campus. It is pretty pricy there. A normal cheesecake is $8.75 plus tax and tips. 2 for 1, that’s half the price, attempting. It was the end of January already and I was not craving for cheesecakes although some would be nice. And that weekend, I was pretty busy preparing for marketing midterm and other stuff. But I still couldn’t resist the temptation and I went with a roommate who also had a lot of work to do. We were just thinking, it would be such a waste if we don’t use it, even is under this situation, we totally shouldn’t go. See, coupon works!