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Learn the Coupon Lingo

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;2px 0 2px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine; &NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1949 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;aleasdeals&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;02&sol;Learn-The-Coupon-Lingo-ELC-683x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"683" height&equals;"1024" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>GAF<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Green Advantage Flyer &lpar;Publix Grocery Flyer&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>PAF<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Purple Advantage Flyer &lpar;Publix Health and Beauty Flyer&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>IP<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Internet printable<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>ONYO<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>on your next order<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>BRP<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Balance Reward Points &lpar;Walgreen’s&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>OOS<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Out of Stock<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2> MM<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Money Maker<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>&dollar;1&period;00&sol;1&comma; &dollar;2&period;00&sol;1&comma; etc<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>One dollar off one product&comma; two dollars off one product&comma; etc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>&dollar;1&period;00&sol;2&comma; &dollar;2&period;00&sol;2&comma; etc<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>One dollar off two products&comma; two dollars off two products&comma; etc&period; You must buy 2 items to receive any savings&semi; you cannot redeem the coupon on one product for half the value&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>BOGO<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Buy one&comma; get one&period; Will usually end with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;free” or &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;half off” meaning buy one&comma; get one half off&comma; or buy one get one free&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>B1G1&comma; B2G1<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Another way to write &OpenCurlyQuote;buy one&comma; get one’&period; The &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;B” stands for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;buy”&comma; the G stands for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;get”&period; The numbers indicate how many of a product you must buy to qualify and the number of products you get when you redeem the coupon or offer&period; B1G1&equals; Buy one&comma; get one&period; B2G1&equals; Buy two&comma; get one B2G2&equals; Buy two&comma; get two<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Blinkie<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Manufacturer coupons dispensed by coupon machines found in grocery aisles next to products&period; Recognize them by the blinking red light&period; Dispenses coupons one at a time in intervals&period; Manufacturer blinkie coupons may be redeemed at any store&comma; not necessarily the store in which you found them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Catalina<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Sometimes abbreviated as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;CAT”&comma; Catalina coupon machines located at register&comma; dispense long receipt-like coupons that may be used on a future purchase&period; Catalinas&comma; refer to the coupons themselves which may be manufacturer or store coupons&period; Some Catalina coupons are advertised and some are generated based on consumer behavior&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Coupon Insert<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Coupon circulars inserted into Sunday newspapers amongst the other advertisements&period; Smart Source &lpar;SS&rpar;&comma; Red Plum &lpar;RP&rpar; and Proctor and Gamble &lpar;PG&rpar; put out coupon inserts&comma; sometimes just called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;inserts”&period; Coupon inserts are a valuable money-saving tool and we recommend buying multiple Sunday newspapers in order to have enough coupons to create a stockpile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Coupon<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A note from a store or manufacturer that entitles shopper to a discount on specific product&period; Coupons may be clipped from the newspaper&comma; printed from the internet or even downloaded to your store loyalty card&period; Couponing&colon; &lbrack;koo-pon-ing&comma; Kyoo-&rsqb; &lpar;v&period;&rpar; the practice of redeeming discount coupons in order to save money&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Couponer<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;koo-pon-er&comma; kyoo-&rsqb; &lpar;n&period;&rpar; A person who collects and saves coupons to redeem them on products&comma; such as groceries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Double Coupons<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Select stores always double coupons up to a certain value&comma; usually &dollar;0&period;50&period; If your store doubles coupons up to &dollar;0&period;50 off&comma; any coupon &dollar;0&period;50 or under will be doubled in value&period; Coupons &dollar;0&period;51 or greater will be worth face value&comma; no doubling&period; You do not need to present two coupons for one item&period; Each coupon will be worth twice the value&period; Other stores may double coupons on a particular week day&comma; usually a slower day like Tuesday&period; Other stores may offer physical store &OpenCurlyQuote;twice-the-value’ coupons&period; Even other stores may feature double coupons on a special promo week basis and will advertise this in their weekly ad&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>eCoupons<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Electronic coupons may be downloaded onto your store loyalty card or cell phone&period; Download from your PC or go mobile and download to your loyalty card through your cell phone&period; Grocery coupons must be downloaded to your loyalty card and will be deducted automatically when you swipe your card at checkout&period; E-coupons may be downloaded to your cell-phone for other retail items such as movie rentals&period; Download a coupon using the mobile ap and show your discount code to your cashier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>ELC<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Stands for Everyone Loves Couponing&excl; That’s US&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Extra Care Bucks<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>CVS rewards program&comma; formerly called ECBs&period; Extra Bucks <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;everyonelovescouponing&period;com&sol;free-coupons&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">print<&sol;a> according to the store’s weekly or monthly advertised deals&period; When you make a qualifying purchase&comma; you receive the coordinating Extra Bucks value as advertised&period; Extra Bucks are similar to catalinas or register rewards&comma; but they <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;everyonelovescouponing&period;com&sol;free-coupons&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">print<&sol;a> directly onto the bottom of your receipt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>EXP<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Expires or Expiration Date<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Handling Fee<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Refers to an amount&comma; usually &dollar;0&period;08&comma; paid by the manufacturer to reimburse the store for the trouble of accepting a coupon&period; The handling fee is usually used to pay a clearing house to sort&comma; organize and bill the manufacturer&period; If a store chose to sort its own coupons&comma; they will keep the handling fee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>MIR<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Mail in Rebate&comma; refers to rebates which must be submitted by mail&period; These are the traditional rebates that require you to mail in both your receipt and proof of purchase in the form of UPC barcodes&period; Manufacturer&colon; The company who produces the brand items&colon; Dove soap manufacturer&comma; Pace Salsa manufacturer&comma; etc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>MFR<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Manufacturer abbreviation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Manufacturer Coupon<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A coupon created by the manufacturer&comma; or by a marketing company on the manufacturer’s behalf&period; Manufacturer offers a discount to shoppers in order to entice them to buy their product&period; When a coupon is redeemed the manufacturer reimburses the store for the entire value of the coupon&comma; plus a handling fee&comma; aprox &dollar;0&period;08&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>One Coupon per Purchase<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Refers to your ability to use one coupon per item&period; Meant to enforce the point that you may not use two of the exact same coupon for one item&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>One Coupon per Transaction<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Limits you to only using one of this coupon per transaction&period; You may request to do separate transactions&period; Example&colon; If you have 5 coupons that read &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;one coupon per transaction” you may request to separate into 5 transactions and pay 5 times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Peelie<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Adhesive manufacturer coupons found on products in the store&period; Peelies are often good on a wider selection of products than the one it is stuck to&period; Be sure to read the fine <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;everyonelovescouponing&period;com&sol;free-coupons&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">print<&sol;a> on the peelie to discover if the coupon may be used on a smaller size or different variety of the same product&comma; to allow you to maximize savings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>P&amp&semi;G<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Proctor and Gamble manufacture a wide range of consumer goods and are one of the largest corporations in the world&period; Proctor and Gamble puts out monthly coupon inserts filled with coupons for a variety of Proctor and Gamble produced brands&comma; just a few of which include&colon; Always&comma; Bounty&comma; Crest&comma; Dawn&comma; Gillette&comma; Olay&comma; Pampers and Tide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Purchase<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A purchase refers to buying any item&period; If I buy 30 items on a single shopping trip&comma; I just made 30 purchases&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Purchase-Based Coupon<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Purchase-Based coupons specify a dollar amount off a minimum dollar future purchase&period; Some common values&colon; &dollar;2 off &dollar;10&comma; &dollar;3 off &dollar;15&comma; &dollar;4 off &dollar;20&period; Purchase based coupons may be used in addition to store and manufacturer coupons&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Raincheck<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A Rain Check is a written slip that you can request from a store when a sale item is out of stock&period; When the store restocks the item&comma; after the sale period is over&comma; a rain check entitles you to purchase for the previous sale price&period; Store may include an expiration date as well as a quantity limit on your rain check&period; Rain checks are usually issued at the customer service desk&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Rebate<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A rebate is a refund of part or all of the amount paid&period; We refer to rebates as programs that offer you cash back for making a qualified purchase&period; Rebates are sponsored by a store or a manufacturer&period; Either clip and mail UPC barcodes or enter receipt proof of purchase online&comma; then wait for your rebate check in the mail&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>RR<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Register Rewards&period; Walgreens drugstore rewards program&comma; and version of the catalina coupon&period; Look for the same machines located at register&comma; dispensing long receipt-like coupons that may be used on a future purchase&period; RRs cannot be &OpenCurlyQuote;rolled’ like catalinas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Rolling Catalinas<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Refers to the practice of separating your purchase into multiple transactions in order to use register catalina coupons from your first transaction to pay for your second transaction&period; Another catalina prints from the 2nd transaction that pays for the 3rd transaction and so on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>RP<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Red Plum&period; Formerly known as Vallasis&comma; Red Plum coupon inserts and website feature coupons from a variety of manufacturers&period; Red Plum is part of Valassis Interactiv&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>SS<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Smart Source&period; A marketing company&comma; like RP&comma; Smart Source coupon inserts and website feature coupons from a variety of manufacturers&period; Smart Source is part of News America Marketing Co&period; Smart Source coupon inserts can be found in most Sunday papers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Stacking<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Stacking may refer to using any two promotions together&period; When a coupon coincides with a promotion&comma; we say &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;stack the coupon with the sale or promotion”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Stacking Coupons<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Stacking coupons refers to using both a store coupon and a manufacturer coupon on one product&period; Nearly all stores will allow you to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;stack”&period; Only one manufacturer coupon may be used per item&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Stockpile &lpar;v&period;&rpar;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>to buy many items at a time in order to build your stockpile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Stockpile &lpar;n&period;&rpar;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A food storage or stash of food and non-food items&period; Stockpiling is a key principle to the ELC methods&period; Buy items when they’re on sale and you have a coupon&period; Buy products before you need them and build up a stockpile of food and toiletries&period; When you run out of an item shop from your stockpile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Store Coupon<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A coupon created by the store to entice you to buy a certain product at their store&period; Stores receive no reimbursement from store coupons&period; Store coupons may be found in the weekly ad&comma; printed online or downloaded as e-coupons&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Store Loyalty Card&colon; A free card which you present at checkout to receive additional savings&period; Fill out a short application to receive a loyalty card at your local grocer&period; If you don’t want to carry the card&comma; the cashier can look up your preferred card by entering your ten digit phone number&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Transaction<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A transaction refers to your entire purchase&comma; especially the payment you make for that purchase&period; If I buy 30 items and then pay the cashier&comma; I just made one transaction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Tear Pad<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>A pad of manufacturer coupons found near product on shopping aisles&period; Tear pad manufacturer coupons may be used at any store&comma; not just the one where you found the coupon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>WAGS<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Abbreviation for Walgreens Drugstore<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>UPC<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Universal Product Code&period; Bar code printed on product packages that can be scanned electronically&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>WYB<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>When You Buy&period; Some sales or coupons require purchase of multiple items&period; When reporting a deal on ELC&comma; we always include a final price&period; Example&colon; Buy 2 Mint Milano cookies &dollar;2&period;00 each&comma; use 1 &dollar;1&period;00&sol;2 coupons&comma; Final Price&colon; &dollar;1&period;50 each&comma; WYB 2&period; You must buy 2 in order to use the &dollar;1&period;00&sol;2 coupon&comma; so the final price states &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;WYB 2″&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;2px 0 2px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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