I try to combine discounts from different sources. I’m able to get many products for free or close to it because I create “triple plays,” combining savings from store sales, newspaper coupons and Web sites.

example i: A 12-pack of Pepsi was advertised at my local supermarket for $2. A rebate sticker on the cans offered $10 back if I mailed in proofs of purchase for three 12-packs and three bags of Lay’s potato chips. I purchased the three bags on sale for $5, less 75 cents off because I used three 25-cent coupons that I found on the Frito-Lay Web site.

final cost for the soda and chips: 25 cents—$10.25 minus the $10 rebate.

I love “double coupons.” If I had made my purchases using double coupons at the supermarket, the soda and chips would have cost me nothing.

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