Well you can! Okay first let’s be clear. You are not paying for the coupon itself. You are paying for the time taken to obtain, clip and mail the coupon. They are called coupon clipping services and they are all over the web.
Now why in the world would you want to BUY a coupon? Sounds a bit counterproductive, right? Well, no…not always.
Say a newspaper costs $2 (it does here), and there is a HOT coupon in there for diapers. That one coupon when combined with a great sale at Walgreens/Rite Aid/CVS/Walmart/etc will make that pack of diapers $.10 per diaper. An AWESOME deal! Not so awesome though if you spent $20 to buy 10 papers. What you can do, is visit a coupon clipping service like Coupons and Things by Dede and order only the diaper coupon. Pay for 10 coupons at just a small percentage of the face value rather than buying 10 papers filled with coupons you have no need for
I’ve bought coupons online a few times so far. In fact, I still have a generous stockpile of baby wipes from the 20 coupons I bought back in early July.
Check it out, see if there are any coupons you might be interested in. Some people don’t buy papers at all and just buy only the coupons they want each week from a clipping service. Personally, I always get nervous a coupon I think isn’t that great will be hot in a few weeks when a great sale comes up. Hot coupons go FAST on clipping services.
Check out Dede’s site to learn more:
We Use Coupons also has a directory of coupon clipping services. Click on the box below and go to Coupon Resources on the top navigation bar:
Michelle from http://www.buildingshangrila.com stopping by from the Saturday Stalk, but I can't find your blog hop post. Maybe it's me, browsing too late at night.