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Old 06-30-2006, 06:23 AM
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Default I got 8 jars of Gerber baby food for only 4 cents!

With 2 little girls, I got a part time job at babies'r'us to get the employee discount plus some extra cash. The 10% discount really adds up when you're buying car seats, toys, a stroller, etc.

Also had a $3 store coupon my sister received for completing a survey.

So for two 4-packs of baby vegetables:

regular price $4.38
less $1, on sale $3.38
less 10% discount $3.04
less $3 coupon $0.04

This example is really the extreme of how to work the system and combine coupons and sales, but it's nice to get something for (almost) free.
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Default Re: I got 8 jars of Gerber baby food for only 4 cents!

Good job, wouldn't it be nice if you could do that all the time!
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Default Re: I got 8 jars of Gerber baby food for only 4 cents!

I guess I am not good at couponing, cause I never get anything for free or almost free.
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Default Re: I got 8 jars of Gerber baby food for only 4 cents!

I usually combine my coupons with sales too. Because if I use coupon for the item that is not on sale , it's still too expensive. You are doing a good job.
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Default Re: I got 8 jars of Gerber baby food for only 4 cents!

Woohoo!!! I love when that happens.
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Default Re: I got 8 jars of Gerber baby food for only 4 cents!

Thank you for the post. Good for you.
I am one of the biggest fans of such calculations: I bought 3 lbs od perdue chicken boneless skin-less chicken breasts for $1.58

Sale $4.58 for 3lbs package.
coupon $2.00
coupon doubled: $3.00
Final price: $1.58
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Default Re: I got 8 jars of Gerber baby food for only 4 cents!

To save even more money.why not make your own baby food? I never gave my kids jarred foods..they ate what we ate at every meal..I just used a blender to mash it all up and as they got older,they had foods like scrambled eggs,yogurt,cottage cheese etc..it was cheaper and they learned to distinguish betweens diff textures and flavours
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