THE PONCHATOULA TIMES AUGUST 11,1983 PAGE FIVE
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refund deals you
lea "paper junk
'Ithrow all my labels and
e wicher basket on
erator. When that's
away the items by
fist you can get away
. beverage stuff into a
Beverages." Later you
'need to divide it up into
tegories like Juices,
Aid etc,, sometimes
into brand names like
the name of a certain apple juice,
etc.
Next question, where do you find
these forms you need?
Newspapers have plenty, expecially
the large dailies on Sunday and
Wednesday when the supermarket
ads are biggest. Look in magazines,
grocery stores (our local Winn Dixie
posts them on a bulletin board).
drugstores, dimestores, on the pro-
duct label itself and sometimes even
on television ads. where toll-free
numbers are given.
There are probably a couple hun-
dred refund publications in the U.S.
that list refunds and people who want
to rade refund forms. Doing this
trading one-for-one is the best I'll
send 15 forms to a person in another
state. In turn shell send back 15
different ones Usually the major
compan',es offer their refunds to all
areas• Somet:mes though the form
will mention the states it's good in.
You have to watch
When you start to accumulate a
large number of forms you should
divide them up by expiration date. so
you don't get upset when you are
ready with your POPs to send in.
only to find the offer expired last
month.
I don't normally fool with any offer if
it's under a dollar Paying 20 cents
now for a stamp makes the offer
worth only 80 cents if it started as a
liquid laundry detergent - a TV ad:
free exercise album.
How much can you save?
I average about $5.00 a week in
refund checks, about three free food
coupons a week. With regular
coupons I also save about 20 percent
a week on my food bills• If you are
determined to cut food prices you can
do it - maybe as much as $500 to
$1.000 or better each year. It all
depends on how many refunds and
paper coupon cutting and using you
do
Believe it or not: refunders have
been known to scout garbage dumps.
trash cans and people's cupboards
for that last P O.P they might need
for a refund
There are even conventions for
Dawnella's trading P.O.P.s.
Nowadays the average refund is Rules to follow when going
between one and five dollars, shopping:
DaStdi00nce-- u--o A tip for keeping coupons and
refund check or a free food coupon, shopping lists organized - use an old
Sometimes you can pick out the envelope and make your list on that.
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coupons
For three labels on a lite fruit, that
company sent a coupon for $1.00 off
any, cottage cheese A regular
coupon (not a mail-in refund) in the
paper recentl offered a $1.00 saving
off any fish or meat for buying a bag
of their dog food!
I almost forgot to mention the "free
gifts" you can get through refunding
Since September I have received:
A snack tin. a plastic kite. varisous
free posters, a cat flea collar, a video
game cartridge, baby' tennis shoes.
make up, address labels, a dog dish,
childrens' mugs. kids T-shirt. a lady's
blouse, cereal spoons, a stuffed ani-
mal. a digital watch, calendars.
coloring books, an old-fashioned oat-
meal tin. health and exercise book-
lets. a canvas bookbag and a free
exam for my cat (50 points needed,
with each P.O.P. being worth 10
points).
I even got a check for $5,00 for
using a company's toothpaste and
having the dentist sign the refund
form sayinq we've been there recent-
ly for a checkup!
Sometimes thare are some great
offers where yu don't even need a
form or no purchase is even required.
Recent ones? Free insect repellant -
call a toll-free number that was in the
newspaper: free cigarettes and satin
pouch - another phone number: free
store coupon for and I put the coupon
inside the envelope. I also put a "'R"
by an item if l'm working on a refund
that needs another P.OP from that
product I also carry a portable
coupon box If I don't I for sure run
across an unadvertised special that's
not on my list.
On some boxes and packages there
are half price film developing
specials You send your film to get
developed cheaper by mail usually.
Beside that savings they often offer
"free food or product" coupons for
using their service. You can get a
free five pound bag of sugar, free
paper products. $1.00 coupons off
cereal, and more.
Talk about surprisers that come in
boxes, here are some recent ones:
free nylons, agree bah point pen and
a coupon for a free ice cream cone.
These were all featured on boxes of
cat food or came enclosed!
Some people make enough hard
cash with refunds alone to open up a
Christmas Club account or other
savings account aimed at buying a
major appliance or taking a
vacation,
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