January 13th, 2012 | 
Author: Most people who have been couponing for any length of time know where to get the free coupons they will use. A beginner on the other hand can become overwhelmed and not know where to get the coupons.
Any expert will be happy to tell them the primary source for free coupons is their newspaper. Most Sunday editions head the top of the list. However, in some areas, newspapers will mail out a special section with nothing but coupons on Wednesdays or Thursdays.
Obtain multiple copies of the inserts and by multiple I mean lots of them. The underlying objective is to obtain the copies as inexpensively as possible. It doesn’t make sense to spend dollars to save dimes.
If you are like most people, you probably already get a paper delivered to your front door or stuffed into the paper box right next to the mail box. That is your first set of inserts.
The obvious second set of inserts is from family and friends. Chances are excellent that if they know you use coupons on a regular basis, they will give you their inserts. When I say friends and family, I mean everyone from your mother, your neighbors to your friends at church and coworkers.
Not everyone lives in a house. Some people live in apartments while others live in condos. These types of complexes have sort of trash or recycle bins or boxes. Many people simply toss away that section of the paper. Because the people toss them almost immediately, they are always in good condition.
Many locales have recycling centers. People know that at these centers there are large numbers of the inserts they want. Before you start poking through the papers, ask the manager if it is okay for you to take some of the inserts.
These people also know when the carriers come to dump their extras. Not all of the papers get delivered because most papers put extra copies in the carrier’s total. Therefore these extra copies must be disposed of and the recycling center is the stop of last resort for these papers.
You can also get extra papers from the stores where these papers are sold. The unsold papers are sometimes not picked up by the carrier. These means the store must get rid of them. If you are there on Monday morning, bright and early, you may have just hit a gold mine.
By the way, for the carrier to get a credit for unsold papers, most newspapers only require the front page to be returned. You don’t want the front page anyway.
If you live in an area with hotels, motels and other businesses with a large population like restaurants that carry papers, you may have struck gold again.
Generally the population visiting these services leave the inserts. They may take the paper but they leave the inserts.
Because the Internet has become the largest source of almost everything, websites have grown up that provide printable coupons. Some sites have a limit on the number of each coupon you can print. Always read the printing instructions.
If you plan on becoming a couponer, it is wise to get as much information on the topic as you can. Getting free coupons from as many sources as possible is a very good start.
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