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SAVVY SHOPPER BOOKLET
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CLASS SCHEDULE
Learn how to save a ton of money at one of my classes! All classes are free unless otherwise noted. Be sure to register for libraries that require registration as some have waiting lists. I hope to see you there! To view my upcoming class schedule as I add classes please go to: https://www.joethecouponguy.com/schedule/index.htm
At my Couponing/Savvy Shopper class learn how to consistently save 70% and more through couponing, sales, and rewards programs on groceries and toiletries. Find out new ways to save money on restaurants, utilities, cell/smart phones, travel, gas, prescriptions, clothes, and much more! Discover the psychological aspects of shopping and saving money. Find out how to save too much money!
At my Travel Affordably class learn how to get the best deals on car rentals, flights, cruises, lodging, and transportation. Find out how to save on entertainment and restaurants at your destination. You’ll learn where to find flights to Hawaii and Europe for around $300, Cruises for 80% off or more, free flights, the best places to economically travel, and travel saving secrets.
At my Cutting the Cord class find out your options to getting rid of cable. Learn ways to cut costs. Discover how to get free TV, including using an easy-to-install antenna or free streaming video services. Find out your options for streaming video devices, including Roku, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, or Amazon Fire TV Stick and what shows you can access with them, including live TV and sports. Find out which of the many streaming video services from Hulu, Sling, Netflix, to Disney+ and many more are best for you. Make sense of all the confusion of switching from cable to another service and the technical parameters needed to do so. Find out how much you can save!
JULY
Saturday, July 26, 2025 – Couponing/Savvy Shopper Class – Aurora Community Education – 1:30 pm – – FEE – Register at https://aurora.activityreg.com/selectActivity
AUGUST
Saturday, August 2, 2025 – Couponing/Savvy Shopper Class – Pickerington Sycamore Branch Library – 12:30 pm – FREE!
Saturday, August 2, 2025 – Travel Affordably Class – Pickerington Main Library – 3:00 pm – FREE!
Saturday, August 23, 2025 – Cutting the Cord Class – Aurora Community Education – 2:00 pm – – FEE – Register at https://aurora.activityreg.com/selectActivity
Saturday, August 23, 2025 – Travel Affordably Class – Aurora Community Education – 3:00 pm – – FEE – Register at https://aurora.activityreg.com/selectActivity
SEPTEMBER
Monday, September 15, 2025 – Couponing/Savvy Shopper Class – Akron Summit Library – 6:30 pm – FREE!
NOVEMBER
Monday, November 3, 2025 – Couponing/Savvy Shopper Class – Barberton Library – 6:30 pm – FREE!
If you’re interested in booking a class for your organization whether it be a PTA, Senior Center, Business, Church, or Library, please contact me at joe@joethecouponguy.com or 440-227-6223. I can tailor the topics to your organization.
If you’d like for me to teach a class at your local library, feel free to contact your library and request me. Have them get a hold of me at joe@joethecouponguy.com to book me. Thank you!
BUFFALO WILD WINGS
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FLASH FOODS
I made my first foray into buying items through Flash Foods. It’s a program that offers expiring or nearly expired food at a discount, typically 50%. Some items are 75% off. They also sell boxes of produce for $5.
I bought some rainbow trout and almond peanut butter at 50% off plus I got $5 off each order. I had to spend at least $7 to get the $5 off and the offer was good for two orders. One order for just over $7 while the other was around $9. The one order I got a couple filets of trout for only $2.31! Had some of the trout this past weekend and it was fine.
They gave me a referral code of: JOE@703G8. If your first purchase is over $7, you’ll get $5 off. Use the code when you sign up or on the Rewards tab.
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GET GONE
Gant Eagle has sold their GetGo gas stations to Couche-Tard, the parent company of Circle K. Giant Eagle wanted to focus on their grocery and pharmacy business, so they decided to sell their gas stations. The myPerks loyalty program will stay. Couche-Tard agreed to maintain and expand the myPerks loyalty program.
GetGo will offer customers a free self-serve beverage and three times the perks on every gallon of fuel purchased with a myPerks loyalty card at all GetGo locations on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20.
AMC THEATERS
Half off tickets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
AMC Stubs members get 50% off small combos on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, only available in theatres.
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SHERWIN WILLIAMS
Through July 14th get 40% Off Emerald® & Duration® Paints when you buy online.
SHORT STAFFED
Recently, I’ve been running into businesses that are closed because they are short-staffed. For instance, I went to Taco Bell one late afternoon and there was a sign saying they were closed due to being short-staffed. I thought maybe it was just the drive-thru, so I parked and tried to go inside and it was locked! Totally closed.
I stopped at a 24 hour Walgreens just after 10 PM and it had a sign on the door that they were closed until the next day due to being short-staffed.
I’ve also seen stores react to too much business and not enough staff. I was at a KFC and while I waited for my order they locked the door, so that customers couldn’t come in. They couldn’t keep up with the drive-thru orders, so they locked up.
I see a lot of signs up stating to be patient since they are short-staffed. Usually, that means the workers that are there are over-worked and I’m sure under-paid…after all, companies that pay well shouldn’t have issues getting workers. They probably hire anyone that can breathe just to get bodies to work, meaning the quality of workers is lacking.
I tried to get a driveway sealcoating quote from a local company and they message on their site is that they don’t offer residential quotes because they are short-staffed. Some jobs are just not attractive to the younger generation because they can’t use their smartphone while on the job.
I also see a lot of older workers around 70 or over. They show up to work and aren’t playing around on their smartphone while at work, so they fill the void.
At my work we are even having issues not only finding qualified workers, but having them show up for their interview! One agency we went through had 20 applicants. Of them there were 11 qualified for the job. Nine had interviews set up. None showed! Lotsa theories as to why, but either way, not showing up says a lot about why they might be unemployed.
JOE DAUGIRDAS – CITIZEN WITH BAG
I was a paid extra in the recently released Superman movie! It’s the second superhero movie I’ve been in. What a cool experience it was.
I never acted or was in the Glee Club before unless you count a third grade play with Mrs Markey when I dressed up as a President. True story. I figured Presidents smoked so I took one of my Dad’s cigarettes with me to be more “adult”. Thinking back, I’m surprised I didn’t get hauled off to the Principal’s office. The teacher got a kick out of it and laughed. She was a heavy smoker herself, so she was probably salivating watching me fling around a cigarette.
Back to the story about me being in the Superman movie. I was on Facebook last year and noticed an ad asking for extras on July 4th. I didn’t really have anything much planned for the day, so I filled out an application. The application was a bit lengthy and asked for a body pic and one of my face. I’m no model, but I figured they had to have all kinds of ages and looks for the movie. I sent them a regular face shot and had to think if I had any “body” shots of myself. I remembered a cool pic of me holding the 5 foot black rat snake that was a head to toe shot so I submitted it. Perhaps it would make me stand out I thought.
The application asked if I was in any other movies. I took liberties there, but I wrote down that I was in the Captain America Winter Soldier movie which I was in, but not officially. Some of you may remember the story, but, in a nutshell, I unknowingly happened upon a scene they were filming and ending acting in a bunch of scenes where Samuel L Jackson got chased around the city in his van. Read about it here: https://joethecouponguy.com/blog1/2013/06/02/deals-o-the-week-wedding-saving-tips-and-my-captain-america-movie-premiere/
They didn’t contact me for July 4th. However, they did contact me that weekend and asked if I could come in that Wednesday for a shoot. I told them yes! I found out about 10,000 people applied and only 1,000 got in, so I got lucky.
I had to go in that Monday for a costume fitting. They gave us a color palette to use to see if any clothing we had would match it. The colors were very yucky looking – drab olive, baby vomit yellow, and bruise purple. As chance would have it, I had plenty of clothes in those colors since they tend to be what’s left over on sale during a Kohl’s clearance sale and that’s when I shop. When I went to the fitting they took a look at what I was wearing and said “Perfect!”. Nailed it. They had to give me an overcoat though.
I had to send pics of my car and also a bike, either of which they may use for the scene I potentially was to be in. They told me I was going to be “Citizen with Car”. I was all ready to be “Citizen with Car” when they sent me a late message the day before the shoot that I am now “Citizen with Bag”. Huh?! They asked me to bring in luggage, so I took our purple luggage because I figured that would stand out more in the scene. When I was in the Captain America movie I was wearing black and that didn’t stand out. The one guy next to me wore teal and I saw him right away in the scene I was in, so because I was a veteran actor I knew what to do to get into a movie now.
I showed up that morning and went to the dressing room tent. The tents were all set up at the Muni lot, the same one for the Brown’s tailgate parties. I got in line for makeup after picking up my overcoat and getting a once over by the costume people. It’s weird having them look you up and down, judging how you look. I go to the makeup gal and she looks at me and says “You’re good!”. No blush, foundation, or any other junk to cake up my face. Back in the day when I was on TV alot for Coupon Guy stuff I would always have face powder with me since the shoots were usually last minute and if I had some greasy food the night before my face would be oily, so I had to powder up to soak up the oil.
As I sat down waiting for them to call us to take the bus to the set I noticed a homeless-looking guy. He looked in pretty bad shape. I was wondering if he was just hanging out or part of the group of actors. He really looked the part.
Another guy was dressed as a fireman and I could tell he was hot from the July heat and sweating. I was right by some air conditioning blowers so I told him to come over where there’s air. He thanked me.
It was a while before they called our group. We got loaded into the bus and made our way downtown. Our staging area was the Colonial Arcade. They had some snacks and drinks for us there.
Our group was to be in a bus scene. Apparently, it was a reshoot of one they already filmed. Better chance of us being in the movie if they felt the scene was important enough to refilm. There was still a miniscule chance I’ll be in the movie and even less of chance of being recognizable. There are tons of people in scenes and they are only shown for a split second.
As we sat and waited to be called for the scene I noticed nobody was talking to anyone for the most part. I got to talking to people and finally they all started to come around. Oddly enough, most were saying they were introverts. I’d figure everyone would be an extrovert and very chatty. Our group got to talking more and I got to know some of the people more. I felt like the mayor of the group.
Time kept going by and I was hearing chirps about how we may not film the scene. Might have to do it the next day. Rain was also in the forecast because of a dissipating hurricane that was heading towards Cleveland. Ugh. Some young kids had to go home because they were past the allowed amount of time they could stay on set. They were all crying and bummed out. Some older kids were allowed to stay.
I was getting bored so I went outside with one of the gals from the group to watch them film a scene being filmed with a different group. I needed to cool off too. As I watched them film I saw our group walk over. They said they were including us in this shot too. So I was part of the crowd that walk up to where Superman got pummeled into the group…it was in front of the PNC Building on 9th and Euclid. They pulled up the bricks and made a huge hole. They also shot a scene of us looking up as if we saw something big in the sky.. I did my best jaw on the floor look.
Next was the scene for just our group. We got our luggage, but mine was back at the Colonial Arcade, so I had to choose from what they had there and I picked a purple luggage! The scene had us walking onto a bus with our luggage, apparently as if we were exiting a city with our belongings.
We got in line to get into the bus. They started pairing kids off with some of the adults and I thought for sure they’d give me one because I sorta look like I could be their dad. They didn’t, so no kids for me in the movie life too.
There were women in front and back of me and this one gal was next to me. I figured she could be my “movie wife”, so I made a point to stay next to her. I don’t think I saw other people pairing off, so maybe that move might get me in the movie. I don’t know if we shared any hobbies or if she enjoyed my sense of humor, but she would do for now as a temporary wife. For the scenes I would hold out my arm as if to help her get onto the bus. The one shot James Gunn, the director, was filming and out of the corner of my eye I saw him pan across me. I had my purple luggage to the right of me where it could be easily seen.
Speaking of humor, as we were all standing there I pointed out how a guy at the CVS store was filming us and a lady was taking pics in the hotel above us. I pointed that out to the ladies around me and then I said the lady in the hotel was naked too. They all craned their necks to see as I pointed to her and then I revealed I was just kidding. Unbeknownst to us, the scene was already filming! Oops. But if they use the shot with me also pointing you’ll now know why I was pointing.
As we ended filming we had to get back on the bus to go back to the tents. The rain started. I talked to one of the “homeless” guys and told him how he really looked the part. He said when he went to walk onto the set one of the cops told him he couldn’t come in. He told the cop that he was part of the movie. The cop told him he had to go. He finally convinced him he was part of the extras and the cop laughed as he let him in.
I “clocked out” after I got back. They paid me overtime since filming went over the allotted 8 hours. It was cool to get a paycheck from Hollywood. It was $12 an hour and time and a half for overtime. I would’ve done it for nothing. It was such a cool experience.
We got tickets to see the early premiere of the movie. Beforehand we got a bite to eat and drink (happy hour deals and Taco Tuesday, of course). We got just one drink to split at Lockeepers. The bartender “split” our drink which was nice, so that we each got a glass of wine. My wife told him I was an extra and we are going to see the Superman movie. He said other extras were there earlier. We ask for a check and he says it’s of the house and that it’s just a happy hour drink anyway. The power of celebrity!
We went to Cinemark for the movie and I got a free large drink as a birthday reward. We saw a Krypto the dog bowl while in line and asked how much it was. She said we would get a free large popcorn if we bought it. Sold!
The movie itself was good. Lots of action and humor. Tons of Cleveland in the movie. The monster fight scene was on Public Square.
I looked for myself in the couple scenes I filmed and the one where I got onto the bus I instantly recognized the fireman in the scene, the guy I met in the actors tent. It distracted me from looking for myself, so I can’t say I was in it or not.
The other scene I was most likely in, but without being able to stop the movie and look for me I couldn’t say for sure. It was during a fight scene downtown. I was next to a lemonade stand and you can see that in the movie. I was probably one of the specs of people next to it.
Whether I was officially in it or not, I will still offer autographs for a small fee. Maybe a nickel or a dime or ketchup packet.
I went to the cast party at West Park Station with my Hollywood co-workers. Didn’t see anyone from our group there. The owner of the casting agency that booked me was there. We chatted with her and also her dad for awhile. He said my wife should also get signed up with the agency. She said they were booking for the movie Super Troopers. With my Willowick Auxiliary Police background I’m sure I have all the credentials for that movie. Stay tuned for my budding moviestar career.
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