{"id":9298,"date":"2012-04-22T13:29:57","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T13:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joethecouponguy.com\/blog1\/?p=9298"},"modified":"2012-04-22T19:54:30","modified_gmt":"2012-04-22T19:54:30","slug":"deals-o-the-week-internet-coupons-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joethecouponguy.com\/blog1\/2012\/04\/22\/deals-o-the-week-internet-coupons-bugs\/","title":{"rendered":"DEALS O’ THE WEEK, INTERNET COUPONS, BUGS"},"content":{"rendered":"


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ALDI<\/strong>
\nOranges – 4 lb – $1.49
\nStrawberries – 1 lb – 99 cents
\nPineapples – $1.29
\nKiwi – 3 pack – 75 cents
\nApples – 3 lb – $1.99
\nBananas – 44 cents\/lb<\/p>\n

CVS<\/strong>
\nPhysicians Formula Cosmetics – FREE after $7 extrabucks.
\nBlink Tears 0.5 oz or Gel Tears 0.34 oz – Profit after $8.99 extrabucks and $1 coupon found at http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/255z7qp<\/a>
\nDream Water Snoozeberry Dietary Supplement 2 pack – Free after $5.79 extrabucks
\nBiore Cleanser, Scrub 5-6.7oz , Towelettes 30ct or Pore Strips 6-8ct – 4\/$7 after $5 extrabucks and two Pore Strips and get a free Cleanser free coupons
\nScrubbing Bubbles 16 oz Bathroom Cleaner – .33 after $4 extrabucks with the purchase of 4 and two $2\/2 coupons. Plus get $1\/2 ecoupon on Savingstar<\/a>
\nEnergizer Batteries – Prices start at $1.49 plus use .75 or $1 coupon. Schick, Playtex – use $1 coupon, Hawaiian Tropic – use $1 coupon, Energizer and Skintimate – use .55 coupon – spend $25 and get $10 extrabucks Reward.
\nGot2b Hair Stylers – buy 2 get 1 free – $1.19 after $3 coupon
\nKotex U Liners 40-60ct, Pads 14-18ct or tampons 18ct – .99 after $2 extrabucks $1 coupon
\nHead & Shoulders 13.5-14.2oz – $1.34 after $4 extrabucks on purchase of 4 and two BOGO coupons<\/p>\n

GIANT EAGLE<\/strong>
\nDellalo Organic Wheat Pasta – 5\/.50 after five $1 coupons that can also be found at http:\/\/www.Coupons.com<\/a> and http:\/\/www.delallo.com\/coupons-and-promotions<\/a>. Delallo coupons can be found on their Facebook page too. Plus get .15 Fuelperks with the purchase of 5 = $4.50 savings with 30 gallons allowed (30 x .15 = $4.50).<\/p>\n

Gold Peak Tea – 59 oz – .50 after .75 coupon found at http:\/\/www.Coupons.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cheerios – .10 profit after using three .85 coupons from http:\/\/www.smartsource.com<\/a>, http:\/\/www.Coupons.com<\/a>, and http:\/\/www.CouponNetwork.com<\/a>. You may find a .75 coupon on these sites. Plus clip .50 Giant Eagle eOffers coupon for the yellow box Cheerios on http:\/\/www.gianteagle.com\/save\/eoffers<\/a>. I alway print the .75 coupons, especially the ones for food items, since the double at Giant Eagle and other stores that double.<\/p>\n

Cascadian Farms Cereal or Bars – 3\/$2.90 after .85 coupon found at http:\/\/www.Coupons.com<\/a> and http:\/\/www.eatbetteramerica.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Zatarians rice – .67 after 3\/$1 coupon at http:\/\/www.smartsource.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Healthy Choice entrees – $1.50 after $1\/2 coupon found at http:\/\/www.healthychoice.com\/offers.jsp<\/a><\/p>\n

Frescheta Pizza – $4.25 after $1.50\/2 coupon – I also found $1 coupons on the package<\/p>\n

KMART<\/strong>
\nDouble $1 coupons – limit 5 – with $25 purchase
\nGet a $25 off $50 purchase coupon with transferred Express Scripts prescription.
\nGet gas rewards at Speedway with purchases over $50.<\/p>\n

Dole salad blends bag – 99 cents
\nBuy Bar S franks and get free VanDeCamps and Smart Sense 2 liter cola.
\nWestfield Farms cheese – BOGO
\nmany other BOGO items<\/p>\n

KOHLS<\/strong>
\nGet 30% off online with code SAVE30 from April 18 to 25, 2012.<\/p>\n

OFFICEMAX<\/strong>
\n20% off your entire purchase with coupon in ad. Exclusions apply (not on PC’s, etc)<\/p>\n


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PETCO<\/strong>
\nGet 25% off sitewide. Plus get free shipping with orders of $49 or more at Petco. Ends Monday, 4\/23\/12.
\nClick here:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/7lgp8qj<\/a><\/p>\n

RITE AID<\/strong>
\nDentyne Ice Gum 9ct – Profit after six $1\/2 coupons and $8 UP rewards
\nTrident 18ct, Trident White or Vitality single pack, Bubblicious 10ct or Stride 14ct – .33 after $2 UP Reward and $1\/3 coupon
\nCarefree Liners – buy 1 get one 50% off – .12 after two $1 coupons
\nSamy Fat Hair Shampoo or Stylers or Fat Foam Hair Color – .99 after $5 Up Rewards and April Video Values coupon found at http:\/\/riteaid.adperk.com\/<\/a>
\nLoreal Face Make Up – buy one get one 50% off – $2.21 after $10 Up Rewards when you buy 4 and 4 $2 coupons<\/p>\n


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STAPLES<\/strong>
\nPNY Attache 4 GB USB Flash Drive – free after Staples Rewards
\nLook for $5 off $25 purchase coupon in ad.<\/p>\n

WALGREENS<\/strong>
\nGet a free $25 gift card when you transfer prescription. Must order online but can pick it up at the store. Prescriptions always ship FREE. Click here:
\nhttps:\/\/www.walgreens.com\/topic\/s\/prescription-transfers.jsp?<\/a><\/p>\n

Psoriasin Psoriasis Relief .75 oz. – free after register rewards
\nWalgreens TrueResult Blood Glucose monitor – free after $12.99 mail in rebate found on package. i Cool + D Menopause relief 45 ct. tablets – free after register rewards
\nKotex U sleek tampons 18 ct. – free after register rewards and $1 coupon<\/p>\n

100+ 4×6 prints for $0.10 each
\nCoupon Code: ROSY10
\nStart Date: 4\/22\/2012
\nEnd Date: 4\/28\/2012<\/p>\n

20% Off Contacts
\nCoupon Code: CONTACTLENS20
\nEnd Date: 12\/31\/2013<\/p>\n

Click here:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6tf6ur9<\/a><\/p>\n


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COUPONS.COM<\/strong>
\nGet these coupons and dozens more on this site including:
\nPampers – $1.50
\nEfferdent – $1
\nWolfgang Puck – .75\/2
\nHuggies – $3\/2
\nWisk – $1
\nGortons – .50<\/a>
\nClick here for more coupons:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/255z7qp<\/a><\/p>\n


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BEST DEAL MAGAZINES<\/strong>
\nSave an additional 17% on your entire order! USE coupon code SHOPSAVE – Sale ends April 22, 2012.<\/p>\n

Get 63 magazines for $4.69 each for annual subscritpions!<\/p>\n

Click here:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yegw9yq<\/a> <\/p>\n

SCHWEBELS<\/strong>
\nGet a .55 coupon for Schebel Select Breads or .35 for wheat buns and more here: http:\/\/schwebels.com\/promotions\/sweet-harvest-wheat-coupon<\/a><\/p>\n

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GOOD MORNING CLEVELAND<\/strong>
\nCheck out this segment on smokin’ deals at Giant Eagle, Florida one way car rentals, and Sherwin Williams deals with Leon Bibb and I on ABC WEWS Channel 5.
\nClick here:
\nhttp:\/\/www.newsnet5.com\/dpp\/money\/consumer\/joe-the-coupon-guy-gives-you-some-rental-car-deals-for-when-you-take-that-late-spring-vacation<\/a><\/p>\n


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CREDIT CARDS<\/strong>
\nFind credit cards with lower interest rates, better rewards, and no annual fees on this site. Get the best credit card for you. <\/p>\n

Remember, paying just the minimum each month on a credit card is like paying double on what you buy on that credit card. <\/p>\n

Click here:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/7fpjoo8<\/a><\/p>\n

INTERNET COUPONS<\/strong>
\nMost all stores now take internet coupons, including Giant Eagle, Marc’s, Kmart, Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens, etc. Check the store’s coupon policy for any particulars. At one point many stores didn’t take them due to issues with fraud. However, stores had pressure to accept them because manufacturers want to move people to printing their own coupons instead of the manufacturers putting their coupons in coupon inserts which costs them money.<\/p>\n

I’m not crazy about internet coupons because they cost money and time to print? Many people don’t coupon because it takes too much time to print them, so I don’t see printing internet coupons replacing coupon inserts. Some have you fill out all kinds of information before you can print the coupon which adds more time to the process. Using your own computer also adds to the cost in electricity, paper, the cost of the PC, etc. If you have an inkjet printer you are paying much more per printed page than printing from a laserjet printer, sometimes double or more. Printer manufactures sell inkjet printers cheap knowing that consumers will buy it because it is cheap, but not really notice that the consumables like inkjet toner cost a ton. <\/p>\n

Check the cost to print a page by dividing the yield of the toner into the cost of the toner.<\/p>\n

Some people Photoshopped coupons which, of course, is illegal. Some of those coupons were e-mailed around. Most of them are ‘free after’ coupons. Most stores have policies not to accept ‘free after’ coupons. Unfortunately that confuses some cashiers and store management into thinking that their store doesn’t take any internet coupons. Find out if an Internet coupon is fraudulent on the Coupon Information Corporation\u2019s web-site at http:\/\/www.cents-off.com\/body_coupon_counterfeiters.cfm<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Someone at one of my recent classes said that their Giant Eagle didn’t take internet coupons. That one store was mistaken as shown in their policy here that they accept internet coupons:
\nhttp:\/\/www.gianteagle.com\/about\/policies#Coupon<\/a><\/p>\n

Their policy states:
\nPrinted Internet coupons
\n– The coupon must be obtained from a legitimate site.
\n– A maximum of two \u201clike\u201d coupons will be accepted.
\n– Giant Eagle\u00ae DOES NOT accept the following Printed Internet Coupons:
\n\u201cFREE with no purchase necessary\u201d and \u201cBuy One Get One Free\u201d.
\nWe reserve the right to refuse any coupons that we believe to be photo copied, counterfeit or invalid for any other reason.
\nAny coupon with a value over $3 will not be accepted except where advertised by Giant Eagle\u00ae for a specific promotion.<\/p>\n

In those cases it’s good to show the store their own policy. Some cashiers and management get a little overzealous in managing coupons and turn off shoppers from even going to their store. Some stores have the right to go against their own rules especially if they are indepenently owned, but that sets a bad precedent and makes it confusing for the shopper. I’d complain to headquarters in those situations when the store rules don’t match their online coupon policy. My take is that if the store workers and management can’t get the rules right then how can the customers. <\/p>\n

Some stores can set their own policies that benefit the customer too. You won’t see me complaining there. <\/p>\n

In essence, the rules are there to stop people from taking advantage of the store. Understandable. But just like a 25 mph speed limit, most everyone will go 26 mph or higher while they are driving, so that means everyone should get arrested for doing so!? Well, of course not, but it gives stores discretion just like a cop that pulls you over.<\/p>\n

One thing to remember about internet coupons is that they can’t be copied. They have their own unique UPC identifier so that they can only be used once. That being said, typically, internet coupons can be printed twice with each having its own unique identifier. Sometimes hitting the backspace key a few times will allow the coupon to be reprinted. Each PC\/laptop IP address is considered unique so you can print two at each of your PC’s\/laptops. <\/p>\n


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NETZERO<\/strong>
\nGet low cost internet rates with NetZero.
\nGet NetZero Internet for as low as $6.95 per month!
\nSign up now for your first month free of NetZero Platinum! <\/p>\n

Click here:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/89aco2p<\/a><\/p>\n

PHARMACYCHECKER<\/strong>
\nFind prescription drugs at a discount on http:\/\/www.pharmacychecker.com<\/a>. The site is an online prescription site. Someone that went to one of my classes said they saved $300 on the site. <\/p>\n

BUG REMEDIES<\/strong>
\nWhy pay tons of money to get rid of bugs in your house when you can use natural remedies or contraptions. <\/p>\n

Are cockroaches roaming all over your house and in and out of your orifices while you sleep? If you want to get rid of them try this:
\nGet a mason jar and rubberband a paper towel around the top rim of it with part of it touching the floor. Inside the jar put a slice or two of a banana. Please don’t get hungry and eat the banana slices after you put them in the jar. Put the jar in an area frequented by cockroaches. The next morning check the jar. You will find out how many nasty cockroaches you have by how full the jar is. How it works is that they walk into the jar via the paper towel and fall in to get to the tantalizing banana. They can’t get out since the side of the jar is slippery for them. Another tip: Put one of these in a house you’re planning to purchase. <\/p>\n

Is your head or your kid’s head a motel for lice? Get rid of those deadbeat lice with this solution:
\nSoak your hair with Listerine and cover it with a showercap for about an hour. Do some shopping or whatever you like to do during that hour in public, not that it has anything to do to fix the issue, but it is for my amusement. Afterwards rinse your hair with vinegar which helps loosen the nits glued to your hair. Comb them out and use them for pie or whatever recipe that calls for lice. <\/p>\n

Do Mosquitos seem to be attracted to you? It could be your blood type they smell. Throw them off by eating garlic. They, like humans, don’t enjoy someone that smells like garlic.<\/p>\n

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Potato bugs…find them under rocks…and in your mashed potatoes?<\/p>\n

BUGS IN YOUR FOOD<\/strong>
\nDid you hear recently how Starbucks used cochineal extract, a code word for bug stuff, to color it’s strawberries & cream Frappuccino? They used a ground up bug indigenous to Latin America to color the drink. They used dried eggs and bodies of the female Dactylopius coccus, a beetle-like insect that preys on cactus plants for the pigment. The ingredient is sometimes called carmine. It takes 70,000 insects to make one pound of cochineal. You can find it in Tropicana’s non-refrigerated ruby red grapefruit juice and Dole’s fruit-n-gel products. Starbucks just announced though that they are now going to use a tomato-based coloring for it.<\/p>\n

Red Dye #40 isn’t the bug stuff. It’s derived from coal. Oh, that’s better!<\/p>\n

Makeup has a lot of bug stuff in it. You probably don’t realize that you have a crushed bug or two on you lips with your lipstick and on your eyes with your eyeshadow. It’s contained in some shampoos too.<\/p>\n

The FDA allows bug parts in food too. You would think I’m joking about it, but no, it’s true. Pretty much all food and even chocolate has bug and rodent parts that are allowed to be in them up to a certain amount. The FDA takes action when the limits below are exceeded. Are you ready now for that diet you’ve been saying you want to go on? It’s like you’re on your own little episode of Fear Factor. Little did you know that every day you shovel down larvae, fly eggs, rodent hairs, and maggots into your gullet. Read on if you dare: <\/p>\n

CHOCOLATE AND CHOCOLATE LIQUOR
\nAverage is 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams when 6 100-gram subsamples are examined
\nor Any 1 subsample contains 90 or more insect fragments.
\nAverage is 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams in 6 100-gram subsamples examined OR Any 1 subsample contains 3 or more rodent hairs.
\nFor chocolate liquor, if the shell is in excess of 2% calculated on the basis of alkali-free nibs.<\/p>\n

CORN: SWEET CORN, CANNED
\nInsect larvae (corn ear worms, corn borers) 2 or more 3mm or longer larvae, cast skins, larval or cast skin fragments of corn ear worms or corn borer and the aggregate length of such larvae, cast skins, larval or cast skin fragments exceeds 12 mm in 24 pounds (24 No. 303 cans or equivalent) <\/p>\n

PEANUT BUTTER
\nAverage of 30 or more insect fragments per 100 grams
\nAverage of 1 or more rodent hairs per 100 grams <\/p>\n

POPCORN
\n1 or more rodent excreta pellets are found in 1 or more subsamples, and 1 or more rodent hairs are found in 2 or more other subsamples or 2 or more rodent hairs per pound and rodent hair is found in 50% or more of the subsamples or 20 or more gnawed grains per pound and rodent hair is found in 50% or more of the subsamples <\/p>\n

TOMATO PASTE, PIZZA AND OTHER SAUCES
\nAverage of 30 or more fly eggs per 100 grams or 15 or more fly eggs and 1 or more maggots per 100 grams
\nor 2 or more maggots per 100 grams in a minimum of 12 subsamples.<\/p>\n

TOMATOES, CANNED
\nAverage of 10 or more fly eggs per 500 grams or 5 or more fly eggs and 1 or more maggots per 500 grams
\nor 2 or more maggots per 500 grams. <\/p>\n

TOMATO JUICE
\nAverage of 10 or more fly eggs per 100 grams or 5 or more fly eggs and 1 or more maggots per 100 grams
\nor 2 or more maggots per 100 grams, in a minimum of 12 subsamples.
\nAverage mold count in 6 subsamples is 24% or more and the counts of all of the subsamples are more than 20% <\/p>\n

WHEAT FLOUR
\nAverage of 75 or more insect fragments per 50 grams.
\nAverage of 1 or more rodent hairs per 50 grams. <\/p>\n

Find out what the limits on other food items are on this link:
\nhttp:\/\/tinyurl.com\/7fph24k<\/a><\/p>\n

TOP TEN BEST THINGS ABOUT BUGS<\/strong>
\n10) Praying Mantis’ legs make great toothpicks.
\n9) Being frightened by a bug helps stimulate my bowel movements.
\n8) Swatting at mosquitos makes for much needed excercise.
\n7) Rice and larvae look and taste all the same.
\n6) The mating calls of crickets makes me want to nap.
\n5) Watching struggling flies on sticky fly paper is better than reality TV.
\n4) I appreciate the work ethic of soldier ants.
\n3) Lightning bugs are cheaper options to CFL light bulbs.
\n2) Fruit flies lead me to fruit that needs to be eaten right away.
\n1) Lice and burrowed maggots keep me company when I’m lonely.<\/p>\n

ORGANIC FOOD<\/strong>
\nOrganic foods don’t allow pesticides to be used. I wouldn’t be surprised if organic food is on the higher end of larvae, maggots, and other bug stuff being found in it. Bugs won’t kill you, but the pesticides that they use to kill them might though. I guess I’d rather have to ingest undectable bug stuff rather than a dose or two of Raid or whatever bug killer is used on the crops.<\/p>\n

If you ever wanted coupons for organic food, you can find links to them here:
\nClick here:
\nhttp:\/\/www.organicfoodcoupons.com<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.mambosprouts.com<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.eatbetteramerica.com<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.healthesavers.com <\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/www.wholefoodsmarket.com\/coupons\/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=2012_04_18_Specials <\/a> <\/p>\n