TRICKS OF THE CHEAPSKATE TRADE: BUYING COUPONS ON EBAY

Posted by maureen on September 6th, 2010 filed in Hot News

For only a integrate bucks upon eBay, we can measure coupons identical to these--or even improved ones.

For only a integrate bucks upon eBay, we can measure coupons identical to these–or even improved ones.

(Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida)

What’s with a late post today? Simple: we couldn’t find a understanding value posting. So we suspicion I’d drop in to my tightwad bag of tricks as well as speak about coupons.

Specifically, eBay is home to a excavation of coupons for stores identical to Home Depot, Kohl’s, Lowe’s, as well as J.C. Penney. If you’re formulation a vital squeeze (and we can put it off prolonged sufficient for your banking to arrive in a mail), we mount to save a bundle.

For example, this auction is for 10 Lowe’s coupons, any great for 10 percent off your entire in-store purchase. (If a auction has ended, a discerning poke for “Lowe’s coupons” will exhibit large others.)

So if you’re buying, say, a 0 dishwasher, you’ll right away save –all interjection to a banking which substantially price we a couple of bucks during most. (Most of a identical banking deals I’ve seen finish up offered for around to ).

Do review a excellent print, however. In a little cases a seller competence be promotion a “Home Depot coupon” which is essentially a Lowe’s banking with a used as well as shabby club code–the thought being which Home Depot will simply accept this competitor’s coupon, no club formula required.

Will which work? In many cases, yes. Is it, particularly speaking, ethical? I’ll leave which for we to decide. But a competitor’s banking is a competitor’s coupon, in any case of where we got it. Them’s Home Depot’s rules, not mine.

Anyway, many of a sell store coupons upon eBay have been candid as well as legit. (If they weren’t, we think a assorted stores would have criminialized them from a site by now.) I’ve purchased a little for make use of during Lowe’s, as well as yet they looked identical to tone photocopies, they worked only fine.

If you’ve had any practice (good or bad) shopping or regulating coupons from eBay, let me know in a comments!