Cutting Coupons and Savings

eBay Coupons & Paper Trimmers

 

Yesterday I mentioned awaiting some of the eBay coupons I purchased and would update you all regarding my experience. 

End result: AWESOME!

Talk about major savings! So the person I bought coupons for was auctioning 5 SmartSource inserts with expiration dates of 4/30-6/30. If you won the auction not only did you get the 5 you bought, the seller gave 10 MORE of the same inserts. 15 inserts! I got that for a steal at about 5 bucks + free shipping. Considering I spend 1.50 on each newspaper just for ONE specific insert I'll take a $5.00 steal over $22.50 for the same items without all of those newspapers! After all, I'm couponing to SAVE money and EBAY coupons definitely SAVES money.

And to put the cherry on top: the seller gave me a Red Plum insert with coupon expiration dates of 5/31-6/31 for FREE just for buying with them. Can you say loyal buyer? I will definitely purchase more from this particular seller. It was a win win situation!

 

It should come to no surprise that more coupons = more cutting. After cutting 2 inserts you might start feeling like the pile of 15 inserts in front of you will never be finished... not to mention what I call the purple thumb effect. It's kind of like the green thumb for gardeners only you get the purple thumb when cutting inserts and the scissors unfortunately start to create a sore spot and at times looks purple, red, and if you were really going at it white. The life sucked out of your poor thumb from all those savings. And let's not talk about the cramping in your hand which has the capacity of making your hand stay like a Chinese back scratcher when you're done cutting.

So what can you do?

BUY A PAPER TRIMMER!!!!!!!!!

I just purchased one yesterday because I knew tackling 15 inserts was not going to be easy and what could have taken me 5-6 hours easy took me about 2 hours. My hands thanked me... and it was the easiest fastest way. It's a really good investment. The one pictured above is the bad boy I got to help me with my coupon crazes. It is by Fiskars and is the 12 Inch By Pass Guillotine Paper Trimmer. I personally love guillotine trimmers, I find them to be more effective and less stress on my hand then a glided cutter. This particular cutter has a protection screen so I wont be able to cut my fingers, let's keep the cutting to money spent not my fingers! 

It's super light weight, easy to setup, and very effective at cutting coupons.

Choose what works for you and your cutting style there's plenty of them. I bought mine at Michael's (and yes I used a 40% off coupon lol). 

Advice: 
If you are stacking like inserts and cutting multiple coupons at the same time make SURE you are not accidentally cutting bar codes and manufacturer dates! Same goes for individual cuts. Just be careful of your coupons and hands!

Now go out there cut those coupons and get those savings!

 

CLIP IT, USE IT, LOVE IT... GOOD LUCK! <3