How To Have A Low Cost Friendsgiving Whether you're trying to save money for your traditional Thanksgiving celebration or just on a budget and wanting to keep costs low, this article is for you! We're sharing tips on how to have a low cost friendsgiving. What is Friendsgiving? Friendsgiving is just like Thanksgiving except it's reserved for friends! Often times, people will have these View Post
Reselling your Stash Unethical or Smart?
Recently there was some conversation in one of our Facebook groups about people who resell their stockpile items online. I was slightly surprised to see the opinion of a few members state that reselling items that were purchased with coupons was "unethical”. I disagree with that statement for many reasons. I started How to Shop for Free® for two reasons. Reason one was, I needed a place to write View Post
How to Spot a Glitch Deal
Stores run specials all the time and discounts on certain items. This can often mean finding a “glitch” or item at a crazy low price than it would normally be. It takes a certain knack for finding them so here are some tips that can help. Play Around When a store, say Kohl’s, has a new discount then you need to figure out how to put that discount to the best use. It may be simply doing what View Post
Black Friday Countdown Tip: Purchase Coupons
Countdown to Black Friday Tips Start looking for store coupons now! If you know you are heading to Lowes, Kohl’s, Toys R Us or Best Buy on Black Friday start searching for those coupons now. You can do a Google search, trade in the forums and when all else fails head to Ebay. Coupons are relatively inexpensive. Do the math first and see if it’s worth it. Paying a seller $5.00 for View Post
6 Ways to Get Your Hands on Extra Coupons
6 Ways to Get Your Hands on Extra Coupons To be an extreme couponer you need to get your hands on a lot of coupons. How do you get enough coupons to build a wall of pasta across your living room, amass so much free toothpaste that you have to give it out to Trick or Treaters or create a floor to ceiling closet filled with toilet paper? It's easier than you think. Here are six things you can do View Post
358 Companies to Contact for Coupons
If you are a couponer you know that you can never have enough coupons. There are insert coupons, peelies, hang tags, tearpads and wine tags but the best value coupons are the ones that come straight from the manufacturers. In order to get your hand on them all you have to do is ask! Here is a master list of 358 companies that will send you coupons. Just contact them by phone. email or snail View Post
The Best Places to Order Coupons in Bulk
The Best Places to Order Coupons in Bulk If you want to be an Extreme Couponer you need lots of coupons! If you don't have a "source" to get you your coupon fix you may want to consider looking into ordering from a coupon clipping service to fill your needs. Here is a list of our favorite coupon clipping websites. Please keep in mind the location of the seller when you are View Post
SUMMER IS OVER! IT’S TIME TO LEARN THE COUPON LINGO!!
Sadly, summer is fresh over! But now it's time to get back at it and start LEARNING all the seemingly confusing coupon lingo!! Not sure what a CAT is and why on earth anyone would ROLL one? Here are some VERY HELPFUL tips on COUPONING LINGO you need to know when reading our posts: MM = Moneymaker! MQ = Manufacturer’s Coupon OOP = Out of Pocket BOGO = Buy One, Get One Free BOGO50 View Post
9 Apple Cider Hacks that will Save you Money
9 Apple Cider Vinegar Hacks that will Save you Money Apple Cider Vinegar is an inexpensive product that can do so much more than make salad dressings. For under $1.00 a bottle you can tackle a bunch of household issues and save yourself hundreds of dollars. Here are 9 Apple Cider Hacks for you to try. 1. Get Rid of Fleas If you have ever had a issue with fleas you know that View Post
Ethical Couponing
Ethical Couponing Are you new to couponing? Have you been couponing for a while but branching out and couponing at some new stores? Each store has its own coupon policies and it can be overwhelming keeping everything straight even for a seasoned couponer. Mistakes happen and that's ok. It's part of the learning process. The philosophy at HowtoShopforFree.net is to find the best deals View Post
How to Get Free Clothes!
How to get FREE Clothing! How to Shop for Free® isn't just about groceries and cosmetics it's about finding ways to get everything you want for free! People often ask how can you possibly get clothing for yourself and your family for free? Besides the obvious asking fro hand me downs from friends and neighbors there are ways to get designer clothing and brand new with tags items for View Post
The Secrets to Penny Shopping at Dollar General
Dollar General penny shopping is a big thing! And those who do it are completely hooked but you have to know what you are doing and what to look for inside the store. You also have to be prepared to spend time looking and researching. If you are prepared then you can score some amazing deals for just one penny!! First Things First These items do not have a tag saying, View Post
How to Shop for FREE® Facebook Groups
How to Shop for FREE® Facebook Groups Don't miss out of ANY store deals by joining us in the many store-specific Facebook Groups run by HTSFF as well as the main HTSFF Facebook page HERE How to Shop for Free Fan Page ---GLITCHES Hauls and Brags -- Grocery: Big Y Freebies and Deals Hannaford Freebies and Deals Market Basket Freebies and Deals Roche Bros. Freebies and View Post
3 Things your Hair Needs if you live in New England!
3 Hair Products you Need to Own!! Let's face it, life in New England isn't exactly the best for our hair. High humidity and ever changing weather can make perfectly styled hair turn into one big poof the second you step outside. Do you long for straight sleek hair that can handle all of Mother Nature's mood changes? Here are the three hair products that use daily and swear View Post
Price Checker.. ya, We Got That!
We are excited to announce that we now have a price comparison tool! You can now search and find out which local store has the lowest prices for the items you buy each week. Looking for diapers? Just type "diapers" into the search box and the comparison tool will tell you everywhere they are on sale as well as what coupons are currently available. You can find the tool on the right side of View Post