Comments on: Coupons Deals and More Blog Goals For 2010 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010 ...the continuing adventures of a Coupon Goddess Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:33:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jen http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-9089 jen Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:00:15 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-9089 hey,we are here to listen, learn and save money. thanks hey,we are here to listen, learn and save money.
thanks

]]> By: Dawn http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8920 Dawn Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:46:25 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8920 We were having fun dumpster diving until we got yelled at, now my kids are afraid to go with me. They are 10 and 11, girl and boy and we were getting coupons out of the recycle bin behind the elementary school. Besides the coupons there were really cool hardcover books thrown out. My son loves to read and he found "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" and some books about electricity and experiments. He felt like it was Christmas until a teacher came out the door and started screaming at us. I have thought of so many things I should have said to her since then, but unfortunatly not at the time. I guess she prefers books to be thrown out more then read......... We were having fun dumpster diving until we got yelled at, now my kids are afraid to go with me. They are 10 and 11, girl and boy and we were getting coupons out of the recycle bin behind the elementary school. Besides the coupons there were really cool hardcover books thrown out. My son loves to read and he found “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” and some books about electricity and experiments. He felt like it was Christmas until a teacher came out the door and started screaming at us. I have thought of so many things I should have said to her since then, but unfortunatly not at the time. I guess she prefers books to be thrown out more then read………

]]> By: Rachel http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8880 Rachel Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:44:00 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8880 I feel safe enough here to acknowledge I have done the same. I found a 'good' dumpster....actually, its a recycle bin....where there are many papers with inserts intact. I wish I could find the Mother Load where newspaper carriers dump their recyclables! Better yet...befriend a carrier that will bring them to me! That's my wish for 2010! I feel safe enough here to acknowledge I have done the same. I found a ‘good’ dumpster….actually, its a recycle bin….where there are many papers with inserts intact. I wish I could find the Mother Load where newspaper carriers dump their recyclables! Better yet…befriend a carrier that will bring them to me! That’s my wish for 2010!

]]> By: admin http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8805 admin Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:52:32 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8805 YAY! For dumpster diving for coupons Dawn! Ann YAY! For dumpster diving for coupons Dawn!

Ann

]]> By: admin http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8804 admin Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:52:06 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8804 Hi Jay, We've bought a pig and a cow before <a href="http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/cutting-meat-costs/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> story here </a> We currently have no room in any of the freezers (four) because hubby stocked up at Budwey's in November. He's always on the look-out for meat deals. We used to go to Quality every Sunday morning for the mark-down and they'd have coupons attached. We haven't been there in months though. If I am the one buying meat, I always get it at Dash's. Wegmans is the one place I will not purchase meat because I am not going to buy cryovaced stuff. Ann Hi Jay,

We’ve bought a pig and a cow before story here

We currently have no room in any of the freezers (four) because hubby stocked up at Budwey’s in November. He’s always on the look-out for meat deals. We used to go to Quality every Sunday morning for the mark-down and they’d have coupons attached. We haven’t been there in months though. If I am the one buying meat, I always get it at Dash’s. Wegmans is the one place I will not purchase meat because I am not going to buy cryovaced stuff.

Ann

]]> By: Dawn http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8803 Dawn Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:04:50 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8803 Hi Amanda, I too came here for the tops deals. I'm in Arcade NY and we have a wags, a RA and a Tops. But I also make ventures into the "big city" (Hamburg area ha ha) and go to Target and CVS. This is the only blog I check daily. It has saved me so much money. I have gone from clipping a few coupons, to getting all my friends papers to.... yes I'll admit it dumpster diving for them! (If only I could convince my daughter to let me throw her in it would be so much easier to gram em.. he he he) Last night I went to Target and had a cart full of groceries for NEGATIVE seven dollars! I had to throw some 75% off xmas stuff in the cart to get it to be positive. I LOVE THIS!!! :-) Hi Amanda,

I too came here for the tops deals. I’m in Arcade NY and we have a wags, a RA and a Tops. But I also make ventures into the “big city” (Hamburg area ha ha) and go to Target and CVS. This is the only blog I check daily. It has saved me so much money. I have gone from clipping a few coupons, to getting all my friends papers to…. yes I’ll admit it dumpster diving for them! (If only I could convince my daughter to let me throw her in it would be so much easier to gram em.. he he he) Last night I went to Target and had a cart full of groceries for NEGATIVE seven dollars! I had to throw some 75% off xmas stuff in the cart to get it to be positive. I LOVE THIS!!! :-)

]]> By: Jay http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8802 Jay Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:53:46 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8802 Sales, no. Deals, perhaps. It depends what you're shopping for. They'll beat Wegmans on meats. I'm just wondering what kind of places do people shop at besides the big grocery chains to find good prices or good local product. Sales, no. Deals, perhaps. It depends what you’re shopping for. They’ll beat Wegmans on meats.

I’m just wondering what kind of places do people shop at besides the big grocery chains to find good prices or good local product.

]]> By: admin http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8799 admin Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:22:34 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8799 And they have deals, Jay!? Ann And they have deals, Jay!?

Ann

]]> By: Jay http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8798 Jay Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:16:47 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8798 Scime's has the best Italian sausage & Spars the best Polish sausage. They're both total throwbacks & in North Buffalo. <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=3qP&resnum=0&q=spars%20buffalo&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Google map </a> <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=3qP&resnum=0&q=spars%20buffalo&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Google map </a> Scime’s has the best Italian sausage & Spars the best Polish sausage. They’re both total throwbacks & in North Buffalo.

Google map

Google map

]]> By: admin http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8796 admin Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:02:03 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8796 Hi Jay, Ooooh I LOVE Dash's. Hands down my favorite store in the entire world. How they can have 20 different whatevers in their small stores, and Wegmans carries two whatevers (and one is a Wegmans brand) on the giant Wegmans warehouse stores, is beyond me. Budweys is my husband's favorite store. He loves when we are up in Newfane so he can make the stop. You know, I have never heard of Scime's or Spar's. South Buffalo perhaps? East Side? The blog actually isn't even a year old. I left Bargainshare the first of April and, while I had added pages prior to that, April is when Coupons, Deals and More was open for business. Happy New Year Jay! Ann Hi Jay,

Ooooh I LOVE Dash’s. Hands down my favorite store in the entire world. How they can have 20 different whatevers in their small stores, and Wegmans carries two whatevers (and one is a Wegmans brand) on the giant Wegmans warehouse stores, is beyond me.

Budweys is my husband’s favorite store. He loves when we are up in Newfane so he can make the stop.

You know, I have never heard of Scime’s or Spar’s. South Buffalo perhaps? East Side?

The blog actually isn’t even a year old. I left Bargainshare the first of April and, while I had added pages prior to that, April is when Coupons, Deals and More was open for business.

Happy New Year Jay!

Ann

]]> By: Jay http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8795 Jay Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:55:07 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8795 Happy New Year. I love your blog & wouldn't change a thing. I had no idea it was only a year old. Great job growing it thus far. I love that you share Tops deals. For a while I felt like the only blogger shopping there. I also love that you don't drink the Wegmans kool-aid (or is it W-Aid). Living in WNY that can be difficult. The only thing I'd like to see more of is maybe make things a little more WNY-centric. Like coverage of the smaller WNY grocers if possible, Budways, Dash's, etc, or some of the smaller neighborhood grocers that Buffalo is so fortunate to have (Scime's, Spar's). You rock! Happy New Year. I love your blog & wouldn’t change a thing. I had no idea it was only a year old. Great job growing it thus far.

I love that you share Tops deals. For a while I felt like the only blogger shopping there. I also love that you don’t drink the Wegmans kool-aid (or is it W-Aid). Living in WNY that can be difficult. The only thing I’d like to see more of is maybe make things a little more WNY-centric. Like coverage of the smaller WNY grocers if possible, Budways, Dash’s, etc, or some of the smaller neighborhood grocers that Buffalo is so fortunate to have (Scime’s, Spar’s). You rock!

]]> By: admin http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8791 admin Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:29:40 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8791 Hi Rachel, You really don't want to be in Tops territory... that means you never get those wonderful loss-leaders most normal grocery stores put out! Tops <i> may </i> be expanding soon. They have a bid in on all the bankrupt Penn Traffic stores. From what reliable sources say, the Tops bid <i> should </i> win over other bidders because Tops will take all the stores, they have financing and the same unions. Now if Tops kept all the Penn Traffic stores, Tops would double in size. That would also have them expanding to VT and NH. They are currently located in NY and PA. Ann Hi Rachel,

You really don’t want to be in Tops territory… that means you never get those wonderful loss-leaders most normal grocery stores put out!

Tops may be expanding soon. They have a bid in on all the bankrupt Penn Traffic stores. From what reliable sources say, the Tops bid should win over other bidders because Tops will take all the stores, they have financing and the same unions. Now if Tops kept all the Penn Traffic stores, Tops would double in size. That would also have them expanding to VT and NH. They are currently located in NY and PA.

Ann

]]> By: admin http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8787 admin Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:20:48 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8787 Hi Amanda, I know of several dozen people that come here for Tops (due to post responses or email). Who knows how many more lurk. Ann Hi Amanda,

I know of several dozen people that come here for Tops (due to post responses or email). Who knows how many more lurk.

Ann

]]> By: Rachel http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8771 Rachel Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:48:28 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8771 Amanda~ I do not have any Tops in my area. Or Rite Aid - I see all Ann's money makers and wish that store was anywhere close! Amanda~
I do not have any Tops in my area. Or Rite Aid – I see all Ann’s money makers and wish that store was anywhere close!

]]> By: amanda http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8770 amanda Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:44:28 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8770 I will definately keep you posted on anything i may find that you haven't mentioned yet. just wondering....is anyone else here a Tops shopper? I will definately keep you posted on anything i may find that you haven’t mentioned yet. just wondering….is anyone else here a Tops shopper?

]]> By: Rachel http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8767 Rachel Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:17:24 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8767 Check your email :) Check your email :)

]]> By: admin http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8765 admin Fri, 01 Jan 2010 05:07:09 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8765 Rachel, please, do not ever hesitate to post! I love comments. Your experiences help me (and others) learn. Holy cow! What has a 200 blog linky on a Wednesday? With Target-ing Mondays, people usually link-up on Monday and Tuesday. I have seen people link later than that, but it is rare. Then, when I go to Target later in the week (usually Wednesday), I make a special post and link over to the linky one more time. I notice people here don't click the linky links that much after Tuesday. The first person on the list can usually count on several hundred hits but after the top spots the clicks dwindle. That has been my person experience when I link up somewhere else though too... if I am high up the linky, I get lots of hits. If I am buried in the middle, not-so-much. Ann Rachel, please, do not ever hesitate to post! I love comments. Your experiences help me (and others) learn.

Holy cow! What has a 200 blog linky on a Wednesday? With Target-ing Mondays, people usually link-up on Monday and Tuesday. I have seen people link later than that, but it is rare. Then, when I go to Target later in the week (usually Wednesday), I make a special post and link over to the linky one more time.

I notice people here don’t click the linky links that much after Tuesday. The first person on the list can usually count on several hundred hits but after the top spots the clicks dwindle. That has been my person experience when I link up somewhere else though too… if I am high up the linky, I get lots of hits. If I am buried in the middle, not-so-much.

Ann

]]> By: Rachel http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8763 Rachel Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:41:02 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8763 I love your blog! Thanks for welcoming comments. I do comment often, but sometimes I hold back because I do tend to talk a lot. It seems like I ALWAYS have something to say. I just don't always post it. If you like/want more comments, then maybe I will not be so hesitant to say something. As far as getting OTHERS to post comments, I don't know. You seem comversational, and respond (sometimes VERY quickly!) to your readers. I have posted comments and questions on some blogs that I wonder if the writer EVER reads any of them. I guess they are too busy getting sponsors? As far as the Wednesday linky....that could potentially lead to MORE readers on Wednesday....do people link up only on the link day or are they able to link later? Do people only read it on the link day or do they refer to it later? I check a blog that has a rather LARGE linky on Wednesday! (Over 200 links, usually) You might think about it. I love your blog! Thanks for welcoming comments. I do comment often, but sometimes I hold back because I do tend to talk a lot. It seems like I ALWAYS have something to say. I just don’t always post it. If you like/want more comments, then maybe I will not be so hesitant to say something. As far as getting OTHERS to post comments, I don’t know. You seem comversational, and respond (sometimes VERY quickly!) to your readers. I have posted comments and questions on some blogs that I wonder if the writer EVER reads any of them. I guess they are too busy getting sponsors?

As far as the Wednesday linky….that could potentially lead to MORE readers on Wednesday….do people link up only on the link day or are they able to link later? Do people only read it on the link day or do they refer to it later? I check a blog that has a rather LARGE linky on Wednesday! (Over 200 links, usually) You might think about it.

]]> By: admin http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8762 admin Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:48:32 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8762 Hi Amanda, Hmmmm more competition. Maybe I should lay low? If you ever get a Catalina print out with upcoming Catalina deals at Tops and could shoot me an email with the info, Amanda, it would be greatly appreciated! Ann Hi Amanda,

Hmmmm more competition. Maybe I should lay low?

If you ever get a Catalina print out with upcoming Catalina deals at Tops and could shoot me an email with the info, Amanda, it would be greatly appreciated!

Ann

]]> By: admin http://couponsdealsandmore.com/library/coupons-deals-and-more-blog-goals-for-2010/#comment-8761 admin Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:46:45 +0000 http://couponsdealsandmore.com/?p=13251#comment-8761 Ms Benjamins you should see the Coupons, Deals and More facebook page. Pathetic is a great definition! I suppose I could do the automatic posting to facebook like I do to twitter, but how much "social media" can any one person participate in? Don't answer that. I have a 21 year old, so I can make a good guess. Re: Wednesday for a Linky... the numbers here on Wednesday are low. Sunday is usually the busiest day and Wednesday is the slowest. Mid-week can be 40% lower than weekend traffic! I'm not sure how many people would even link-up on a Wednesday. Ann Ms Benjamins you should see the Coupons, Deals and More facebook page. Pathetic is a great definition! I suppose I could do the automatic posting to facebook like I do to twitter, but how much “social media” can any one person participate in?

Don’t answer that. I have a 21 year old, so I can make a good guess.

Re: Wednesday for a Linky… the numbers here on Wednesday are low. Sunday is usually the busiest day and Wednesday is the slowest. Mid-week can be 40% lower than weekend traffic! I’m not sure how many people would even link-up on a Wednesday.

Ann

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