The Dad says:
When I was a kid we were a typical divorced, single mom, latchkey kids family in the 70s. My older sister and I did most of the housework and cooking while my mother was struggling to earn the income to cover our bills. Like most kids we wanted spending money, but there was little to spare at the end of each month. So my mother came up with a brilliant idea. With neither the time nor inclination to cut coupons herself she permitted us to do so. I say permitted, rather then required, because she rewarded us for our efforts.
The deal was simple: any time she purchased items and we had a coupon for it the cash saved would be split evenly between us. So, if we had a $0.50 off dish soap coupon, and she bought dish soap then we’d be paid $0.25. This benefited her, in that she’d still save $0.25 and it would help us because we’d have $0.25 to do with what we will (and comic books only cost a quarter in those days).
The only caveat was that she wouldn’t buy things just because we had a coupon. She had to need it and it needed to seem a good value anyway. I don’t remember specific numbers because it was long ago and money seemed so much different at the time, but I know it seemed well worth it to us at the time.
I find myself in a similar situation with MMM no, so have taken a page from my Mother’s book…
MMM says:
Every Sunday, before church I get the Sunday paper like most couponers. My old system was to cut out a few coupons, whenever I felt like it, that I was pretty sure my dad would use and keep all the other paper and read through it all to him. That took a lot of time
and work. It was also very slow. When we went in the store I would be dragging along and making it a lot harder.
My new system is at 7 P.M. every Sunday night I cut out all the coupons that might be usable. I then throw away the rest of the papers and scraps. For organization, I keep a binder with two folders in it. In one folder, I put all of the coupons from Valassis, Smart
Source or any other coupons valid for multiple stores. In the other folder I put coupons for stores like Rite-Aid and Walgreen’s. All coupons are also put in the order I think they are most likely to be used. When I get to my Dad’s house, I read him the coupons and he
decides whether they are worth using. When I go in the store, I only take the pile of coupons that may be used inside instead of taking the whole binder.
As for getting paid, we’ve set up a system so I get half of his savings. I think it is worth my time and effort. It makes quite a lot of money and saves my dad some at the same time. I believe couponing is a great way to earn money. I’m still dragging around a little bit is the store but that in because I just got back into couponing and have to get a little more organized. Couponing is where a large amount of my money comes from.
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August 22nd, 2008 by 
MMM
Hey everyone, sorry about my long absence. I am back into making money as a minor, so I will start publishing stuff on this blog again.
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