Got this email last night,
Question: How do you get more than 1 set of doubles when they come on Wednesdays?
Answer: Well most the time doubles come on Sunday and if you get the A Thrifty Mom paper deal with the Statesman or the Tribune, you will have lots of extra doubles. BUT when they come on Wednesday most of us only get one…so that does bring up the question as to how to get more.
- Ask your neighbors, most my neighbors get the paper….and they are more than happy to give the Albertsons ad.
- Ask for extras at the store….each store is a little different, some you will need to ask customer service, others the cashiers will have them.
- Ask your co-workers, friends family
- Look for the FREE weekly paper that comes to some areas from the Tribune or the Statesman. They toss it once a week, most the time it has an Albertsons ad in them. Last year I have several empty houses on my street that got the weekly paper, I was happy to pick them up for the extra doubles….plus it helped keep the street clean. My new Neighborhood does not get this free paper….so it varies by area.
In following these examples above I am normally able to get all the doubles I want….it may take a little bit of work, but worth my time!
What are your ideas on how to get extra double coupons?
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I was lucky enough to live in a subdivision that would get that free paper on Wednesday mornings. A few of my neighbors would let me pick them up that morning. But…
We would wait until Thursday afternoon(that way anyone that wanted them had picked them up) and then walk around with our wagon and my kids would pick them up. One time we picked up 35 papers!!!! Too bad it wasn’t when there was a screamin’ sale going on.
and, yes I shared my find with a few of my closest friends.
I just have made friends with several cashiers and if you just ask they are more than happy to give you a couple more sets =)
I don’t think Utah has anymore Albertsons. My sister lives in Lehi & said they all closed down. So maybe that’s why they don’t have the doublers in Utah papers? I would BAWL if our Albertsons closed down!!!
I live in Yakima, WA and our Albertson’s ad mostly comes in the Wednesday paper (sometimes you’ll find it in Sunday, but not as often). At the Albertson’s on 16th Ave., I went today and they had a stack of papers for people to take, though they usually run out pretty fast. At the Albertson’s on 40th, they usually have a stack of papers at each active check out line. So when you go through the line you can grab one. So those stacks last a little longer.
We have about 6 Albertsons in our town. (And not much else.) I find it interesting that several stores never put out the ads and others have huge stacks near the front door.The store most near to me does not have or post the ad ever and there is not even a copy at customer service. Must be the choice of the manager or something by store. It makes it worth it to me to drive to the other side of town to shop when I can get doubles.
Tarah…yes they were in both sunday and todays paper…so maybe Utah just did not get them
Everyone in my town gets the FoodDay every Tuesday for free with all the weekly grocery ads inside. There are extra papers in front of our post office in it’s own foodday paper box. That’s where I get my extras…but I only take a few and make sure there are lots left for others.
My store has them at the customer service counter. You are able to take them. I might pick up one or two when I’m in the store. I also get them from friends and co-workers. I recently brought in some goodies I had picked up for free and gave them to people who have given me their extra coupons. They were so excited. It’s fun to give back!
I get mine at the dollar store. Each paper is 25 cents. Gotta get there early though; they go pretty quick.
I went to the post office today and grabbed 6 of them that were sitting right on top of the mail garbage can. People throw them away all the time. It can be kind of awkward rummaging like that but its one of the best ways to score multiple ads without having to always get them from customer service!
Just a quick question if you get the energy to respond. Where were the Albertson’s doubles? I get three different newspapers on Sunday, but I didn’t see any in those, and in the Wednesday ads I didn’t see any either. Maybe the Utah Albertson’s aren’t doing it this week? Did I just get skipped maybe in the delivery process? Anyway, not too terribly important, but I am curious.
today at the Albies by the stadium in Caldwell, they were just letting us go through without the doubles, and using the same copy she had over and over. She said they just throw them out anyway, so she didn’t mind. That was through the self checkout. I thought it was so nice, I had just asked for a set and she decided to offer to do it that way instead. I love them there!
If you’re in an area that gets the ads in the mail, it’s easy to get extras. I live in a condo, and there are recycle bins by the mailboxes where most people toss the ads. I also get the Red Plum circulars there as they are mailed here and not included in the Seattle Times. I used to have a PO Box, and they had the same recycle bins at the post office. Even if you don’t have a box, check if your local PO has the recycle bins in the box area.
My Albertson’s always seems to be out of their fliers, so I actually bought more papers. Not the best but it is a guarantee to get more doublers. You can buy the paper for $.75 each. not the cheapest way but still worth the extra savings if you can’t get it any other way.
I get mine from the school where I teach. The school gets a stack of 30 daily papers. Most of the time, if teachers are using the newspaper in class, they aren’t using the weekly ads. I can have as many doubles as I can possibly stand.
Just letting others know that you do in fact coupon helps. I have a little older lady that clips the doublers from the Sunday papers and gives them to me at church when they come out. If I hadn’t taught a couponing class in church, she would have never known that I was into it.
I buy a few extras at our local dollar store, they are 25 cents instead of 50 cents!