The contents of this envelope is proof of of the "game" of coupon trading. This trade will be another homerun hit for me.
A coupon professional on the forum allowed me to trade with her because I had something she wanted. She was arrogant and borderline rude. In coupon dollars she got the better deal & I allowed her to think she had the upper hand because it played right in to her ego. The reality was, there is no upper hand because the high dollar coupons I traded were worthless to me because my store does not even carry the item. So while worthless to me they were valuable to her. The coupon professional thought I was a newbie for whom she could pull the wool over on. I allow her to think that ... even now. She dangled a carrot by offering a high number of coupons for my rare high dollar coupons. She even said at one point well "I will be sending you over 30 coupons and you are sending me 8 so I am giving you the better deal in the trade." I wasn't stupid. I knew my coupons were rare and out of print.
It was a difficult trade from the start. She was the only trader in the forum that had a large number of coupons which is why I even put up with her trade. The coupon professional would not send her coupons to me until my coupons arrived to her first because I had not built up trading "street cred." Guess my security clearance in the real world is not enough street cred but I digress. Because of the delay in shipment I missed the Barilla $1 sale at Giant and the 99cent Ocean Spray juice spray at Safeway. The coupon professional knew that the delay shipping would make me miss these deals. My envelope arrived today with (22) Ocean Spray and (10) Barilla coupons.
Yep that Giant and Safeway deal are dead but there is always another deal on the horizon *evil laugh and grin* Do not give up hope for all is not lost for our heroine in the world of sales and coupons because this week Harris Teeters has Barilla whole grain spaghetti 10/10 and a certain less desirable store has a BOGO sale on Ocean Spray!
The less desirable store. I hate this store with their worthless sales and not so low prices ... so I was tempted by the the coupon devil. I tested the Ocean Spray deal today at the stricter store by purchasing 2 BOGO items and using 2 coupons. I paid 3 cents. No beeps. No nothing. They even wished me a good day as I left. I must say I felt a little vindication. Just a little. My now (20) Ocean Spray coupons & (10) Barilla pasta coupons are about to hit a home run this weekend. Please Don't judge.
PS The professional couponer has given me a verbal blessing on the forum for the trade so now others are interested in trading with me. Why do I feel this is so juvenile? Oh well, let the "games" begin :-)
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