Buy one, get one free stacking continued

The best way to take advantage of buy one, get one free (or B1G1) coupons is when you can use them in conjunction with either a store B1G1 coupon or sale, or a free coupon. This will result in 2 free items instead of one. How? By stacking the coupons together.

Last time we covered how manufacturer money off coupons could be used with B1G1 coupons, but it is also legal to use a manufacturer B1G1 coupon with a store B1G1 coupon. This will result in two items for free instead of one if used together because your paid item that you have to purchase to receive your free item on your manufacturer coupon is then purchased with the free store item on the store B1G1 coupon. Here’s an example…

Dog food is on sale for 94 cents a can. You have a B1G1 manufacturer coupon and a B1G1 store coupon. You can then do the following scenario:

Dog food on sale 94 cents a can

Buy 2 cans

Use B1G1 manufacturer coupon

Use B1G1 in-ad store coupon

Final Price: 2 cans free

When you do these scenarios, remember to always hand your manufacturer coupons over before your store coupons to make life easier for you and your cashier.

You can do the exact same thing with a free store or manufacturer coupon stacked with a B1G1 coupon. Take the following scenario:

Dog food on sale 94 cents a can

Buy 2 cans

Use Free manufacturer coupon

Use B1G1 manufacturer coupon

Final price: 2 free

Both of these scenarios also work during buy one, get one free sales. Here’s a good example. Dentene gum was on sale B1G1 at Fred Meyer a couple of months ago. I had 2 B1G1 coupons I had printed off the Internet. So, I got four packages of gum for free after I used my B1G1 coupons (usually during the B1G1 sales the price of the item on the store end is taken off as soon as the cashier hits total).

The biggest thing to remember with B1G1 coupons is that you can not use a monetary value coupon off of your free item because this is using two coupons on one item and this is illegal. For instance, you couldn’t use a B1 Glade Candle tin to get a refill free coupon with 2 $1/1 any Glade Product coupons, even though you have two products, because your B1G1 coupon is paying for one of those items by making them free. You could use one $1./1 coupons with the B1G1 coupon legally because you would be taking off $1 on the item you are buying, but you cannot use a monetary value off coupon on your free item.

Erika Buswell runs a blog dedicated to coupons and deals in Alaska (http://alaskanbargainhunter.blogspot.com) and lives in Palmer with her husband and two children.