| I'm a stay at home mom, successfully living off just | | | | were different. They specifically said "ANY" package |
| one income, my husband's. My children are 6 & 8 | | | | of Huggies, meaning the coupons were good for the |
| years old now, but it wasn't too long ago that they | | | | trial sized packages. |
| were in diapers. | | | | Calculate this: You have a coupon for $2.50 for a |
| And boy oh boy was that expensive! Until I hit the | | | | product that costs $1.97. That means for every |
| diaper mega-load and came across enough free | | | | package of diapers I bought, not only would Huggies |
| diapers to keep their bottom's dry for life, with several | | | | reimburse the store for my $1.97 purchase, they would |
| hundred extra to spare. | | | | give them an extra $0.53 cents. |
| How? It's all about using coupons to your advantage. | | | | What does that mean? That means I needed to |
| Forget clipping a 25 cent coupons for a brand of | | | | spend another $0.53 in the store for each package of |
| shampoo you don't even like, I'm talking about walking | | | | diapers I bought. Effectively paying me to take the |
| out of a store with two shopping carts full of goods | | | | diapers. |
| they paid you to take. | | | | I spent months combing all the Walmarts, Walgreens |
| I've gotten tens of thousands of dollars worth of free | | | | and Toys-R-Us stores all over the state, looking for |
| product over the last several years, but my all time | | | | the trial packages of Huggies. When I found them, I |
| favorite haul was the Huggies Pull Ups. I ended up with | | | | would explain how to do the deal to other customers |
| thousands of diapers, and stores actually paid me to | | | | and store employees, even offering to give them |
| take them. | | | | some of my coupons. But no one wanted them. |
| Here's how it happened. A few years ago, when both | | | | So I would take most of the available diapers, leaving a |
| my kids were still in diapers, Huggies came out with a | | | | few in case someone else wanted some. I spent the |
| trial package of their new design of Huggies Pull Ups. | | | | extra money on all kinds of things: food at Walmart, |
| There were three diapers in each of these packages, | | | | more baby products at Walgreens, toys for gifts at |
| and they cost $1.97 at Walmart, Walgreens and | | | | Toys-R-Us. |
| Toys-R-Us. | | | | Since I bought 15-20 packages of diapers at a time, |
| In addition to the three diapers, Huggies also had a | | | | each time I had $8-10 to spend. In the end, it amounted |
| coupon in the package. The coupon was for $2.50 | | | | to a few hundred dollars. |
| ANY package of Huggies Pull-Up Diapers. Each time I | | | | It was very time consuming, but very fun. I saved so |
| bought a pack of diapers, I'd get another coupon. | | | | much money, and was able to diaper both children |
| Now, this is significant. Most Huggies coupons would | | | | through potty training for free. All by clipping a few |
| specify right on the coupon that the savings was only | | | | coupons. |
| off Jumbo size or larger packages, but these coupons | | | | |