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If you are like many of us these days you are worried with saving money. Learning how to shop for sales, using coupons and taking benefit of all of the savings that are probable is certainly worth your time in these unclear monetary times.

We all shop for foodstuff and groceries, as well as personal products like shampoo and soap and cleaning products like laundry detergent and dishwashing liquid. It is easy to find coupons for many of these items and learning how to use them best to get the most out of the savings is to your benefit.

One solution is taking the rules and breaking them. Not without permission of course, but if you don’t ask the question you’ll never know and if you do ask the question you might end up thankfully surprised while the worst that can happen is they say “no”. Here are a only some constructive questions that you can ask the managers where you shop that may end up saving you quite a bit of money.

Ask about in store coupons. Does the store offer its own coupons? Many stores have websites and you can constantly check that out but if they don’t have a website just ask the question. If they do offer coupons they will be glad to give them to you and if they don’t you just gave them a great scheme to bring in more business.

Many stores will not allow you to use a coupon on sale or clearance items. Frequently it is spelled right out on the coupon but if it is not you can always ask. The worst they can do is say, “no” but if they say, “yes” you will be able to save quite a bit more than typical.

Ask if they will accept competitor’s coupons. Many stores offer a price guarantee that says if you find a competitors ad with a lower price they will honor the lower price but few people actually ask if they will take the other stores coupons and usually they will say yes as it is in their best interest to do so.

Ask if you can use several coupons or if you can combine manufacturers coupons with the store coupons. Many times they will allow you to combine coupons and when you do you double up your savings. You can also ask if they will agree to expired coupons. They may say “no” but they may say “yes” and you never know until you ask.

When it comes to saving cash for your family you need to pull out all the stops. See what kind of deals you can work out with the stores and take advantage of every bit of savings that you can.