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Coupon Sherpa – Best Mobile Coupon App

If you could only have one coupon app on your phone (besides yoFreeSamples’, of course), make it Coupon Sherpa.  Available for iPhone and Android, you’ll have coupons from every national retailer (including restaurants) imaginable.  For many of them, all you need to do is show the coupon on your phone in the store to get the discount.  Now that’s how a coupon app should work.

But there’s more.  Coupon Sherpa collects online offers so while you’re shopping on the web, you can find discount codes to use when you check out.  They also have a mobile site so if you don’t want to or can’t download the app you have another option.  Passbook enabled coupons are clearly marked, too, so if you’ve got an iPhone you can send the coupon from the Coupon Sherpa app or their mobile website to keep them handy.

So how does the app look/work?  It’s kind of like an address book.  Choose in-store or online to see all coupons listed alphabetically.  There’s also a search function and a way to save your favorite stores.  When you use or look at a coupon, you can let Coupon Sherpa know if you decided to use the coupon or whether it worked or not.

Unlike on their website, printable coupons are not clearly marked (fix that!). So that means you’ll need to do some prep work before you shop to see if you have to print anything first.  But if you forget to print one, try showing the coupon on your phone to the retailer anyway.  Some have a “dummy” coupon they can scan or another way they can give you the discount when you check out.

A Hot Deals section is probably for promoted offers and a Submit button that lets you to upload coupons you find to Coupon Sherpa.  And just to round things out, there’s an easy Feedback section to report problems.

My biggest complaint isn’t the little ad at the bottom on the screen (a small price to pay for all this convenience).  It’s that many coupons are not really coupons but notices about store sales or promotions or sign-ups for something before you can get the coupon. Unfortunately there are a lot of those.  It would be great if they would section those out under a “Sales” and a “Sign up to Save” menu item.

Some users have asked for a location tool so Coupon Sherpa can notify you of nearby or local deals.  Not sure if they’re going to go there but as a treasure trove of national coupons in your pocket, Coupon Sherpa is the way to go.

11 Ways to Save $100 Dollars a Week

1. Quit smoking.

Ok, this may not apply to everyone, but if it applies to you, here is another good reason to quit paying to get cancer. If your cigarettes cost five dollars a pack, quitting a pack-a-day habit will save you 35 dollars a week right there. If you can’t quit the devil weed, consider changing to a cheaper brand. The same advice applies to drinking and doing drugs as well.

2. Stop buying coffee drinks at the coffee chain.

You’ve heard this one before, but it’s still good advice. Buy a thermos and make your own. At four or five dollars a cup versus eight dollars for a pound of coffee and a pack of filters, it adds up.

3. Drive smarter.

If you drive enough highway miles, better gas mileage can save you a few dollars a week.  Driving slower, avoiding idling and getting rid of excess weight in/on the car will all help.

4. Pack your lunch, at least some of the time.

It’s healthier and can cost a dollar or two less than a fast food run.

5. Buy snacks at the supermarket.

Bring them to work instead of hitting up the vending machines in the break room.

6. Pay off your high interest credit card debt.

Every week that unpaid balance is ticking along, racking up charges, so get that out of the way as fast as you can.

7. Better yet, leave your credit and debit card at home and carry cash.

There’s something about having to spend actual cash money that puts the breaks on a lot of impulse spending.

8. Turn down your heat or air conditioning when you leave the house.

Why pay utility bills for something you’re not around to enjoy?

9. Speaking of utility bills, check your house and appliances for any hidden money suckers.

Turn off things that don’t need to be on, cover holes, and fix water leaks to reduce your bills.

10. You probably have cable, phone and internet bills.

Go over all these bills and research cheaper options including getting rid of the landline.

11. Be a savvy shopper.

Garage sales and thrift stores are great places to buy books and household items at a fraction of the cost.  But if that’s not your style, shop “off season”, watch for sales and clip coupons. A little time and organization goes a long way.

Free Kindle Samplers for Kids and Teens

Book samplers are a great way for kids and teens to get a taste of a book before buying the full version. Even better that these are free! So put these  free samplers on their Kindle and get ready for summer reading.

Awesome Adventures for Kids

Six adventure themed stories suitable for Middle School age.

Source: www.amazon.com

Coolest Chapter Books for Kids

Zany, funny (and educational) themed books for 8 – 12 year olds.

Source: www.amazon.com

Story Crush Teen Sampler

Timeless (and reasonably clean) romance tales for teens.

Source: www.amazon.com

PitchDark: Dark Days of Winter

Romance stories for teens with a little of the paranormal thrown in.

Source: www.amazon.com

Hunger for Dystopian

Stories of dangerous worlds set in the future.  Suitable for teens.

Source: www.amazon.com

Mother’s Day Deals + Top Retail & Restaurant Coupons

It’s Mother’s Day weekend, so find out how you can treat mom to some FREE food or create her a FREE 8×10 Collage Print at Walgreens! Does she love coffee? Today and tomorrow are the last days to grab half price Frappuccino blended beverages at Starbucks!

P.S. This $5 Off $10 Hallmark Gold Crown Printable Coupon is also still available!

There’s some great coupons available this week, so make sure to check out these lists before you head out:

Mall & Retail Coupons

Restaurant Coupons

Thanks, Southern Savers and Mojo Savings! 

iPhone Passbook – Big Fail for Mobile Coupons

Having all your coupons and rewards cards in one place sounds like a great idea, right?  And that’s just what iPhone’s Passbook was supposed to do.  Only thing is – it’s a dud!

Hardly any retailers have signed up to work with Passbook.  And Apple doesn’t make it easy.  Retailers have to change their own apps or add some programming to their websites to “send” the coupon to Passbook.  How stupid is that?  If a retailer app already has that functionality, why would they want you to ignore their app and do everything through Passbook instead?

Even worse, with few exceptions, you have to have the retailer app already on their phone to “send” anything to Passbook.  If you’ve already got the app on your phone why would you want to send something to another place on your phone?  About the only thing it could be useful for is to use send only the coupons you want to use from other apps to Passbook.  But that’s only if the coupon app doesn’t have a “save” or “favorites” option.

One thing Passbook does seem good for is saving airline boarding passes on your phone.  But that’s only because most airlines don’t already have apps.  You won’t find a lot of airlines on board either (pardon the pun…).  For people who don’t travel much this is a big nothing.

Coupon clippers and money savers everywhere are still waiting for someone to come up with a REAL consolidated app to store all our coupons, rewards and shoppers cards on their phones.  Passbook just isn’t it.