The Ultimate Guide to Couponing in the Northwest: Know coupon your lingo

Now that you know how to shop, where to get coupons and how to read your coupon, let’s answer one of my most frequently asked questions:

What do all those abbreviations mean? Here’s a list of terms and acronyms that come up in Northwest coupon deals:

• blinkie – Manufacturer’s coupon found in the store, near the product, usually from a red blinking box
• BOGO – “Buy One, Get One FREE” (typically refers to a coupon or a sale)
• Catalina (cat) — Coupon you get with your receipt at the register; usually triggered by a specific item that you purchased
• double coupon – Store “coupon” that doubles manufacturer’s coupon value up to a certain value
• DND – “Do not double”
• FAR – “Free after rebate”
• filler – Item purchased for the sole purpose of making a deal work
• GM – General Mills Sunday coupon insert packet
• hangtag — Manufacturer’s coupon hanging from the neck of a product in the store
• IP – “Internet printable” coupon
• loss leader — Item that a store puts on a fantastic sale, usually losing money on it, in hopes that while you’re in store buying the item you will buy the rest of your shopping list
• NLA – “No longer available”
• OOP – “Out of pocket”
• overage – The amount of money made on buying an item (profit)
• OYNO – “On your next order”; another term for Catalina
• P&G — Proctor & Gamble Sunday coupon insert packet
• peelie – Manufacturer’s coupon attached to an item that you can peel off & use immediately
• rolling – Using a CAT or RR to pay for an item that produces a CAT or RR
• raincheck — a piece of paper given to a customer from a store that serves as a commitment to sell an out-of-stock item when it is restocked at the advertised price
• RP – Red Plum Sunday coupon insert packet
• RR – Register Rewards (Walgreen’s Catalina)
• SS – SmartSource Sunday insert packet
• stacking – Using a store coupon with a manufacturer’s coupon on one item
• tearpad – Pad of manufacturer’s coupons next to an item in the store
• U – Unilever Sunday coupon insert packet
• WYB – “When you buy”
• YMMV – “Your mileage may vary” (success of the attempt may vary at your store)

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