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Start the new year with a book
Reposted from the News and Record Bargain Blog, thanks Mike:
Readers have their say about local coupon books
In my last column, I recommended getting the new year started right by investing in some coupon books packed with savings for Triad shoppers.
I also asked if you use them.
Here’s what Deanna Miller wrote to me in an e-mail:
“My husband and I both lost our jobs this past year, so our wallets are tighter than ever. Often, the coupon book was our opportunity to eat out once in awhile.
In fact, for this past year, we only ate at the places that offered coupons.
Interestingly, we went to some restaurants we wouldn’t normally have known about and we trade out the coupons that are in other parts of Guilford County with my father-in-law who lives in Jamestown.”
Helen Watson of Greensboro replied that she’s not a big fan of the Entertainment coupon book.
“I had bought the Entertainment coupon book for two years and was very disappointed with the coupons,” she writes. “Most were in other cities besides Greensboro.”
Watson is partial to the Attractions Dining and Value Guide. “A friend gave me some coupons from an Attractions book and I used a lot of them in restaurants,” she writes. “I will be buying that book from now on.”
We bought both books and are hoping to make full use of them this year.
At my blog, Bargain Blog at news-record.com, I’m keeping track of how much we’re saving using those books under the “links of interest” section.
For information about the Attractions Dining and Value Guide, visit www.attractionsbook.com or call (800) 897-1004.
