You’ll laugh, but I actually found a big stack of coupon inserts this morning on a walk with my youngest son. We had just dropped the older two kids off at school and decided that since it was warm out, a whopping 34 degrees, that we might as well get some exercise and take the long way home from school. We walked our regular route around the block, and it just so happens to be Thursday. Thursday is trash pick-up day in our neighborhood, and usually the trash man comes pretty early. We have several different trash companies that you can pick from and between the regular trash pick-up and the recycle pick-ups I honestly have no idea what time they come or whose truck is for which service. But I do know that they come on Thursdays and I’ve seen a lot of recycle bins out in front of several neighbors houses (yes, I’ve walked our neighborhood and searched for which neighbors recycle).
I know of a few specific houses on our regular walking route that have a recycle bin for newspaper and if I happen to beat the trash man, I will go 
through their bins and help myself to their discarded coupons. After all, one mans trash is another mans treasure! So, this morning, I actually found a giant stack of coupon inserts from one single recycle bin in front of a neighbor’s house (this is the actual picture of the stack I found)! I was beyond excited! I plan to visit that neighbor later today and give them one of my “Coupons Wanted” fliers so they know that I would love to collect their discarded coupons and would be happy to stop by on a regular basis for any coupons they don’t want, especially now that I know they don’t seem to use their coupons.
‘Shopping’ your neighbors trash bins is a great way to find out who uses their newspaper coupons and who doesn’t. If they continually throw their coupons away then don’t be afraid to knock on their door and see if they wouldn’t mind saving them for you instead. Nothing was ever gained by not asking. Don’t be afraid to dig through trash bins, recycle bins or other places you find coupons discarded. I look at discarded coupons as money – each one really is just like a dollar bill. You would never throw away money would you? Happy digging!
Have you ever dug through your neighbor’s trash for coupons? Leave me a comment about the best coupon you found while digging!
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