Free coupons from the garbage-found today

[coupon2010]

I have a PO Box and I receive those "Smart Market" mass mailer flyers that most people consider "junk mail". I picked out the ones I wanted and placed the "junk" in the small trash can by the po boxes. When I opened the lid to throw away the non-coupon junk mail, I found at least 15 copies of the same mailer I had received. I fished out 7 Ruby Tuesdays buy one lunch get one free coupons (up to a $10.00 value). I used this the other day. My friend and I ate a nice lunch for a total of $14 bucks-tip includeded!!! You could use these at Disney!! There were over 25 copies of identical coupons just being wasted. There was a 1.00 Lady Speed Stick, 1.00 offf Palmolive, 1.00 off Cottonelle. Mulitiple copies of each-tons!! The po box sections of the post offices are kept open so that there is 24 hr access to the po boxes. So if you dont have po box but you receive the flyers, I am sure every other person in your area gets them around the same time. Swing by your local post office and check out the garbage can for discarded coupons. Go after they close the main post office if you are embarrassed. Normally these places are ghost towns after 5:30pm. The trash is all old mail-it isnt nasty garbage-just paper waste. You can use gloves if you think it is gross. Good luck!!

 

[r&kmommy]

good idea!! Our post office is the 'main' one for the area so they have sorting facilities and is open to the public til 730pm m-f, and open to employees 24hrs (but they have their own back entrance) ... there are hundreds of po boxes in the main lobby and I HAVE seen people in there late - 10-11pm getting mail so I bet the doors are open 24hrs! I might swing by one nite after the gym

 

[swilshire]

Most Post Offices have a place to recycle unwanted mail, but they make the access a small hole so nobody can take anything out for security reasons.

I've taken extra coupons out of the newspaper recyclying bin at our convenience center.

Sheila

 

[coupon2010]

Most Post Offices have a place to recycle unwanted mail, but they make the access a small hole so nobody can take anything out for security reasons.

I've taken extra coupons out of the newspaper recyclying bin at our convenience center.

Sheila

Not here, my post office is a small rinky dink operation in a strip mall. Just one person works there. All he has by the po boxes is a simple kitchen garbage can with an unsecured lid. You can go to smaller post offices if you like. There are more post offices in the US than Starbucks and McDonalds combined so I am sure you have one like mine-perhaps in an adjacent city?