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Show 7 " ' UjJ,.-.-V.,ij htuttdffMke Cent A . Iff) i" .Vin'lj," 7 i MB wz some snipping and clipping. More than 1,000 manufacturers manufac-turers now use these discount dis-count devices, spending at lease $1 billion a year in payouts and redemptions. Some 100 billion coupons will be circulated this year in newspaper, magazines and direct mail bundles." "Manufacturers put more faith in coupons and refunds than in TV commericials to move highly competitive staples like coffee, pet food, breakfast cereals, cigarettes, cigar-ettes, soft drinks and soap." A recent article in a Chicago Chi-cago newspaper reported that A.C. Neilson Company, a major clearinghouse for coupons, states manufacturers manufact-urers Issued 90.6 billion coupons worth 16 billion dollars dol-lars last year five times the volume of a decade ago. About 4 of the coupons are redeemed for a total of 640 million dollars. (Quoted from Refunder's Digest). Thats a lot of coupons and money, we should each be getting our share of them. More about coupons later. A few weeks ago I listed some refunds you could send for that didn't require a refund re-fund form. There are many of this type of refunds available If you art interested in them. Jackie Ashdown a Beaver reader of this column sent me the following information If you would like a bulletin listing of only refunds that do not require a form try this one. No Form Needed Round-up Bulletin RosemaryMehall, R.D. 1, Box 16A-1, Hopwood, Pa. 15445, or Mary Trim bath Box 783, Republic, Pa. 15475 It is issued March 1st, June 1st, September 1st, and December Dec-ember 1st, and costs $8.00 for the four issues or one is -sue for $2.25. Send your name and address and tell them which month you wish to begin with. You could order Sept. and still be current with that Issue. Thanks Jackie! Some readers have asked about trading coupons which I mentioned once before. I trade with several different people each month. This is a good way to get rid of the coupons that you do not want and get the ones you really need. If you are interested In trading coupons there Is a great bulletin that llts different traders and what coupons they need. If you will send 60? your name and address ad-dress to Sherry's Coupon News, 7442 Townline Rd., North Tonawanda, NY 14120, Sherry will send you a sample copy and you can pick one or several pals to trade with from all over the country. coun-try. Tell her you read about it from me. Some of the pals also list what refund forms and qualifiers they wish to trade. A frequently asked question ques-tion in refunding is. "Can I use more than one coupon on products that I purchase?" pur-chase?" Usually the answer Is no. When you go to, the store with coupons you are allowed one coupon for each product that you purchase, but if you purchase 2 or 3 of the same Items, then you i can use one coupon for each item that you have purchased. pur-chased. I read once that a i . store where a lady was shop ping would not let her use two coupons when she bought two Items. They said it was only one purchase, but that is wrong and you are allowed one coupon for each item. An article In TIME magazine maga-zine recently titled, "Snipping "Snip-ping Away at Inflation," stated that: "According to government figures, 76 of American households do. |