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The Dotted Line
The Smartest Ways to Save!
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October 2006
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Happy October. I apologize for the late release of
my
newsletter. I snapped a tendon in my elbow playing
tennis and it makes it hard to type! Nonetheless, I
want to welcome all the new subscribers!!! Lately
we have been gaining new subscribers at a very
rapid pace and I am thrilled you have joined the
community of Dotted Liners!!
October always marks the true entrance of the Fall
season and lurking is yet another season -- the
Holiday season! So, have you taken a look ahead
and decided in advance how you will weather this
season of spending? The TOOL featured this month
can help you do just that!
Other news -- The Giftionizer makes its
debut on
QVC on Monday,
October 16th at 4pm. Tune in and watch Robyn
Spizman demonstrate this tool we designed
together. A great gift for anyone who strives to be
timely and thoughtful with greetings and gift giving!
Halloween Tip -- My kids are dressing up as
a cat, a
bat and Spiderman for Halloween. Costumes can be
bought at clearance prices the day of Halloween but
selection is usually picked over. So, for great buys,
hit the consignment stores!! Also, buy your
Halloween candy in waves according to the coupons
in the Sunday paper to save money on brand name
premium candy. Happy Trick or Treating!
Thanks for your support and I wish you all the best
savings,
Amy Bergin, Wife, Mother and President, The Couponizer Company
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TIP - Extra Savings without Extra E-mail Ads
How to avoid advertising e-mails if you shop online.
Going to online coupon websites to find online
coupon codes is smart and you can wind up saving
you lots of money depending on the deal. However,
often you may find yourself having to register your e-
mail address to gain access to the savings.
Depending on the service and their privacy policy,
this address may be given to other businesses to
send you promotional material.
So, it?s smart to set up a new email account so your
personal account doesn?t get bogged down with
advertisements. I learned this the hard way! Your
interent service provider may allow you to have more
than one e-mail address or there are a number of
different sites that offer free email accounts
including MSN (Hotmail) and Yahoo. All the e-mail
ads and other spam will go to this address and you
don't have to set it up to download the e-mails, so
they will just go into cyberspace and you won't have
to deal with deleting them out of your personal e-
mail box.
This way you can surf for savings without getting hit
with a tidal wave of advertisements.
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TOOL - Holiday Spending Calculator
A tool to help you plan ahead for holiday expenses.
Over the years I have learned that financial discipline
is really about advance decision making. In making a
budget, you are deciding in advance how much
money you will spend on certain things. So, right
now, before all the holiday marketing ramps up and
unknowingly influences your thinking, take a minute
to use this online calculator to decide your holiday
spending plan. Share your plan with your family
and/or close friend and make it a team effort in
sticking to it.
In my family as a way of controlling expenses, all 10
adults put their names in a hat and everyone draws a
name. The name you draw is the person you are to
buy a gift for and there is a $50 limit to spend on the
gift. This is a family tradition and at the same time
an example of advance decision making when it
comes to how much money is spent during the
holiday. Just think of all the savings!!
Click here for the Holiday Spending Calculator
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The COUPONIZER of the Month
Michelle Morton - Raleigh, NC
Dear Amy,
Just a little note to let you know that I admire you
for developing a product and being successful. I
think it's really great.
I am a Professional Organizer who had a business
(Clutter Control) in Virginia and I was in your affiliate
program until I moved a year ago to Raleigh, NC.
Although I have not started my organizing business
again - I haven't decided what I am going to be
doing yet. I have been thinking about developing a
product for some time and thought maybe I would
concentrate on that.
You are an inspiration to those of us who have an
idea and would like to see it happen! I wish you the
best of luck!
Warm Regards,
Michelle
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Thanks Michelle! I wish you much success with your
product development. If I can be of any help along
the way, please call me. If I can do it, so can you!
Send us your story of savings with The Couponizer
and if selected, you could be The Couponizer of
the Month!
Earn a $20 Gift Card to Target if we publish your story!!
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