Sign-up for H-T's eVic email list. They run unadvertised specials on a half-dozen items every weekend at considerable savings.
Look at Amy's Twitter feed, daily! https://twitter.com/AmyGDunn (even if you have no Twitter account!)
Seniors: Get a free coffee at Chick-Fil-A
Best days for coupons: http://dealnews.com/features/best-days-for-coupon-codes-online/
Wal-Mart's big stores and smaller grocery stores have their best quality meats in black Styrofoam trays. Look for the YELLOW tags that show a 30% typical discount for stuff that has to be sold in the next 24-48 hours. Their petite sirloins grill great!
BJ's Club front-of-store coupon rack saves us money every week.
In Kroger, look for the "Manager's Special" on meats and bakery items.
If you kike a brand, go to the manufacturers website and use your "junque" email address to sign up for promotions. Blue Bunny coupons have been very good to me.
They are very well screened and managed and can reall save you money. Free shipping for items under $25 does happen. My most recent purchase for name-brand Delta faucet parts was about 60% off list and Free Shipping.
Subtotal of Items: $8.34
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Total for this Order: $8.34
Delivery estimate: Aug. 22, 2011 - Aug. 25, 2011 1"DELTA RP3614 Faucet Repair Kit"
Tools & Home Improvement; $3.87
Sold by: D P L
1"Delta Single-Handle Faucet Ball Unit Assembly #RP70"
eBay is the place to get any of those pricey batteries. Buy from a high-rated seller, typically in Asia, with free or very low-priced bargain shipping. I have used eBay merchants to get batteries for: digital camera, garage door opener, watches, meat thermometers, blood pressure monitor, UPS power supplies, etc. at incredible savings. Usually it's a 2-week wait on shipping.
Newegg is a great place for bargains. I upgraded my wireless for notebook for less than $50 delivered using deals here. They ship quite fast, usually for FREE. My wireless LAN is now about 12X faster and 4X the range. I'm still able to keep my existing router by adding a FASTER wireless access point (AP) to it: TrendNet TEW-637AP and a Wireless N card to the PC from Belkin.
Check Warehouse Deals by Amazon
Free shipping on most items over $25.00. Common to find items at about 50% off normal price with all the usual benefits of buying from Amazon. Bought my 18X Optical Zoom Panasonic DMC-FZ28 camara for under $200 almost a year ago.
Tonight I got in on a one day-only deal at Walgreens for a FREE $3.99 8x10 picture collage. No other purchase required. Once you get on their mailing list, they keep you informed of all kinds of specials to get you into the store.
Never a need to buy a give-away price color inkjet printer that uses expensive ink cartridges...when there are deals like this for in-store pickup of color prints on nice photo stock.
My 19" Acer LCD monitor went dark, the Instructables site showed me How to repair a Westinghouse L1975NW 19" LCD Monitor (equivalent to mine) using less than 10 dollars worth of parts found on eBay. Soldering skills required. Changed two capacitors, 2 transistors, and a tiny fuse.
Check out the top-viewed Instructables.
LifeHacker is similar, and more on the geek side of things.
My new home page has sure saved me lots of $$$, since it contains tip from others on the best deals they have found and it's kept very fresh and current. FatWallet has been a long-time favorite for many types of deals.
I get all my specialty batteries (phone and camera, etc.), cell phone chargers, GPS chargers, cases, etc. from eBay. The well-rated sellers in Hong Kong really ship quite fast and their prices are very low.
I still buy the usual AA, AAA and 9V ones at local Dollar Store.
Rechargeables vary so much in quality, so I stick with the brands names sold at Costco.