With around $270 billion dollars worth of coupons for freebies and discounts that are printed annually in the US, the fraction of coupons actually redeemed is quite ridiculous - just around the $4 billion mark. Meaning, only about 1.5% of the coupons are actually used for savings and rebates that could be for purchases from supermarkets, restaurants, pharmacies, and other retailers. That’s really a big amount of potential savings going down the drain, so to speak. Savings, which for ordinary Americans, can mean thousands of dollars annually.

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