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Looking back: Flash

March 10th, 2011 at 04:23 am

Many of you may not remember Flash. She stopped blogging regularly in July 06, with a brief stint back for 6 months in 2009.

I was new to SA and learned so much from her. She was a whiz with coupons - had great advice on all of the different ways to find them, which companies came through when you called, etc. She coordinated coupon trains and helped ensure that they were stocked with coupons we all needed. In fact, I think she was one of the original editors of the Grocery Coupon Guide site. Many of her nuggets of wisdom can still be found on that site.

In addition to coupons, Flash was a whiz at stacking deals. Combining shopping rebate sites like ebates, to shop at stores like drugstore .com, which gives you 5% credit on purchases, and pay with a rewards cc that gives an additional 5%, and take advantage of free shipping deals (of course), it was amazing the deals she came away with! I never buy a thing on line without thinking about all the ways I can maximize the discounts.

And she had a knack for finding free or reduced giftcards. I took advantage of many of the offers she highlighted, mostly with those deals that pop up at the end of some internet check-outs, where you can buy discounted gift cards.

And she shared all of the advice and kept it all together while going through some personal and family challenges that would make the average person throw caution to the wind and spend away!

Any other bloggers remember Flash? Did you learn something from her that I'm missing?

9 Responses to “Looking back: Flash”

  1. LuckyRobin Says:
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    I remember her. I remember the deals and her huge stockpiles and yes, all the challenges she went through.

  2. LittleGopher Says:
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    All of the above, and entertaining to read (as you stated, with so much going on otherwise in her life.)

    Can hardly wait to see who you write about next :-)

  3. OneAZ woman Says:
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    I always looked forward to her posts and would often go back and reread older ones. In fact, I still do just because I love the way she wrote. Her posts were always inspiring.

  4. Ima saver Says:
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    Yes, I remember her very well. She had some illness in the family, right?

  5. Petunia 100 Says:
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    Reading this post makes me wish I had found Saving Advice years sooner!

  6. retire@50 Says:
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    She was one of my favorites also. I learned a ton from her on using coupons more effectively

  7. Tightwad Kitty Says:
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    Yes I remember Flash, I just looked I still have link to her blog on my blog.

    Text is Flash's blog and Link is http://flash.savingadvice.com/
    Flash's blog

  8. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    Yes, I remember Flash. Smile She sent me a whole envelope full of morningstar coupons. Big Grin She really did know how to find a deal

  9. Thrifty Ray Says:
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    Oh yes...I remember her so well. She worked magic with coupons and stacking deals! I signed up for My Points from her advice...and also signed up for trials...I believe she was a retired Sr Executive and was just a super smart lady. And yes, they had a year or more of medical issues for sure.

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