Did you know that expired coupons are valid at commissaries and base exchanges for six months after their expiration date? Me neither! So rather than recycle them, send them to someone you know or send them to The Happy Housewife. She’ll send them along to her and she’ll send them to the troops. Contact her at coupons4troops (at) comcast (dot) net for details.

Hat tip to Chief Family Officer for this hack!.

Shadowe2001 on the Slickdeals forum found a way to get Amazon.com Prime for 3 months. Add $100 of qualifying textbooks into your cart and you will be offered a trial membership of Prime for three months. Be sure to go into your account and turn off the automatic renewal or you’ll be billed in three months for the service.

You will need a non-registered email address, a non-registered credit card, and $100 of textbooks in your cart to qualify. You can active Amazon.com Prime and then not purchase the books. Read the thread for more details.