Do Turnips Bleed?

What a silly question-do turnips bleed? We've all heard the phrase squeeze blood from a turnip right? I posted HERE about taxes and coupons. I experimented and just learned that you can lower your out of pocket even below the free line by reducing the taxes you pay-all by which order the cashier rings up your coupons!

We stopped by Target tonight. I posted a couple days ago about wanting to snag up some free games and we got a Cootie game but the others were sold out. They restocked up on Candyland so we got one of those today. Here's how it goes.

Cootie game, $5 on sale
Used $3 off Manufacturer Coupon (1st)
Used #3 off Store Coupon (2nd).
Since the product was only $5, the Store Coupon value was reduced to $2 (as Target doesn't allow overage).
Paid $0.26 in tax (on $3 value-sale and after store coupon, but before manufacturer coupon)

Candyland, $5 on sale
Used #3 off Store Coupon(1st)
Used $3 off Manufacturer Coupon(2nd).
Since the product was only $5, the Manufactuer Coupon value was reduced to $2 (as Target doesn't allow overage).
Paid $0.17 in tax (on $2 value-sale and after store coupon, but before manufacturer coupon)

The exact sale price was on both games and the exact same coupons, but the order affected how much I had to pay in taxes. Yes, it was only $0.09, but why not? It's just as much effort as handing 1 to the cashier before the other ;)

Just some advanced couponing tips. I'll share it tomorrow with my friends at my first Coupon Party, should be fun :) Night all!