I made mention last week that if you were running XP illegally, you could still get Windows 7 by buying Vista, then buying the Windows 7 Upgrade and the total cost would be around $138.

NewEgg now offers free Windows 7 coupons with certain Vista license purchases.

The cost now? $109.99. With free shipping. This is something that wasn’t available last week, but now it is.

This is $90 less than buying Windows 7 Home Premium which starts at $200.

You wanted a better price? You got it.

With many online retailers (like NewEgg, Dell, Dotster, etc.) there is an option at checkout to enter in a coupon code to take some money off the final purchase price, be it a straight value (ex: $25) or a percentage (ex: 15% off).

If you do a search for coupon codes, unfortunately you are usually shoved towards affiliate links. This can get frustrating quickly because all you want is the code. You don’t want to play the click-here/click-there game. “Just gimme the code” is all you’re thinking.

There are two places where it’s relatively easy to find this stuff.

The first place, believe it or not, is the old school snail mail way.

Dell for example does send out coupon codes you can use for online purchases later. The best ones are in print. It’s basically the only reason you would ever want their promotional material in your mailbox (as in your real postal box, not your email inbox).

Is it worth it to deal with Dell’s promotional flyers to get a deal? Yes. There are periodic specials that can literally take off as much as $400 off a PC or laptop purchase, and that’s no chump change. It can turn a $2000 computer purchase price into $1600 easily. And bear in mind that’s an instant discount and not a rebate. That’s a big deal.

The second place is online. Personally I have found the best place to grab codes is at xpBargains. It covers just about every major online retailer you can think of. Yes, there are those stupid affiliate links – BUT – there are also many instances where you’re given the code(s) you’re looking for that you can enter in at checkout time.

Here’s an example of what I’m talking about. Codes for many different items are listed  in plain sight, states what they do and (important) when they will expire. That page I just linked is really long but really worth a look if you’re a bargain hunter.

Where do you go for coupon codes?

Do you use coupon codes at all? If so, where do you find them? Did they work for you? Let us know.