Former ‘Extreme Couponer’ Admits: It’s a Waste of Time | |
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BRIEF User ID: 381742 United States 11/06/2012 01:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I love this! I always knew it wasn't worth it! Got so sick of people telling me to spend my Sundays clipping newspapers apart. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26727474 If you can find coupons for items you would be buying anyway, why not clip them and use them? That's what normal people do...the freaks OP is referring to are the ones that write the manufacturers and ask for free shit and combine 20 different coupons to get as much free stuff as possible. I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked. |
Kissplash User ID: 18998054 United States 11/06/2012 01:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I love this! I always knew it wasn't worth it! Got so sick of people telling me to spend my Sundays clipping newspapers apart. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26727474 If you can find coupons for items you would be buying anyway, why not clip them and use them? That's what normal people do...the freaks OP is referring to are the ones that write the manufacturers and ask for free shit and combine 20 different coupons to get as much free stuff as possible. See this is why it's not worth it to some of them...because they can't abuse the system anymore. Use coupons the right way you can get things you need and want on the cheap, not always free, but cheap. For instance...ShopRite will only allow 4 alike coupons. And they limit sales too. Even the one guy who shopped at ShopRite on one the episodes would have been flagged had he not had special permission with the heads at ShopRite. They also had to get filming rights too. The fact that they were donating helped them too. The real truth is you have to know the rules and keep to them. The extremers have now been called out and they will have to follow the rules now too. Don't like coupons that's okay. It's not for everybody. My MIL (Bless her! I luvs her!) usually always pays full price. I'm the one cringing when her bill comes! I'm like...hey I could have given you coupons for half of this! She just smiles and shrugs. LOL! LEARN HOW TO BE KIND OR BE LEFT BEHIND. OXOXO |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 10372663 United States 11/06/2012 01:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is funny because my wife uses coupons every week and never looks at a newspaper she gets just what she needs and only what she wants off the net. Waste of time? I DON'T THINK SO!!!! If you don't try to reduce your costs and get a freebie bonus on the side you're either stupid or really really lazy!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 10372663 United States 11/06/2012 01:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That's what normal people do...the freaks OP is referring to are the ones that write the manufacturers and ask for free shit and combine 20 different coupons to get as much free stuff as possible. Quoting: BRIEF AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You telling us what freaks are HILARIOUS!!!!!!! Lemme guess you consider yourself normal? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 27132632 United States 11/06/2012 02:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have stopped using coupons.In the past there some really good savings but not anymore. "Extreme" being the key word here as to why the coupons are changing so much. Before if you had a coupon for 50 cents and the store doubled to a $1 you could see savings but then the hoarders started and its a thing of the past. Now a lot of stores have stopped doubling,there is a limit of three coupons on 3 of the same items.Ever see someone with a cart with 20 boxes of the same thing and oodles of coupons,well thats been stopped as it should be. Now a lot of the 50 cent coupons will require you to buy 2 items to get the 50 cents off. Reminds me of when the companies use to offer rebates and you had to send in the proof of purchase.Seldom see that anymore because people were going in the stores and ripping the proof of purchase off the package and then putting it back on the shelf which made it next to impossible for the store to sell an item in a damaged package. I was always happy to get a few bucks off my weekly grocery bill using the coupons as they were suppose to be used.But like anything else there will always be people that has to go to the extremes and cause it to be stopped. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1550123 United States 11/06/2012 02:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I love this! I always knew it wasn't worth it! Got so sick of people telling me to spend my Sundays clipping newspapers apart. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26727474 If you can find coupons for items you would be buying anyway, why not clip them and use them? That's what normal people do...the freaks OP is referring to are the ones that write the manufacturers and ask for free shit and combine 20 different coupons to get as much free stuff as possible. The people who do this are mentally ill. They actually make themselves this way from their greediness. I think they are a lot like hoarders. |
KimmieAnnaJones User ID: 10039683 United States 11/06/2012 02:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | LOL, please believe this!!!!!!! It is a waste of time since the values have been lowered on coupons because of so many joining in on the game. That awful show ruined it for those of us that have been using coupons for years. "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." - I AM Vote for people that have a track record for loving your Constitution or lose your country forever!!! Put down the damn touchy feely koolaid and WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!! :militia: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 27132632 United States 11/06/2012 02:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When you do the extreme couponing and your goal is to save as much as you can, it’s not really so much about getting useful products as it is about getting products that you can get for free. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26361720 Thats just stupid.Free isnt what the coupon company is offering.They are offering a savings on their product. I dont see the point of getting something just because its free.If its not useful to you then dont take it.It may be useful to someone else |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 27132632 United States 11/06/2012 02:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | LOL, please believe this!!!!!!! It is a waste of time since the values have been lowered on coupons because of so many joining in on the game. That awful show ruined it for those of us that have been using coupons for years. Quoting: KimmieAnnaJones Exactly.I use to average $15 savings weekly.I was happy with that.Now I save nothing because I no longer use them since they have changed them so much. |
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KimmieAnnaJones User ID: 10039683 United States 11/06/2012 02:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So you never shop during sales? You never haggle down the price of a car? You never look at the price of gas? "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." - I AM Vote for people that have a track record for loving your Constitution or lose your country forever!!! Put down the damn touchy feely koolaid and WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!! :militia: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 26760415 United States 11/06/2012 02:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I hate store cards and coupons. I like consistent low and transparent pricing. Coupons and store cards and store "cash" confuse and misdirect the consumer making price comparison difficult. I will no longer shop at Kohl's due their maddening pricing, coupons and store cash. It is grossly manipulative. I avoid CVS and Walgreen's as much as I can for the same reason. And others as well. I shop at Trader Joe's not because I like the products so much but because the pricing is consistent and clear with no coupons or store cards. |
Weasel_Turbine User ID: 14143765 United States 11/06/2012 02:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I love this! I always knew it wasn't worth it! Got so sick of people telling me to spend my Sundays clipping newspapers apart. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26727474 You'll never get enough clipping your own coupons. If however you buy them in bulk online that somebody else clipped, and go somewhere that doubles them then yes you can make it worth it. But you still should only get stuff you really need. If you have to insist that you've won an Internet argument, you've probably lost badly. - Danth's Law |
Weasel_Turbine User ID: 14143765 United States 11/06/2012 02:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ever see someone with a cart with 20 boxes of the same thing and oodles of coupons,well thats been stopped as it should be. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27132632 why? If the coupons are valid the store gets paid for them. Why should they care if you are buying 3 or 30 of an item? If you have to insist that you've won an Internet argument, you've probably lost badly. - Danth's Law |
darkwolf007 User ID: 3974719 United States 11/06/2012 02:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, BRIEF, it's "Extreme Cheapskates". lol Conspiracy Theorist is nothing more than a derogatory title used to dismiss a critical thinker. A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us." -- St. Anthony The Great Social Credit Loser here. |
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Corn Dog User ID: 27064149 United States 11/06/2012 02:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There’s a strong argument to be made that utilizing couponing as something of a part-time job is pointless because, considering the amount of time that’s required, you’d wind up making (or saving, as it were) far more money with an actual part-time job. What’s more, a paycheck is generally considered superior to, say, a stockpile of 50 jars of tomato sauce. Read more: [link to business.time.com] So I should stop using coupons and get a second job? I am a couponer and I have no desire to get a part-time job so I can afford groceries. Personally I enjoy planning my shopping trip- my children help organize things but according to the Time article, I should be busting my ass at another job, away from my family and home because I would save more money???!!! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 24028110 United States 11/06/2012 02:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It sorta depends... My wife did it for a few months, and now I have 6 deodorant sticks waiting for me to use, and their not even my brand. Same goes for some shampoos stocked up. For the things that you do use, sure, it's handy, but for other stuff like the above mentioned... stocking stuffers? Awkward. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 21666560 United States 11/06/2012 02:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There’s a strong argument to be made that utilizing couponing as something of a part-time job is pointless because, considering the amount of time that’s required, you’d wind up making (or saving, as it were) far more money with an actual part-time job. What’s more, a paycheck is generally considered superior to, say, a stockpile of 50 jars of tomato sauce. Quoting: Corn Dog Read more: [link to business.time.com] So I should stop using coupons and get a second job? I am a couponer and I have no desire to get a part-time job so I can afford groceries. Personally I enjoy planning my shopping trip- my children help organize things but according to the Time article, I should be busting my ass at another job, away from my family and home because I would save more money???!!! comprehension fail... your quote clearly states that "utilizing couponing AS something of a part-time job..." you obviously aren't doing that. there are some people that spend 20+ hours a week couponing in an effort to save money and the article is saying that if you just worked those 20+ hours at a part-time job, you'd be making more money than you'd be saving. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22944883 United States 11/06/2012 02:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There’s a strong argument to be made that utilizing couponing as something of a part-time job is pointless because, considering the amount of time that’s required, you’d wind up making (or saving, as it were) far more money with an actual part-time job. What’s more, a paycheck is generally considered superior to, say, a stockpile of 50 jars of tomato sauce. Quoting: Corn Dog Read more: [link to business.time.com] So I should stop using coupons and get a second job? I am a couponer and I have no desire to get a part-time job so I can afford groceries. Personally I enjoy planning my shopping trip- my children help organize things but according to the Time article, I should be busting my ass at another job, away from my family and home because I would save more money???!!! comprehension fail... your quote clearly states that "utilizing couponing AS something of a part-time job..." you obviously aren't doing that. there are some people that spend 20+ hours a week couponing in an effort to save money and the article is saying that if you just worked those 20+ hours at a part-time job, you'd be making more money than you'd be saving. I clip coupons in the evenings while I talk with my family or we watch shows and listen to the radio. It's not EVEN difficult. |