tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542261625024857926.post830983404574027106..comments2023-08-28T06:22:52.972-05:00Comments on My New Normal: Extreme Couponing...Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028107053575111027noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542261625024857926.post-77144736460285462732011-07-21T17:33:21.532-05:002011-07-21T17:33:21.532-05:00I've been wondering how this is done. Not tha...I've been wondering how this is done. Not that I would need that much, but more help at the store would be so nice. I can't decide if it's easier to stop at the store every day for the specials on items that are just about to turn bad, or teach myself the art of couponing. If you find out how, please share it with us!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456360103620523621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542261625024857926.post-58933321274439492272011-07-18T15:05:05.012-05:002011-07-18T15:05:05.012-05:00Good post Teresa -I certainly dont get it either! ...Good post Teresa -I certainly dont get it either! Seems pretty stupid to me. Guess these poor people get addicted with it all. There's nowt so queer as folk as we say over here in England!!Southhamsdarlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12285980805569582676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542261625024857926.post-6585270219049913592011-07-18T14:20:27.324-05:002011-07-18T14:20:27.324-05:00My cousin does this extreme couponing and will go ...My cousin does this extreme couponing and will go and buy 15 bottles of shampoo for $2.00 and then sells them at a yard sale or something. I don't have the patience for that kinda crap, but I guess it is better than just storing it?Jumble Mashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16227122209859233059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542261625024857926.post-84864287333502079742011-07-18T09:55:35.958-05:002011-07-18T09:55:35.958-05:00I cut out a coupon here and there....and end up le...I cut out a coupon here and there....and end up leaving it at home!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756564685282866773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542261625024857926.post-45525808432769252672011-07-18T09:17:35.096-05:002011-07-18T09:17:35.096-05:00Seems as if people only bought what they NEEDED, t...Seems as if people only bought what they NEEDED, they'd save a ton...How can more consumption mean saving anything? I just think it's ridiculous on all counts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542261625024857926.post-31160970939571489692011-07-17T20:53:31.837-05:002011-07-17T20:53:31.837-05:00I do not get it either if it is something you need...I do not get it either if it is something you need and will use then great but just stock piling for the sake of stock piling is just creedy. We do not have couponing here in Australia like you do.Jo-Anne's Ramblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418152399382818709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542261625024857926.post-81213293633657735032011-07-17T20:52:57.213-05:002011-07-17T20:52:57.213-05:00I have watched that show and I also watch Hoarding...I have watched that show and I also watch Hoarding.<br /><br />It seems to me as I watch the couponers show off enough toothpaste and deoterant for their family for 120 years (at which time it would have expired and been quite useless and ineffective) and yet clearing the shelf saying with a chuckle "why buy one when you can get 40?"<br /><br />And I wonder--how much did the storage space and shelving cost? How many groceries could those shelves have purchased? <br /><br />Now, I am not saying that having some extra on hand--even a few months or a year's worth for your family is wrong, but at some point, doesn't it just become hoarding???labbie1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03300554678932160244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542261625024857926.post-49056543692825166352011-07-17T19:11:32.207-05:002011-07-17T19:11:32.207-05:00Years ago when couponing first became all the rage...Years ago when couponing first became all the rage there as a store that tripled coupons only on one day of the week. I was always disappointed to find the shelves nearly empty when I would arrive ater the children went to school. One week I decided to go at midnight. I figured they would have the items that I had coupons for and I would be ahead of the game the next day with my shopping out of the way. I was surprised that the store wasn't filled with customers, since I figured everyone was shopping at night and clearing the shelves. It was just a few people. One woman got $700 worth of merchandise for only $19! She was handling two carts and her husband was handling two carts. While she was loading all the stuff on belt at the check out counter he went to back the trailer up to the store to load it! She confessed that they had had to buy two storage sheds. One to hold all the excess crap she had and one to hold the labels and receipts for refunds and rebates. She was doing both and making money. Like you, though, I could not get past the greed aspect. She had 6 coupons for a free box of All detergent. Since the store as tripeling, she had all but wiped out the boxes on the shelf. She was a middle agedwoman wth no children at home and was simply stock piling all this stuff. It made me a little sick just thinking of all the people she could have shared this with. Instead she had gone out and bought a shed in which to store it! Sorry, I a little long winded tonight ......Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6542261625024857926.post-49025083816646314292011-07-17T18:01:25.254-05:002011-07-17T18:01:25.254-05:00I'm so with you on this Teresa. If I don'...I'm so with you on this Teresa. If I don't use it, it's not a savings is it? Only buy what you need and if you happen to have a coupon for that item great! How's Ron today?BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09432729957196570774noreply@blogger.com