Extreme couponing - I'm becoming one of "those people"

[ODogg]

Re: Extreme couponing - I'm becoming one of "those people"

Tell me you are not going dumpster diving like some of those lunatics on Extreme Couponing? My wife and I use a ton of coupons every week but we refuse to go that extreme. If we are in the supermarket and we see someone buying something we have a coupon for, we share the wealth.

Lol, nope, I got friends who give me their inserts and I also grab the ones hanging on mailboxes of unoccupied houses in my neighborhood..gives me about 5 or 7 coupons of each coupon each week...

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Lol, nope, I got friends who give me their inserts and I also grab the ones hanging on mailboxes of unoccupied houses in my neighborhood..gives me about 5 or 7 coupons of each coupon each week...

That's where all my coupons are going!

[TimmeH]

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Being someone who has to deal with Extreme Couponers daily, I cannot stand them. Everytime I see someone walk into the store with a huge binder, I know damn well that in about three hours when they're finally done scouring the store for all their specials, they will have me paged to the front because they were shorted 23 cents.

On Sunday we had one break down in tears accusing us of stealing her money. She wouldn't leave until we threatened to call the police.

I had someone else tell me that she saw us throw the old Sunday papers in the trash outside and wanted to know if she could climb in the dumpster to get the coupon inserts.

Coupons are great when used right, but no one reads the exclusions nor understands the rules. People are taking it way too far. But I guess whatever floats your boat.

[ODogg]

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Being someone who has to deal with Extreme Couponers daily, I cannot stand them. Everytime I see someone walk into the store with a huge binder, I know damn well that in about three hours when they're finally done scouring the store for all their specials, they will have me paged to the front because they were shorted 23 cents.

On Sunday we had one break down in tears accusing us of stealing her money. She wouldn't leave until we threatened to call the police.

I had someone else tell me that she saw us throw the old Sunday papers in the trash outside and wanted to know if she could climb in the dumpster to get the coupon inserts.

Coupons are great when used right, but no one reads the exclusions nor understands the rules. People are taking it way too far. But I guess whatever floats your boat.

LOL, i had the manager come over and override a coupon that wasn't doubling last night at meijers. But you'd never see me in tears over 51 cents (which is what it was). He went ahead and did it without any issue. I'm sure they hate people with the binders though, no doubt

[~LiverpoolRed~]

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My wife and I have seen every episode of the show so far. What gets me are the people that have a stockpile of diapers, wipes, and pet food when they don't even have any kids or pets. Foolishness. if you practically get them for free anyway give them to the needy.

[Brandwin]

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I want to try extreme couponing so bad. Not to the lengths that some people go through, but saving $25 dollars each time I go grocery shopping would be awesome.

Extreme couponers are early stages of extreme hoarders. Nothing wrong with saving, but when it gets to the point you using closet space, garage space, etc holding extra food......

then that is hoarding.

I agree. I saw a family go into the store, the husband and wife split up. They got almost $1,000 bucks worth of groceries for a total of like $45 dollars... thing is, they do this every time they shop and had stuff just everywhere in the house. Under the kids beds, their beds, all cabinets, spaces in the garage, they had no room for anything. It's awesome that saved that much money, but I don't know, seems a little overboard to me.

[CYST2000]

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Me and my wife have watched the show a couple of times, and we came to the conclusion that the people on the show are nothing more than hoarders. I saw one lady buy 80 bottles of mustard then stashed her collection of skid under her families beds. It can be useful, but when you start sacrificing your living space for food and paper materials, then it becomes a sickness.

[TimmeH]

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My wife and I have seen every episode of the show so far. What gets me are the people that have a stockpile of diapers, wipes, and pet food when they don't even have any kids or pets. Foolishness. if you practically get them for free anyway give them to the needy.

There's some people around here who get alot of items for practically free, and then put them up for sale at rummage sales. They'll charge less than retail but more than they paid so it works.

People in this area are getting desperate for an income though

[duke776]

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Being someone who has to deal with Extreme Couponers daily, I cannot stand them. Everytime I see someone walk into the store with a huge binder, I know damn well that in about three hours when they're finally done scouring the store for all their specials, they will have me paged to the front because they were shorted 23 cents.

On Sunday we had one break down in tears accusing us of stealing her money. She wouldn't leave until we threatened to call the police.

I had someone else tell me that she saw us throw the old Sunday papers in the trash outside and wanted to know if she could climb in the dumpster to get the coupon inserts.

Coupons are great when used right, but no one reads the exclusions nor understands the rules. People are taking it way too far. But I guess whatever floats your boat.

Our store was actually on the extreme coupon show one time (I didn't even know about it until recently). I've never experienced one though, I was away at school at the time luckily. I'd just give up if I had to do that order.

[NDAlum]

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My girlfriend is starting to get into this, but with her will and determination she'll likely give up soon.

I have yet to see the fruits of her labor, I see piles of coupons scattered around her personal room.

*Yep we both have our own rooms for personal time!*

[rspencer86]

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Why don't people donate all of the stuff that is more than they can use to a food pantry or other charitable organization? And why aren't those organizations using extreme couponing themselves? Or are they?

It just irritates me to watch that show and see a family sitting on a thousand boxes of cereal, 500 cans of soup and all of this other crap when there are hundreds of thousands of people in this country that don't have anything to eat at all.

[fishepa]

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Why don't people donate all of the stuff that is more than they can use to a food pantry or other charitable organization?

Because those people are mentally unstable.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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Why don't people donate all of the stuff that is more than they can use to a food pantry or other charitable organization? And why aren't those organizations using extreme couponing themselves? Or are they?

It just irritates me to watch that show and see a family sitting on a thousand boxes of cereal, 500 cans of soup and all of this other crap when there are hundreds of thousands of people in this country that don't have anything to eat at all.

You could make the same comments about people that are "well off", but don't share what they have.

[NDAlum]

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I respectfully request we keep this thread about extreme couponing.

Thank you

[Trevytrev11]

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Why don't people donate all of the stuff that is more than they can use to a food pantry or other charitable organization? And why aren't those organizations using extreme couponing themselves? Or are they?

It just irritates me to watch that show and see a family sitting on a thousand boxes of cereal, 500 cans of soup and all of this other crap when there are hundreds of thousands of people in this country that don't have anything to eat at all.

I watched the show two or three times and saw a few different forms of donations. One couple worked for a church and donated most of what they bought...the other gave most of their excess to charity as well. Definitely not everyone, but I did see a few people with the right idea.

It bothers me too though when a family is sitting on 100 2-litre bottles of soda and 100 boxes of cereal...the shelf life on those things will expire way before they are ever consumed.

To me the point of coupons is to save on things that I was already going to buy (or a similar product). If I save $1.00 on a $2.00 item that I previously had not planned to buy or don't typically buy, then in reality I am not saving $1.00, I am spending an extra $1.00 than I would have had I not had the coupon.

Also, from the few times I've watched, it seems like these people load up on mostly unhealthy stuff when it comes to the products...it's always frozen pizzas, fruit rollups, hot pockets, soda, sugary cereal, etc. Sure you are saving money, but your kids are going to be huge in a few years.