Younkers is the same way. My wife will come home saying she got 40% off the 50% sale price on a pair of underwear. I always say it just shows how overpriced they were in the first place.
Extreme couponing
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Younkers is the same way. My wife will come home saying she got 40% off the 50% sale price on a pair of underwear. I always say it just shows how overpriced they were in the first place.
CycloneErik
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Haha, that gave me a good belly laugh. I didn't know those people existed.
Also, in an earlier post I saw where one of the people on these shows had a dedicated room for all his extra purchases.....if he had any sense of economic value he would donate that stuff for some possible charitable donation write-offs, and then rent out the room for cash rents. Thats what gets me about some people....they are so fixated on saving money that they don't realize where they have value and could produce more revenues. IMO, the people who can control there budgets, and take advantage of those types of revenue producing opportunities are the ones who really get ahead.
CycloneErik
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You need to work retail. It'll take one day to see those people come out of the woodwork.
Target beating Wal-Mart on prices - Mar. 8, 2011
cnn money begs to differ on your opinion on target vs walmart ... more than some people realize target is actually pretty close to walmart ... not to mention in the dsm area usually better than hyvee
The guy with the toothpaste does donate, but he goes to the store to buys more that he donates, he only donates a little from his "stock." You have to realize these people are so proud of their stockpiles, they talk about showing it off to their friends and family.
I'm sorry, but if I want to buy a 12 pack of beer, a bottle of booze or wine I'm going to do it and find some other way to save money. These people are so strict on buying because it has to be on sale or they have to have a coupon.
I'm a couponer - but I draw the line at craziness...
I also generally avoid WalMart. I try to support stores where the money stays more local, like HyVee and Fareway. I also dislike WalMart's tendency to make things cheap, like shave an ounce or two off the ketchup bottle and then promote it like it's a great bargain.
While I like to save money, I think we get more bang for our buck by just cooking more from scratch. We really don't buy many convenience food items. I don't need to buy a tub of already mashed potatoes. I can buy cheap taters, boil and mash myself.
- I won't waste the time clipping a coupon unless it's worth at least $1.00 Saving $0.10 on toilet paper doesn't make me stary-eyed.
- I won't clip coupons for things that I normally don't buy.
- If I already have a pile of something at home (like a deal where I bought three shower soaps that were packaged together) I don't keep buying soap just because it's cheap. I wait until I need it again.
- When I use the coupon, I make sure it's a good deal. If it's cheaper to buy a different size, etc., than meet the requirements of the coupon - I toss the coupon.
I also generally avoid WalMart. I try to support stores where the money stays more local, like HyVee and Fareway. I also dislike WalMart's tendency to make things cheap, like shave an ounce or two off the ketchup bottle and then promote it like it's a great bargain.
While I like to save money, I think we get more bang for our buck by just cooking more from scratch. We really don't buy many convenience food items. I don't need to buy a tub of already mashed potatoes. I can buy cheap taters, boil and mash myself.
Sound advice, I agree with alot of this. Some other simple tips:
Shred your own cheese
Make my own baby wipes
Watch wal-mart like a hawk, they are tricky to make things look cheaper, when they arent
Hitting the hy-vee weekly deals is about as good as any store in the metro
stock up a bit, especially on things you really like/use alot of (ex. peanut butter, tomato sauce, etc)
spread out your shopping when convenient - i.e. laundry detergent at menards, meat at fareway, etc.
diapers on amazon mom blow even sams club out of the water
i have many others, but that is just a sampling..
This. I watched the show once, figured I'd check out the potential. Started looking at the coupons that come with the Sunday Rag (free with gas fill up on Sunday). About every one of them had small print that pretty much negated anything they show you on Extreme Couponing. You have to buy two and save $.50 on 3rd. No doubling or combing with other offers, etc.
What they are saying in the fine print is, the manufacturer won't pay for the doubling, so the store eats the cost. The store when they get their money back only gets the face value of the coupon + a small handling fee.
I watched it tonight, and one women had over 75 packages of cat treats, yet she didn't own a cat, and bought 114 boxes of sleeping pills because "it was on sale and she had a coupon to get them free."
One thing I noticed tonight that was incredibly wrong was the coupons were reducing the tax, which it shouldn't be. If you buy an item for 1.00 that is taxable, and have a coupon for $1.00, the consumer is still responsible for paying the sales tax. The one lady they showed got her items for free and the coupons were reducing the tax, which is not correct. Same thing would apply to something like pop, you still have to pay the deposit and tax.
There is just a lot wrong with this show, but I can see how people get into a frenzy over it.
I'm not a fan of WalMart either, but its not them that is forcing manufactures make their product smaller. The manufacturers realized if they make a container that is similar in size, but really smaller, they can sell it for the same price and the consumer won't care. I use to work for a company that did this. I remember hearing their reasoning for it.
