TLC's Extreme Couponing
TLC's Extreme Couponing
#1TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/2/11 at 2:55pm
This is my new TV addiction. It's inspired me to research how to do this. Not to the EXTREME level that the people on this show do it, but I think I can do it enough where I will not have to ever purchase toothpaste, paper towels, toilet paper, bar soap, and pasta ever again.
One thing I discovered right off the bat is that when you see the savings that these extreme couponers save on a shopping trip...most of them also have added expenses of obtaining the coupons. Most of them pay an annual fee to join an online coupon website.
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#2TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/2/11 at 10:18pmreally entertaining and fascinating show. definitely jealous of some people's stockpiles
#2TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/2/11 at 10:29pmSo I'm so obsessed with the show I decided a few weeks ago to give this a try. I went to the store yesterday with my coupons and lists of store sales in hand. I broke my groceries up into three transactions to maximize savings and in the end I got almost $300 worth of stuff for $54. It would have been less but i needed produce, meats and other things that dont have coupons. When one of my transactions totaled $75, I gave my Pathmark card and coupons and saw the number drop down to .45, I was hooked. It was a total rush!
#3TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/3/11 at 8:33pmYeah but how many boxes of cereal, ragu sauces, and toothpaste, etc. do you need?! I did see the show where the guy was sending his stuff to the military and to food banks but I don't understand the need to have a grocery store in your house!
#4TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/3/11 at 8:43pmWell thats the thing. I very well could have walked out with 45 boxes of cereal and 20 jars of Ragu, but I don't have the room or the need to do that. But with those two items I got 9 boxes of cereal and 6 jars of sauce because they came out to less than fifty cents each and now I'll be fine on those two things for a while. You can do what they do in much smaller quantities and still come out with the same ridiculously low price.
#5TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/3/11 at 10:22pmI successfully got a free roll of paper towels today! Well...I paid the tax, but still...who knew!
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#6TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/3/11 at 10:28pm
I have this on right now. It's SO FASCINATING AND I CAN'T STOP WATCHING.
I have been thinking about that, too, supportivemom; these people seem like they accumulate more of certain products than they could EVER conceivably use. I know in a lot of cases, they do that because they've done the math and that's how many they need to buy to get things for free. But I hope they at least consider donating some of the stuff they know they don't need, or something.
#7TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/3/11 at 10:49pmOh, the guy on now is donating some stuff. Good.
#8TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/4/11 at 7:28amI know of a lot of women's and homeless shelters that could use all that extra toilet paper, shampoo and soap.
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#10TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/4/11 at 8:28am
It is usually on Wednesday nights at 9pm. Or you can catch it again at 11.
I have to say I am intrigued too, but also a little freaked out. I mean, it doesn't seem like these people end up using much of what they get for free or practically free. They just seem proud of their stashes, which would be considered hoarding, to an extent. Obviously the guy who does donate stuff does good with his deals, but the rest, not so much.
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#11TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/4/11 at 10:24am
Jordan, did you stockpile circulars? Where did you get all your coupons from? Did you sign up for a coupon service?
I imagine that this is easiest at the larger grocery stores. I live in the Jackson Heights area of Queens where all the grocery stores are tiny and poorly stocked. It would be impossible to have big haul. The Associated in my neighborhood doesn't have a savings card and they limit the number of sale items that you can buy. If they have yogurts on sale 3/$1.00 they will limit you to 6.
#12TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/4/11 at 10:27am
It is more difficult living in the city. I got my coupons in The Post since they have more than any other paper. I also used a few websites where I printed them out.
I live in Hells Kitchen and there's obviously no affordable grocery store near me where I could do this so I take the train to the Pathmark in Brooklyn at Atlantic Ave. Cheaper than any other store around BY FAR and it makes doing something like this a lot easier.
#13TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/4/11 at 10:39am
But, then your stuck with a copy of the Post...not worth it!
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#15TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/4/11 at 10:15pm
Im always astounded by the ones who MAKE money with their coupons!
The problem here is that primarily I shop at Stop n Shop which has stopped allowing the doubling of coupons of items already on sale. They we wise to these ways way before these extreme couponers.... and what a shame for me! lol
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#16TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/5/11 at 11:07amI don't have 40 hours a week to clip coupons like that one woman last night.
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#17TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/5/11 at 2:05pm
She's slacking compared to some of the others.... who spend 60 hours a week preparing.... There was one woman who would spend 6 hours to prepare for ONE shopping trip.
I dont have that kind of dedication! lol
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#18TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/5/11 at 6:44pmDid you know that Pathmark had triple coupons last weekend. First time ever. I saved a bunch also.
#19TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/5/11 at 9:05pm
I hate to burst people's bubbles, but those folks have a form of OCD. Their couponing is an addiction/obsession and the amount of time they devote means many other areas of functioning are lacking or being neglected.
They are compulsive and most of them are food hoarders. I find nothing admirable about them. Even the ones who donate it are neglecting other portions of their lives because it is not something they only do every so often-they obsess over it.
Those folks are ill and need help. The rush they get is similar to other addicts, Their hobby costs them nothing but lots of time and quality of life, so no one really views it as a problem, but it is.
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#20TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/5/11 at 9:13pmJust a heads up, Pathmark is doubling coupons in NYC this weekend.
#21TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/5/11 at 10:11pmWhat I find most baffling is that these women could work full time jobs and MAKE MONEY in the time they devote to this! But I suppose they find this fun/easier.
#22TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/5/11 at 10:43pmTheir kids are gonna gonna be all kinds of messed up.
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#23TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/6/11 at 7:33amYep, that kid sleeping on top of 2,000 rolls of toilet paper doesn't stand a chance.
#24TLC's Extreme Couponing
Posted: 5/6/11 at 1:03pm
Emcee, most of the episodes I've seen are stay-at-home moms. I guess couponing allows for a more flexible schedule than a job, and their savings probably balances out to what a part-time income would be for a normal family.
I guessed it was a form in OCD in the very first episode when I saw these people ringing their hands at the checkout while their coupons are scanned. They behave like junkies at the dealer. The only difference between Hoarders and this show is organized shelving.
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