Extreme couponing

I'm not sure what you mean. Just about every store takes coupons. There usually is not a limit to how many you can have. They usually get their coupons from a clipping service online.

Clipping service is more effective if you are extreme and looking for bulk.

In my area there are often limits placed on how many coupons can be used at a time, Lmfisher666. It is good that you have friends with whom you can do such activities, stowyk.

I have noticed on the COUPON that it states only a certain number of like coupons may be used at once. They also say "Do Not Double" and I noticed just 2 weeks ago when I used some, they say "Store does not pay in excess of price" meaning, if the item is 99cents and you use a $1 off coupon...the store just gives you the item for free and does not give you the penny in change. I have noticed the stores on the show are all in the midwest...you won't find a store on the west coast that will do this! Most of them don't even have double coupons except for maybe a day or two through the year, and usually they just say "double up to 10 coupons" as their store limit. I have been couponing for 35 years...back in the day it was great..the coupons were for decent values. Today..90% of what I see is like "30cents of 3 cans" or just 10cents off a can..and another brand is cheaper without a coupon! The values are just to small to bother with. Now granted, if I happen to need 3 cans of something.. I"ll use the coupon, but most of the time.. I don't even bother as 30 cents isn't going to make me or break me and I always know that I can move down the isle and find a cheaper brand. I have searched and searched for WHERE they find these dollar off coupons but no ones seems to know...or at least are not telling us! I know about the sunday circulars, but I get 2-3 papers every sunday (for different areas) and I"ll go through those circulars and maybe cut out 4-5 coupons. The rest, is stuff I have no use for, don't need or want or are just bothersome low values. I went on line and found a few sites to print htem out but after awhile, the coupon program became not acceptable to my computer..don't know why, nothing changed, other than the fact that I think, they only want you to use them for a period of time and then kind of ban you off them. But again, the dozens and dozens these sites have...I printed out maybe 10 and once at the store.. another brand was cheaper without a coupon! And even then they weren't that great.. I'd print out one for Yoplait yogurt....40 cents off 8. Well, I always used that as I buy it anyway and it is usually 8 for $6 or something like that. Affordable on its own, and the coupon is just for 40 cents so I use it anyway. But other than that, not to many I use there either. I think this extreme couponing has really tarnished the coupon world for the rest of us. Their greediness has cost those of us just trying to make ends meet and make our grocery budget go farther a lot of valuble savings.

Yah those shows are interesting. But I don't know why the stores limit this stuff, they get more product sold that way and they get their money from the manufacturer.

Yes coupling has changed over the years. There are still ways to get the most out of coupons tho. It takes a lot of time and effort, that Is why I don't do it.

It's not over the top, they enjoy getting things for free, who wouldn't. What you mean this week? they buy a lot more then one thing, I have seen them buy all kinds of foods and other things, and often they donate to food banks and homeless shelters, so there is no discrediting them. They do a great thing.

That's the idea, to start out small until you get the hang of it then go big.

Yes I agree. Some you can freeze, and you should donate what you can't use in time. Lots of extreme couponers do.

Yes it helps in this economy, and so what if people that are in line behind you don't like it they can wait.