Orchidflower
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Caught a documentary on cable last night about extreme couponers. You'll know if it is on in your area cause that's the name of the show. Anyway, seems these folk collect all the coupons they can--one even walking weekly 7 miles to different neighbors or dumpster diving--and then stockpile the coupons in organized groups, go to the grocery stores when there is a sale and double coupon day and make a haul.
It shows where one fellow buys over $900 worth of groceries and pays some ridiculous price like $27 for it all after couponing, sales and double coupon days. The others are just so successful at saving money than he was, so this is not an isolated case.
This seems to pretty much be either a full-time job for these people (up to 70 hours a week) or their only after-work activity. One couple had a home that was so loaded with stuff that, if it were me, I'd spend a couple of those hour organizing and cleaning up cause things were under/on/around all their furniture. Most, tho, were pretty organized and had a specific place like the garage or basement shelving where all was displayed.
I did notice that those that were organized were REALLY organized with all the labels facing frontward (hello, OCD).
All seemed to be total control freaks, but, happily, the one fellow that does this as a hobby does donate alot of his excess product with a shelf life to shelters for the needy so that's wonderful.
All in all, this was pretty interesting to me. I don't personally know anyone like this, but how could I since their main activity is couponing and not people? If you get a chance to see this, do so. It's a good watch...and interesting to say the least.
It shows where one fellow buys over $900 worth of groceries and pays some ridiculous price like $27 for it all after couponing, sales and double coupon days. The others are just so successful at saving money than he was, so this is not an isolated case.
This seems to pretty much be either a full-time job for these people (up to 70 hours a week) or their only after-work activity. One couple had a home that was so loaded with stuff that, if it were me, I'd spend a couple of those hour organizing and cleaning up cause things were under/on/around all their furniture. Most, tho, were pretty organized and had a specific place like the garage or basement shelving where all was displayed.
I did notice that those that were organized were REALLY organized with all the labels facing frontward (hello, OCD).
All seemed to be total control freaks, but, happily, the one fellow that does this as a hobby does donate alot of his excess product with a shelf life to shelters for the needy so that's wonderful.
All in all, this was pretty interesting to me. I don't personally know anyone like this, but how could I since their main activity is couponing and not people? If you get a chance to see this, do so. It's a good watch...and interesting to say the least.