Extreme Couponing Show**Update pic heavy**

[Chickenrandomness]

wow, these twins have a huge diaper stock pile, and they have no chuldren! wow...

 

[Heathero617]

I worked for safeway years ago, we had 2 women who did this back then. Heres how the couponing works per item.

1-cut coupon from the paper that is a "manufacturers coupon" and on certain days in most stores, every day in some stores, they will double or tripple the value on that coupon
2-club card/member card discounts are taken on top of a coupon as they are offered by the store and not the manufacturer
3-the printed out coupons from previous shopping trips, those are "special" coupons that are not manufacturer coupons either and that is deducted from the cost of the item.
4-if you have a BOGO coupon or something is on sale BOGO and you purchase 2 >many stores you dont have to buy the 2 in order to get the sale price<, it makes them half price per from the very beginning, so youre already starting out at 50% off when you begin with your coupons and other discounts.
5-promo manufacturer coupons are something they send you directly in the mail that are like "cash" toward their item.

I'll stop there and give an example

Ketchup BOGO 2/3.00 >i'm just spitting out numbers here<
this makes each bottle 1.50 each so...
1.50-
.50 coupon-
.50 coupon doubled-
.25 club card discount-
.25 previous trip coupon-
.50 promo coupon from a mailer=
they owe you .50 for that bottle of ketchup!

The one woman who would come in , would rack up about 1200.00 once a month which is about right for a family of 4 and pay less than 100.00!!! I was always amazed, but I always needed to go on "break" when I saw her coming LOL.

 

[<3ChickenForever]

Funny that you mention about this show because I was just watching it 3 hours ago... someone had over 2,000 $ of groceries! Guess what it came out too?? 120 $ !!! It's CRAZY!

 

[desertdarlene]

Just about all the stores in my area only allow one coupon per product. And, only one store gives you double coupon up to $1.00. But, none give triple coupons. But, you can get your club card discount and use a coupon, too.

 

[ChickLover98]

That show is outrageous! I can't believe how they can get 1000$ worth of groceries for free!

 

[redhen]

Yay!! Glad to see so many others interested!!

Thanks for all the great info everyone!!

 

[silkiechicken]

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WOW, that is a stockpile.

I could never find the time to do that... and even if I did, the only things I'd use before they expired would be the paper towels, shampoo/conditoiner, ragu sauce and probably those ice cream sandwiches. LOL The best I can do is stock up on meats/veggies if they are on sale.

 

[redhen]

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WOW, that is a stockpile.

I could never find the time to do that... and even if I did, the only things I'd use before they expired would be the paper towels, shampoo/conditoiner, ragu sauce and probably those ice cream sandwiches. LOL The best I can do is stock up on meats/veggies if they are on sale.

lol! We have hungry teen boys here..it will go FAST!

 

[silkiechicken]

That would do it. LOL

I remember when my little brother would eat a whole large pizza on his own in one sitting. LOL

A large pizza would last me 4-5 meals.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I know this is an old thread, but I have been finding lots of coupons thanks to the links you all provided in the thread! Thank you! I kept looking through the thread and enjoyed it greatly. Thanks RedHen for starting it!

My DH went to the grocery store and used 2 coupons today. This is the first time we have ever used internet coupons for groceries! OK so I'm not an extreme couponer, but two coupons is a start!

My favorite websites so far are:
coupons.com
smartsource.com
target.com
winco.com
hotcouponworld.com
Krazycouponlady.com
moneysavingmom
couponmountain.com

and I am still finding some other sites...it is fun to look at them.

I hope this list helps someone else...I have some more coupons printed out and cannot wait until our next shopping trip!