Re: New Coupons - where to find?
There is someone who lives right around the corner from me who puts ads on Kijiji too. I bumped into her at WM once and she said, ''I run the coupon group for all of Brantford.'' I was confused and asked if she was referring to the local board on Smart Canucks, she said she doesn't even have a SC account but sometimes just browses. Apparently her and a bunch of friends get together every week and trade coupons so immediately when she said this I thought 'So you're the one who rips full tearpads off at Metro' (I live right by Metro). I have also seen her do recycling picking in the area. I don't think we should post our coupon finds anymore because of this. I never do.
I was at Shoppers yesterday for the spend your points and didn't even know about the BP for Cadbury bars til the cashier told me about it however she then told me a woman had just come in and cleared the shelves of them. Who the f*ck needs $200 worth of chocolate and if you for some reason do, drive to a few different stores and have some respect for people who don't have cars and still don't go clearing shelves. Ugh!
Re: New Coupons - where to find?
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sharkie
I truly feel I have to leave a comment on this thread...In the past there have also been posts on this topic...First off let me say that anyone who buys from E-Bay is supporting people taking more coupons than they need....If there was no demand for the sale of coupons there would be no one selling them..I also believe that us posting where there are coupons does not draw the thiefs out of the woodwork...First off if they are stealing the tear pads no matter what we post they will be there before we even post.....So if we do this and not post we are possible cheating other couponers from at least getting a chance at getting some.....
Anyone who knows anything about me would know that I do not do trades and I only roak fellow SC'rs..the reason I do this is because I like to see everyone get a chance to have some of the coupons they need.....I feel if we take a selfish stance then we become no better than the greedy people...I know that if we help others it will come back to us many times over....
In the past I have offered several roaks to people in the Brantford area and sadly not one person could make it when I was going to meet up with them to give them the roak.....Even when the coupons were offered freely people were either to busy to meet up or some other excuse....So I feel they did not need the coupons that much....I now roak to members of this site from all over and I go to Hamilton on a regular basis to meet up with fellow Sc'rs and give them coupons...I'm happy to say there has never been a no show....:-)
A few months back people posted there was someone offering coupon classes and the woman had full tear pads....After hearing about this I became angry and started trying to find out about this...I am going to report what I found.....There are 3 people in the Branford area who do teach couponing..one of them is from a local food bank, one from another agency and a woman who does charge for her classes...Six weeks ago I did attend her class to see if this was true...the woman had no idea who I was and she charged me $3 for her class...needless to say I was surprised....at the very begining she clearly stated that people are responsible for their own coupons, except when she does get extra inserts from her recyle walks....she gives them out freely to anyone who needs them....she ran her class the same kind of way I know a woman in London does.....all her coupons that she usues are expired coupons and she uses them only for demonstation purposes...it turned out she is a very nice lady....I left there pretty sure she is not stealing coupons....Also during this time I contacted several manufacters as well as Brantford police....their response was that if there was someone who was offering classes along with coupons for a price that is was illegal and that people should report this....As of this date there have been no formal complaints made....So therefore I am going to ignore the rumour mill on this one and just continue helping fellow couponers who really want and need the help.....life is to short to worry about the little things...
Also a comment was made on a woman who does recyle walks and it was assumed that she would have to be the coupon thief.....I find this comment very insulting to others who recyle walks....I in the past have done 5 recyle walks...I have also gone on 3 of them with fellow Sc'rs from Hamilton and I can say that not one person was a coupon thief.....although I do not have the time to do this on a regular basis the others that I know do it for their families and they work at getting inserts and cereal boxes to help cut their budget down.....I know of one woman from Hamilton who got 163 coupons for the cases of free ice tea...she walked every garbage night with her children...she told me it was a good way to have a walk with them but also family time and she is also teaching them the importance of saving....she has my highest respect....she is doing something to change her situation......So i am asking people to be kind to others and not make assumptions against anyone without knowing their situation....
Remember kind thoughts go a lot further...:-)
I like how you categorize all couponers from Brantford in the same boat because a few people were rude. I'm sorry that happened but there are rude no-showers in every town I am sure :screwy:
Perhaps the comment I made about that woman was uncalled for but Brantford is a small town and this woman specifically told me she heads 'All of Brantford couponers' and judging from the mass amounts of the same coupons she had i am guessing she didn't trade stamps for all the full tearpads. It was a bit of an assumption but based on suspicious evidence. I have actually gone out recycle picking about three times and found something good each time so personally have nothing against it. I'd pick up five bucks off the ground so why not a gas card form from someone's box right lol :p
Re: New Coupons - where to find?
I agree I have met more generous couponers in Brantford than cheap ones, and I make a point to give coupons to people in line ahead of me or behind me and I almost always leave coupons in front of the product they are for, so the next person can use them.
I personally find it kind of annoying to have someone who doesn't even live in Brantford come on and trash talk about people living here. I've only lived here for a few years and it bugs me, can't imagine people who were born and raised here feel about being put down and called cheap, especially when we are dealing with someone who is ruining it for all of us (the 'coupon thief'). It's difficult to know what to do in this type of situation. If I ever do find tearpads I post when but not where and if someone asks I pm them and tell them where. Maybe that will help keep us able to share but not tip off whoever it might be that goes around stealing them? Any suggestions are fine by me
New Coupons - where to find?
This reminds me, at no frills yesterday morning there was a full pad of $1 WUB 2 dozen eggs. I imagine after two days of shopping they are probably gone but you could get lucky!