i got my bf to watch this with me.
i think he will be more patient with me and coupons from now on. :lol:
really amazing though... wow!:top:
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i got my bf to watch this with me.
i think he will be more patient with me and coupons from now on. :lol:
really amazing though... wow!:top:
I was happy to see he was donating some of that cereal... I mean it has an expiry and I don't think anyone could eat that much cereal before the date.
I now know why it is called extreme couponing!! Everyone likes to save a buck but that was just ridiculous!! I don't think it's right.... I mean we all like to stock pile but that is out of control.
Why can't cashier scan coupons here? It takes forever for them to read it and then finally subtract the value!
wow, impressive
I just watched that show and googled and found this site so I joined. Lol.
I just happened to stumble across this show tonight. Must be nice that all the store employees cheer on the people using these coupons. I always feel like a criminal when I use coupons... like I'm being scrutinized and judged to the max. They're always coming up with excuses to refuse our coupons. I do come across the random cashier who is happy for me, but I feel like the majority of them are rolling their eyes at me.
Anywho, I found the people on this show give couponers a bad image. Like we're all greedy pigs who just want to stuff our garages full of crap we'll never use.
At least the last guy donated some food. I only caught the last third or so of the show. Hopefully the other people were just as kind. My two cents.
Just watched with my family...they were shocked haha Its great there saving money but seriously did she need 200 boxes of pasta or 100 bottles of gatorade?
I thought it was a really good show...a bit extreme but intersting!!!!
Watched show, and prompted me to check this all out! I guess from reading that the show is in the US-with the coupon doubling. Looks interesting; anything to save!
Thanks, Kim, just finished watching the show, made me feel SO MUCH better that I am not at that extreme.
Told DH to watch it too, and said, see, I am not that bad.
can anyone upload the episode I don't have TLC?
awwwwwwww I wanna see it :( lol
I watched this with my brother and now I can't blue bin dive at his place to get the coupons lol. He was amazed and all I kept saying was 'this one person on Smart Canucks.......'.....then he called his daughter in the room, she works at Freshco and she said 'yeah the people with the binders' .
The show was very interesting.
its on again at 10pm (my time, in my area) for those who might have forgotten
Just watched wasn't like a "hoarding show" where houses are gross (the one ladies garage was very nicely organized even if she did dumpster dive) BONUS hubby loved the show and said go for IT !!!!! and with a possible move closer to a US border I may need a very big garage LOL
wow. it was crazy. I cant believe the savings!!
I see there's a lot of new visitors today and I was wondering where they're coming from :-)
Were we mentioned on TV or in the paper or something? :shock:
Yeah, you can bet that if the cameras weren't there, it would have been a different scene altogether. :rant:
I'm seriously worried about the mental health of Nathan, Amanda, and Joanie. WTF is he going to do with all that body wash and deodorant??? And seriously Amanda...if you're gonna hoard pasta, keeping it in the hot attic is not a cool idea. I can smell an infestation of something going to happen at YOUR house.:eek: But when I grow up, I wanna BE Joyce!!:biggrin:
I watched it - I think it was pretty well done compared to some of the other similar episodes I have watched.
My DH now admits that "I'm not THAT bad" lol.
maybe because Christmas is over and we have more time to sit down now, lol...IDK
I wish these people knew when to STOP. As I pointed out before, Nathan had 1500 deodorants. And on the episode he bought 80 more. WHY???? I don't care that they were free. YOU DON'T NEED THEM. Leave them for someone else. And I find it infuriating that so many of them cleared the shelves.
They glossed over how much they spend on the coupons themselves. I wonder how much Nathan's 1100 cereal coupons cost. And they didn't mention how much that one couple spent on the insurance on their stockpile. If you're paying for insurance for your stockpile, and the stockpile doesn't fit into TWO rooms, you need help.
As someone already pointed out, only that one woman actually got a realistic haul of groceries. What did Nathan get? A crapload of cereal, pepsi, deodorant, toothbrushes, floss, & hand soap?
I found the show to be sort of inspiring, but also super annoying.
maybe the link thread to TLC's extreme couponing?
I have seen 3 threads...under coupons and under tea room.....
These people were definitely extreme, i think that they should donate alot of what they buy, because otherwise all that food and what not will expire before they are eaten or used. The food banks and shelters could really benefit.
Also, I'd like to point out that salad dressing expires. All those bottles of Kraft salad dressing on Nathan's shelves? I'm sure there were over 100. When I buy that stuff, I find that they expire in the next 6-12 months. There's no way in hell he's using it up before it goes bad.