Extreme Couponing in Canada

[buymorepayless]

i understand that everyone wants good deals, too, but im surprised you guys have not remembered that amanda also gives away 80% of what she buys with coupons. that is amazing and i dont really care if she takes whole tearpads away when she is doing something really kind in a way she can.

Is this Amanda??
If she donates 80% of what she gets, Why are her shelves stocked full of Glade and other products? If that is her 20% all that Glade will never cover up the stink she has caused..

[sweetproserpina]

You guys touched on a lot of things that passed through my mind when I watched the clip.

The one thing I really had to LOL at though was when they asked her about the Glade. She should have been honest and said she bought it for the overage- to make money to cover her other purchases, as it was she just seemed pretty silly saying she would donate it. I've been pretty poor at certain points in my life, and the last thing I would want donated to me would be air freshener!

Any charities/places that would take 100 bottles of air freshener? I'm racking my brain, any ideas?

[tinkb]

If she does donate, that's great but you guys are so right - those tear pads are awful! And to think she is teaching others how to coupon...I don't get it.

Also, I agree - give credit where credit is due. I majored in Journalism - sources are your friend. If you make a post that was originally made by someone else, just say it!

[kazm-l]

You guys touched on a lot of things that passed through my mind when I watched the clip.

The one thing I really had to LOL at though was when they asked her about the Glade. She should have been honest and said she bought it for the overage- to make money to cover her other purchases, as it was she just seemed pretty silly saying she would donate it. I've been pretty poor at certain points in my life, and the last thing I would want donated to me would be air freshener!

Any charities/places that would take 100 bottles of air freshener? I'm racking my brain, any ideas?

I have donated glade before(obviously not 100s of bottles!) but when i make up baskets i do different kinds - and that include some cleaning ones cos everyones got to clean right? I figure something nice and smelly like glade or other freebie air freshners would be welcomed...maybe i'm wrong

[lady_arianna]

I see from one of her comments on her facebook page says, she gets all the tear pads from a rep. Good for her if she does, but I don't believe it. just my 2c

yeah, exactly. Why would a smartsource rep give her full tearpads instead of putting them out on the shelves, which is his/her JOB??

the only way i think she could get full pads from a rep is if she knows one, and they give her all of the extras after the cycle has finished, which can be boxes, i know b.c i had a lady do this for me for a few months...

[lady_arianna]

. On the TV shows, these extreme couponers go a bit overboard. I do think that's excessive.

Read more: http://www.thenownewspaper.com/Shopp...#ixzz1SkUDvdDs

lol how does she not consider herself an extreme couponer? she built up her stockpile in a few months what it took me 2 years to do

[quebecqueen]

ohh I didn't like that video at all. makes you wonder where all those tear pads are going. and also noticed what she said about the glade, she held up regular glade and said she got $2 off it (its for the premium)

Back in January and February you could get coupons on rightathome.ca and these where printable. (there was even a PDF of it posted on SC along with the Scrubbing bubbles 5$ one and the Ziploc B2G4$ coupon) The coupons where good on any Glade products and where valued at 2$. So the coupons were B1G2$ off. I got that same coupon and also bought the original Glade which sells for 1$ at WM. That's how I got overage and I'm betting that's how she got hers as well.

I am NOT condoning her full tear pads ( That'S a NO NO) but will defend her Glade purchase. It was a legitimate purchase and saw many brags of it back in Jan, Feb and even March on SC.

Just my two cents

[ashokia]

Has someone actually called the news and given them a piece of their mind about how they are promoting this woman's blatant misuse of coupons and how she steals all her information to sell when it's right on here for free? I'm so outraged right now I could spit. She's lucky I don't live in Vancouver is all I can say. >_<

[sweetproserpina]

I have donated glade before(obviously not 100s of bottles!) but when i make up baskets i do different kinds - and that include some cleaning ones cos everyones got to clean right? I figure something nice and smelly like glade or other freebie air freshners would be welcomed...maybe i'm wrong

You're right I can see that if one was creating hampers of cleaning supplies, one could certainly make use of it. How it was portrayed in the clip seemed excessive to me, and I still think she should have mentioned the overage- but tv is all about short and snappy, so perhaps there wasn't time to get into it.

As a newbie on SC, I'm slowly learning that one person's extreme is another persons' normal! How much to stockpile is entirely relative for each couponer!

[crowsnest]

the only way i think she could get full pads from a rep is if she knows one, and they give her all of the extras after the cycle has finished, which can be boxes, i know b.c i had a lady do this for me for a few months...

thats what I figured too. but why didn't she come out and say that, instead of going on the defense and deleting comments/blocking people... obviously she has something to hide.

If I could find a rep to give me some leftovers after a cycle I would be over the moon!!

[Kyeste]

Her Facebook page is making me laugh. Really, really, really hard. I always find it funny when people have to hide behind their followers when they get caught doing something fishy. Makes me giggle. Not saying she is doing wrong (except the shameful obvious SC plagiarizing), but it's still funny how they're all overreacting.



Tear-pads aside (not touching that one with a ten foot pole!) what I'd like to know is why she used 4 printable Listerine Zero coupons when they clearly state "one per person". Granted, her boyfriend was there, but that still leaves two coupons . . .

[sweet sparrow]

Oh wow. I'm afraid for this poor woman. The next news report on her will be that a large group of irate people jumped her in a parking lot and all they took was her coupons....

[Kyeste]

Oh wow. I'm afraid for this poor woman. The next news report on her will be that a large group of irate people jumped her in a parking lot and all they took was her coupons....

Er, what? Just because people aren't impressed doesn't mean they'll turn to violent coupon stealing...

[KissMyMapleLeaf]

This is not Extreme Couponing this is Extreme GREED plain and simple. I was disgusted and angry at first but decided not to let it discourage me, which was hard yesterday when I went to Walmart and hesitated for the first time ever on leaving coupons behind for others to benefit off of.... I just kept thinking of this lady grrrrr. It was my dh that reminded me of the honest people who are struggling that would really appreciate a few dollars off. I am just grateful that there is more honest and giving couponers then greedy ones.

[sweet sparrow]

Er, what? Just because people aren't impressed doesn't mean they'll turn to violent coupon stealing...

I didn't mean it seriously!