projectile vomit chick wrote:
> On Apr 7, 8:26 am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>> I think saving money is great. And I think it is necessary to keep a
>>> stock of some non-perishable items. Particularly in the winter if
>>> you are likely to be snowed in. Or if you live in an area where
>>> roads might be flooded and you can't get out.
>>
>>> What is wrong with these people?
>>
>> It's pretty clear that some of the people have a form of OCD similar
>> to hoarding. Sometimes it seems to be triggered by having to do
>> without at some point. On the first special there was one woman
>> who would cancel any and all plans if she came across some deal.
>> She'd have to go shopping right then, the heck with that dinner with
>> friends. Not good.
>>
>> I like to have extra so that I don't have to watch sales all the
>> time, like I'll find a good deal on shampoo and I'll get 4 and I'm
>> done worrying about that for months. If it's often on sale for $2,
>> it bugs me to pay the "regular" price of $4.50 if I let it get to
>> that point.
>>
>> I like matching a coupon to a sale as much as the next person, but
>> it's a full time hobby for these people. I didn't understand the one
>> woman who thought she'd get $10 off every $50 she'd spend, I've
>> never known a store deal like that to be more than a one $10 off.
>> If she's such a couponer, how'd she miss that detail?
>>
>> I never get how they can take so much off their bill, either. Yes,
>> double coupons are nice but they rarely wind up with getting a
>> product for free for me.
>
> If you notice a lot of them were paying for a couponing service, on
> top of all of the scavenging for coupons and carrying on for
> 478374237320239 hours a week. Ugh, could you imagine?
>
I didn't realize they were paying for a service! I would never do that.
>>
>> I can just see these people's heirs backing up a dumpster to get
>> rid of stuff they stockpiled 25 years ago.
>
> Yes and I really didn't understand the having rooms filled with dried
> pasta and sticks of deodorant.

Yeah. And deoderant does go bad.