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On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 15:30:42 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>projectile vomit chick wrote:
>> On Apr 7, 8:26 am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:

>
>>> 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?

>
>You're right, I forgot about paying for coupons. Yikes. Lately
>I've been doing that Troopon thing where you cut out coupons
>that military families can use. Once a month or so, I organize them
>and mail them out.
>
>I'm not complaining, but cutting out and organizing all those wisps
>of paper is kind of a hassle. And these people have books and
>books of them.


Those people that spend all those hours collecting and sorting
obviously don't have a life. I rarely use coupons because like 99% of
them are for things I not only wouldn't use but wouldn't want them if
free... they're typically for some new over priced product that has no
redeeming value. About the only coupons I actually use are those I
get in the mail for pet products and they are for no big savings but
I'll still take 50¢ off on a $12 box of cat food. The only other
coupons I use are occasionally there'll be a stack of coupons on the
deli counter for $1 off a particular cold cut if you buy a pound, I'll
use those too, only because I'm buying the product anyway and I never
buy less than a pound of anything at the deli. I can't remember the
last time I actually snipped out a coupon, has to be at least 20 years
ago... I think that's about how long ago they stopped offering coupons
to snip for useful items, at least of use to me.