Health & Fitness
Extreme Couponing in Burnsville?
Is there anywhere in Burnsville where I could do Extreme Couponing? How are those people getting away with such a haul of goods? I'm amazed by those people. I also think they are a little nuts.
I've been watching that new show on TLC, "Extreme Couponing," and I'm disgusted and intrigued at the same time.
On one hand, I think those people need psychiatric help. It isn't normal or healthy to spend 40 hours a week pouring over newspaper inserts and internet sites looking for coupons and sales. Sitting your child in a dumpster and then praising them for finding discarded coupons is contemptible. She should be ashamed.
I was disturbed by the woman who bought 60 bottles of calcium supplements because between the in-store sale and her coupons, they actually had to pay her $1 per bottle. Getting $1 back for every bottle you purchase is great and I can see how that would obviously help reduce her total grocery bill. But what did she do with all those bottles of calcium supplements when she got home?
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On the other hand- I'm astounded and impressed. I'm evidently not trying hard enough. I clip the coupons that come in the Sunday newspaper. But coupons for 25 cents off something that will cost me $12.99 seem like they're not even worth the effort to go get the scissors. I don't seem to find the in-store deals to coincide with my coupons often enough, and when I do, I don't have 40 of those coupons so I can't buy their entire stock.
Besides, don't stores have limits on what they'll let you do with coupons? Don't most coupons say things like "limit 4 per customer" or "do not double?" Are there any stores in Burnsville, or anywhere in the south metro for that matter, where this kind of shopping is possible?
