Extreme Couponing

I've watched that show a lot, and let me tell you, I have some major respect for those women (and men!) Stockpiling their house for pennies? Amazing. I don't think I could ever get THAT into it, but once I get my own house and need to do my own grocery shopping... you best believe coupons are going to be my best friend!!

This show is pretty interesting. The work these women put in to support their families is amazing! I also love that some of them even donate some of the food to local shelters. The only thing that sucks is that most of the deals aren't on very nutritional foods. It's mostly stuff like pop, chips and cookie. It is pretty interesting though.

I wouldn't consider myself extreme but by couponing for cleaning supplies, laundry soap and toiletries I can use the money I save on those items to boost up my food budget and buy better meats, more produce, etc; There are deals out there on healthy foods, you just have to watch for them.

I have been couponing since February of this year, it has helped me so much.. I have actually saved over $2,000.00 and only bought the things that we would use. for the past 2 months I have been living out of my pantry because I am saving for my trip to NYC in two weeks, YAY

This show makes me sad b/c I am an extreme sale-lover but in Canada there is no such thing as doubling up coupon deals, store points/dollars and coupons cannot be scanned, the cashier has to read the fine print of each coupon to make sure you bought the right product :sad:

I have seen the show and while I do not extreme coupon, it did inspire me to clip coupons to save some money and I use a few of the tips. I buy one paper each week and I clip for about an hour if that each week between the coupons in our weekly circulars and the sunday paper. I clip, but only for things I know I will use (I pass on most of the junky ones) and also for toiletries, hair dye, and cleaning products. Started in June and I get at least one good deal each week, sometimes more that I can use. On average I save an extra 5-25 dollars per week on my grocery bill thanks to coupons. I do not stockpile much since I have limited cabinet space. Looking into clipping some of the coupons I currently don't clip though, so that I can put my saving money to a good cause and donate food.

I did a price comparison on Costco and found it was better for some stuff not all. i got into couponing from this show and have saved significantly. The most i've saved so far is $60 on a grocery bill. Last night I went to CVS and between coupons and extra care bucks I paid $2 for $18 worth of shampoo and conditioner (love buy one get one coupons!). I have started a little stockpile and really like having it but personally I think extreme couponing is just an organized version of hoarding.

I have watched. I have great respect for these people however it is not for me. I hate looking for clothes at TJMaxx I am certainly not going to look on the internet for coupons. To each his own.

Couponing a great way to stretch a budget, but I would take “Extreme Couponing” with a grain of salt. There was an article in our paper recently on that show -- it is defiantly not real even if they call it reality. The producers get stores to basically ignore their own coupon policies all for the sake of the show's publicity. This can include doubling coupons, or taking coupons written for one product for another product, or taking several items when the coupon is only written for one per purchase. A number of the stores interviewed for the article have stated they were sorry they ever participated as the local publicity was not good when it was found that they had treated the show’s participants differently from regular customers.