Anyone watch that show? I've tuned in a few times and am amazed that people can go out and spend $1,800.00 on groceries and pay $17.00 at the till because they used coupons!
I used to use lots of coupons years ago back in the 1980's and even managed to spend about $150.00 and get back about $5.00 at the cash register. That was using double coupons and free coupons that I had received from manufacturers. But for the most part coupons might save me only a few dollars on my bill.
I live in Canada, and the show is filmed in the USA and they seem to have different rules for coupons than I've seen here. Back in the 1980's Canada Safeway used to have the odd double coupon day, but I haven't seen that in decades.
And where on the Extreme Couponing show a $1.00 off coupon used on a 75 cent item results in a 25 cent credit at the cash register, that is not the same here. If the coupon exceeds the value of the item, you get the value of the item off, not a credit. And according to Safeway's coupon policy, some Canadian stores still do a double coupon, but only to a coupon value of 50 cents , so that would be $1.00 total discount (the TV show shows people using $1 and $2 coupons for double coupon offers for a total of $2 and $4.00 discounts). Again, I haven't seen a double coupon offer at Safeway since back in the late 1980's.
I would love to get back into couponing because groceries are so expensive and it kills me to have to spend that kind of money every month on food. Between pet products (litter and food), toiletries, groceries, cleaning/laundry, special lactose free or soy products, I spend about $600.00 per month! That's absolutely insane. And no, I don't eat steak every day.
Anyone here use coupons?
If you are a serious coupon user, I'm particularly interested if you live in Canada and can give me some tips on using coupons in Canada, such as where to get the coupons, what stores if any, offer double coupon savings.
And is anyone interested in doing a coupon exchange? Not sure how this would work because obviously the coupons would have to be shared between "members" of the exchange with no one person monopolizing the coupons. This will involve a commitment on everyone's part and the cost of postage would be the responsibility of the person sending out the coupons.
I used to use lots of coupons years ago back in the 1980's and even managed to spend about $150.00 and get back about $5.00 at the cash register. That was using double coupons and free coupons that I had received from manufacturers. But for the most part coupons might save me only a few dollars on my bill.
I live in Canada, and the show is filmed in the USA and they seem to have different rules for coupons than I've seen here. Back in the 1980's Canada Safeway used to have the odd double coupon day, but I haven't seen that in decades.
And where on the Extreme Couponing show a $1.00 off coupon used on a 75 cent item results in a 25 cent credit at the cash register, that is not the same here. If the coupon exceeds the value of the item, you get the value of the item off, not a credit. And according to Safeway's coupon policy, some Canadian stores still do a double coupon, but only to a coupon value of 50 cents , so that would be $1.00 total discount (the TV show shows people using $1 and $2 coupons for double coupon offers for a total of $2 and $4.00 discounts). Again, I haven't seen a double coupon offer at Safeway since back in the late 1980's.
I would love to get back into couponing because groceries are so expensive and it kills me to have to spend that kind of money every month on food. Between pet products (litter and food), toiletries, groceries, cleaning/laundry, special lactose free or soy products, I spend about $600.00 per month! That's absolutely insane. And no, I don't eat steak every day.
Anyone here use coupons?
If you are a serious coupon user, I'm particularly interested if you live in Canada and can give me some tips on using coupons in Canada, such as where to get the coupons, what stores if any, offer double coupon savings.
And is anyone interested in doing a coupon exchange? Not sure how this would work because obviously the coupons would have to be shared between "members" of the exchange with no one person monopolizing the coupons. This will involve a commitment on everyone's part and the cost of postage would be the responsibility of the person sending out the coupons.