TOO extreme couponing?
>> 09 May 2011
OK, I will admit I have bought coupons from eBay. Excuse me, I mean I have paid someone for their services in finding and clipping the free coupons they sent me. I get out my calculator and tap in the total cost, including shipping, factor in the cost of the items after coupons and figure exactly how much said items are going to cost me. Sometimes, it just isn't worth it. On the other hand, when I can get 20 bottles of body wash for a grand total of $5.65 (28¼¢ each!)... OR when I buy 20 items I don't even use and end up with a $25.57 profit... oh, yeah!!! (Not to worry, I donate those).
I don't know if TLC's new UN-reality show, Extreme Couponing, has anything to do with it, but there seems to be a real boom going on in coupon auctions. I can't help but wonder what some of those bidders are thinking. Do they get caught up in the excitement? Are they so competitive that they just have to WIN (the auction) and hang the cost? Here's the most recent example I found... Publix has, in their BOGO deals next week, an item that normally costs 89¢. There are some 50¢ coupons out there. I just watched an auction for these coupons tick down to the last second. OK, check it out. The winning bidder is paying 90¢ per coupon!
Ok, my Flardafied brain just figured it out. In SOME states, there are stores that double coupons, up to a certain amount - usually 50¢ - so maybe each coupon, to her, is worth $1.00. Much as I love FL, things like this are very frustrating. Not only do we NOT get doubles, but prices are generally a bit higher to start with. AND, when the other bidders have twice the incentive, it makes it that much harder to win that auction! >:\
So, are YOU an extreme couponer? Have you stepped out of your comfort zone to save more? Just how far will you go to save a buck $5.00? 8-}
3 comments:
I don't cut coupons. I actually can't find coupons for things that I buy or I probably would but sadly they don't make coupons for produce and milk and stuff. At least not that I've found. I'm glad you are making the system work for you. I know you can save money if you do it right.
Have a lovely day my friend.
Kim
Hey, I find coupons for milk and produce fairly regularly! I have even been known to skim the recycling bins. For a former dumpster diver, that's pretty tame, lol!
The coupon bug bit me, sadly to say and now I'm clipping like crazy. My favorite store is Walgreens. My daughter is visiting this week and she's worse than me. She had several free toothbrushes in her suitcase and now I own a new one! You really can save a lot of money. I've got a lot to learn!
Love ya,
Mary
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