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I have also heard about the setups. My friend told me this:
"One of the episodes of TLC's Extreme Couponing featured a local woman. She was on a local tv talk show this morning and talked about tips for couponing, helped another local woman on a shopping trip, and then talked about her experience on the TLC show. She was one of the ones they showed dumpster diving for coupons. She said she does not get into dumpsters, that was just something they wanted her to do. On her episode, she was shown buying several cartfuls of groceries that totaled over $1000. She does not buy that much food ever and rarely buys the junk food that she bought that day. She also explained that anything free that she cannot use, she always donates.
That show sort of portrays these people as a little crazy, so it was good to see that this one woman in particular is pretty normal in real life."
The stockpiling people drive me bananas. I coupon but I only buy stuff I need and use common sense. Last week I got my bill down from $300 to $175 between the store discount card, paper coupons (some doubled) and e-coupons. I got 16 items for free - things like a frozen lasagna, hot dogs, johnsonville sausage, nathan's kiebalsa, nabisco wheat thins, real food... Anyone who buys 30 bottles of mustard just because they can for free or for cheap has issues.
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