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I met a woman at work who said she gets fantastic deals by dumpster diving trash at apartments and getting coupons (they evidently only mail to apartment complexes????). She gets really great discounts on toilet paper, paper towels, feminine products, and a number of items I would buy in bulk for prepping stuff. Anyone else hear of this? I am buying her lunch next week to get her to school me on this.
 
I met a woman at work who said she gets fantastic deals by dumpster diving trash at apartments and getting coupons (they evidently only mail to apartment complexes????). She gets really great discounts on toilet paper, paper towels, feminine products, and a number of items I would buy in bulk for prepping stuff. Anyone else hear of this? I am buying her lunch next week to get her to school me on this.

I've know people that have in the past. They have had shelves of shampoo and deodorant type stuff in their garages. I think the stores have made it not so easy more recently.
 
My wife did for several years, but like Cowboy stated it's really not worth it now. We still use coupons, mainly Harbor Freight, when they worth it.
 
I remember years ago, mom would grab the coupon section out of the newspapers at work...all five papers in the teachers breakroom, all three in the library, and as many as she could from teachers classrooms.
Dukes mayo, buy one get one?
Yes, please...I'll take fourteen.
Half off Heinz ketchup...gimme six of those.
Dad had twenty things of speed stick and eight bottles of Old Spice.
Those little frozen G&W pizzas...Im surprised I didn't turn into one lol.

Nowadays it seems like the BOGO is all but extinct and the other coupons are 10 cent here, a quarter there. Dont get me wrong, anything saved is good, but the really good deals seem to be in a day gone by.
If OPs coworker is making it happen, I wonder what kind of effort she's putting in?
 
I just know that when I'm waiting in line at the register and a woman in front of me pulls out a binder full of coupons, I have to strongly resist the urge to drawn down on that person.
And then she pulls out a checkbook and goes to looking for a pen down deep in the depths of her purse.
 
I know some who do it, seen garages and sheds full of detergent, diapers, you name it. I have seen a cart full of items go up to the cashier, not spend a dime and get money back.

Extreme couponing is alive and a great way to save money(or make it if you decide to sell). As with any hobby, it does take time looking for the right deal in the right store.
 
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I just know that when I'm waiting in line at the register and a woman in front of me pulls out a binder full of coupons, I have to strongly resist the urge to drawn down on that person.

Your talking about your pants right? Cause you know a woman that take the time to save that kind of money is dead sexy!
 
Also check for truckline salvage stores local to you. They buy pallets of products from an auction and pass the savings on to you.
 
While I would not say my wife is on quite the same level of "extreme" as they are on that show about couponing, she does it enough to save about 70%, on average, of any grocery bill. To put that in perspective, what we spend in groceries in a year (about $11K) puts us in the USDA poverty guidelines limits for our family size (2 adults, 6 kids).

@tanstaafl72555 , my wife has taught classes on this...
 
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I had a coworker that was big into it. She even put up a bulletin board, organized by category, to share coupons here at work.
 
Quite a few people supplement their income by couponing and flipping it at the flea markets.
My wife was into it pretty heavy a few years back and still uses them occasionally but it really is a big investment in time if you want to be good at it. She would quite regularly get things for free, when the store would have the item on sale and she had a coupon.
Besides toiletries and cleaners, most of the food items don't contribute to a healthy lifestyle and we would end up donating a lot of it.
She would also put together gift bags for people on the holidays.
 
The stores have made it harder. The papers around here are getting less coupons too. My wife did it for a while but it is a lot of work.
 
My wife does. She doesn't dumpster dive though. She prints a number of coupons off the internet and then gets others from the Sunday paper. There are forums and email lists that give you pre-warning when there will be a particularly good Sunday circular. On those days she'll go to the newspaper machine or vendor and buy several papers just for the circulars.
 
It's not going to replace weekly grocery shopping but it's pretty easy to build up a supply of staples like coffee, sugar, toilet paper, paper towels, detergent, deodorant, shampoo, feminine products and the like.
 
yes, we coupon.
if they are giving away money
we will cut out the coupon.
 
Some of the stores are doing e coupons you can load to your rewards cards. Food Lion does.


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Some of the stores are doing e coupons you can load to your rewards cards. Food Lion does.


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They do this, then there are other special deals if you are a 'preferred shopper,' and even more deals if you or a family member work at said store (my son is a bagger at Harris Teeter).
 
update: tomorrow (Thursday) CVS sends out a 40% off a single regular price item coupon.
we will combine that with $15 off using CVS Extra Bucks to get Crest White Strips for free.
(except for taxes, of course...nothing is ever exactly free)
 
My wife coupons. She is part of a group on Facebook that tells her deals and when the Super Double Coupon event is. She is upset if we don’t save at least 50% on each shopping trip. She does e-coupons, cuts coupons, and the 50% doesn’t factor in things like Checkout 51 and IBotta. If you’re buying online use sites like EBates, IConsumer, and Dosh just to name a few.

When she was really into couponing there would be some grocery trips where we would get stuff just to use up the negative balance we would have left with otherwise. We got a lot of stuff we donated to charity while doing it as well.
 
My SIL did it for herself until she built up a stock of just too much stuff. Lots of unhealthy foods, mostly sugary cereals that they just couldn't eat without killing themselves. Now she does it for her church pantry.
 
While I would not say my wife is on quite the same level of "extreme" as they are on that show about couponing, she does it enough to save about 70%, on average, of any grocery bill. To put that in perspective, what we spend in groceries in a year (about $11K) puts us in the USDA poverty guidelines limits for our family size (2 adults, 6 kids).

@tanstaafl72555 , my wife has taught classes on this...

Ok, where do I sign up for these classes? My grocery bill is starting to rival my mortgage


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If you are serious, I will get my wife to put her strategy to paper and send it to you.

I don't want to make her work but I wouldn't mind seeing it. I'm all for saving money any way possible. I've got 3 growing kids that keep eating more and more.
 
Also, look at apps like Ibotta - online rebates/coupons.
I dont get a lot from that, but it adds up over time. FREE MONEY
 
well, i was wrong.
got the $39 White Strips for $5.06.
of course, $3.21 of that was tax since
they take that Before discount.
 
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