Extreme Couponing on TLC

Montegut
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:23:26 +0000

I’ve just gotten to see bits and pieces of this, but I can relate to the ones who do this to economize. After the oil bust in the early eighties, husband and I were both unemployed. At the time, a chain grocer was offering stamps for purchases, and you filled up a card with stamps to redeem for bargains. I religiously saved my stamps and redeemed them for our meals. One sheet of filled stamps got us a box of fish sticks for ten cents, another sheet got a dozen eggs for a nickel, and another sheet got us a pack of hot dogs for a penny. I got out my old home ec recipe cards and created some bargain meals.

I wish the grocery stores would go back to some of those great promotions, in these trying economic times. I just went to Kmart last night, with my envelope of coupons, and was told there was only a five coupon limit. And when I used to do grocery coupons that doubled, there was a price limit of 60 cents. You could also only use one coupon for one type of item. In other words, no using 30 coupons for 30 boxes of cereal. I don’t know how these ladies, and gentlemen, get their items for free, but I’d sure like to find these stores with the lax coupon rules.