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hotjoint 01-08-2010 08:34 AM

wow thats amazing, when i read the title I was expecting to see somne poor family that could barely afford to eat.

Great68 01-08-2010 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by slammer111 (Post 6760370)
Wow, and I thought I was the cheapest mofo alive. :eek: She take the cake, hands down.

And she's not even Asian! :lol

I wouldn't call that being cheap. More like being thifty.

FI-Z33 01-10-2010 12:15 AM

wow...this is really amazing, but doubt she can do this in canada though

InvisibleSoul 01-10-2010 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by fi.0922 (Post 6763324)
wow...this is really amazing, but doubt she can do this in canada though

In terms of groceries, it's not impossible, but a lot harder to do it in Canada.

But stuff like household cleaning items and personal care items are pretty easy to get for free in Canada with coupons.

EmOne 01-10-2010 04:12 AM

lol

Marco911 01-10-2010 10:20 AM

Because I shop at Shaw's and CVS in Mass, I'm helping pay for the bitch's groceries.

97ITR 01-10-2010 10:24 AM

She's like a RedFlagDeals wet dream....

AutozamAZ-3 01-10-2010 11:28 AM

the only way i can see this working in canada is like frozen pizzas and other pre packaged cheat foods and stuff

penner2k 01-10-2010 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Crowtservo (Post 6759272)
Finding/organizing all those coupons seems like a full time job haha. Awesome? Yes. Worth it? Probably not.

Lets say she spends 8 hours a week looking for coupons and then another 2 hours a week shopping.
She saved over $300 which would work out to $30 hr.
Only thing is she wasnt very smart to go on TV and talk about this.
I can almost guarantee those two stores have changed policies now so she cant do what she does.

InvisibleSoul 01-10-2010 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by penner2k (Post 6763729)
Lets say she spends 8 hours a week looking for coupons and then another 2 hours a week shopping.
She saved over $300 which would work out to $30 hr.
Only thing is she wasnt very smart to go on TV and talk about this.
I can almost guarantee those two stores have changed policies now so she cant do what she does.

Why? The store doesn't lose any money. In general, they get reimbursed by the manufacturer. So if anything, it would be the manufacturer that would have a problem with coupon stacking... but it seems like the bigger companies just turn a blind eye to it. This is not something that's new... there have been people doing it for many years.

slammer111 01-10-2010 01:17 PM

Haha, I showed my friend (works at AM1320) the link and she talked about the clip for like 10 minutes while taping the Sunday Afternoon talk show. She just sent me the preview. It'll be broadcast at 3pm today, so tune in your radios. :D

k20a 01-10-2010 02:07 PM

LoL mad props

Drizzt Do'Urden 01-10-2010 02:17 PM

milf

Marco911 01-10-2010 08:09 PM

Problem I have with this bitch is that she games the system. If you look at her storage room, she has multiple items of the same product, which tells me she uses multiple coupons and clears a shop's shelves of stock, which means paying customers can't buy product.

hal0g0dv2 01-10-2010 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Marco911 (Post 6764355)
Problem I have with this bitch is that she games the system. If you look at her storage room, she has multiple items of the same product, which tells me she uses multiple coupons and clears a shop's shelves of stock, which means paying customers can't buy product.

its called back stock or w/e
usually places have a big back room so they have tons of back stock
u cant combine coupons in Canada tho

InvisibleSoul 01-10-2010 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by halogodv2 (Post 6764400)
its called back stock or w/e
usually places have a big back room so they have tons of back stock
u cant combine coupons in Canada tho

Yes, you can. London Drugs allows it.

hal0g0dv2 01-10-2010 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul (Post 6764463)
Yes, you can. London Drugs allows it.

ohh sweet

flagella 01-10-2010 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by falcon (Post 6760075)
I came into this thread expecting like white bread and butter for a week.

i thought it was a bag of potatoes eaten for an entire week.

Durrann1984 01-11-2010 12:10 AM

^ yaaa i thot the family was poor ass broke

Amuse 01-11-2010 12:47 AM

The cashiers/managers here will find some lame excuse to deny all those coupons.

optiblue 01-11-2010 01:44 AM

too bad this can never happen in Canada :(

StaxBundlez 01-11-2010 01:45 AM

i would like financial advise on spending

sh0n 01-11-2010 03:50 PM

This will and never happen in Canada

Companies are too smart. Too much fine print, terms and conditions on the coupons.

InvisibleSoul 01-11-2010 05:58 PM

Man, people really don't read my comments before posting. :lol

buddy 01-12-2010 08:58 AM

LOL ... I think I tip more than $4 a day on food bills in average ...


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