10 Signs That You are Becoming an Extreme Couponer (Humor)
63Extreme couponing has became very popular and it’s not hard to guess the reason why - I mean why go to the store and spend $300 on your weekly shop when you can get everything for just 53 cents?
All you need is a bit of initiative, at least one large folder, and a pair of scissors and you can begin collecting as many coupons as you want.
Some people, however, take extreme couponing way too far and rather than it enhancing their life, extreme couponing becomes their life.
If you are concerned that you (or a friend) might have let their thrifty shopping habits get out of hand, below are 10 signs that you are becoming an extreme couponer (if you score 6 or more out of 10, I suggest that you seek urgent professional help).
1. You stop buying all the food that you actually like and now live entirely on dried pasta, because you get it with the coupons for virtually free.
2. You can no longer use your garage, bedroom or kitchen because you’ve filled them up with children’s cereal, tins of tomatoes and unused detergent bottles.
3. Your children spend their entire Spring Break cutting out toiletry coupons for you.
4. You stop eating any fresh fruit and vegetables, forget what it was like to dine at restaurants and cafes, and live entirely off cheese crackers, tinned turkey meat, and noodles.
5. It takes you six days to put together a 30 minute shopping list.
6. Your coupon organizer becomes too big to fit in the trunk of your car and you need a trailer to carry it to the store.
7. Your husband has to go to the store separately as you’ve got too many coupons for one person to legitimately spend.
8. The shelves of the store look like they’ve been looted by a horde of marauding barbarians by the time that you leave.
9. You come away from the store with a year’s supply of cat food and enough dog biscuits to feed all the huskies in Alaska, despite the fact that you don’t own any pets.
10. The checkout assistants, store manager and other customers hold a celebration party after you’ve gone.
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This is all very true. Whenever I hear about people that save hundreds of dollars at stores I always say, "Did they buy things they really needed and wanted, or did they just buy what was on sale and use coupons?" Most of the time, they are eating stuff they don't want, using products they don't like, and hoarding away stuff that will probably go bad before they can use it. It is still a total waste. I use coupons, but I only use them for what I would buy anyway.
My wife is actually an avid couponer, but she's not an extremist, thank goodness! :-)
A Lot of Truth there Paul...But today things are hard and people do what they have to, to get by. I will cut coupons and look for good buy in Retail, but no, I don't go to extremes. Good Hub!
Truly funny Mr. Goodman! I researched on the subject recently, you know some people actually get money back! It's crazy though, and the stores put coupons in the paper so that you will make your list around those things. People spend hours a day clipping and cutting! Crazy!
Say Paul, did you know there's a show on television now about this very subject? I thought my son was an extreme coupon addict until I read this, and Whew, he's not, really. Paul you really have a comical way of stating the true signs, of this addiction. This is really good, voted up/funny!
Great article! I am addicted to the show...
optimus grimlock Level 1 Commenter 13 months ago
great article. I saw a lady that got 600 dollars worth of groceries for around $5.00 crazy!!