Do You or Your Wife Clip Coupons

I saw a show not too long ago where people basically get their groceries for free because of coupons. This one guy had a garage that looked like a small store, totally stocked up with a ton of different products. If you do your homework and buy in bulk you can really save a lot of $$.

I saw that too. Those people looked like their lives revolved around doing that. I think if you found a happy medium it might work out.

I saw that too. Those people looked like their lives revolved around doing that. I think if you found a happy medium it might work out.

Yeah they were very obsessive about it, not the way I'd want to live either.

Her savings have grown a little more each week as she takes the time to clip the coupons we can use. Sense she is not working (I know a mom is a full time job) I think she likes the fact that she is contributing to our finances.

Matty, I saw that show and it was crazy the stuff these people purchased or should I say got for nothing. Not sure why someone would want to store 40 bottles of ketchup just because they got it for almost free.

The show mentioned some of those people give a lot of that stuff away to local charities.

I have never had an experience when using coupons has saved me more than 15-20 dollars. I value my time off higher than 20 dollars/hour. The hour that I or my wife would spend clipping coupons can be used to do something else.

We still use coupons but we don't put in the extra effort to find as many as we can. She will usually go through the penny saver while I am driving to the grocery store.

We do clip coupons and/or download coupons from the store site like Kroger. You just go online and it loads onto your Kroger card. Sometimes, it's better to just buy a generic brand vs using the coupon on the name brand. Now, some products you can't buy generic but many you can and it makes no difference in taste etc. So, i'd say we save a decent bit working it from the downloadable & old coupon way.

I'd say we're about $110-120 a week average for a 4 person household (2 small boys who eat decently).

We do clip coupons and/or download coupons from the store site like Kroger. You just go online and it loads onto your Kroger card.

That's cool, wish my store did that!


You're right, sometimes even with a coupon, going with the brand names still won't save you money.

That's cool, wish my store did that!


You're right, sometimes even with a coupon, going with the brand names still won't save you money.


Kroger and Publix are some great grocery stores wish they were up this way.

I do, but I rarely use them.

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It's crazy going to forums dedicated to this. You get people talking about their garbage and recycling bin coupon finds.

I do, but I rarely use them.

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