There's also a US show called Extreme Couponing.tigs wrote:speaking of coupons i watched a program my wife downloaded the other day ( no idea what it was called , Scrimpers i think ) where an american couple bought a months shopping at a supermarket for $985 by the time they had handed over the coupons and used the supermarkets bonus there shopping came to -$32:37 ! they made money from going shopping? i wounder if that would ever happen here ?
itsy, well done! I've only just caught up with this bit.itsybitsy wrote:Well, my first foray into coupon shopping was a roaring success! To be honest, I was expecting the self-service till to start wailing like a banshee and flashing at me when I put my coupons through - but of course it didn't. Interestingly enough, though, you still need to have your coupons 'verified' by a human - well, you do in Asda, anyway.
I think that's common sense, no?PreppingPingu wrote:You just have remember not to get caught into buying stuff that you wouldn't normally buy in order to get a coupon or to use a coupon, as then you might end up spending out instead. For example I saw some 50p off kelloggs vouchers but as I buy some of the Lidl alternatives (the ones that taste ok that is.) I ignored the 50p off offer, as it would still cost me more in the end to get the 50p off rather than stick to my Lidls cereal.
I never seem to get any till spits. I do most of my 'big' shops online, could that be why?Arzosah wrote:itsy, well done! I've only just caught up with this bit.itsybitsy wrote:Well, my first foray into coupon shopping was a roaring success! To be honest, I was expecting the self-service till to start wailing like a banshee and flashing at me when I put my coupons through - but of course it didn't. Interestingly enough, though, you still need to have your coupons 'verified' by a human - well, you do in Asda, anyway.
I mostly use till spits these days (thats the "coupons" that literally spit out of the supermarket's own tills, that you save till you shop there next time). I often have to get a human to put it through, because the scanner face is dirty and won't read it or something - and they always check whether you've actually bought the thing you're claiming the extra points for. When all the couponning first started, about 4 years ago now, people put through loads and loads of coupons for stuff they hadn't bought, and were *regularly* being paid to shop ... you can't do that now, or not so easily, but thats why humans get involved.
If you're following their rules, they *owe* you that money/those points, whatever it is
