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economy,shopping,coupons,family,bootstrapping Fake? Mom feeds family of 6 on $4 a week

Fake? Mom feeds family of 6 on $4 a week

posted by longde 3 weeks 3 days ago • 9582 views
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Not fake man, a woman who knows how to read and think. If stores were operated like casinos, she'd have to change cites constantly.


written by choggie  | 3 weeks 2 days ago | CH
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But if I spent 2 hours on getting coupons, I wouldn't have time to sift!


written by demon_ix  | 3 weeks 2 days ago | CH
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Incredible. The only trade-off I see is not being able to get what you really want to eat, shower with, etc. But then again, with all the money saved, you can get what you want....

I think my brain just caved in on itself.


written by videosiftbannedme  | 3 weeks 2 days ago | CH
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At least she's not that annoying lady who has a ton of coupons and is paying with a check...


written by spawnflagger  | 3 weeks 2 days ago | CH
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Turning $267 into 1 cent was a marvelous feat indeed. I am going to try that and see what happens.


written by longde  | 3 weeks 2 days ago | CH
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That's a hobby with a payoff.


written by cybrbeast  | 3 weeks 2 days ago | CH
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How much does she spend on gas driving around to different stores?


written by rebuilder  | 3 weeks 2 days ago | CH
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I've been behind a guy getting a cart and a half full of stuff. of course he had a million coupons. After a long wait the total came back and he owed the store 79 cents. We all cheered.


written by rottenseed  | 3 weeks 2 days ago | CH
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Family of 6? I guess she didn't find coupons for condoms.


written by Lann  | 3 weeks 1 day ago | CH
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Children: We don't want to eat scallops and collard greens with cheeze wiz!
Mom: Too bad, I had a coupon!


written by alizarin  | 3 weeks 1 day ago | CH
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I'd rather spend the time with my family or...you know...living than clipping coupons. This video makes it look so easy when it's not. It's hours upon hours of work and searching a day.


written by yourhydra  | 3 weeks 1 day ago | CH
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Yeah, I have a friend who does this. One time she went to Kroger and had almost a cart full of food, and they ended up owing her money. The checkout girl was completely confused.

It takes a lot of time, and you have to stockpile stuff, but it works.


written by happyTurtle  | 3 weeks 1 day ago | CH
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My grandmother managed to get a store to owe her money once, and the guy actually paid her. Guess the clerk just really didn't want to deal with the store manager.


written by PHJF  | 3 weeks 1 day ago | CH
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Sometimes she eats the coupons straight out, more nutritive than a cup-a-soup.


written by ravioli  | 3 weeks 1 day ago | CH
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Some of us are gainfully employed and realize the amount of time she spends saving $267 we earn $500.


written by Payback  | 3 weeks ago | CH
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>> ^Payback:
Some of us are gainfully employed and realize the amount of time she spends saving $267 we earn $500.


The median household income in the United Sates is ~$43k, which is ~$20/hr assuming 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. So... if she's an average American and she's spending fewer than ten hours a week clipping coupons, she's doin' pretty good for herself. And she gets to be around the kids while clipping.

Of course, the $267 is kind of an outlier (she said it was her record), but even if only the drugstore is more representative, if that took less than three hours of clipping for that one single visit, she's doing well.


written by direpickle  | 3 weeks ago | CH
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Also considering that most of those households are dual income, assuming she is in a dual income family or a non-working mother, she is doing damn good.

After a while, I suspect she has gotten very efficient at this, so it doesn't take as long. Even more value/hour.


written by longde  | 3 weeks ago | CH
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What I want to know is how CVS and Shaws feel about being featured here. I suspect they like it. Most people won't do the work this woman did, but they will remember, "Hey, this is that store where you can get a lot of things for a penny."


written by oxdottir  | 3 weeks ago | CH
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*news


written by NetRunner  | 3 weeks ago | CH
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Adding video to channels (News) - requested by NetRunner.


written by siftbot  | 3 weeks ago | CH
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Coupon culture doesn't appear to be big over here in England. I rarely see anyone use them. We're also getting more self-serve tils so I imagine this makes redeeming coupons even harder.

This woman sounds like she's got the process down to a fine art, so well done to her.


written by Deano  | 3 weeks ago | CH
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How the hell is she pulling that off? I almost never see grocery coupons in Canada, but are they really that rampant in the U.S.?


written by Xax  | 3 weeks ago | CH
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>> ^Xax:
How the hell is she pulling that off? I almost never see grocery coupons in Canada, but are they really that rampant in the U.S.?


Get off the Net and buy a newspaper, or better yet, stop throwing away that non-addressed stuff you get in the mail and actually read through it. Unless your out in the middle Northern Alberta in an oil field camp, there's a supermarket throwing coupons at you every other day.


written by Payback  | 3 weeks ago | CH
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While it's cool that she can manage to do this, I can't help but think about how she's hurting the economy. If everyone were to put the same effort into using coupons, it could have devastating repercussions. Which do you think we'd see first; bailouts to Kraft foods and Tyson chicken, or the end of coupons all together?


written by HollywoodBob  | 3 weeks ago | CH
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Ah yes, I forgot about those mailings .

As for this woman single-handedly destroying the economy or changing just about anything, I somehow doubt it. It's not there's a legion of people doing this.


written by Xax  | 3 weeks ago | CH
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Add the time you spend setting it up, and the money for the extra gasoline.

Coupons are a heck of a time sink but ultimately a zero-sum game. I'd rather go to a store that had low prices without rebates or coupons. Coupons are the most common system of charging different prices to different people for the exact same thing (and one of the few legal ways to do it).


written by jwray  | 3 weeks ago | CH
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