"Extreme Couponing" -- Extreme BULLSHIT!

I don't know how many of you use coupons.  I don't  I find that, often, they attach strings that make no sense.  "Double Coupons" are crap... I find the whole thing just a load of BS.

I've watching the show... they got 889 bucks of stuff for about 10 bucks... or they get cash back... or they don't pay a thing... Yeah, RIGHT.  Uh huh.  That's as believable as a huge fat man squeezing himself down millions of chimineys one night a year! 

I challenge ANY COUPONER... ANY ONE OF YOU... to come to my area and prove it.  Of course you won't. 

Cases in point:  Stores don't always double, or they may double up to 50 cents.  There are several stores near my area that don't accept internet coupons...and they state on the door that "If coupons result in a negative balance, we will not return extra."

They attach strings:  You must buy 3 boxes of this at $4.00 each in order to get .50 on 6 of that, and you must consume 16 ounces of something else at 4.65 before you cand get your .50, but you must include a copy of your receipt, send certified mail to a PO Box somewhere in Timbuktu before a certain time period has passed, and then they can still reject it for any reason.... HUH?!

For instance, I saw a coupon today that gives $1.00 off on 3 boxes of  a well-known maker's types of cereal.  They must be at least 15 OZ or more... OK, I find 3 boxes of that runs 3.50 each.  The coupon doesn't double.  The product isn't on sale anywhere, I've checked.

So, three boxes of this stuff = $10.50.  Your cost:  9.50.

Now, I see a Generic available.  Same stuff.  $2.00 a box.  3 Boxes, total 6 bucks.  

So, to "SAVE" a buck, you spend 3.50 MORE?  I don't think so!

They give you a coupon for a laundry soap:  2.50 off.  Great.  That doesn't double.  Not at that price!
Size, 64 ounces.  OK.  On sale, too, a buck less.  Nice.  BUT THE "SALE PRICE" is still 12.99.  So, your cost is 10.49.  AH, there's a different brand, actually larger in size -- At $7.49.  So, 80 oz. at 7.49 or 64 ounces at 10.49.  What's the better deal? 

AH, here's something that is a freebie.  But the coupon has a condition:  you must be 3-12 packs of something that you don't use, and they cost 6.00 a 12-pak.  The item is 3.50.  Do you spend 18 bucks on items you don't use and will likely toss, just to get 3.50 worth of something?  Penny-wise, pound foolish!

Save .99 cents on a chocholate milk.  Doubles.  but the brand retails for 4.50!  So, you got 2.52 to spend... but another brand runs 2.99 for the same stuff.  Brand names mean nothing!  Sure, you can save a little...but this store doesn't have the brand you want.  Nearest store that has it is 10 miles away.  So, waste 2/3 of a gallon of gas to save .40?  You wind up losing 1.60,  Brilliant!

Coupons are just fraudulent enticement to get you to buy...at inflated prices.  Don't give me the "Free" stuff...it doesn't exist.  And, you couponers...If you THINK you can do it here, in Florida, in my area... I DARE YOU TO TRY.  You'll find you're definitely a loser in your thinking...and your money has gone to gas rather than groceries... in effort to save .03, you spend .50.  It's THIS type of thinking that the government  does.  You see the results every day. 

Ban coupons.  Get the prices down to where we can AFFORD THEM... That's what needs to be done...AS I SEE IT!

Truth in advertising--and unexpected truths in advertising

Unless you have no Televison, you've seen lots of the ads, the commercials that dominate most shows.While I've never really kept track, I suspect that at least 15 commercials are aired in a half-hour show. That means at 30 seconds a spot, 7 and a half minutes are dedicated to ads. That's just commercials. And you've seen some of them.

"So simple even a caveman can do it." I don't know of any cavemen living around these parts. Even the Aborigines of Austrailia are more advanced than this. Can you tell me of a single caveman who needed insurance, had to file bankruptcy, or had a computer?

Then there are the ads for beer, or booze. They're usually puncuated by others telling you that you drunk, you pay the price. The Govt. allows booze commercials, and then forces the cops to watch for drunks who are driving. The "Disclaimers" which tell you to drink responsibly are so small that they are never seen.

Credit card companies offer you a 3% interest rate, but fail to show you in big enough print that if your payment is so much as a minute late your rate is going to jump to 40%, with an $89 late charged tacked on.

Then, there are all these drugs they tell you to try: for Asthma, Heartburn, urinary problems, pregnancy, avoiding pregnancy-- the side effects include death -- how many people actually read the warnings?

"FREE" credit reports... another crock. They tell you to sign up for services that cost 50-60 a month. Do yourself a favor -- write to your credit bureau once a year. That's really all you need to do. And that is free except for your postage and envelope.

But the "Fun ones" are those infomercials. They all tell "results are not typical. Your results may differ." WILL differ is more like it. Someone earns 30 grand a week. Yeah, and I'm Barack Obama. They go out of the way to find "non-typical" results. And what do you get? Shafted.
But I've found one very hilarious hint. Some of these things are shown on the "SYFY" channel. Science Fiction. So if you find an infomercial offering "Free money" and they're charging... take a look closely at the channel they're on. It's those that you really need to watch out for!

It's all nonsense. And sometimes they way tell you it's nonsense is more hilarious than the nonsense itself. And those are theREAL FACTS....As I SEE IT!