"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!

The Taxoholics are at it again!

Minnesota is a land of taxes. Income tax, sales tax, property tax, marriage tax, auto license tax, business license tax, estate tax, and more. Last year, the people were fooled when they supported an increase in the sales tax by 3/8% of 1%. The money was SUPPOSED to go for wildlife and "Arts", but what do you suppose happened? It went into the general fund. Now, the state is spending it (More accurately, the DEMOCRATS are spending it) while the state gripes about there not being enough to make their obligations. Oh, how typical!

In my area, the taxoholics are at it AGAIN. 7 times in the 13 years I've been here (And this will be my last year here unless there is a freaking unexpected miracle) the school district has had a ballot referendum, and the same has been rejected 8 times! (They had 2 referenda questions last year, both rejected by good margins, as all of them have been...but the last one was closer than any of the others.

They've had these questions 2 years straight, now. And I was at the market, spotted the headline on the local paper: Ballot Referendum approved for November. THREE STRAIGHT YEARS. Theses Tax-o-holics NEVER give up. They are losers, sore losers, who cannot and will not take "NO" for an answer.

I will not be in this area after January of 2011. But there is a principle involved here. Forcing the people to vote on the same question 3, 4, 5 years straight when they have rejected it 8 times is ridiculous. It's unfair. I'd almost call it unconstitutional, but that wouldn't be correct. But these fools, dorks, spendthrift Demoncrats are at it again, trying to get us to raise our property taxes by 200/year, or more. NO WAY, YOU JACKASSES!

I have voted no on ALL school referenda questions since 1979. I will continue to do so. The Government shouldn't be involved in the schools anyway. Not the Fed, not the state.

I am supporting a law to prohibit reprising the questions more than 1 time in 3 years. It is UNFAIR to the people to have to say NO, NO, NO, NO, NO! But these jerks seem to think it will wear the NAY-Voters down. And it hasn't worked yet. Last year it was an 8% margin of defeat. It's going to be BIG this year. Bigger than ever. And I, for one, am going to write a scathing letter to the school district about BEGGING in this manner. And I am going to tell them STOP SPENDING ALL YOUR MONEY SUPPORTING THIS TAX INCREASE, AND SPEND IT ON THE SCHOOLS. They spend $10,000 plus each time they try this, and they are wasting their budget money. It just goes to show that these fools think a sob story is gonna work for them. I'm here to prove them wrong!

These taxoholics MUST BE SILENCED, by LAW IF NECESSARY. And it seems necessary--AS I SEE IT!

I'm open for a new award name!

Today's number is 27250. Or 382251 if you want to go to extremes.

I've been watching a lot of TV recently. More than I would have expected 5 months ago. And I'm extremely surprised at the situation. I'm seeing commercials that are so stupid it's hard to classify them as anything but nonsense.

I'm sure you've seen the Geico Gecko, right? It's as bad as the Caveman...worse when you consider their stupidity.

There's one for JC Penney. Yes, but it IS their commericial, and I simply MUST comment. They're showing back to school stuff, and a tight schedule. But they are STUPID. Why? Well, they show a band concert scheduled at 7:30. But unless you're an ensemble, or a rock band, this simply doesn't wash. BAND PRACTICE... BIG CONCERT. The student is very busy practicing her violin. I'm sure she's getting it down. What's the problem? VIOLINS ARE NOT PART OF A BAND. They are part of an orchestra. Is JC PENNEY so stupid as to think I don't know the difference?

But this leads me to the new award. I need a title of some sort. I'm thinking of the golden toilet. Let me see if you can give me any ideas for better names, but you need to know the whole story.

I walked out to the mailbox today. Mail seldom brings any good news, today was no real exception, except for the stupidity I found in the mailbox. I received a check. Oh, is that all, you're asking? Well -- if you saw the amount, you'd see the Golden Toilet award.

This check came from Merrill-Lynch, the new AIG when it comes to waste. Or is it the new Obama administration? ::sigh::

How much does it cost to print a check? probably a few cents for ink, 10 cents for the check? Maybe? The envelope is maybe 25-30 cents. Postage is .44. And then there's the time spent to process, PLUS the gas to take the check to the bank, plus the processing time at the bank, phone calls...

Yeah, there are 5 senses. And there is one senseless. This Astonishing check couldn't buy a gallon of gas. It couldn't by a gumball.

Paging Mr. Bill Gates! Or Mr. Luke Sidewalker? What do you do with a check for 6 cents?

It's definitely time for the golden toilet award...and believe me, what they wasted to send this check wasn't worth what they spent.

SIX CENTS. STUPIDITY AND WASTE AT ITS WORST... As I see it!