Good Article #2

Clarke passed this article onto me... I wasn't exactly thrilled with the writers tone in the article but still gives some interesting ways of obtaining coupons.

Read it here

The one "method" I hadn't heard of was a Coupon Train here is an excepert from the article...

"Coupon trains let you exchange coupons with others through the mail.

CouponSherpa explains how it works: "An envelope of coupons, usually 40 to 200, is mailed from the 'conductor' to the first person on the list. They remove their desired coupons and replace them with those of equal value and number before mailing the envelope on the next member of the train."

You can create trains with specific coupons for babies, pets, household products, etc. Shoppers look online to find passengers at sites like MommySavers.com and the message board at TheGroceryGame.com."

Good Article #1

This is a really great article Lillian found all about how couponing is changing because of the TLC show!

Here is a little blurb...

"Meanwhile, viewers are trying to take on the TV show's tricks to no avail -- and becoming depressed by their inability to replicate the savings achieved by the pros on the show. "Is Extreme Couponing Hurting Self Esteem?" asks Leah Ingram on her blog Suddenly Frugal. Phil Lempert, food industry expert and editor of Supermarketguru.com, told her that "shoppers no longer feel good about saving $10, or 10-to-20 percent. They're becoming depressed that they are not able to buy $1,000 or more groceries for 25 cents."