Extreme Couponing Part 13
Callie
She is a 28 old year stay at home mom couponer with 5 children. Her husband is attending an Engineering school so they’ve decided to move and invest in their future. They live on student loans. She was gearing up for a party for this shopping trip.
4 hours, 6 transactions, 20 sticks of deodarant and 6 carts later..
Her total Retail Value: $1100.64.91
After Coupons she MADE $138.22!
Kelly
Mother of 3 Kelly, came out of the “coupon closet” to her best friend on a previous episode. This time she is showing her best friend how to extreme coupon. They used over 1000 coupons!
Their carts were loaded with cookies, soap, milk mix, notebooks, cereal and other schools supplies. Her friend saved 86% but wasn’t happy with her end result. She wanted a $40 checkout, but she still did well.
Total Retail Value: $1364.90
After Coupons $16.90
Judy
She compared couponing to breathing. Her obsession with savings has forbid her from paying full price for anything. They call her the “Couponator”
She has a 2200 item stockpile that she accumulated in 4 months. She is looking into insuring it. She devotes over 35 hours a week to couponing. Her goal for this trip was to shop for her friends family.
Faatima
Faatima’s goal for couponing is to move out of her dangerous neighborhood.
Despite her busy schedule and small business owner she has accumulated a stockpile that will last her family 2 years.
She buys 20 newspapers, matches ads to coupons then shops. They have a trailer on a hitch and over 1000 coupons.
NINE hours and 1200 boxes of cereal later her hope of spending less than $50 comes true after moving to a new register.
Retail Value: $11.67
Her Cost: $35.38
