Coupons Options

[Mommy]

The word "coupon" even sounds cool.... heh

[impala454]

you don't say it all gay and say "cue-pon" though do you?

[Mommy]

you don't say it all gay and say "cue-pon" though do you?

I say it "Q-pon" not "coo-pon." Which way is the gay way?

[impala454]

Q-pon

[Mommy]

<----- gay

[impala454]

do you say "nyoos-paper" or "noospaper"?

[Mommy]

do you say "nyoos-paper" or "noospaper"?

I say it "noose-papers" but the "s" sounds a tad bit like a cross between an s and a z.

I say the coupon word the way I do because of the "u" in the word

[impala454]

well at least you got the non-gay newspaper one

[Mommy]

well at least you got the non-gay newspaper one

I have to pronounce that word correctly... otherwise what kind of journalist would I be?

And I may not be actively working right now, but dammit I'm still gonna call myself a journalist because all I do all day is read news and post on here.... oh and I had a couple articles published in the Austin American Statesman. That's my crowning moment haha

[cmac]

cloth diapers.
problem solved.

[Mommy]

cloth diapers.
problem solved.

That's gross to me
I don't want to wash poop in the washing machine. Plus, I live at an apartment complex that doesn't have washer/dryer connections so we have to use the community laundry room. I don't think people would appreciate that.

[chook]

my coworker's wife gets her jollies off saving a ton at the grocery store, she uses this site for tips:

http://www.thegrocerygame.com/

that looks pretty good. think i'll be signing up for it.

[impala454]

heheh i haven't even really looked at it, i just recall him talking about it the other day. something about how they almost make it a contest to see who can save the most money buying groceries. sounds like lots of useful info on there though.

[Oasis]

haha, i will never take financial advice from you Will. And I cook 3 times a day, rarely eat out, and i can accummulate quite a bit of savings that I devote toward hobbies that I enjoy instead of overpaying when you don't have to. The next time you buy a car, go ahead and pay sticker because apparently you're a cheapskate any other way.

And you can't spare 30 seconds to save 7 or 8 bucks? Well maybe if I'm doing it I'll ask out the cute underage cashier, will you approve then?

Of course this is coming from the guy who just a few years ago wouldn't buy food at Rosa's because it broke into his beer budget.

Of course I'll spare 30 seconds to save 7 or 8 bucks. But are you really saving 7 or 8 bucks, and is it really taking only 30 seconds? Most sunday newspapers run $1.50 each. It costs time and money to go buy the newspaper. It takes at least 30 minutes to sift through all the Parade magazines and other shit in the paper to find the coupons you need, and more time to cut them up. Of course you could spend another 30 minutes online looking for coupons and printing them out using paper you purchased. And unless you're leeching internet, you're paying at least $25-$30/month for high speed internet access so you can get those coupons. Unless you're working a minimum wage job (which you aren't), that hour of time, effort, and small expenses in getting coupons probably saves you nothing in the grand scheme of things.

I'm all about saving money, but I can't justify wasting time accumulating coupons as way to cut expenses. Give me that hour back and I'll go mow my mom's lawn or something on the weekend and make $30, and the extra eight bucks I won't save at the store will be more than worth it.

That was my point.

Oh, and the last car I bought, I talked him down from $7200 to $6000 after several hours of doing research figuring out what similar cars in similar conditions have sold for. I'm not gonna pay full sticker price for shit if I can bargain the seller down

[Mommy]

Of course I'll spare 30 seconds to save 7 or 8 bucks. But are you really saving 7 or 8 bucks, and is it really taking only 30 seconds? Most sunday newspapers run $1.50 each. It costs time and money to go buy the newspaper. It takes at least 30 minutes to sift through all the Parade magazines and other shit in the paper to find the coupons you need, and more time to cut them up. Of course you could spend another 30 minutes online looking for coupons and printing them out using paper you purchased. And unless you're leeching internet, you're paying at least $25-$30/month for high speed internet access so you can get those coupons. Unless you're working a minimum wage job (which you aren't), that hour of time, effort, and small expenses in getting coupons probably saves you nothing in the grand scheme of things.

I'm all about saving money, but I can't justify wasting time accumulating coupons as way to cut expenses. Give me that hour back and I'll go mow my mom's lawn or something on the weekend and make $30, and the extra eight bucks I won't save at the store will be more than worth it.

That was my point.

Oh, and the last car I bought, I talked him down from $7200 to $6000 after several hours of doing research figuring out what similar cars in similar conditions have sold for. I'm not gonna pay full sticker price for shit if I can bargain the seller down

Umm... what if you buy the Sunday paper to read it? Wouldn't it make sense to utilize the coupons in there? And I don't know where you get off thinking it takes 30 minutes to sift through the paper and tear out the ones you need. There are 2 booklets of coupons per paper. Each booklet is max 20 pages. It would take 5 minutes tops. Printing a coupon in black on white on a piece of paper that cost a fraction of a cent is cheap too. And yes, a prepared customer only takes an additional 30 seconds to hand the cashier the coupons and be on their way. Jesus, you way over dramatized the whole coupon thing.