Since I work in retail as a cashier, I have an opportunity to see more and more people using coupons and price matching. I have been seeing more and more people doing it and they are serious about it, not just one or two coupons, but 20 – 30 or more. I have paid someone $6+ to walk out with a fair amount of merchandise. They didn’t pay a cent except to take the time to go through and get the coupons and the products and use it.
I actually got paid $.30 to get a bottle of a brand of body wash I don’t normally use. I hear people tell me they don’t have the time to do it, but if you can get paid to do it, or walk out with a bag or two without paying anything from your pocket, how can you not find time to do it? My daughter and I set up our giant coupon book and we are going to try to take the coupons to the next level. We are not going to go so far as to hoard, but we are going to set up ourselves a small stash and the excess can go to our church food pantry.
The people I see every day who use coupons and add matching are telling me they have to do it because as gas and groceries keep going up they don’t have any choice. I am in the same boat. I’ll keep you posted as this craziness goes on and let you know how it goes. Who knows, you might decide the craziness isn’t so bad and join me and Calees!
