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[toddjodybrent]

A friend and I have been teaching Couponing classes since last November--at the community college, local library, coffee house, etc. We have "graduated" five groups through our 8 hour "getting started" edition of the class that gets everyone organized, ready to use coupons, and knowing the policies of our local stores.

Well, now we are offering an "advanced" class that will teach people how to "save and make money" buying the things they would need and use. Our class starts Monday and we have 12 people signed up, all graduates of our beginner course. And, we are offering another round of the beginner course.

There is a market for this, especially with extreme couponing shows on TV. We have our own facebook page and web-site. We were even featured in the local newspaper. Who knew something we talked about last fall would turn into this? We keep saying "yes" and it feels right.

[Teresa]

Congratulations! We call DH the "coupon King" around here - he has a coupon for everything! Going out to dinner, going bowling, grocery, pet stuff, etc. there's a coupon for that. He would probably do well with a class about organizing and using the coupons you need and not just coupons (he'll buy something just because he has a coupon for it, not because we need or even want it)! Wish you were closer.

[buzzspal2]

I wish you could do an online class.

[minemoz1]

Congrats! How wonderful!

[chezp]

Glad to hear it's going so well.

[Huntermom]

sounds like a greart class-especially the if you need and will use it part. I've watched a few episodes of extreme couponing and don't understand why someone would buy 100 packages of couscous, knowing that they don't like it and it will probably stay in their stockpile forever. I do appreciate the people who coupon and given items to thier local church or food pantry.

[phoebec]

I wish I could take your class!!!!!

[home4us123]

Congrats!

[DisneyMamaSarah]

Originally Posted by Huntermom

sounds like a greart class-especially the if you need and will use it part. I've watched a few episodes of extreme couponing and don't understand why someone would buy 100 packages of couscous, knowing that they don't like it and it will probably stay in their stockpile forever. I do appreciate the people who coupon and given items to thier local church or food pantry.

The show is insane. People with 80 bottles of mustard stored away. LOL We coupon and we have such a stockpile that we did need to get an extra shelving unit to house many of our shelf stable items. But our household is 6 people (my parents, my husband, myself and our 2 kids) and we go thru some things pretty quickly.

We clip EVERY coupon from the Sunday papers (and we get 5 papers). There have been times that it's a product we don't normally buy, but with a sale & the coupon, the product has ended up being free. In that case, we get it and donate it to the local pantry or give it to friends/family members. It's also helpful to clip all coupons because even if it is for a brand you don't use, but the product is still something you use (in another brand), it can still get you something for much cheaper. For instance, we do not buy Bounce dryer sheets. We have been avid Gain users and recently have decided to give other brands a chance as well -- good thing -- because twice now we've had coupons that combined with a Target store coupon got us free boxes of Bounce dryer sheets. Now we're stocked on things that don't go bad and we use regularly (and like I said, with a household of 6, there's A LOT of laundry being done!!!! Especially with 2 kids in sports).

We have also learned to be flexible with the kind of deodorant we use, and what kind of toothpaste we use. There's no sense in paying $3, $4, $5 for a deodorant when you get them for 50 cents or less using coupons (we haven't paid full price for a deodorant in YEARS).

It's really amazing the whole coupon thing. We've been doing it since 2010.