Extreme couponer arrested for stealing coupons

[Nayan]

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Blotter_0629.4093b4eec.html

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

I should have bet money on this one... You knew is was just a matter of time. Most of our stores have even moved the Sunday papers to end of the register so the cashier hands is to you.

I hope that they make an example of her and give her the highest punishment possible.

 

[Mouseless2Long]

Good! I have been a couponer for years. Yes, I have a binder that I take with me to the grocery story, and I can say that show has been a curse. I do not clear shelves (why would I need 100 boxes of pain reliever!), and only buy items that I will actually use. I'm just trying to save a buck, and that show has not been good. I get my coupons from my newspaper and 1 or 2 friends who do not coupon. I will be glad when that show has run its course.

 

[labdogs42]

I"m very glad they caught her. What a scam!

 

[furb & dez]

I hope they throw the (coupon) book at her.

 

[ceecee]

Good! I have been a couponer for years. Yes, I have a binder that I take with me to the grocery story, and I can say that show has been a curse. I do not clear shelves (why would I need 100 boxes of pain reliever!), and only buy items that I will actually use. I'm just trying to save a buck, and that show has not been good. I get my coupons from my newspaper and 1 or 2 friends who do not coupon. I will be glad when that show has run its course.

Good for you! I used a few coupons last week and the cashier went over them with a fine tooth comb, I save a whole $3.25! This show has made everyone that coupons look bad, I will be glad to see it over as well. This goes beyond strange...stealing coupons???

 

[miralys]

Good! I hate having to check the papers I buy to see if someone has pulled this stunt. There's no reason for it.

 

[MaleficentRN]

Last week I went to buy a Sunday paper at CVS and not one of them had the coupons! I had to go to 7-11.I told the clerk and she said, "Probably because some one took them. So aggrivating!

 

[MartinaC]

I hope they throw the (coupon) book at her.

good one!

 

[ShariVT]

I agree that the show has made all couponers look bad. Nothing I hate more then buying a paper and finding the coupons are missing!

 

[RitaE]

Good grief

Police conducted an investigation after a man hired to watch local newspaper stands saw a woman in a black Cadillac SUV stop at two different vending racks,

This whole "extreme coupon" thing is ridiculous.

 

[QVCshopper]

I have used coupons for at least 15 years and I'm in no way extreme, or even good at it. But, last week, some lady asked me if I was "one of those coupons fanatics." Made me laugh.

Back in the day, when I worked at 7-11 in college, no one even wanted the coupons in the papers. Boy, how things have changed.

 

[fuzzy164]

I use coupons as well to reduce the cost of my groceries not get 120 noodle bowls for free( why anyone would need that amount is beyond me). This woman probaly needed to coupons to pay for the gas in her Cadillac SUV.
It amazes me that a person would need to steal coupons

 

[Disneefun]

She may not have been stealing them for her own use. She might have been stealing them to sell on ebay or other coupon sites. I bet since the show started airing, those clipping services are more in demand than ever and there's probably a decent profit to be made, particularly if you stole the coupons in the first place.

 

[3boymthr]

I use coupons as well to reduce the cost of my groceries not get 120 noodle bowls for free( why anyone would need that amount is beyond me). This woman probaly needed to coupons to pay for the gas in her Cadillac SUV.
It amazes me that a person would need to steal coupons

AHHH! I have the answer for this one. It's another reality show- the people are called Preppers. They stock huge amounts of food, (they showed one family buying 4,000 pounds of flour ) clothing (enough for several years in advance) and other items (guns, bullets, gas) in the event the economy/government crashes.

 

[furb & dez]

AHHH! I have the answer for this one. It's another reality show- the people are called Preppers. They stock huge amounts of food, (they showed one family buying 4,000 pounds of flour ) clothing (enough for several years in advance) and other items (guns, bullets, gas) in the event the economy/government crashes.

Proof that mental illness is alive, well, and breeding in the states...

 

[MsDunny]

My son was laughing at me and calling me an "extreme couponer" yesterday. I spent $240 at BJ's, after saving $80. Not exactly extreme!

 

[luvthemouse71]

Good grief



This whole "extreme coupon" thing is ridiculous.

I agree, hopefully some day they'll be able to do away with actual paper coupons. They are just too easy to fake or commit fraud with.

Being frugal is fine but some people just go off the deep end.

 

[luvthemouse71]

Proof that mental illness is alive, well, and breeding in the states...

When it's carried to that extreme, sure. But, I admit I have some items put away, such as bottled water, canned goods, batteries etc. I think it's my New England upbringing. I'm ready for blizzard, hurricane or zombie apocalypse.

 

[*Seanaci*]

I agree, hopefully some day they'll be able to do away with actual paper coupons. They are just too easy to fake or commit fraud with.

Being frugal is fine but some people just go off the deep end.

Ditto! I will on occasion pull coupons up online and print them. Though, since we get the weekly circulars (and coupons) for free every Sunday, I don't have to waste my printer ink on the coupons.

It's one thing to dumpster dive for coupons people have thrown out...it's another to blatently steal them from the papers using just fifty cents. >_<