I am NOT a fan of Extreme Couponing

I love to coupon shop. In fact, I just updated my blog post on Couponing 101. However, I am NOT a fan of extreme couponing. I was going to do a lengthy post on it, but I found an awesome blog that already addresses everything I wanted to say. So I'll just summarize and then link over to her blog.

• I don't think the store should owe you money. Just grab something that costs the same as your overage amount.

• Only buy what you can realistically use. I'm all for buying enough to have an emergency supply of food, but don't buy more than what you can use. Let other people have some as well. For example, I probably have 20 tubes of toothpaste in my cupboard right now. I got most of them for 25 cents or less. Even if they are available for free, I'm not going to be buying any for a while.

• If you get something for free, don't turn around and sell it to someone else.

I could go on, but instead, read this. At the end of her post, she lists some additional links that are also great.

People that abuse couponing, make me want to do this: