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Greatest Secrets of the Coupon Mom
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$17.99
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$12.23
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Manufacturer: DPL Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 650
EAN: 9780976079125
ISBN: 0976079127
Label: DPL Press
Manufacturer: DPL Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2005-10-01
Publisher: DPL Press
Studio: DPL Press
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This book doubles as a user's manual for the author's interactive website on sharing ger grocery shopping secrets plus heart-stirring stories from the receiving end of America's food pantries.
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Summary: From J. Kaye's Book Blog
Comment: Each year, my husband gets a cost of living increase. It's always eaten up by rising cost of living. That's expected. What isn't expected is the economy's increase has also eating up his other raises over the past couple of years. Our biggest expense is food and household products. Please know, we are fairly frugal and I really thought this is just how life is going to be. I didn't think we had any control. That's how I felt before reading Nelson's book.
Before I go further, I want to say that we've tried this coupon thing before. In fact, if you read the back of GREATEST SECRETS OF THE COUPON MOM, she describes us perfectly. Here's what it says.
"You tried clipping coupons once. You even made a grocery shopping list to go with them. And how did that work out for you? If you're like most consumers, you ended up with an industrial-strength headache and vow never to try that again!"
"It's no wonder that in spite of massive promotion by the grocery and coupon industries, fewer than 2 percent of the $300 billion of grocery coupons printed are ever used. Clipping coupons can be a pain!"
"Here's the dilemma: You really need to cut your food costs. And the billions of dollars of coupons that could help you are at the bottom of a landfill. This is serious. You need help! You need a Mom to do all the hard work for you!"
That fit me perfectly!
In her book, Nelson teaches you how to become a coupon expert. The steps seem easy enough. She also says to go to her free interactive website and print out a shopping list for your supermarket.
The book committed me to the idea, but the website got me excited. It will take time to reap a serious reward, but I feel that it's like starting a new business. We'll have to invest first and later see the "serious" payoff. I'm not doing this to save a few bucks though. I am doing this to save some serious money. We have a family of five. Our monthly cost of household products extends over $1,000 each month. If I could cut this in half or at the very least, by 25%, I'd be thrilled. Nelson says I can do it. Steve, the accountant, says it's possible with what he's read, both in her book and on-line. It will be a lot of work and a major change, but I'm willing.
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Summary: coupon mom
Comment: book was helpful in some ways very basic information
good for newbies to the craft of saving money.........
over all a good book.
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Summary: INTERESTING BOOK
Comment: RECEIVED PROMPTLY. HAVE BEEN READING THIS AND HAVE FOUND A GREAT DEAL OF INTERESTING INFORMATION.
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Summary: Save your money, don't buy the book
Comment: I want to break this book down for you. Look at it in 3 parts.
1st part- Common knowledge and same mission statement repeated over and over again.
2nd part- Plugging her website which is more $ to spend.
3rd part and comprises HALF of the total book- Telling you to donate food to charity. Nothing wrong with donating food, but it takes half the book to tell you this.
I will take the 17.99 that I spent at a bookstore for this as a learned lesson.
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Summary: You can really save money if you tried but most don't want to make the effort
Comment: I agree you don't need the book. If most people were wise they would go to the library and borrow the book. If your library does not have it request it.
You can save money with double coupons not every place in the country has double coupon stores. But in our region we do. So your consumers request your stores do it. Their are groups through yahoo groups that teach you how to save money. I find the people who critique the most about supposively not saving money don't really want to make the effort. Let's face it coupons are a lot of work. Stuff this woman teaches I knew for the most part. I am always learning. But you can get deals with coupons at your local department stores too. It is what people are willing to compromise to do. Most people who don't want to change their brand favorites are definately not going to fair well with coupons. It is all about flexability. Not to mention I think her goal was to in the end help the needy. I think that is commendable in itself. In fact I have donated several items this way. I am all for helping in our community by doing her tactics because that is what is about. In this economy you never know if it could be you being the recipiant of having to depend on the local food pantry. If anything else I think that is what the point of the book is. I found out through the guidepost about this book. Later I found it at the local library. I live in a rural area but I drive to shop too. I just do my shopping where I work. If you go out to get your hair done, work, driving the kids to school then make use of your trips. There are lots of people who live in the rural areas and travel one time a week or once a month. It is a matter of planning.
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