Right now the economy is in bad shape. I technically work for myself, and even though money is and always has been tight, the price of food going up, along with the holidays coming up is really making me try and stretch my budget. I have been trying to find as many coupons for things gifts, and things I need, even groceries. My DVD burner recently died, it no longer read DVDs, but it would burn them just fine, so I needed to go buy a new one. I would have ordered from Newegg, or something like that, but with a Microcenter right around the corner from where I was, I decided to go there and pick one up.
As I walk in the door they had a massive amounts of coupons, ones for burners, computers, mother boards, even stuff for software like Windows, Office, they even had Quicken coupons. It was a pleasant surprise, let me tell you, because with the money I saved on my burner, I was able to get some dinner and even some stuff for Thanksgiving next week.
When I was working in a grocery store I hated the coupons, Manufacturer, Store, and then you had to keep and separate them, it was a big pain to deal with. Then people complaining because they gave you an expired coupon, just made the whole thing ten times worse, sometimes I wanted to hit them and say something like “It’s only 30 cents”, but now that I am out of that mindset and actually using them, I see that 30 cents here and a dollar there is another item that can go in the cart that won’t be put off another week.
