Comments on: Consider using coupons http://frugalunderground.com/consider-using-coupons/ money: saving more, making more, needing less Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:29:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: wenchypoo http://frugalunderground.com/consider-using-coupons/#comment-73 wenchypoo Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:05:40 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/consider-using-coupons/#comment-73 If you really analyze what the coupons are made for, then you'll notice they're all for food we don't really need and isn't healthy for us--consider the healthiest foods: fruits/vegs, meats (or alternatives), and dairy (or alternatives). I've never seen coupons for fruits or vegs IN THEIR NORMAL STATE, or very few for meats (only processed) or dairy (again, processed). In other words, coupons are marketing gimmicks to get us to buy foods we don't really need, and shouldn't want. The best, healthiest foods don't come with coupons, and can be grown at home for less than a farmer's market price. If everybody focused on the healthiest foods and left the rest to rot on the store shelves (coupons or no), then we wouldn't have a health care crisis in this country! Coupons are a clue as to what NOT to buy...whether it's cleaning supplies, food products, or anything else. Do you ever see a coupon for generic bleach, generic baking soda, or drinking water jugs? That's because they're cleaning products reduced to their basic elements-nobody can profit off them. Coupons are anathema to true frugality--otherwise, you're just posing if you rely on them. Our true basic needs can be filled without the use of coupons or products requiring them...but this is a lofty topic that you might not be ready for. If you really analyze what the coupons are made for, then you’ll notice they’re all for food we don’t really need and isn’t healthy for us–consider the healthiest foods: fruits/vegs, meats (or alternatives), and dairy (or alternatives). I’ve never seen coupons for fruits or vegs IN THEIR NORMAL STATE, or very few for meats (only processed) or dairy (again, processed).

In other words, coupons are marketing gimmicks to get us to buy foods we don’t really need, and shouldn’t want.

The best, healthiest foods don’t come with coupons, and can be grown at home for less than a farmer’s market price. If everybody focused on the healthiest foods and left the rest to rot on the store shelves (coupons or no), then we wouldn’t have a health care crisis in this country!

Coupons are a clue as to what NOT to buy…whether it’s cleaning supplies, food products, or anything else. Do you ever see a coupon for generic bleach, generic baking soda, or drinking water jugs? That’s because they’re cleaning products reduced to their basic elements-nobody can profit off them.

Coupons are anathema to true frugality–otherwise, you’re just posing if you rely on them. Our true basic needs can be filled without the use of coupons or products requiring them…but this is a lofty topic that you might not be ready for.

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