Get in on the YMMV Movie Contest today! Winner's Picked in Post #37

[hotcouponmama]

If you haven't already seen it on the site, Hotcouponworld is one of the featured sites in the video (and I didn't look like too big of a goofball in it:hysterical:) so we're helping Sam (riffparker) by promoting the video AND we're going to give away a few copies of it this week!

You have to post a funny, crazy, or chaotic coupon story in this thread to qualify.

We're going to give away 4 copies of the movie this week. But here's the caveat....once you watch it, we'd also like you to review it for us. That would be both here and on Amazon.com if you could.

LINK to YMMV Movie (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001P4Q3GK?ie=UTF8&tag=hotcouponworl-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B001P4Q3GK)

If you want to buy the movie now, you can do it through that link and if you win, we'll reimburse you for it instead of sending you another copy.

I watched it the other night for the first time - it was funny, insightful, and some parts were downright hysterical.

Plus, you'll get to "meet" at least a few of the members from here who were in the movie.

This contest ends on February 1st, after the SuperBowl, so get in now so I can get the winners picked and in the mail on Monday!

[evelester]

I have one from just last night! I went to CVS to get the huggies deal and the Advil Cold and Sinus deal, the cashier tried to say I couldn't get 3 of the cold and sinus, once she finally agreed to let me she asked for my ID (law here in Florida, not sure if everywhere) anyway, she comes out with- "wow, you are only one year older than me..." okaaaayyyy..... I smile, the way she said it told me what was coming next.....and here it is- "I would have guessed a LOT older!"

The funniest part is how nice she was the whole time, I don't think she meant to hurt my feelings, and I didn't let her, but man, that stung a bit. I am 27 and exausted from being up all night and day with a sick baby, lol, she didn't have to point it out! LOL

She also tried to analyze every coupon I gave her, and I had to remind her to ring them all in, she kept 'forgetting'

it was NOT my favorite CVS trip ever- thats for sure! But getting 2 jumbo packs of huggies and 3 things of advil for 5 dollars OOP made it ok!

[skyesmom]

Y'all really need to enter this contest! I got my copy earlier in the week and it was hysterical! Not only is it educational, but seeing the faces that go with the names was fun too. What I really want to know though is how much kraft mac & cheese was in the stockpile?? :whistle67:

[Tamara]

Can we enter even if we are boring couponers? LOL I seriously don't have any funny, crazy coupon stories. About as funny as it gets is my DH's cousin keeps asking me why I need so many Altoids. My response, "Duh, because they were F-R-E-E!" (See, boring couponer, LOL.) :)

[Hevvymama]

Okay, here's a good one for you.

I'm at CVS last week picking up a few things, including the KY Yours & Mine. Figured the husbo might not mind giving that a test drive :biggrin:.

I'd found a ton of clearance stuff, so I had quite a few items in my cart, and there was a big line anyway, so I just leafed through a magazine while I waited. Only one cashier open, so the line was getting longer...and longer...

There's a girl immediately behind me, and I can hear her getting really, um, annoyed, I guess? She's on the phone with I assume her boyfriend, and she keeps saying "Yes, I have it. There's a line, you're gonna have to wait, jeez!"

Finally, as I get right up to the front, the older woman at the register calls for help, and who comes to the rescue but my favorite, the hunkiest, super-studliest cashier you have ever seen in your life. I get a little extra-happy, because I'm next, AND he's gonna ring me out. Until I remember I have the KY stuff, and suddenly, uncharacteristically, I get all shy. I don't want to stand up there and turn red like a goofball. So, I decide to throw the girl behind me a bone and let her go first.

Only she won't. What the? "No, really, I don't mind. Please, be my guest." She acts all not-in-a-hurry, but I know better. "No, seriously, I have this big cart, you just have the one thing!" She's shaking her head, and saying, "No thanks, I'll wait," and looking freaked out.

Now the line is getting mad at us both, so I start to insist. I mean, seriously, what could be more embarassing than super-lube, anyway?

Uh, yeah. That's when I notice what that one item she has actually is. So I smile at her, and suck it up, and put my magic love goo on the counter in front of Mr. Gorgeous and smile right in his face. He doesn't bat a hunky eye at it, and I get out of there in one piece.

And let the poor girl buy her box of Extenze All-Natural Male Enhancement from the near-sighted senior citizen at the other counter.

And hand her my extra KY coupon on the way out the door.

Ah, random acts of kindness...

[puakinikini]

So last week I was shopping with my twin 3-year olds and 9 month old infant at Safeway - we had run out of milk (ugh!) and are on like the 5th errand of the day, so they are starting to get grumpy. Plus, I am trying to do the buy 5 get $5 off juice deal, and a few others. So I am in line bribing my 3 year old DS (who is actually a cockroach - he loves sugar) with a free hershey bar if he will just stop trying to throw everything out of the cart (yes, he is in the basket; my daughter is in the seat; the infant is strapped to me) and trying to get my coupons out. The guy behind me is acting hateful even though it is not even my turn in line! When I get up the register, he is actually sighing and tapping his foot - I am admonishing my son while trying to make sure the correct amount of money is taken off. When I hear my 3 yo DD say "not nice. no choc bar for you" I almost peed my pants. My son thought she was talking to him and started screaming that he was being good - but she was looking right at the man behind us. I think he got the point - he stopped tapping his foot. I just smiled (and gave her extra chocolate in the car). My DD has a very limited vocabulary and is very shy - but she already knows at the age of 3 that you should show some manners in public.

[scrapbookingmanda]

I don't have any good ones yet, but I have a great one from when I was about 13 shopping with my mom. She kept her coupons in one of those plastic clunky canceled check holders. My sister, mom and I are grocery shopping, little sister is whining about how long it's taking and this lady walks past us. She sees the mega coupon box, stops does a double take and yells at full volume (and I have to emphasize full volume here.) "HOLY MOLY THE COUPON LADY! WHERE DO YOU GET ALL THOSE COUPONS? FROM MAGAZINES OR SOMETHING?" Mom keeps a straight face and gives some polite answer and lady walks away. Meanwhile, sis and I are laughing so hard we can barely stand up. This had to have been at least 15 years ago, but it is one of my most vivid memories of shopping when I was younger.

[hotcouponmama]

Y'all really need to enter this contest! I got my copy earlier in the week and it was hysterical! Not only is it educational, but seeing the faces that go with the names was fun too. What I really want to know though is how much kraft mac & cheese was in the stockpile?? :whistle67:

I actually didn't have much of any. I am sure that the Kraft folks are going to hate me, but I was just trying to make the point that coupons aren't just about getting mac and cheese, which is what people who don't agree with them thing they are - for just junk foods...we all know better than that.

[clrmorning]

I am pretty new to using coupons so i don't really have many majorly funny ones. This is as close as it gets. I have a 4 year old daughter who loves coupons as much as I do. She collects blinkies fro me in the grocery store. Anyway we went to kroger with the .50/1 cottonelle q that came out which we all know equals free tp. My daughter just had to push the little buggy that kroger has and do the shopping herself. So we are in the tp aisle a kroger and there is a lady that has probaly 30 packs of the free ac cottonelle. She is counting her coupons and we go to get our 4 packs of free cottonelle, ( the last 4) my daughter puts in it her little buggy and I am looking fo something else and i hear get your hand off my potty paper lady. I turn around and this lady has her hand in my dd buggy and has her tp. My dd looked at her and said did your mommy not teach you it is not nice to steal from people. We got home and my dd had to tell her dad about it, she told him, the lady tried to steal my potty paper but i fixed her. I told her it was not nice to steal and that we have to share and she needed to sit in time out!

We still see that lady every once in awhile. She walks by and will not even look at my daughter.

[hotcouponmama]

Bumping this up!

[shelleyf]

I was at Kroger one day and the coupon was beeping. I was insisting that I bought the right thing. I had checked it 2 times to make sure. I got mad and said just put it through when the cashier looked through every bag I had. I had a whole cart full and there was a long line. She said very nicely that I was trying to use the coupon on the wrong brand. Oops I was so embarassed. I apologized and bought the item anyway to show that I was an honest person that made a mistake. That was the first time I did that and was not the last time either.

[cens0rship]

Hmm let's see my funniest story would have to be when DBF and I went to the rediclinic at HEB when I had a major sinus infection. mWe waited for probably an hour before we even got into the room and I was the only person there and hacking up a long no less. DBF knew that I was not feeling good so he came in the room with me instead of going and exploring the store like he wanted ( we really don't shop there at all ... maybe once in a blue moon but he had deli counter meat on the mind... sigh lol)

Once I was done I told him sure no problem let's go look even though I was ready to get my scrips and go pass out. Well on the way ouot I noticed the sobe hangtags on a cart on display. I told my trusty no shame about it coupon grabber to grab some. Well he can't figure out how to get them off the little hook they are hanging. When suddenly they go EVERYWHERE except the couple he has in his hand. He then blushes super red and says go go go. I almost wet myself right there I was laughing so hard.

Thankfully he's gotten over his moment of embarrassment and loves to go blinkie hunting again lol

[momnixon]

Oh man... this is funny... I haven't been couponing long, so don't have GREAT stories... but I was buying Touch O' Gray Haircolor recently for a deal at CVS and I was already getting weird looks from the cashier and then my full-headed, dark-haired, 26 year-old husband walks up... then the looks were positively confused. I just said, "Thanks! Have a great day!" :)

I was really tempted to buy the Wags FAR bald guy wipes for my bald bald baby last month! :) :giggle2:

[jr08]

One of the funniest couponing stories was one of my first. DH and I went around to something like 5 stores, picking up a lot of things. (I didn't have a stockpile at the time and it was a great frees and CVS week). When we were done, I couldn't get the car trunk shut, I had to rearrange the groceries a few times. DH is generally pretty quiet. We get home and are unloading, a neighbor asked if we were "preparing for winter hibernation" or something to that effect. She was commenting on how much money we much have spent and so forth (really nosey neighbor), saying she never spends more than $100 per week etc etc. DH looked at me and said, well honey, guess we got to do that two more times in order to get over $100. The neighbor turned red. It was funny.

[ASweetHeart]

Funny story......Hmmm.....

Can't really think of much at the moment.......

Recently, I took my DD's to Walmart. They told me how much they had to spend. I get to the register, and my 6 year old pulls out $4 and a $1 Lipton coupon. She needed $5.

Me: "Sweetie, you only have $4. You have to put something back."

DD: "No I don't. I have $5. See?" She counts out (4) $1 bills and the coupon.

Me:"No sweetie, you have $4. You didn't get any tea, you can't use the coupon."

DD: "But Mommy, you use coupons to pay for your stuff. See, it's a $1. I can use it."

LOL. Silly little girl. She didn't understand the concept that you can only use the coupons on the products they were for - that they can't be used for anything like money!!

I ended up giving her the $1.

[keegankeeleymom]

I don't have any really great moments yet, but yesterday my 8 year old daughter and I went to Wal-mart in Greensburg, Indiana. After we got our nails done, we went coupon shopping, she's getting as bad as me. We got some free lotion, cheap cat food and free dog treats and decided to leave as the people were slow and rude. Went up to the check out and decided to do the one that I do myself, what a mistake. We aren't sure if the person watching these registers was a male or female, but they got alittle frustrated because I had several coupons, of course, and the do it yourself machines don't like coupons. The person called a manager over after I noticed that most of the coupons didn't go through. I told the manager to just cancel everything and I would go to a regular check out, but nope, she wouldn't do it. I'm still not sure if they got it corrected, but we were just ready to kill before it got completed.

Sorry it wasn't real good, but I would love to win the video!!

[sati769leigh]

Chaotic is how it almost ALWAYS has been to shop at my local target. even though the new store is a LOT more coupon friendly there are still many many poorly trained employees AND managers. but i am working my way through them and helping them learn:wink7:

right around christmas one of my favorite front end manager greeted me and asked what torture i had come up with with coupons for them that day! LOL we both laughed and I told him my week is not complete without making someone pull thier own hair out with me. He said I need to let them win ONCE in a while! LOL I reminded him that I actually HAD given in a few week prior concerning a gift card deal on food items and how I cannot pay for my entire transaction with the food stamps i had at the time. That NO WHERE in the add does it say you cannot get the gift card if you pay with food stamps. I altually had conceded that even if i paid $5 oop and got a $5 gift card back that it was still a GREAT deal. He laughed and said he was amazed that i had actually backed down. He thought he and the store manager woudl have a RIGHT FIGHT on thier hands with me. But he thanked me for letting him win ONCE in all the years we have been going back and forth! :giggle2:

[dwshrty77roc]

My story is not really funny, but it sure made me laugh. I was shopping in a particular store call no name (kroger) and this cashier didn't want o honor my coupons, so after trying to convince 2 cashier, 2 assistant manager and some other person just butting end. I just told her to give me my coupons back and then i left the buggy there with the groceries all bagged up and everything vowing never to set foot in that store again. So I get to the truck along with my 2 toddler kids strap them in their car seats, put my seat-belt on only realize that I left my bag of things that I had already paid for and had to go back into the store and get it. But the bag boy had already started putting it back on the shelf. So I had to wait even longer but when the cashier finally gave me my bag she didn't say a word cuz from the look on my face, I would not have said anything to me either. :giggle2:

The funny part to me was how I broke that vow so fast. :hysterical:

[dwshrty77roc]

If you haven't already seen it on the site, Hotcouponworld is one of the featured sites in the video (and I didn't look like too big of a goofball in it:hysterical:) so we're helping Sam (riffparker) by promoting the video AND we're going to give away a few copies of it this week!

You have to post a funny, crazy, or chaotic coupon story in this thread to qualify.

We're going to give away 4 copies of the movie this week. But here's the caveat....once you watch it, we'd also like you to review it for us. That would be both here and on Amazon.com if you could.

LINK to YMMV Movie (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001P4Q3GK?ie=UTF8&tag=hotcouponworl-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B001P4Q3GK)

If you want to buy the movie now, you can do it through that link and if you win, we'll reimburse you for it instead of sending you another copy.

I watched it the other night for the first time - it was funny, insightful, and some parts were downright hysterical.

Plus, you'll get to "meet" at least a few of the members from here who were in the movie.

This contest ends on February 1st, after the SuperBowl, so get in now so I can get the winners picked and in the mail on Monday!


Quick question how do I view the movie now.

[zoeys_mom]

Ok, not super funny but it is the most recent, therefore still in my brain.

I went to kroger the other day to do the mega deal. I was combining the mega deal with the Quaker $5 mail in offer, so my total was ~ $4.6x which is WAY high for me normally,lol. Anyway, at the end of the transaction the cashier looks at the receipt and says "wow, you saved 86% today" I had to respond that that was rather upsetting seeing as how I am used to upper 90% savings, lol.
Anyway, a few days later I go back to do yet another mega sale deal, without the Quaker this time. Same cashier finishes ringing up my coupons and looks at the screen puzzled and says "what?"(total was .7x cents)
So I say to him "you don't recognize me from the other day?"
He looks up and says "hey, weren't you the 80% lady that said you usually save upper 90%?"
I say "yep", look at my receipt and add "97% today, now that is more like it! See you tommorrow"

[Castingbread]

My CVS manager is so great about our shopping trips she said she tells everyone what we do and is trying to get other customers doing it. Well, the week of the Hallmark card deal I was checking out for my first time, hoping to get some crt qs before I finished, and she said, "I want to know why you aren't getting your 15 .99 cards." I told her to just wait, I planned on getting them. So a few minutes later my two dds and I were at the register and she says, "I know ya'll well enough now that I can tell you this. I told my staff last Saturday, 'If ya'll want to get any of those cards you better get them before they come shopping.' I got mine Saturday night. I know how ya'll shop." I was impressed she had figured the deal out so well--she wants us to teach her if she ever has time.

P.S. I have been having her special order any ecbs items we want so we don't wipe them out. I also let her know what is a "hot" item so she can get lots of extras so others in the area can find their items at her store if they don't find them at the others--this is a tiny store in a small, one traffic light town, so not many HCW type shoppers, but also not much stock.

Thanks for the chance, I'd love to watch the video and have to share with newbies. I could use a great laugh!!

ETA: Reading all of these stories is reminding me of more experiences and just wanted to add another one (hope this is okay). We kept telling a friend about CVSing so we took her. She got all her stuff together had a bunch of qs and was going to get a whole lot of stuff free--they ring her up and and as soon as they scan the first q all of the electricity in the store went out from a bad storm. We always teased her that she caused the lightening strike that crashed the computer system to blow with her great deals.

[talentetta]

Well, funny seems to be well represented, so I'll go with chaotic:

I was traveling by plane for a sisters/mom/daughter-in-laws' retreat (basically all the married women in our family). Since I had used my mileage points for a FREE ticket early enough to get one FREE checked bag (man, that new policy of having us PAY to get our luggage to our destination really stinks!:rolleyes24:), I decided I would share my new couponing stockpile hobby with the girls as prizes for the winners of the games we had planned to play late at night for hours. I checked on the weight and size restrictions, and found the largest box I had and proceeded to pack it with 49 lbs. of free goodies I thought they might fight over and enjoy. So, we get to the airport with plenty of time, and since I will not pay for a skycap to handle that huge and heavy box, along with my suitcase, I schlep it over to the counter, which is not that close to where dh dropped me off. The agent cannot find my reservation, and I didn't bring the confirmation with me cuz they never need it. He says I need to go to the carrier I bought the ticket through, not the one I was flying on. I very carefully balanced the box (a 70" ceiling fan used to be in it, so it is pretty big), on the top of the wheeled bag, and rolled it zigzaggy to that counter. Meanwhile, there are other people in line, and I wait my turn as I look at my watch. That agent can't find me either, and sends me back to the carrier I was flying on. :hectic1:I again steer my precious cargo back to the first counter, and wait my turn, where the agent says she will call again and see where my reservation is. The minutes are ticking by, and I am getting very near the 30 minutes before flight cut off for checked bags. I am trying to remain calm, and kicking myself for not using my precious coupon printing ink to print out the confirmation. Finally, I am located, and then I put my box on the scale. The agent is sure it will be overweight, with the struggle I had getting it off the suitcase and onto the scale. She sees it go from 49 to 50 and back, and waits to make sure I don't owe an excess weight fee, but I was clear at 49 (that's why I left a pound of leeway at home, or I would have put in another 16 oz. Pantene!). Then she checks the clock and since it is less than 30 minutes to departure, she hands over the "your luggage may not arrive on the same plane" paper. :hectic1:

Needless to say, the box sat on the wet tarmack, waiting in the rain to be loaded, so when it came down the circulating baggage claim ramp, the bottom was soaked, and I nearly lost 49 lbs. of shampoo and kleenex right there. :shrug7:Being the resourceful gal that I am, I flipped the box over and used the drier top as the new bottom, and schlepped the whole thing over to the waiting car of my dsis! We had so much fun playing games and laughing about what to pick from the box that security knocked on the condo door and asked us to quiet down around midnight! :whistle67:

[Susan in WA]

Well with no little ones, it's impossible to beat the funny stories on here. I loved the laughs. Thanks. No funny stories for me except when I my friend went to one of my Walgreens and handed her manufactures qs and Walgreen's qs. and told the cashier that her friend told her to do it that way. The checker, Judie, asked her if I was the one with the little children or the other lady. My friend told her I didn't have little kids, so I must be the other lady she was thinking about. Judie, the cashier smiled and said: "Oh she's a pro! But she hasn't been in for a while." This is my back up Walgreens, for those weeks I need more than one store or when my store is out of stuff. When I heard about that I was so poud because I had only been couponing for a few months. I'm a pro, trained by HCW! :BigHand::wink7:

[marrelam]

File this under funny/cute: I taught my DD at age 2 to answer the following.

Mommy says: "Anna, what do we use when we go shopping?"

DD says: "Coupons!!!"

So now, at almost age 3, when DD is playing with her doll house I hear her saying to the dolls, "Come on everyone, we going shopping at CVS with our coupons!". :hysterical:

[hotcouponmama]

Quick question how do I view the movie now.

It's not online - you have to buy it from the link in the OP, or win it.

[KristieGK]

Not hysterical but I think it's funny, and a bit embarressing!!

I went to CVS today and put my items on the counter. One of my favorite cashiers was checking me out and says, "Hmm, looks interesting!" I asked what was interesting and she says, "Well, you have Earinse, 6 Hour Energy, and KY Yours & Mine. Looks like you've got quite an interesting Valentine's night planned."

I am LMBO about it now, but at the time I know I turned red as a beet! :whistle67:

[nerdy]

In order to get the ECB at CVS, I had to buy x amount of toilet paper. They were out so I paid for the entire order and was told I could pick up the remainder of my order when the truck came next. I never thought I would be "ordering" toilet paper before HCW. Thanks for the entry.

[cher123]

This wasn't funny at the time more like embarassing but after it seemed kinda funny. I was at Target and had just started using internet printed coupons; I had about 20 of them and towards the end of the stack a coupon scanned and crashed the cash register system. The clerk had to call for help and was able to reboot the system. But then she had to redo the entire order reringing everything and then rescan all the coupons. The trouble was we didn't know which coupon made the system crash. It crashed again but this time we knew which one did it. So had to rering again and rescan all coupons except #17 coupon(the crasher). The cashier was nice about it and about half an hour later finally finished the checkout. Not too funny at the time but my daughter thought it was hilarious because she's always teasing me about using coupons "who's register are you going to crash next time?" she'll ask me.

[justlucy06]

One story we continue to laugh about... Friday night before Thanksgiving around 10:10pm I got a call from one of my coupon trainees. She had been shopping at CVS and the 'semi unfriendly' assistant manager was working. So my friend finished looking at sympathy cards and decided to go check out. She starts putting her cartload of stuff on the counter and thinks to herself, "wow, this is a great time to shop as there is no one here to bother you". Then after a few minutes, the cashier still hadn't come up front to check her out. So my friend Susie walked thru the store including calling into the back room attempting to locate a CVS employee - to no avail! So she made a call to her home and let her son know to wakeup Dad as she was apparently locked in CVS! Susie called me fairly frantic and I, of course, thought she was playing another practical joke on me. When I figured out she was serious, I had her stay on the phone while I called the 24 hour store from another phone. They called the alarm company while keeping me on the line while I kept Susie on the line.... Suz was about to have a panic attack so I assured her the alarm company would call someone. About then her family arrived as did a couple of police cars and they all stood outside while Susie stood inside talking to me on the cell phone. I decided to start a thread on HCW and was able to read the hysterical responses to Susie in real time!!!! Her son actually took a picture of her and sent it to my phone which I posted on HCW too! We had so much fun laughing for an hour while we waited for the assistant manager to return to the store to sheepishly unlock the door and give my friend her freedom! My fav' response on the HCW thread was someone who asked if I had forgotten to teach my coupon trainee a very important point: leave the store before they close! We were happy the manager didn't get fired and that Susie got lots of apologies along with a gift card for her incarceration. We have a lot of CVS stores around her and apparently they all rec'd re-education about procedures pre-closing.:hysterical:

[ZGirl]

Only thing that pops up in my head at the moments is with my daughters.

My oldest daughter wanted a Hannah Montanna bed. When I told her we couldn't afford to buy that now, my youngest daughter piped up and said "Mooommmmm, you have coupons to pay for it!"

My husband just looked at me and said you have taught her to well :)

[DEB55]

One story we continue to laugh about... Friday night before Thanksgiving around 10:10pm I got a call from one of my coupon trainees. She had been shopping at CVS and the 'semi unfriendly' assistant manager was working. So my friend finished looking at sympathy cards and decided to go check out. She starts putting her cartload of stuff on the counter and thinks to herself, "wow, this is a great time to shop as there is no one here to bother you". Then after a few minutes, the cashier still hadn't come up front to check her out. So my friend Susie walked thru the store including calling into the back room attempting to locate a CVS employee - to no avail! So she made a call to her home and let her son know to wakeup Dad as she was apparently locked in CVS! Susie called me fairly frantic and I, of course, thought she was playing another practical joke on me. When I figured out she was serious, I had her stay on the phone while I called the 24 hour store from another phone. They called the alarm company while keeping me on the line while I kept Susie on the line.... Suz was about to have a panic attack so I assured her the alarm company would call someone. About then her family arrived as did a couple of police cars and they all stood outside while Susie stood inside talking to me on the cell phone. I decided to start a thread on HCW and was able to read the hysterical responses to Susie in real time!!!! Her son actually took a picture of her and sent it to my phone which I posted on HCW too! We had so much fun laughing for an hour while we waited for the assistant manager to return to the store to sheepishly unlock the door and give my friend her freedom! My fav' response on the HCW thread was someone who asked if I had forgotten to teach my coupon trainee a very important point: leave the store before they close! We were happy the manager didn't get fired and that Susie got lots of apologies along with a gift card for her incarceration. We have a lot of CVS stores around her and apparently they all rec'd re-education about procedures pre-closing.:hysterical:

I was hoping to see this story entered into the contest. I remember reading your post back when it happened. I almost peed my pants laughing at the time. I still have a good laugh at your friend's expense.

I would like to win this movie, but I don't even want to try to top this story. If my vote would count, you would be the winner. Good luck.

[fuzzwuzz]

Actually, the experience I'm having lately is not that funny. My computer was running really slow lately so I tried a new anti-virus. Guess what? It was the coupon printer that was infected so I let my program quarintine it thinking if I downloaded it again it would be okay. My Webroot program immediately flags it every time as a virus. Anybody know a cure or way around this without slowing down my computer again? I'm missing out on all the savings and I can't take it anymore!! :sad:

[ashleym]

My story is not that funny but it did tickle me a bit when it happened. The triples before last I was walking through Harris Teeter and, like always, I see people admiring my binder. I met these two cutie patuti little old ladies (probably in their 80's), they were walking around attempting to use their coupons. Once the saw my binder they insisted on walking around with me for a bit to see how I "do it". I did not mind. After they thought they had the hang of it they went about their business trying to get deals like I was. Here I am standing in the dairy department and all of the sudden these cute little ladies come around the corner begging for my help. All they wanted me to do was go through their buggy and match MY coupons up with THEIR items and make deals with what they had in the buggy. I did and ended up saving them quite a bit of money. Once they saw what I could do they kept insisting that I go to their assisted living home and teach everyone there how to coupon like I can. I have not had a chance to do that yet but now everytime I am at Harris Teeter and see them they still insist that I teach their friends what I am doing. The best part was one of the little ladies said that I could use her garage and they would all pay me. You really had to be their and see these little ladies faces to really get the whole picture.

[faeryedark]

LOL! I actually got chastized today by one of the cashiers @ CVS, for not coming in last week!!!! She's like "girl you missed some deals, did you go to another CVS?" I told her I'd had Bronchitis and hadn't been out much. She's like "oh come on, I know you have enough cold meds stockpiled to get you up and out for at least afew deals" Ha ha, guess she knows us pretty well...course my meds. knock me out.

[wooliswonderful]

Yesterday at Walmart I checked out with 16 overage items and was about to wheel the cart outside when a cashier I recognized a bit said, "You know what you just did, don't you? I started to freak out in my mind thinking that I'd triggered a visit with the overage police or something. I said, "What did I do?" She then to my relief proceeds to tell me about how ever since she'd observed me knock a $90 bill down to $20 at another store she'd been saving every coupon she gets. Then another cashier joined in the conversation and asked more about how much I save while she looked through my binder. It was kinda neat and eased my mind about future Walmart coupon runs. :smile:

[cheynesnana]

Well the only thing I have... is the lady that stopped dd and I .. held up her envelope of coupons and asked if the boxes in our carts were our coupons !! She was quite shocked.. LOL

[hotcouponmama]

Ok, winners for this are:

ShellyF
Sati
AshleyM
Wooliswonderful

Please PM me an addy and I'll get these out in the mail. Remember, once you've watch them, you need to review them both here and we can have you use the same review at Amazon.

Thanks to all that played, and remember, if you want to see the movie, you can use the link in the OP to support the coupon cause!

[shelleyf]

Thank you I just found out about this. I am excited.

[wooliswonderful]

:excited1:

I'm so excited! :excited12:

[wooliswonderful]

Sorry it took so long to post this, had some major pc issues! It's all better now. :smile:

My review:

Having been a serious coupon user for several months I thought I wouldn't learn anything from this movie but would be entertained. I ended up having several "A-ha" moments and was very glad to see in person and in action several seasoned shoppers. There are many good money saving tips that many people have no clue about. I also loved the fact that men were portrayed as smart consumers as well as women. This is a smart, funny, and enlightening film.

[ashleym]

I finally had a chance to sit down and watch this and was very suprised at the knowledge I took away. While I did know most of the suggestions (thanks to HCW) made on saving money I still was able to take away some really great stuff. This DVD was a great refresher course for me. I do wish my area had better resources for acquiring the inserts like some of the suggestions that were given but I did learn better ways of getting them. I will definitely be suggesting it to others! Thanks again for this contest.