Crazy question about the major clipping services....Where do they get them?

[kremsh]

I'm not sure where to ask this question, and this seems just as good a place as any so here goes!

I was talking to a couple friends about how I use clipping services to get extra coupons and started wondering where they get so many coupons. I'm referring to the sites that are listed in the link on the home page for clipping services.

Do they buy them from the source, ie, smartsource, redplum, P&G? Do they buy them from the local newspaper company? Or do they buy full newspapers?

I'm not looking to open my own clipping service, I was just trying to figure out how they get so many!

[wealthybarney]

I have wondered that as well.

[shelleyf]

I wish I did know where they got them, I want some more coupons too. I am not willing to pay their outlandish prices.

[joshmamabear]

One that I know went into the business for a while quit in less than a year because she found it labor and time intensive for small profit, if any. Her DH is a subcontractor for a paper company. She sold only complete inserts from unsold papers.

I am amazed with those who can cut, clip, sort and mail out thousands of coupons while charging .05 to .10 per coupon.