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| Yes | 70% | 467 votes | Total: 669 votes | |
| No | 30% | 202 votes |
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To clip or not to clip, that is the question! My vote would be yes, but the value of coupon clipping could be subjective, based on whether you are spending time doing this that ...read more
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Every person seems to value their time differently. While some people think that saving $5 each trip to the grocery store would be great...unless they had to actually take the ...read more
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Savings generated by clipping coupons is well worth the effort, especially if there is a supermarket in your area that doubles coupon discounts. Each Sunday when I get the ...read more
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by Lisa Web
Savings from coupons are well worth the time to clip and organize them. Honestly, I can clip a coupon in a matter of seconds, and it may save me $2.00. Say I clip 50 coupons i...read more
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by Kalyn Ryan
There is no doubt that coupons can help you save money here and there. It is true that every little bit saved adds up over time. However, in order to get the most from coupon cl...read more
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by A. Moulton
Are coupons worth the trouble, well this is a hot debate among some of my friends that pride themselves on being thrifty. They're on the no side, too much time spent worrying a...read more
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by Samantha Vee
There are pros and cons to using coupons, and, if you're ALREADY going to be buying the item that the coupon is for, and it turns out cheaper than a generic or store brand, THEN...read more
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by Belle Starr
Absolutely yes is my answer, However, if you really want to maximize the amount that you save you have to think beyond just the the Sunday Flyer and the grocery store. Yes coupo...read more
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by Angela Hoag
Absolutely! I am a mom who works part time and goes to college. So, despite time being a premium, I always find time to cut and sort coupons. I plan my shopping trips and men...read more
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Coupons are well worth the effort if you keep your method of collecting them simple. Unless it's a hobby you enjoy, normally just taking about an hour a week going through your...read more
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Anything that can save you some money is worth the time and effort to obtain, especially something as simple as collecting coupons. I mean some coupons are even attached directl...read more
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Saving coupons can be very useful. It can be hard in the beginning to keep up with all those little slips of paper. The key to saving them is organization, organization, organ...read more
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by Smruti Patel
Yes I feel savings from coupons is worth the trouble of collecting them. The reason is I have alway collect coupons for various things. Sure sometimes all the trouble of cutt...read more
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Living on a limited income and having to save everything I can I have been clipping coupons for a number of years and by doing so the act has saved me a good bit of money. In r...read more
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Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Coupon clipping really does save you a lot of money! Who doesn't love the idea of saving a little bit of money especially in today's economy? ...read more
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by Myra Watters
Saving coupons are worth the trouble of collecting them. One can save a considerable amount of money on food items, clothing, appliances, etc. by using coupons. I have collect...read more
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If takes seconds to tear a coupon out of a magazine. If the coupon is for a product or shop you generally use then the coupon is like having more money in your pocket. If the co...read more
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by Steven Mars
Yes, savings from coupons are definitely worth the trouble of collecting them. Some coupons even give you a product for free as an introductory offer. The idea is to attract...read more
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Coupon clipping is worth the trouble of collecting them if you follow my simple formula. I get paid to work at my job $12.15 an hour. I spend about two hours a week clipping cou...read more
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by George
Is it worth your trouble to keep a ledger for your bank account? Same difference here. Don't go out and clip every coupon in sight. But, "clip" only coupons for products or p...read more
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by EMSalem
I promise to take control of my greed. Coupons are a waste of time. To go all out with coupon mania is to let this craze take hold of your life. Some of the signs of having gone...read more
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Coupons come in many different places and many people take the time to clip them from the papers and to save them so that they can save a few cents here and there. Some feel tha...read more
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Every so often a "woman's magazine" (that frequently have more interesting and better-written articles than "men's magazines") will run a story on "How I Feed My Family on Thirt...read more
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by Kate Johns
It is not worth the time and energy that goes into finding, cutting, collecting and sourcing coupons. It takes too much time out of the week for the amount of money saved. Most ...read more
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Coupons seem like a good deal but in the grand scheme of things it is merely a marketing ploy and way more trouble than they are worth. Think about it. The company is giving you...read more
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If I buy a $1.50 paper to get $0.25 of coupons that I actually use, I have wasted $1.50, especially since the quality of newspaper writing has decreased substantially. If I use...read more
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Some months back I got a new roomy, yet stylish, purse. I was excited about it because now I would be able to accommodate all the things a young mother might need for three acti...read more
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by Tammy Wynn
Clipping coupons alone are not worth it. Many times, the off brand of a product that a coupon is for is cheaper than the name brand even with the coupon. The only way coupons ...read more
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by Amanda Piper
So you spend $1.75 a week to get the Sunday paper just for the two or three pamphlets of coupons inside it. Then you spend hours carefully clipping each coupon you think you may...read more
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by Saurabh Pal
Savings from coupons are worth the trouble of collecting them only if the time spent on collecting them is worth it. Coupons are legacy from a prior age when time was plenti...read more
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Coupons, in my opinion, are a waste of time. First of all, you usually end of buying something that you were not interested in, or you do not need. You are "sucked in" because t...read more
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by sunseed
I remember back years ago when coupon collecting was very popular. Talk shows featured women who could buy 100.00 worth of groceries for a mere $20.00! Women's magazines feature...read more
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I have to admit I am on the border here with the coupon debate. I love the idea of getting something I use on a regular basis for cheaper price- and who doesn't? But the...read more
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Yes AND no. Saving money is always in good taste. However, my grandfather always says "it isn't a bargain unless you need it." There is a wasteful downside to coupons and many a...read more
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In order to get to the bottom of the ageless debate of whether cutting coupons is worth the trouble or not, one must realize that the question in its own is the answer to itself...read more
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Saving coupons can be a lot of trouble.We have to think why the coupons were started in the first place.When it was found that people would pay a high and a low price for the...read more
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by Koffeegirl
Funny this subject should come up. Just the other day I ventured back into TRYING to figure out the coupon game. I am fortunate to be able to use coupons that are up to six mo...read more
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I my self do not collect coupons. I did when I was a little girl. I used to take the coupons out of the machine that disbursed them, and take them home, and pretend like the cou...read more
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by babysan
Savings from coupons are not worth the trouble of collecting them for the simple reason that coupons are only offered on promotional, processed and overpriced packaged foods. H...read more
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by John Hale
One question hovers over every yes or no question - Compared to what? Would I rather pay $3.95 instead of $4.45 for the exact same thing? Absolutely! Would I rather pay $3.95 f...read more
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