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Originally Posted by Soggy Granola
I could see it as a sort of co-op, but all for yourself? And the initial output of money would be crazy, unless I'm just not understanding. I mean, whether you spend it over several years or all at once, you still spend it, right?
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No - She apparently works with deals and coupons so that she gets the items for free. Like one deal, you get $20 off your next purchase if you purchase 9 Proctor and Gamble products. She found toothpaste on sale for 2/$5 but had a coupon to make them 2/$3. She had a bunch of dollar off coupons so she was able to get the toothpastes for 50 cents each. So she bought 100. The trick is, that she would purchase the first 9, then get the $20 coupon and then go in again to buy 9 more using the $20 coupon. So she'd actually MAKE money purchasing this stuff.
I THINK that's how she did it. So all of that stuff was free. She started the year with $800 in her budget and last I saw, even with all those purchases, she's at $827 or something that's still left in her budget.
I'd honestly like to see what she's eating since she seems to be mostly buying shampoo, wipes and detergent.