I wanted to make sure everyone knew how to navigate The Coupon Challenge site, so I made another video to walk you through some of my site features.  If you missed Part 1, watch it here

Please feel free to suggest video topics.  I’m not a professional, but I’ll get better with practice.  I hope!

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Look for a video on the printable list feature tomorrow.

The new episode of Extreme Couponing will air tonight, so I had to share this post with you.  My friend Lauren with Luxary Living Frugal Stylehas been following the couponers from TLC’s Extreme Couponing program closely.  She has uncovered more about the consequences other bloggers are facing just because there sites have a similar “Coupon Diva” name. 

As if her fraud on national Tv was not bad enough she is now digging herself an even deeper hole(which I will get into towards the end of the post). Do I feel bad for her? No! She has brought it upon herself, although in the process she is hurting people that have done nothing wrong and causing them problems that should never be something they have to deal with.

The act of coupon fraud by J’Aime Kirlew has opened a door that is affecting many people, YES J’Aime’s facebook page was disabled too because it had the word Coupon Diva in it, however had she been using coupons CORRECTLY the owner’s of CouponDivas.com probably would not have started going after blogs, websites and facebook pages that used those words.

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I wanted to make sure everyone knew how to navigate The Coupon Challenge site, so I made a video to walk you through some of my site features.  This introduction is posted in 2 parts.  Part 2 will be posted tomorrow.

This is attempt 2 to post a video.  Please excuse all my “umms” 🙂

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I thought linking a great article that arrived in my mailbox was another great way to get the word out about “normal” couponing.  A few of things that Rasha mentions are:

– It takes time to coupon
– Extreme Couponers do pay for groceries
– Donating instead of Hoarding
– Store policies vary

Make sure to read the full article over at A Full Cup.

Thanks to Becky for sharing where to find this great article!

Budget Savvy Diva is sharing a great post with us to give you more information on what’s happening with the controversy I posted about on TLC’s Extreme Couponing.  You all had such strong feelings about the obvious disregard for coupon guidelines that I wanted to bring you an update.  What she did effects all of us – making it harder to use coupons in the future.

In the most simple terms this couponer Jamie as shown below on National TV committed coupon fraud which she was caught for a year before. She also teaches couponers in a coupon class all about it — for a pretty penny — $35.00 !!!!!!

What she does wrong:

– There is a way to figure out coupon codes.

You see the bar code ?

There are numbers under the bar code – well you take the first set of numbers and you look for UPC on products from the same company and if they match up the coupon CAN be used on that other product. So people will take a high value coupon for one product and use it on a low cost product – sometimes being from completely different products. Like using a toothpaste coupon on detergent.

This is what she does – and she is proud of it.

The Couponer Under Fire Jamie

The repercussions of such couponing are large… such as lower value coupons and more extreme restrictions at store like Krogers

TLC said in an statement to EW: “We have received a strong response to the premiere and are listening to and reading the various comments around the show — as with all programs, we appreciate the feedback. While the series documents extreme couponing strategies, we take any concerns about specific tactics seriously and are looking into the situation.”

I’m hearing rumors that CIC is investigating her, but those are only rumors for now!

Do you think anything will happen??