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Actually , the one answer you gave, is a common myth[1] https://www.investmentzen.com/news/the-surprising-identity-of-the-average-couponer https://www.investme
by IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
Actually , the one answer you gave, is a common myth[1]
https://www.investmentzen.com/news/the-surprising-identity-of-the-average-couponer https://www.investmentzen.com/news/the-surprising-identity-o...
- vdaea 3y agoWhich makes sense to me - more educated people are those who know how to save.
- ghaff 3y agoThere's a difference between being frugal where it actually moves the needle and pinching every penny when the effort/scarifice far exceeds any benefit.
- dylan604 3y agoWhat effort/sacrifice was expelled? Flipping through the paper with a pair of scissors? You didn't even need to buy the paper as the coupons were ignored by the majority of those that did buy the paper and would just toss the coupons. It took no more effort than what people expend doom scrolling the socials.
- ghaff 3y agoPeople "waste" time on lots of things. But, yes, coupon-clipping and redemption is a certain amount of effort and I'm not going to bother unless it hits a fairly high threshold for something I'd have bought anyway.
- ipaddr 3y agoCoupon clipping is not wasting time. Understanding how much you pay finding coupons to reduce that is will save a lot of money. Just the awareness itself will help. Write on here that it's a waste of time is probably the biggest waste of time. At least it's low effort.
- lupusreal 3y agoCouponing is a hobby that is practiced by many people who have secure financial positions but get a thrill out of saving a few dollars on stuff they didn't need to buy in the first place. It happens that these sort of people are often pains in the ass from a retail worker perspective. They try to bend the rules by stacking coupons, using expired coupons, twisting what product the coupons are for, etc. They also waste a lot of time rifling through coupons looking for the best one to use, and just generally waste a lot of time and cause grief for everybody near them. It may not seem like an exciting hobby to you so maybe you think this is made up, but try to remember that there are people who collect stamps or sit around train tracks to see locomotives. One man's absolute bore is another man's nailbiting thrill.
- RicoElectrico 3y agoPolish HN readers laughing at the domain ATM ;)
- remram 3y agoWhy?
- aidenscott2016 3y agoMentzen is a Polish politician
- Retric 3y agoIt fits my experience, the people I knew used coupons frequently where are all low income. One ended up having quite a large savings from compound interest and another got a healthy inheritance, but their jobs paid little.
- szundi 3y agoI am a multimillionaire and love coupons and good value
- booleandilemma 3y agoIn your previous comment you said you wrote "about 1000 games" in your school years. I wonder if that was a lie too? :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39235575 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39235575
- ipaddr 3y agoWhy would making 1,000 games (that can be translated to many) that lead to a game startup and successful exit would call you to question if the parent was a millionaire. Successful exits usually are worth millions.
- rand846633 3y agoIf 1,000 games can be translated to many, then multimillionaire can be translated to “at least many thousand dollars in net worth”? The point for criticism of unlikely claims online is that it is hard to know if made up, thereby kinda dubious as an justification for an acclaim of authority on a specific topic..
- antifa 3y agoAnother theory, reversing cause and effect, being a multimillionaire would give you enough free time to write 1000 tiny games.
- geraldwhen 3y ago