Coupons--Let the Clipper Beware
Coupons—Let the Clipper Beware
By Elton Camp
For those who don’t know how to shop
Cutting out coupons perhaps should stop
Some clipper will shout in utter dismay
“How can such foolishness you dare say?”
“By using coupons, I get items at little cost
And now you suggest that my effort is lost!”
Yet, a waste of time and money they can be
And may even endanger health as we’ll see
Coupons are always for name brand stuff
Where the price is inflated and plenty rough
Very often the generic brand is just as good
To truly save, buying it is what you should
Coupons can make us buy items we don’t need
The only benefit is to the marketer’s own greed
We should be particularly wary if it says “Free”
For very rarely the truth will that actually be
Coupons can persuade us to buy unhealthy things
Salty, sugary, sodas that many a problem brings
What’s spent on junk food is money thrown away
There’s no savings despite what the coupon may say
Copyright © Elton Camp | Year Posted 2011
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