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