First off - we are not shown the entire grocery bill of what she purchased. Second - we do not know how long she had been saving the coupons that she used - meaning she could have used legitimate coupons for some of the items that she purchased.
All we know is what was shown on TV: 1 - the long grocery list that appears to have bar codes written - why? and 2 - the coupons for Fiber One cereal, but we are under the assumption that she used them on other cereal items.
All this to say, is that I'm confused as to where I stand on this. We need to give her the benefit of the doubt, AND we do not need to stone her. I am not saying that I agree with what she did (or didn't do) but it just seems like people have just instantly gone off on her. I am a couponer - have been for the last 2 years - and I don't want the integrity of honest couponers to be in jeopardy. We all need to all take a long look in the mirror and see that we all have a log in our own eye before we start pointing at the speck in hers.
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(Again in response to the blog posted from above)
Don't get me wrong, as a couponer myself, I understand the honesty factor of doing things right. I agree with everything you said. When people cheat the system, it hurts EVERYONE. When I wrote about the bar codes, I know what she was doing - I was writing that mostly as a given - she was tracking numbers when she should have been reading the coupon details (product and quantity - not bar codes).
All I'm saying is that the bashing has got to stop. I do not agree with what she's done AT ALL. How would you like it if you were strung up for something that you did wrong (and let's face, there is NO ONE THAT IS PERFECT) and then was made a public spectacle of? People have a legitimate reason to be upset - me included, but I need to take a stand against the public humiliation that is going on with her.
People nowadays are so ready to start pointing fingers. All I can hope and pray for is that she has learned her lesson and she can move on to a reconciliation to the public.
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