I gree that the Extreme Couponing show seemed to be little more than "hoarders with shelves", but I agree with the concept in general. To get some of the bargains they get you have to buy during the season the items are on sale (all items have "seasons" where the best deals are available) - even if you don't need the item (or as many of the item) at a particular time.

With all of that said, 1500 tubes of toothpaste is ridiculous. My wife has recently been working to get more and more into the whole "extreme couponing". Just 2 weeks ago she took advantage of a combination sale and coupon where she had 10 coupons for $1.00 off COlgate toothpaste. COmbined with the sale @ Wally World for said toothpaste @ $0.97/tube, she actually got 10 tunes for FREE with 3 cents per tube (30 cents total) reduced from another item she bought. It will probably take just over a year for us to use all of this toothpaste, but we will use all of it and 1 year stock isn't bad - 1500 tubes is nuts!