With the start of TLC’s latest “Extreme Couponing” season, it’s a good time to review some basic tricks that these coupon pros use. Read on for six ways you can save like an extreme couponer.

Start Small
Don’t try to go extreme all at once. Take it step by step, rather than show up at a checkout with 50 coupons and little idea what you’re doing.
Never Pay For Coupons
There are some things in this life you just shouldn’t pay for, and a coupon is one of them. Paying someone to …

Initially, organizing your coupons may take a few hours, but it will help you save valuable time and money each week. Learn how to organize them using a 3-ring binder.
The first step to being organized is to be consistent by planning time to set aside just for clipping your coupons.

If Wednesday is your local paper’s day to publish grocery coupons, then get everything done early in the morning and take some quiet time when the kids are napping or in school to clip and organize your coupons.
If you can’t do it …