In the reality tv converstion....I live in Charlotte and there will be two NC coupon folks on this season one is a little town somewhere and one outside of Burlington NC.

This was in the paper, Lowes did not enjoy the experience of reality tv I did not realize so much was scripted, oh well:


This season was Lowes Foods' first time participating in the show, and the store wasn't pleased with the experience.

"If we had it to do over again, we would not have done it," said Lisa Selip, a corporate spokeswoman for Lowes Foods who said the show was full of misrepresentations and sensationalism. "Hindsight is 20/20."

A case in point, she said, is contained in a promotional clip recently released online. It shows a man arriving in the grocery aisle seconds too late to purchase an energy bar after an extreme coupon shopper put every last bar into her cart.

"The guy who walked up to the shelf was one of the crew members," Selip said. "It was all staged."

She said Lowes, which considers itself a coupon-friendly retailer, initially thought the show would be a great way to showcase its stores nationally. "Call it maybe being slightly naïve," she said.

Selip says the chain deeply regrets its decision to participate in the show. "My hope is our customers know we're a company of integrity and they'll understand we made a mistake."



Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/09/25/2637730/when-coupon-clipping-goes-wild.html#ixzz1Yzjrw9cA