Will Warren Buffet’s Words Effect You?
When the wealthiest man in America speaks people tend to listen, and that’s exactly what Warren Buffet is doing this weekend at the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. He gave some insight into what he thinks about the economy (I’m not getting into that because this isn’t a political blog).
He also mentioned that he doesn’t think newspapers are a sustainable business and he sees more and more of them failing. This isn’t earth-shattering, we see headlines like this daily, but it is sad. For one thing, I’ve been reading more and more newspapers now that I’m deep into coupon mode.
The average Sunday paper has at least $100 worth of coupons and costs me roughly $1 to buy (I buy it from the Dollar Tree because delivered newspapers in my building tend to get stolen). If I use even $5 worth of those coupons, and I usually use many many more, then that newspaper is definitely worth my time.
I’m not sure what will become of our beloved Sunday coupon inserts but I hope we don’t go strictly internet. I MUCH prefer the inserts to having to print coupons myself. I guess we’ll have to see…
