TLC's show EXTREME COUPONING good or bad?

I personally had heard about the immense savings one could garner from couponing long before TLC's new show but I must admit the real motivational trigger that got me off of my butt and learning how to actually do it was the show itself. So do I condone the show? No. You would think I do but nope. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the informative side of the show but there is definitely a negative side to having this knowledge spread so widely around the country. The obvious reason is that it is now no longer a little known secret. What was once for a select few is now so popular that coupons are becoming more and more scarce, stores are adopting new and more restrictive coupon policies, and of course there are those who take advantage of things and ruin it for the rest of us......

Example: 'Extreme Couponing’ show blamed for rise in newspaper thefts