Sometimes it turns out that a high-value coupon is only good on high-value products. But it helps when you can decipher exactly which are which. That’s the problem many couponers are having today, after racing to print a $3 off coupon for South Beach Diet products that the company is now clarifying isn’t meant to be used on what everyone[Read More…]
See if this story sounds familiar: Company issues generous coupon, shoppers discover loopholes, shoppers go on spending spree before coupon is inevitably cancelled, company freaks out, company cancels coupon. Those who missed the deal complain that others ruined it for everyone, while those who got the deal have already moved on and are looking for the next one. Best Buy[Read More…]
Have you ever cringed, watching a stranger in the supermarket buy something at full price when you knew there was a great coupon available for it? Ever patiently explained the virtues of coupons to friends or family who just don’t get it? Well, if only you had invented an app to get these non-couponers to use a coupon or two,[Read More…]
Sure, you can easily find coupons for a few bucks off, next time you call or drop by your local pizza place. But lately, the real pizza deals are online – and that’s no accident. If the convenience of ordering online doesn’t entice you, national pizza chains are hoping that coupons and freebies will. It’s been nearly twenty years since[Read More…]
First, Coupons.com changed its look – and made it harder to change your zip code. Then RedPlum.com changed its look – and made it harder to change your zip code. So it might make you wonder, are these printable coupon site redesigns really masking another motive? Yes, and no. Coupons.com has been tinkering with its layout for a while, and[Read More…]
It’s been a week since warnings began circulating about Java, the software that – among other things – allows you to print coupons from most printable coupon sites. Java says everything is fine, the printable coupon sites say everything is fine, but computer experts and the U.S. government aren’t quite so confident. Computer security experts have long warned that Java[Read More…]
We’ve reported on cashiers accused of stealing their customers’ coupons, and cashiers getting reimbursed for coupons that no one actually used, but here’s a new one – a Texas cashier accused of stealing her customers’ fuel points by putting them on her own card. Houston’s KPRC-TV this week investigated a complaint brought to them by customer Noel Freeman. In looking[Read More…]
There’s coupon trouble brewing in Texas. As San Antonio-based H-E-B prepares to enforce a new coupon policy, customers have adopted a new rallying cry: “Bring back the stack!” Last Thursday, H-E-B announced that it would soon roll out a new digital coupon program. And oh, by the way, it also would no longer allow stacking of store and manufacturer’s coupons.[Read More…]
It was a quiet Sunday in Providence, Rhode Island, and coupon clippers were looking forward to their first inserts of the new year. But when they picked up their Sunday paper, they discovered that something was missing. It’s been five years now, since that January day in 2008 when Providence couponers learned there was no RedPlum coupon insert in their[Read More…]
Facebook would love it if you went online and never left Facebook – and, increasingly, so would companies that offer printable coupons. They’re making it easier to access, print and share coupons without ever leaving the social media site. And Facebook itself plans to make it easier to find out what deals your friends have discovered. Last year, Valassis unveiled[Read More…]
