“QSeer on Steroids”: A New, More Powerful Version Debuts
The creators of the QSeer coupon decoding app create a brand new version aimed at fixing the problems that QSeer exposes.
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Major Mistakes Cause Questionable Coupon
A $3 off TENA coupon is not only encoded to deduct only $1, but it also expired two months before it was issued. Oops.
After Today, Your Coupons Will Never Be the Same
Old-style coupons are officially phased out today, as new, longer bar codes become the new industry standard.
Study: Supermarket Scanner Errors Could Be Costing You Big Bucks
A new study finds a troubling error rate in supermarket scanners, which could be making you pay a lot more at the checkout than you really owe.
Coupon Industry Plans to Permanently Retire Old UPC Bar Codes
By next year, all coupons are set to switch to the new, longer DataBar bar codes – but is this a good development, or a worrisome one?
Coming Soon: Coupons With No Bar Codes?
A tech company’s invention would eliminate traditional bar codes on products, and coupons too, making scanning much faster and easier.
How to Expose the Dirty Little Secrets Hidden in Your Coupons
Coupon decoding is bad, we’ve been told – except when it’s not. That’s the shorthand version of what one smartphone app is trying to accomplish. And on an issue that most manufacturers see in terms of black and white, the app’s makers say there’s an awful lot of gray. The “QSeer” app for iPhones and iPads is not the only[Read More…]
Couponing at 40: Coupons Go High-Tech
If you’ve ever shopped at a Dollar Tree, the checkout experience can be downright quaint. Since everything is a dollar, there’s no need for a scanner at the register. It’s easy enough for the cashier to just count your items and charge you a buck apiece. But when Dollar Tree started accepting manufacturer’s coupons last year, the lack of scanners[Read More…]
Happy 40th, Bar Code! You Don’t Look a Day Over 5-37000-00176
Imagine a scenario in which grocery prices aren’t marked on the shelves, your cashier has to closely examine every single product you buy, and none of your coupons will scan. Sound like a nightmare? Actually, it’s the way things were just 40 years ago. The Cincinnati Enquirer points out that it was July 1972 when a Kroger supermarket in town[Read More…]
