What better way to commemorate one of the most tragic days in modern memory, and honor the thousands of lives lost in the worst terrorist attack ever on American soil, than by offering an incredibly insensitive coupon to go golfing on 9/11 for the low price of $9.11? For real. A Wisconsin golf course is getting hammered, after offering the[Read More…]
A spelling mistake on a product label is bad enough. But on a back-to-school item? It’s hard to teach kids the importance of accuracy, when the maker of their hand sanitizer can’t even get their own label right. So Vi-Jon, the maker of Germ-X, is issuing a mea culpa in the form of a coupon. Sharp-eyed parents and horrified teachers[Read More…]
So it wasn’t exactly a free car, just a free car rental for a day. But for many disappointed customers, it turned out not to be even that. Now Thrifty Car Rental is taking some heat for accidentally offering a free coupon, then rescinding it. It started a few days ago, when members of Thrifty’s email list got a surprise[Read More…]
There have been plenty of cases in which companies were caught off guard by a poorly-worded coupon that customers took advantage of (read about a bunch of them here). It’s unusual, though, for a company to complain that a coupon it issued was used exactly as intended. But that’s what Pep Boys is doing, as it declares one recent coupon[Read More…]
Today was supposed to be the last day of a coupon offer that had some lucky shoppers cashing in on an amazing deal – as many free cans of Green Giant vegetables they could carry! Unfortunately, the word got out, shelves were cleared, the offer was revoked and everyone ended up pointing fingers at each other for “ruining” a great[Read More…]
The Vitamin Shoppe is coming under fire for apparently trying to pull a Jedi mind trick on its customers. That coupon we emailed to you, they’re saying, is not an actual coupon. In fact, it never actually existed at all! But many irate customers aren’t buying it – and they’re vowing not to buy anything from the Vitamin Shoppe again.[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…]
Everyone else does year-end Top 10 lists at this time of year, so how about a look at the top coupon stories of 2012? We’ll even throw in an extra and make it a Top 11 list. Even though Coupons in the News has only been around since July, a look at the most popular posts these past six months[Read More…]
Just when you think a great coupon has come along, it turns out to be a little too good to be true. This time, it involves a $3 off coupon for packaged Fresh Express salads. Fresh Express offered the printable coupon last week to those who registered on its new “Value Express” website. The program offers monthly Fresh Express coupons[Read More…]
It seems a bad experience with printable Lay’s coupons hasn’t stopped the company from trying again. With slightly smaller coupons. Winn-Dixie is following in the footsteps of Winco Foods, in becoming the latest retailer to offer printable coupons for Lay’s potato chips on its Facebook page. (September 21 update: and now they’re newly available on the Bi-Lo Facebook page. And[Read More…]
