Couponing With Integrity – Who is Responsible For Your Couponing?

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I’ve seen several posts lately by other bloggers that have really gotten me worked up.  Posts that not only show examples of, but actually encourage fraudulent use of coupons!  As a long time couponer, I’ve seen the effects of fraudulent and over the top coupon use.  About 20 years ago it was Kroger’s policy to only double or triple one like coupon per transaction.  On occasion my mother would have me push an extra cart and she would load it {Read More}

Are You Unintentionally Spamming or Marking Spam?

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By definition (thanks to webopedia) SPAM is electronic junk mail that is unrequested.  We all get junk mail, yet one man’s junk is another man’s treasure, right?  You may immediately toss that catalog in the trash, while your next door neighbor may be inside pouring over it and making her order.  Spam is a relative term depending on how the recipient feels about it, and something is only classified as spam if it is unwanted AND unrequested. From a website {Read More}

Can I Use a Coupon for a Different Product?

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There is a lot of misinformation out there folks. With so many new couponers since the first airing of TLC’s extreme couponers show (which highlighted a couponer who used many coupons on the show fraudulently and teaches others to do the same), many people are using Qs in ways that aren’t legal. To make things worse they’re telling others to do the same because they don’t know any better (I’d hate to think that they do know better).  It’s hard {Read More}

Legal Tender: Coupons?

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What would happen if you tried to use a fake $20 at the store?  It’s the cashier’s responsibility to pay attention to the tender he or she is accepting.  There are two possible scenarios that I see: If the money is accepted then you walk out of the store having paid $20 less for your purchases.  But when the store goes to deposit that fake $20 it won’t be accepted by the bank, and the store losses out.  The cashier {Read More}