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my email got returned so i will post it here:
Why Do I sometime see copied coupons taped to packages? Isn’t this coupon fraud?
Occasionally I will see a display of something (last week it was Kettle Brand Chips) and they will all have COPIED manufacturer’s Q’s attached with tape. The cashier peeled the coupon off and it scanned. But I thought it was illegal to copy a manufacturer’s coupon? I wonder if a customer taped these there or if it was the store. I have seen this done on several occasions. Any input?
At the store I work at the vendors for that brand brought them in from the company.
My Publix always seems to run out of the penny item by the time I get there (after work, so usually around 6). The exceptions are if it’s not in the regular penny item location (like if it’s refrigerated) or something that no one wants (like Frosted Flakes). If it’s something good (like toilet paper), it’s always all gone. They replace it with something else, but it’s hit or miss whether I’ll want it or not.
I’m not sure if they simply don’t realize how popular the penny item is or if they’re trying to get rid of extra inventory by making it the “new” penny item. All I know is that we had Frosted Flakes three times in one month, and those Lipton noodle bags are always showing up. Our old Publix never had this issue. Is there anything I can do about this?
I was wondering about your site and it’s mobile version. I use an iPhone 3GS and when click on one of your sites it goes to the mobile version I like to check up every now and then to see if any new great deals are there! I like the standard view but the option on the bottom that says mobile and standard doesn’t work it still just goes to the mobile version and I have to do some backward door to get to the standard! I don’t know if it’s just me or a new issue but if you could fix it I would b so happy! Thanks again!!
Some cashiers will let you have overage on a coupon (like the item is $.97 and the coupon is $1.00off). Some adjust the coupon to the 97 cent price…isn’t this fraud on their side? Don’t they get the full dollar back from the manufacturer? PLUS the eight cents?
That was going to be my question a while back as well. I’ve had coupons for a free item that had a face value it said the retailer would be reimbursed for that was more than the product cost. I hope the retailer has to provide receipts for how much they actually sold the product for so they aren’t making money off my coupon.
Have you ever ordered coupons from ebay? Are there any other sites you can order legit coupons from where the shipping times are not as long. It seems cheaper to order the coupons you want rather than paying for 4-5 newspapers.
I just wanted to comment on the person who had the bad experience with the BOGO coupons and the manager. I would totally go over his head. last weekend, our Publix held a couponing workshop. they said it was the first one they have done. they told us in the workshop we could use a coupon on each item and also a manufacture coupon and a store coupon. they even showed us a great deal. they had (may still be on sale) in the fall savings health and beauty on the front was a coupon for free shave get with purchase of the razor. then on the gel can was a tear off coupon for $5.00 off the razor (reg. 6.99) and the shaver had a free shave gel tear off. technically you got the shaver and can for $2 the cashier was confused about the extra coupon for the gel since it was free anyway so she just had me get another can of gel for free. so I got the fancy shaver and 2 cans of gel for 2. gel was on sale for 2/$4. but anyway they were telling us we could use coupons for the free item of a BOGO. thanks
My local walmart stopped taking printed coupons. 🙁
Publix isn’t going to do that too, are they? I hope not!