Comments on: 7 Tips for National Coupon Month

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:54:18 +0000

Great article. It’s a competitive industry and it keeps growing. You can take a look at http://www.couponcodes4u.com to see all the coupons that you can use to save money when you shop online. It’s easier than cutting coupons and taking them to a store. Hope this helps!!

By: leahingram

leahingram — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:59:02 +0000

The same with Dicks and Sports Authority. They honor each other’s coupons.

By: Karen Kessinger

Karen Kessinger — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:07:42 +0000

My experience with self-check out is that the bagger (me) does a terrible job loading the bags and I usually end up having to wait for the self-check out montior person come and push some button if I am buying alcohol or am having some other problem. I’ve had good luck in using coupons past the date, but I only try the ones that are within a few days or weeks of the expiration.

By: dee dee

dee dee — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:43:50 +0000

One little comment…and not something I thought of myself, but came from a very thoughtful (in the true sense of the word…someone who does a lot of thinking) person:
I now avoid the self-check out option at the grocery store for the sole reason that having a machine do the checking out probably means the elimination of a job for someone who has few other job opportunities. It’s a small gesture, but with the job market as dim as it is, I think it has some meaning.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:41:04 +0000

You are SO right, Leah. BB&B is very generous with its coupon policy and a handful of grocery stores are, too, from what I understand. (Don’t have any accepting expireds in my area.) I guess if someone were really wanting to use an expired, they could ask the manager. No harm in that!
Sorry if I came across too strongly first time around.

By: Sok

Sok — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:19:29 +0000

Lowes and Home Depot here will take expired coupons. I don’t know if this is the policy everywhere but it doesn’t hurt to ask. Btw, they will also take each other’s coupons as well.

By: leahingram

leahingram — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:31:43 +0000

Good point. Thanks. I wouldn’t want to recommend anyone do anything fraudulent. However, I do know that at Bed, Bath and Beyond, they WILL take their own coupons beyond the expiration date, and I don’t consider that to be fraud.

Leah

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:07:34 +0000

Some great tips, all except for #6. Unless your store has a written policy stating it excepts expired coupons, I wouldn’t recommend it. Knowingly giving an expired coupon is considered coupon fraud. There are so many coupon deals to be had and most coupons are repeatedly issued, there’s no real need to use an expired coupon. And you don’t want to get a bad rep with your grocer. Better to play by the rules.