Happy Friday: Strange Coupon Stipulation
With all the crazy stipulations and rules added to coupons now, I wanted to share this. I got a laugh out of it. The Stella D’oro Coupon states Save $1.00 on any two (2). Then it adds LIMIT ONE ITEM PER COUPON. So what is it, one or two. I have never seen this on these product coupons before, it seems somebody just wanted TO ADD SOMETHING!! HAHAHA thought you may get a laugh, I sure did and I needed it 🙂
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I have that coupon & I thought it sounded funny too!
that is funny!
HAHA I have that one and went “oh geez”
LOL! This reminds me of “Headlines” on Jay Leno…FUNNY!
Collin, thats awesome, you really made my day 🙂 fitting for today, 2 april fools, you only need buy one. LOL
Doesn’t say “April Fools” in the fine print, does it?!!
Have you heard Walmarts new complaint? I went today and the cashier was looking at my printed coupon really close, and I asked if I could help her find something. She said they are cracking down on coupons and said they have to look now to make sure it has the websites name that you printed it from. I told her, Trust me, I know what I am doing! hahahaha
I am just DREADING TLC’s extreme couponing show to debut! I believe that it is truly going to ruin it for all of us regular coupon users, who use them to save a buck, not to wipe out the store. Couldn’t they have done a show that was titled, “Surviving this Economy” or something of that sort? Why does everything have to be EXTREME?! 🙁
So people can watch and feel good about how “normal” they are compared to freaks, just like the show “Hoarders.” I don’t even believe half the people on that show are really hoarders. Their kitchens are piled up and they say they haven’t cleaned their kitchens in 8 years. It would take me one day to have nothing to eat out of, and about one week for it to look the health department should condemn. But still I watch….
Ohhh, don’t get me wrong, I still watch as well. It’s like a train wreck that you can’t stop watching. Just hope it doesn’t hurt all of us couponers who really need and want to save a few dollars on our shopping trips.
When is that supposed to start? I thought it was coming on March 18th or 19th? Don’t remember where I heard that though.
April 6th at 9pm on TLC. 🙂
in regard to “extreme couponing,” I have a feeling it’s gonna have a bad effect on us couponers, too. I feel like the more people use coupons, the more strict the rules will become and coupon amounts will decrease. We’ll probably see a lot more do not doubles, more “only 3 coupons per customer” and higher size restrictions. Oh well, one can only hope things don’t swing in that direction :/
Gosh I feel like a Debbie Downer here on April Fools day! I’m sorry guys!
Is that going to be a series? The TLC show on Extreme Couponing has already been on, like a few months to several months ago. I don’t see how they could do a series on that topic.
My cashier asked the head cashier if she could take my two IP printed coupons today, too-indicating that they no longer took them. The head cashier said of course they did. After she left, I asked the cashier why she questioned Q’s. She said they had gotten a change that they were not to take them, or some of them. I explained, as did the other, that they were just a regular coupon. She was new, I believe, but she said they just keep changing things. ???
That one is sure to mess up the “fun” cashiers!
I had one that said limit 4 coupons per shopping trip!!!!!
yes, P&G coupons have that wording on them now (I guess to discourage “Extreme Couponers”)
Off topic, a clerk at Walgreens said she had heard that Kroger was going to stop allowing customers to stack store coupons and manufacturer coupons. Has anyone heard about this?
i never get kroger store coupons that have manufacturer’s coupons to stack with…. as in all the store coupons i get from them are for their brand not national brands that also put out coupons.
Yeah, the only Kroger Store q’s i’ve ever seen are for Kroger brand products. I recently received some kind of Kroger beauty coupon book, and they were all MQs. Some of them said “Use only at Kroger,” and some could be used anywhere, but they’re still all MQs nonetheless.
Every Kroger Q for a national brand I’ve ever seen, whether in a mailer or pamphlet or from the catalina machine, have always said “MQ” at the top.
I remember watching that first Extreme Couponing show, and I think several of the people on there were shopping at Kroger. I don’t get it. Kroger in my area is the worst place to coupon at. Perhaps things are different in other parts of the country…
I feel like I should bring the Webster Dictionary with me when I shop sometimes! At Target the other day, the manager came over and said “ALL manufacturers have sent us letters now cracking down on coupon useage and we have to follow THEIR policy so it’s not our choice.” Then she proceeded to tell me that my coupon for $1 off Degree deodorant said one per purchase so I could only purchase one deodorant. I tried to explain that that would be one per transaction…she said no, you are only allowed to buy ONE deodorant and use ONE coupon. If you would like additional deodorants, you must separate those out and ring it up one at a time. She started sorting through each coupon and pulling out anything that said one per purchase and said I would have to ring that item up all by itself. I finally told her she could keep my order, cancel the whole thing, as I didn’t have time to sit there and ring up my entire grocery shopping for the week one item at a time!! LOL! Some day, when I’m bored, though, I’m going to bring in about five friends and do just that….and tie up the lines for hours!!! Then when they say you can ring this up all together, I’ll tell them no, I don’t want Target to violate what the manufacturer has told them….
If only they’d teach the definition of PURCHASE, PER ITEM, TRANSACTION, etc. How about Couponing 101 as a required course for all store managers and cashiers? Now that would be nice!!!
I think when you have time you should go back and do a gazillion transactions. Show them how ridiculous they are.
and write a check for each transaction.
OMG I get that all the time and I try to explain it to them in several possible ways and they look at me like Im the crazy one and also because english is my second language (although I speak very well) they think it’s ME who doesnt understand! Sometimes I just feel like I want to scream at the entire store Get a freaking dictionary or something..
like yesterday at Walmart, same thing, it was like talking to the wall, so finnaly 3 rd person came and proved ME right, so 20 seconds later she wanted to adjust 3 cents of my q, so I wipped out the printed coupon policy, she looked at me with that weird look, manager came and asked me WHERE DID YOU GET IT? (the policy) I told her NOt in a nice way FROM YOUR WEBSITE!
I seriously wanted to just throw everything back and leave.. The MANAGER of the store didn’t know they have coupon policy! Im lost for words!
That extreme show will runin couponing for us, you’ll see!
P&G already limited the coupons 4 per trans and several items have lower value of the coupon.
Im really afraid that we’ll suffer on it big time!
I was shocked by my Walmart manager not knowing their coupon policy, either. She asked me where I got it and I told her how to find it from their own website step by step.
Kroger just stopped allowing paper coupons stacked with the digital cellfire/shortcuts coupons.
And in Houston, starting on April 13, they are no longer doubling and tripling!
I know!!!! Yesterday I was trying to use all my coupons that duble and triple in Kroger. The lady next to me saw my binder and was “you are a pro” (which make me happy) but the cashier was “we are going to stop this doble and triple coupons because WE ARE LOOSING MONEY” Whaaat!!! Like I was stealing from them or something. Make me sooo maaaadd!! but got 78% discount on my bill.. In your face mean cashier lady!!!!
HAHA…Thanks for the laugh, Collin! 🙂
I love retailers who run ads shouting, “Stock up now!” Limit 4. D-oh. And my degree is in advertising! LOL!
LOL
It probably means it’s a fraudulent coupon.
I’m pretty sure that one was in the newspaper insert.
LOL!
I SO needed to see this today, I had the worst experience yet at Walgreens yesterday, the cashier insisted that since a coupon said, “limit one coupon per transaction” that I could only use one Aveeno branded coupon, even though I had 6 Aveeno items. It was ridiculous. I would have just given up about it, until the point when she told me that if coupons worked better at Rite Aid, maybe I should just go shop there! That’s when I told her I would, and walked out, then sent a note to corporate. So, I appreciate this funny coupon to make me laugh and remind me that its not that big a deal and move on.
I would have also asked for her manager right then and there. There was no reason for her to be rude like that, and I’m sure that Walmart would not appreciate their employee telling customers to go shop somewhere else.
I said the same thing to my co worker who introduced me to this site. We got a good laugh.
Send it tO Jay Leno for Headlines LOL