Welcome
to Day #6 and today we are going to discuss what is all that fine print on the coupon? Remember if you miss a day, you can go here to get caught up.
Well heck yeah it is important. It definitely tells you if there are
limitations to using the coupon or if you can just use as many as you
want. It tells the store on where to mail all the coupons they receive
for their reimbursement. It is important to pay attention and read the
wording on the coupon so that you are using the coupon correctly. Look
at some of the below wording you may see on a coupon.
Limit one coupon per purchase
– means you can use one coupon per product for each transaction. If
you have 25 coupons for $1.00 off 1 box of any Frosted Flakes cereal and
you get 25 boxes of any Frosted Flakes cereal off the shelf, you can
all 25 coupons. Wonderful right? Plus you can build a great stockpile,
donate, etc. No limits but you just need to have the same equal amount
of coupons for the amount of products that you have. *Be sure to read your store’s coupon policy on any other restrictions.
make sure you have another partner with the same coupon to purchase in
another shopping transaction and then you will have 2 products.
means you can only use one coupon per individual product per one
transaction {a transaction is when you complete the shopping and receive
the receipt}.
may be able to split your transactions to 2 or more instead of one if
you have more than one coupon. Read the store coupon policy to see if
multiple transactions are allowed at the register. Be mindful of a line
developing behind you and be coupon courteous and friendly. {Let the
person behind you and the cashier know that you are using coupons and
have multiple transactions}
means the store will not double the coupon. You will only get the cents
off on the coupon that is shown. For example Save $0.50 off 1 item (Do
not double). The store will only take off $0.50 instead of doubling to
the usual $1.00 {0.50 ~coupon cents off + 0.50 ~store match = $1.00}.
The reason manufacture coupons may not allow doubling it is related to
the manufacture not reimbursing the cost of doubling and only giving the
store the face value of the coupon.
you will see a “5” as the first number in the bar code area of the
manufacture coupon. See the example coupon barcode above. Even if the
coupon says do not double (DND) and the store policy allows, it will
still double. On the other hand, if the coupon barcode has a “9” as the
first number, it will not double.
Limit per “like”
item, per shopping trip- means you can only use a limited number
of coupons for the same product. For example, if the coupon reads limit
4 coupons for Gain Fabric Sheet. You can only use 4 coupons for a
total of 4 packages of Gain Fabric Sheets in one transaction.
*SSFAM Savings tip with this coupon- You
may be able to split the transactions {complete one purchase and start a
new purchase} and purchase 4 more Gain Fabric Sheets in another
transaction. Then you will have a total of 8 {Bam! that was super easy
right?} Just be sure to read your coupon and make sure that it does not
say limit 4 per transaction per shopping trip. This would mean that you
are only able to use 4 coupons for the product and not split any
transactions on the same day. You would either go to another store or
come back to the same store on another day.
Thanks for this blog post because I know a lot of people who get really confused with the fine print on the coupon and I've been one of them too.
You are very welcome Chavonne. 🙂