coupons

Pizza Hut Coupons Let You Choose To Be An Idiot If You Want

Pizza Hut Coupons Let You Choose To Be An Idiot If You Want

While digging around on the Pizza Hut website’s deals section, Jacob found this murderers’ row of pizza coupons, which lets you get a large one-topping pizza for $9.99, $10.99 or $11.99 — your choice! He writes:

Boston Market Posts $1 Meal Coupon Online: Guess What Happens Next

Boston Market Posts $1 Meal Coupon Online: Guess What Happens Next

The trickster twins of free food and Internet coupons struck again this week. Well, nearly free food. Boston Market restaurants are experiencing chicken shortages after their coupon offering customers on their mailing list a full chicken meal for $1. The coupon went viral on deal sites, and we even included it in our Morning Deals on Tuesday. And as more people than planned took advantage of the deal, lines ran long and supplies ran low.

Free Groceries Outweigh Coupon Shame

Free Groceries Outweigh Coupon Shame

Impatient fellow shoppers huffing and puffing behind you are a small price to pay if it means free groceries. Slate dove into the world of hardcore couponing to uncover the secrets of the coupon all-stars. For instance, do you rock the Catalinas?

Check Your Netflix Envelopes This Week For Blu-ray Coupon

Check Your Netflix Envelopes This Week For Blu-ray Coupon

Hacking Netflix spotted some sweet savings on the inside of envelopes sent out by the movie rent-by-mail service: $50 off coupons that would bring the price of an Insignia Blu-ray player down to about $100 or $150. The coupon expires Saturday.

Coupon Ninja Spends $5 For $91.97 Of Merchandise

Coupon Ninja Spends $5 For $91.97 Of Merchandise

Sure, not everyone has the time, inclination, or buying habits that make extreme coupon-shopping worthwhile. But everyone can benefit from learning some of the proud secrets of the coupon ninjas, such as coupon sources for products you probably already use, and combining sales, rebates, and coupons.

Ask.com Launches New Service To Find The Best Deals

Ask.com Launches New Service To Find The Best Deals

Ask.com has launched a new service—ask.com/deals—dedicated to finding the best deals online. We don’t know how well it works, but we like the tabs that let you quickly jump to free shipping offers and printable coupons. It might be a decent starting place if you’re in the market for something and need to comparison shop first. Update: Our readers say it’s not worth your time, at least in its current state—results are paltry and frequently old or expired.

Grocery Aisle Coupon Fairies: Nuisance Or Nice?

Grocery Aisle Coupon Fairies: Nuisance Or Nice?

You reach for an item at your local grocery store, and notice that on the shelf next to it is a coupon thoughtfully left behind by another shopper. But wait, is this a thoughtful way to keep clipped coupons from going to waste? Or just a way for shoppers to feel good about themselves, but create more litter for grocery store employees to clean up?

Here's Your Virtual UPS Advertising Junk Box, Enjoy

Here's Your Virtual UPS Advertising Junk Box, Enjoy

Rhett writes, “I noticed your article UPS Now Delivers Bonus Junk Mail Packages and today, it started. I received a package from UPS Monday of this week with no bonus advertising. Today (Wednesday), this is what was on my front step.”

JCPenney Tries Out Mobile Coupons In Houston Stores

JCPenney Tries Out Mobile Coupons In Houston Stores

If you live in the Houston area, you can now use your mobile phone to redeem coupons for JCPenney through a trial-partnership with Cellfire. You have to register with Cellfire in order to receive the promos via SMS or email, and if you register today you’ll receive a mysterious “$10 in$tant gift” [sic].

Pizza Hut: 20% Off When You Order Via iPhone App

Pizza Hut: 20% Off When You Order Via iPhone App

Pizza Hut is giving a 20% discount on all orders placed via its new iPhone app. We found a user review on YouTube, and he likes it. Beyond the usual app gimmickry, pinching a pizza to make it smaller or larger and shaking the phone to make wings spicey, it also has the excellent function of storing all your coupons for easy use.

Bundle Of 'Discounts' Triples Your Odds Of Getting Ripped Off

Bundle Of 'Discounts' Triples Your Odds Of Getting Ripped Off

The are plenty of scams promoted in the backwaters of local radio and late-night TV ads. Most tend to focus on one ripoff at a time; after all, why complicate the message by asking listeners to choose how they want to get fleeced. But a tip from a viewer alerted TV reporter John Matarese to what may be a new trend: Bundling three worthless offers to create one colossally bad deal.

Online Stores Send Customers Handy Pre-Expired Coupons

Online Stores Send Customers Handy Pre-Expired Coupons

BJ received the coupon at left, offering $9.99 off at Heartland America on September 9 (9/9/09, get it?) Which would be great if they had mailed it to him before 10 AM on September 10th. “Looks like if I want to use the coupon I will need to build a time machine,” he wrote.

If The Coupon Doesn't Apply, You Must Not Buy

If The Coupon Doesn't Apply, You Must Not Buy

Most likely, this has happened to you. You have a great coupon for a restaurant or retailer, and go to use it only to find that for some reason, it’s been declined. Maybe it expired. Maybe it doesn’t apply to the item you bought. The question is: Do you still make the purchase?

Who Uses Coupons The Most? Affluent Suburbanites

Who Uses Coupons The Most? Affluent Suburbanites

The Nielsen Company—the people responsible for getting good TV shows canceled—just released a survey of coupon users. It turns out affluent consumers (those who make $70k or more annually) use coupons more frequently than the average U.S. household. Those who use coupons the least are from either low-income, one-member, male-only, African-American, or Hispanic households.

Grocery Store Cancels Facebook Coupon Deal, Enrages Customers

Grocery Store Cancels Facebook Coupon Deal, Enrages Customers

Marsh, a grocery chain in Indiana and Ohio, made a special coupon available to their fans on Facebook. The coupon was good for $10 off a purchase of $10 or more. Great deal, right? Until the promotion got out of hand, and the store stopped accepting the coupon on Friday, with no warning to customers. Based on past similar experiences, you can guess how well this turns out.

Sorry, This Wendy's Coupon Is Not Redeemable For Anything

Sorry, This Wendy's Coupon Is Not Redeemable For Anything

This coupon here, the one promising a free cheeseburger and drink? It’s fake. It didn’t come from Wendy’s, and it certainly isn’t a special offer for Allstate customers. If you try to redeem it, you will either leave hungry or short a few dollars.

Access Commercial WiFi Hotspots At Airports For Free

Access Commercial WiFi Hotspots At Airports For Free

We all know the crushing defeat of logging onto an open WiFi hotspot at an airport only to discover that you need to pay to reach the internet. No more! If the portal has a space for promotion codes, go ask the gift shop if they have a coupon for free access. If they don’t, you’re not out of options…

Last Chance To Request $40 Digital TV Converter Box Coupons!

Last Chance To Request $40 Digital TV Converter Box Coupons!

Alright slowpokes, you have less than a week to finally request your digital TV converter box coupons. The Department of Commerce plans to hand out the last $40 coupons on July 31. You don’t need a converter box if you pay for TV or have a newer set, but if you’ve been wondering where your stories have been since June 12, request a coupon while they’re still available.