Joe’s antiperspirant sprung more holes than WikiLeaks sources, so he called up the Dial Corporation to ask about a replacement. The customer service rep promised a coupon for a free replacement but sent him a lowball manufacturer’s coupon instead. He called back to complain and Dial passed the buck to the retailer. [More]
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Man Who Hates Clipping Coupons Uses Coupons To Spend $1 Per Day On Food
By 7.23.10
Sure, the exploits of the coupon ninjas are interesting, but we live, shop, and eat in the real world. Who has time to make a job–or at least a time-consuming hobby–out of couponing? Jeffrey doesn’t. Yet he began a challenge to feed himself on $1 per day in April…and is still at it. Using sales, coupons, and (ugh) rebates, he’s managed to survive, without a huge time investment in couponing. What are his secrets? [More]
Coupon Use At Record High
By 7.22.10
According to a new report from coupon marketing company NCH, the volume of coupons redeemed rose about 8% from a year ago, and marked the seventh consecutive quarter of growth. The report also indicates that manufacturers are increasing the value of coupons but moving up the expiration dates. [More]
Does "One Coupon Per Customer" Apply To Couples Making Individual Purchases?
By 7.19.10
Liz is wondering what’s going on at her local Hobby Lobby. She’s a professional doll maker and she buys a lot of supplies from the craft store chain every month. So far, she and her husband have been able to use the company’s in-store coupons for separate purchases even if they stand together in line at the register, but it looks like her Hobby Lobby may be cracking down on that. Should it? [More]
Chili's Gives FourSquare Reason To Exist
By 7.15.10
FourSquare, that helpful location-based social networking service for those oblivious to the fact that nobody on Twitter or Facebook cares which hardware store they’re frequenting, may have some redeeming value after all. That’s because Chili’s is now offering up free chips and salsa to those who check in at participating stores. [More]
Get 20% Off At J.Crew
By 7.13.10
J.Crew online is giving 20% off anything from its sale section. [More]
Get 30% Off Borders.com
By 7.12.10
Thanks to their site being down for maintenance, you can get 30% off at Borders.com until midnight PST tonight, 7/12/10. [More]
Amazon Coupon Codes For July 2010
By 7.1.10
Amazon.com has uncaged their new July coupon codes. Here’s some of the deeper discounts: [More]
10 Commandments Of Using Coupons
By 6.30.10
The world of shoppers is divided into two, sometimes rival, camps: those who coupon and those who don’t. If you are going to coupon, you have to make sure that you do it right and respect your fellow shoppers, otherwise they will hoist you (in their minds) from the nearest shopping cart return sign. So then, NJ.com proposes 10 commandments for couponers to follow so that we can all live together in harmony, couponer and non alike. [More]
Dick's $10 Off Coupon Good For Most Things, Not The Item You Want
By 6.26.10
Silly Sean, he filled out a survey for Dick’s Sporting Goods because he thought his receipt’s promise of “$10 off your next purchase of $50!” meant that he would get $10 off his next purchase of $50. Nope! [More]
Up-To-The-Minute Coupon Codes For Hot Sales
By 6.23.10
The deal aficionados on the FatWallet message boards have various discussion threads devoted to providing the most current coupons for a slew of stores. Rather then dig for them, here’s a master list of their official store coupons and clearance threads. Members routinely get rid of dead coupons and post new ones, so this is definitely one to bookmark: [More]
Get $1 Jamba Juice Smoothies Today
By 6.16.10
Today only you can get a $1 Jamba Juice smoothie at participating locations. It’s a push to promote their new Superfruit Smoothie flavors, Super Yumberry and Berry Yumberry. You know, when I was growing up, we had a Yumberry tree in our yard but we had to chop it down because the neighbor was complaining about all the Yumberries that kept falling into his yard. [More]
Beware The Fraudulent Doritos Coupon
By 6.15.10
Frito-Lay is warning consumers to watch out for fake free bags of Doritos coupons being distributed via email. If you are an unsuspecting victim of this subterfuge and receive the coupon in your inbox, watch out! You might get to check out and not be able to get a free bag of Doritos with a value of up to $5. Here’s how you spot the real deal and the phonies, just like Holden Caulfield: [More]
Office Depot Was Lucy Holding The Football, I Was Charlie Brown
By 6.11.10
Lauren jumped on an amazing offer she found on Office Depot’s site and combined it with a coupon code to slash a ridiculous $179 off a desk and hutch. She waited a while to find out if the deal was too good to be true even though she got a confirmation email, then discovered to her disappointment that the company canceled her order. [More]
KFC China Apologizes For Botched Coupon Promotion
By 6.4.10
You do not want to piss of 1.3 billion potential customers. That seems to be the conclusion arrived at by the honchos of KFC China, which has apologized for a botched coupon promotion that left some customers with empty buckets. After canceling the promotion in April, KFC was roundly criticized and was even subject to “quasi-violent protests.” Who says there isn’t freedom of speech in China?
Video: If A Pop Starlet Used Drunken Whore Powers For Penny Pinching
By 6.4.10
Frugaliciousdef parodies Kesha’s Tik Tok in this half-awful, half-genius, totally mesmerizing music video about clipping coupons and shopping for deals.
Get 20% Off At Coldstone Creamery
By 5.26.10
It’s been blazin’ in New York all day. I’ve got two Vornados on me, a minimal amount of clothing, and I’m wearing a coldpack on my head. So, in the spirit of temperature abatement, I am delighted to share this printable 20% off anything coupon for Cold Stone Creamery, which I would totally use if everything on their menu didn’t have a gazillion calories. [via Dealnews] [More]
Free Limeade Sparkler From Taco Bell
By 5.22.10
Taco Bell has set up a website where you can print a coupon for a free Limeade Sparkler drink. The giveaway lasts until July 11, or until 500,000 drinks have been given away. [More]
