Comments on: Why I’m Angry at Certain Coupon Clippers

By: Kayleen

Kayleen — Sun, 05 Apr 2015 19:05:10 +0000

Hi Laura:
I have been doing couponing for 5 years or longer now, I noticed lately, both Kingsoopers and Safeway, items that consumers can get for free using coupons, both stores either don’t stock the items(when they ran out) anymore, or take off the sale tags, or change the price so the consumers can no longer get them for free. I had a feeling that is what happened to your store in Safeway, they just didn’t stock them and they perhaps made up that stories to keep you away, coz that is what happened to me in Safeway with the colgate/crest coupons, the shelf were always empty even though I stopped by everyday to check on them. I think it is the deed of the stores rather than the couponers. I am in Fort Collins.

By: Ana

Ana — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 02:53:26 +0000

I get wat u mean it sucks so much, i bearly started to coupon and couponers that been couponing for a long time or have stock piles already be taking everything and not leaving for the newbies. I hate when i cant find nothing because i havr to travel with two kiddos to diffrent stores. Which people had some compassion for other people who need it or are newbies.!!!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 21:08:30 +0000

I noticed at least 20 vendors at �� High Flea Market recently that were re-selling items they acquired through extreme couponing.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:48:17 +0000

I probably ran into one of them a couple weeks ago. I saw signs for a “Crazy Sale” in the neighborhood and assumed it was a garage sale. When I entered the garage, however, they literally had a store set up in their garage (mostly toiletries). I mean, there were shelves and shelves of toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, deodorant, soap, etc. It was crazy!

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:19:00 +0000

In reply to Lenia Hahn. Lenia, Unfortunately people who do know how to "game" the system. They open multiple loyalty card accounts using various email addresses and phone numbers. So even if the store says a 4 coupon maximum, as in this case, you could get 3 tubes per coupon or 12 tubes at a time. Then you could go out to your car, dump the load and come back in a do it again. Also the store can't keep a legitimate shopper from purchasing, so even though they see 12 women each buying 12 tubes of toothpaste, they can't stop them. All it takes is for that group to make two passes through the cashiers (using different loyalty cards) and that's 250+ tubes sold in a matter of minutes.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:15:09 +0000

In reply to Jennifer. I'm not speaking out against stocking up. After all, many of us belong to warehouse clubs like Costco or Sam's Club and buy 40 rolls of paper towels at a time. But I do get angry at those who come in packs and clear out the shelves of a store (buying hundreds of a sale item), leaving none for the rest. How would you feel if you saw a great deal on deodorant, but every store you went to was out and every day they restocked, you still couldn't buy them because a greedy group kept depleting the stock.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:40:33 +0000

That coupon specifically should state 4 like coupons or something. The management should follow what the coupon says and their own policy. which is 5 max coupons of like product or what ever the restriction is on the coupon. The extreme ones are really annoying. I wish people would actually purchase what they will use in a timely manner instead of stocking up for years.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:27:57 +0000

Well, I wouldn’t buy 20 or 30 toothpastes, and I don’t really use coupons, but I have purchased 10-12 deoderants at a time when they go on sale and used them over the course of 2-3 years. I didn’t know that was “being greedy”.

By: Lenia Hahn

Lenia Hahn — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:10:16 +0000

How is this happening? Our local King Soopers and Safeway stores do not allow more than 3-5 of the same item to be purchased in a single transaction. Most coupons only allow 1 coupon per day per person for no more than 3-4 of the same product. Purchases are tracked by our loyalty #s so we can’t go in more than once a day to purchase 3-5 of the same product. This sounds like it may be a management issue at your local store. They can rein people like the ladies you are encountering in by limiting the amount of product they buy in a transaction or per day. They are management and they do have that authority. My coupon policies that I have for several stores state this as well.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:08:54 +0000

In reply to Lindsay. Currently I have one coupon workshop scheduled in May down in Castle Rock. Here is a link to our Public Appearances page with a list of all of our talks and current schedule. http://www.milehighonthecheap.com/public-appearances/ If this link doesn't work, go to the green navigation bar at the top of this page. Clock on Work With Us and then Public Appearances.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:54:13 +0000

I’d love to take one of your coupon workshops! Do you teach them often??

Thanks and sorry for this frustrating hassle!

By: Diadre

Diadre — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 14:18:00 +0000

That happened to me at the Hover St. (Longmont) 7-11 last year, the clerk let people take boxes of protein bars, despite the coupon stating one per person.
Not nice! Share the love (and respect the coupon).

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 13:50:15 +0000

I also find this at my local king soopers. When they have the Friday freebee or the toothpaste. I am starting to coupon more to save money but not like that. It’s not fair to the rest of us. Then to resell it!! Give me a break. If I catch some one doing that I will say something to them. Thanks for saying something here