Comments on: Would You Do This… To Save Money?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:19:00 +0000

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By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:18:00 +0000

I’ve taken the coupon off a tin of Tetley Fruit tea to buy a tin of Tetley Chai. The coupon wasn’t specific to the fruit teas, so I think it’s OK. On the other hand, I might snag two or three coupons from the automatic coupon dispensers for later use, e.g. last week there were $1 off two boxes of cheerios, and this week cheerios were on sale “Buy four, and they’re $1.88/box” so I used two of those coupons I’d snagged, and got my cheerios for $1.38/14 oz box. If I hadn’t used them, there is a case to be made that I took the coupons away from people who would have used them.

By: Oxanna

Oxanna — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:51:00 +0000

I agree with anonymous – the coupons are supposed to be for the purchasers of the cereal boxes!

Anonymous 5:14 – do you mean that the coupon was on a box of cookies but good for any Brand X product? If so, not a problem at all – they put it on the coupon, maybe to get you to try different Brand X products. 🙂 If they truly cared whether you bought cookies or chips, believe me, they would’ve put it on there!

By: Chocoholic

Chocoholic — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:24:00 +0000

OOooo, this always irritates me. I hate when I go to buy an item and I can see that it once had a coupon on it, but someone has taken it, but not bought the item. I think the coupons should be for the people who are buying the item with it on it.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:06:00 +0000

Anonymous — I totally feel your pain on this one. The plain box of Special K sits on the shelf with a coupon, but the Special K with strawberries doesn’t have one. I think the issue at hand is the same. Technically the coupon is for the regular box and if I want to buy the box with strawberries I shouldn’t steal the coupon. This certainly isn’t as bad as stealing the coupons off all of the cereal boxes, but it’s a great question!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:14:00 +0000

I also agree with anonymous. But this scenario makes me wonder if I am being a hypocrite.

Brand X has a coupon on one of its boxes of sugar cookies for any of it products of a certain ounce. I take the coupon off and use it for Brand X chocolate chip although it wasn't originally on the package.

What do you think?

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:46:00 +0000

I completely agree with the anonymous commenter. To me... peeling coupons off a cereal box that you do not intend to buy is the equivalent of stealing. As is cutting coupons from cereal boxes in someone else's home.

To me the activity crosses over frugality and into immorality.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:42:00 +0000

The problem is that this is basically stealing. The coupons on the cereal boxes that are “glued” there are usually to be used on said box of cereal. That woman was stealing coupons ment for other people, people who would be buying those boxes.

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:38:00 +0000

My grandmother totally would have taken the coupons off the boxes in the store, but not really just to save money — more because obsessive coupon-clipping and refunding was her hobby. She could go to the grocery store and buy $300 worth of groceries and they’d owe her money when she left. I’m not even kidding! I saw her do it many times.

By: M

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:01:00 +0000

That is truly bizarre behavior on the part of your mom’s friend. Some people never cease to amaze, I guess.