Slickdeals Drugstore and Grocery Store Coupon Usage Rules and Guidelines

Quote from The Raddish : I've gone back to the guys in suits .....

That bolded part right there? Yeah, that's your whole problem.


I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts the "guys in suits" don't even use coupons, much less know how they work.

Quote from MsGal : That bolded part right there? Yeah, that's your whole problem. I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts the "guys in suits" don't even use coupons, much less know how they work.

(throw some water on Msgal, I'm sure she )

They don't know, they don't care and they don't use them...I think us members are the only ones that care

Then let's tell them.

What would be your ideal coupon policy for Slickdeals? This question is open to everyone, so please get as many of your compatriots as possible to enter into this discussion.

Allowed:
-Links to MQs
-Links to PDFs
-Links to MPP of PDFs as long as the PDF (single) is also hosted on Manufacturer site.
-Walgreens store coupons, IVC, etc. since most books containing those are scarce and hard to come by

Not allowed:
-MPP of MQs are not allowed to be posted on SD or linked to off SD.
-Target Qs
-No CVS Qs unless hosted by CVS url


I may think of more later


We all know that copying bricks coupons is a huge NO_NO and so is trying to print them to a PDF so none of that talk should be allowed here. If someone does speak of it and the post gets MA'd, the post needs to be removed pronto!

Quote from MyFeetHurt : Allowed: -Links to MQs -Links to PDFs -Links to MPP of PDFs as long as the PDF (single) is also hosted on Manufacturer site. -Walgreens store coupons, IVC, etc. since most books containing those are scarce and hard to come by Not allowed: -MPP of MQs are not allowed to be posted on SD or linked to off SD. -Target Qs -No CVS Qs unless hosted by CVS url I may think of more later We all know that copying bricks coupons is a huge NO_NO and so is trying to print them to a PDF so none of that talk should be allowed here. If someone does speak of it and the post gets MA'd, the post needs to be removed pronto!

Excellent. MFH, maybe we could distinguish this line and say:
Not allowed:
-MPP of Unique MQs are not allowed to be posted on SD or linked to off SD.

Liking the direction. Hats off to Feets.

Quote from MyFeetHurt : (throw some water on Msgal, I'm sure she ) They don't know, they don't care and they don't use them...I think us members are the only ones that care

p.s. i use coupons, but not as energetically, efficiently, or consistently as you guys
The problem is finding a balance between happy couponers, and less angry manufacturers/stores who send other guys in suits with things like "Esq." or "J.D." on their business cards..

Quote from MyFeetHurt : Allowed: -Links to MQs -Links to PDFs -Links to MPP of PDFs as long as the PDF (single) is also hosted on Manufacturer site. -Walgreens store coupons, IVC, etc. since most books containing those are scarce and hard to come by Not allowed: -MPP of MQs are not allowed to be posted on SD or linked to off SD. -Target Qs -No CVS Qs unless hosted by CVS url I may think of more later We all know that copying bricks coupons is a huge NO_NO and so is trying to print them to a PDF so none of that talk should be allowed here. If someone does speak of it and the post gets MA'd, the post needs to be removed pronto!

What should the rule be regarding a PDF that the mfr pulled off of their site due to limits being reach.
Should the PDF rule state that pdf is allowed as long as it is still currently linkable and active on the manufacture sight ?? Same goes for mpp ??

Quote from sgtrazor : What should the rule be regarding a PDF that the mfr pulled off of their site due to limits being reach. Should the PDF rule state that pdf is allowed as long as it is still currently linkable and active on the manufacture sight ?? Same goes for mpp ??

That's what I meant...as long as it is also hosted on the manufacturers site

Quote from bryantq : p.s. i use coupons, but not as energetically, efficiently, or consistently as you guys The problem is finding a balance between happy couponers, and less angry manufacturers/stores who send other guys in suits with things like "Esq." or "J.D." on their business cards..

Good to know we have at least one Mod Admin "in the know" so to speak

Quote from bryantq : The problem is finding a balance between happy couponers, and less angry manufacturers/stores who send other guys in suits with things like "Esq." or "J.D." on their business cards..

Those pesky lawyers.

I think couponers should have business cards, too.

E.C=Extreme Couponer
H.C.=Heavy Couponer
C.U.= Coupon User

annnnnnd......

G.J.K.SoC (Graduate of Jaime Kerlew School of Cheaters)

Quote from MsGal : Those pesky lawyers. I think couponers should have business cards, too. *snip* G.J.K.SoC (Graduate of Jaime Kerlew School of Cheaters)

The people that would want to wear that last one would also want it to function as a blinkie machine, constantly spitting out $10 CWS coupons with NED. LOL

Not to rain on anyones parade, but doesn't the 2nd barcode become the only barcode on 6/1 or 7/1? this is a wonderful thread, and does far more then just talk about the manufacturer's intent. But when the 2nd barcode becomes the only barcode, won't much of this become a moot point?

Walmarts been capable of scanning the 2nd barcode since Jan. of this year at least. CVS has been able to do it since Feb. of this year. Back in Feb. I read on Jill Caldado's (spelling?) mommy blog that someone had used a coupon they had gotten in a red plum home mailer on a Weds., when everyone else would get it Sunday. The coupon was scanned, and the register didn't accept the coupon, said it wasn't valid yet. GS1/RSS14/Databar has a field for everything. When a coupon used to read "cannot be combined......." but the register might have allowed it, this ones supposed to bring an end to the piggybacking. Since the 1st barcode gets dropped, we won't know whats a 00, 01, or a 14.

Then again, CVS had the scrubbing bubbles 2/$6 and the bogo coupon was taking off $4.99. Maybe the sky isn't falling afterall. Just depends on how the manufacturer "codes" the values of that 2nd barcode. And if thats the case, its going to be an experiment, where this coupon acted this way at this store, but this way at another.

Question about a coupon from the 1/23 RP. Save $1 on any carton of Eggs with purchase of 2 Kikkoman products. Would it be ok to use other coupons for the Kikkoman products along with this coupon? coupon coding is 5 41390 10033 3. TIA

Quote from sdca : Question about a coupon from the 1/23 RP. Save $1 on any carton of Eggs with purchase of 2 Kikkoman products. Would it be ok to use other coupons for the Kikkoman products along with this coupon? coupon coding is 5 41390 10033 3. TIA

I did. As far as I could tell, the $1 q was for the eggs...so I also used one (or two? I don't recall...it's been awhile) coupon(s) on the Kikkoman.