Couponing Do's
Coupon fraud is a punishable offense and, while penalties vary case by case, the Coupon Information Corporation (aka, the CIC) says that the harshest convictions for this type of fraud include a 17-year prison sentence and a financial penalty of up to $5 million. Coupon Fraud is very serious.
Extreme couponers create grocery store in basement. Couponers are passing their savings onto you with stockpile sales. ... Then, they sell their surplus to you less than the retail store sells the product. The couponer then makes a profit, and you save money.
The bottom-line is that using coupons pushes consumers to pull the trigger and make purchases even when the correct (and prudent) choice would be to postpone buying to another occasion or not buy anything at all. Coupons cannot be used by shoppers who abstain.
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Dollar-off coupons are usually manufacturer (not store) coupons at grocery stores.
No, they don't. The manufacturer reimburses the store the value of the coupon, plus a small handling fee. My local supermarket has strict policies about coupons since people were using expired coupons, copies of coupons, or trying to buy items that were similar to what was on the coupon.
The Coupon Information Corporation (CIC) has defined coupon fraud as occurring "Whenever someone intentionally uses a coupon for a product that he/she has not purchased or otherwise fails to satisfy the terms and conditions for redemption, when a retailer submits coupons for products they have not sold or that were not ...
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The short answer is yes.
In May 2017, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. of the Supreme Court wrote that “The purchaser and all subsequent owners are free to use or resell the product just like any other item of personal property, without fear of an infringement lawsuit.”
There is no type of legislation that I know of that says this kind of service is illegal. However, what the Federal Trade Commission states is, "Selling or transferring coupons to a third party violates most manufacturers' coupon redemption policies -- and usually voids the coupon."
Generally, it's not illegal to resell an item that you have legitimately purchased. Once you have purchased something at retail it is yours to do with as you choose. ... If you're using manufacturers' logos to advertise the products you're reselling, you need their permission.
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