I hope that you get a chance to see the you-tube vids Dr. A. She has been taking them down and they keep putting them back up.
It is pretty apparent that they caught her red-handed, but I would really like to hear what the law says about this.
If the register allows her to walk out of the store with the stuff, technically, she may be OK.
But TLC has a problem because most people would not use a coupon for one product on something else, so the whole idea that anyone can save big money like that is false.
-That's the problem that I have, and technically the woman is not advocating that other people do that but the videos show that that is what she did.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1018594Weeeeeellll... As I noted, I typically save approx. 90% on the total at the grocery store (Gerbes / Kroger) and somewhat less than that at Wal-Mart, but still substantial.
As another poster noted, Gerbes (at least in our areas) doubles coupons every day; mine "doubles" up to a dollar... meaning that when they "double" a coupon, the max value will be $1.00 after it's "doubled". Example: 45c doubles to 90c, 50c doubles to $1, 75c "doubles" to $1, 55c "doubles" to $1, etc. Coupons with a face value of $1 or over are just face value.
In many cases, taking into account in-store sales & discounts as well as the coupon "doubling" things end up cheaper at Gerbes than at Wal-Mart. Other local stores (Hy-Vee, for example) don't get as much business from me as they might because they don't double coupons and thus aren't really as good a bargain, though that can differ.
Example: after work today I'm going by my local Hy-Vee for one specific item: Jolly Time popcorn. It's normally around $2.50 for a box of 3 bags, but Hy-Vee's current sale has it for $1 a box, and I have 50c off 1 box coupons that expire on the 15th, making it just 50c a box, but it gets better: Jolly Time's current boxes have a cut-out certificate for a free bowling and there happens to be a local bowling alley on the list on their website; the bowling certs don't expire until the end of August. In addition, Jolly Time is having a promotion where for every 3 UPCs off the boxes you send them, they send you a reusable shopping bag. So tonight at Hy-Vee for $10 + sales tax, I'll get:
20 boxes (60 bags) of popcorn
20 free games of bowling
7 free reusable shopping bags (that's 21 UPCs but I have one at home already)
That's not 90% directly off the grocery tag, but it's more than 90% when you consider the free entertainment (bowling) and shopping bags.
