Coupon Fraud

Can You Get FREE Curad Bandages at Walmart?

September 10, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 1 Comment

Can you get FREE Curad band-aids at Walmart? If you read other blogs or belong to certain FaceBook rooms, it would certainly seem so. In fact I’ve seen some enormous hauls where it seems people have cleared out every Walmart for miles around and will be wallpapering their house in band-aids. (Actually, I guess Band-Aid is a brand name so they will be wallpapering their house in Curad adhesive bandages.)

Except, there are a few problems with the deal. Let’s start with the most obvious one, the coupon is inside the box so the couponer has to open the box and pull out the coupon before you buy the product. If they wanted you to do that, they would have made it a peelie on the exterior of the box. Because the coupon is inside the box, we know this was supposed to be used on the NEXT purchase.

Now let’s move on to the real issue with the deal, the coupon itself. I’ve taken a pic so you can see the wording says this coupon is only for the Curad Sensitive Skin products.

As you can see, Curad Sensitive Skin products start at $1.84, making them $.84 after the coupon. A pretty good deal but not a FREEbie.

So there you have it, the FREE Curad deals you may have seen are not a good deal. Sorry to disappoint everyone but let’s all be sure to actually read our coupons and use them correctly.

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Coupon Fraud Alert: Nature Made Vitamin Coupons Withdrawn

January 29, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 4 Comments

Pharmavite LLC. has withdrawn the $3.00 and $5.00 off any Nature Made
coupons that were distributed exclusively in Walgreens’ “Diabetes & You” magazine
and associated website for Nature Made products sold at Walgreens stores.
Pharmavite LLC is taking this action due to unauthorized coupon redemptions at other retailers; the unauthorized transfer of coupons; and the unauthorized reproduction of the coupons on certain websites.

Here is the press release for more information

Since this is the third time in as many weeks that this has happened, his is the perfect opportunity to talk a little about coupon fraud. Lately, it appears what is happening are bloggers are taking high-dollar coupons that are only released for a SPECIFIC store in a SPECIFIC area, scanning them, converting them to pdf files and making the widely available for anyone to print.

As a blogger, I can understand this desire. The more eyeballs on your site, the more money (potentially) you can make. I also understand this as a couponer. Who wouldn’t want to save $5 on any Nature Made product? If you use that coupon at Walmart, you can get FREE vitamins and overage. Shoot, if you print enough, you can get almost unlimited FREE groceries with the overage! (If you every catch me in person, ask me about the things I’ve seen people do once you tell them that using a certain coupon in a certain way is fraudulent. The internet is full of crazy people)

The problem here is this is clearly coupon fraud. In fact, 99.99999% of the time, if you print a pdf coupon, you are committing coupon fraud. Virtually no one releases coupons through pdf specifically because it is impossible to limit the number of prints and it’s very easy to change the coupon language to remove limits on amounts you can use or where you can use them.

Another problem is every time an issue like this arises, steps are taken to make couponing more difficult. All you need to do is take a look at the ridiculous language on a P&G coupon to see the lengths these companies will go to to make life difficult for couponers.

In short, if you see a blogger offering a pdf coupon to print, report them to the company that coupon is for and DON’T PRINT THE COUPON!

Sometimes when we talk about coupon fraud, it isn’t taken very seriously because it is assumed that no one ever faces any consequences if they commit fraud. Let me assure you, that is not true. Be careful and protect yourself.

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Coupon Fraud Alert: $5 off Aqua Chem Products Discontinued

January 20, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 3 Comments

Looks like there is another instance of Coupon Fraud that has come to light. BioLab, Inc. released a coupon for $5 off any Aqua Chem product and certain “deal bloggers” instructed their readers how to use it fraudulently.

No retailer will be reimbursed for this coupon so no one should try to use it.

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Coupon Fraud Alert: 3 FREE Deals You Shouldn’t Do

January 16, 2014 by Aarn Farmer 4 Comments

There are 3 deals floating around out there right now that people are not doing right so I felt we should single them out for a little extra scrutiny.

Deal #1 – FREE Bayer Glucose Meter

There is a coupon floating around (that I will not link to) for $10 off a Bayer Glucose Meter. Use it at Walmart and it becomes FREE with a little overage. Here’s the problem. That coupon only appeared in an ad flyer for Cloney’s Pharmacy and they are the only ones that will be reimbursed for that coupon. Some “helpful” blogger (who I will also not link to) turned it into a PDF and people have been printing it like crazy. This is about a clear cut case of coupon fraud as it gets. Don’t do it.

However, there was an offer that was running concurrently with this one where you could get a FREE Bayer Glucose Meter with a doctor’s note. That offer has been discontinued but if you happened to print it, it IS valid and can be used at any store that accepts it.

Deal #2 – FREE Gold Bond lotion

This one is tricky. A few weeks ago there was an insert (RP 1/5) with a couple Gold Bond coupons in it. One was for any Gold Bond Lotion with a size restriction (No trial or travel size) and another was for any Gold Bond Hand and Foot Lotion with no size restriction. The reason there was no size restriction on this Q is because they only sell Gold Bond Hand and Foot Cream in the bigger bottles. Walmart sells Ultimate Lotion for $.97 but not the Hand and Foot variety so this is not the Q for that product. However, having said all that, I can 100% confirm that the register will not beep when you use that Q but you still shouldn’t.

Deal # 3 – FREE Tena Pads

This is actually a good deal but people aren’t doing it right. 2 weeks ago in SS 1/5 there was a coupon for a FREE Tena product up to $5. The problem is that people are getting the overage up to $5 and all you should be able to get is is the FREE product. Granted, this is the fault of the Walmart cashier for not understanding the Q but do we really want to train them to think they have to read every coupon? No. No you don’t. That will ruin your couponing life.

Be honest when you use this Q and tell the cashier not to give you the overage. There will be other deals you can get overage on honestly, this just isn’t one of them.

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