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Does this drive anyone else crazy?

It doesn’t occur as often on coupons, but I see it all the time in stores.  (Ahem, Sprouts, I’m looking at you!)  And sometimes I really just want to make them let me pay .99¢/lb for my tomatoes!

Comments

  1. I’m confused.

    • Yep, me too. What’s wrong with the coupon? Now, granted, it is 3:00 in the morning as I’m looking at this, and I may just be really tired, but it’s totally going over my head.

  2. Me too…

  3. lizlemontree says:

    Do you mean where it says one per purchase?

  4. I’m pretty sure it should be .35 or 35c, not both together. Doesn’t bother me though. The thing that drives my Dad crazy is people saying that things are offered “for free”. You don’t get things “for free”, you get them “free” or “free of charge”.

  5. The coupon says .35¢, which means .35 of a cent. It should be $.35, or 35¢, but they don’t mean to indicate that it is only for 35/100ths of one cent! :) Stores do this all the time – technically, if tomatoes are marked as .99¢/lb, that should mean you’d pay 99/100ths of one cent, or just less than a penny. :)

    • Ah, lol, you’re right! I’m like that with spelling errors. They get under my skin. My dad would totally notice that, though, and probably try to make them let him pay 1 cent a pound.

  6. The amazing thing is there are so many spelling errors, even by nationwide companies! I hate the misuse of apostrophes and to, too, two….argh!

  7. Not exactly on topic, but coupon-related: can anyone (Carrie?) tell me when on coupons.com and the like when it says on a coupon “walmart redeemable” or “redeem at Target” does this mean that coupon can only be used at that store exclusively or is it just a store marketing ploy and the coupon can be redeemed at any retailer? I’m confused . . .

    • Most of them can be redeemed at any retailer, unless it says “ONLY redeemable at Walmart”. However, some stores might not accept them if it has another store’s logo on it.

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