The Coupon Queen - Money-Saving Tips & Tricks

By Jill Cataldo
CTW Features

Q: “I get the newspaper delivered every week. Some weeks the coupons are so good that I head to the store and buy extra copies to get more coupons. Lately I have noticed that the coupon inserts are being stolen out of the paper! I hate getting home only to discover I spent money on extra papers with no coupons in them. You should warn your readers to check the newspapers for coupon inserts before they buy them.”

By Jill Cataldo
CTW Features

Q: “Our grocery store will not double coupons until a shopper has purchased items totaling $25. They will only double six coupons. Is the store allowed to set its own rules?”

By Jill Cataldo
CTW Features

Q: “Is there any indication that the bar code system on a coupon will also track what a customer buys? Collecting information on a consumer ‘for marketing purposes’ is something I choose to opt out of. But does a coupon’s bar code enable information collection?”