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Normally we are all about the printable coupons but from time to time we would also like to share a great deal with our readers too. And this deal is just too hot to not share! Right now you can get a 1-year subscription to AllYou magazine for only $1.00 a year!

If you are not familiar with AllYou magazine let me tell you…if you like coupons then you are going to LOVE this magazine because each issue is jam packed with coupons. Plus there are a ton of great money saving tips, ideas and articles.

You can only find AllYou magazine in-stores at Walmart and the retail price is $2.49 at Walmart. So this shows you what a great deal this is when you can get it for only a buck. And I promise there are enough good coupons inside each issue that you will easily recover the cost of your subscription with the savings. In fact I actually multiple subscriptions so that I can save even more!

So what are you waiting for? Subscribe to AllYou magazine for only $1.00 per issue!

Heidi March 14, 2012 Printable Coupon Spot Blog , , , , , , , ,

Giveaway: Enter To Win A $100 Barnes & Noble Giftcard!


Do you have the winter blahs? Less sunlight, kids inside more and driving just a little bonky? Me too. But I bet if you won a $100 gift card to Barnes & Nobel you could beat those winter blues with some great books and toys to keep everyone busy.

We have teamed up with 9 other bloggers to bring you this great giveaway. Just ten entry options to make it easy on you (we hope). Simply use the Rafflecopter widget below to get your entries in. If you are new to Rafflecopter, you only ever have to sign up with them once, your information will be stored for every Rafflecopter giveaway on any site that you go to. Remember each follow or “like” is an entry in the giveaway.

 

Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM EST on January 31st, winners will be picked by random and announced on 2/1.

Good luck everyone!

 
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Heidi January 23, 2012 Printable Coupon Spot Blog , , ,

Holiday Traditions Giveaway – Enter To Win A $50 Amazon Gift Card {Ends 12/16/2011}

Happy HolidaysThe staff at PrintableCouponSpot (Katie, Terry, Tressa and myself, Heidi) would like to wish each and everyone of you a very happy holiday season. And to help put you in the festive mood we want to offer our wonderful readers a chance to win a $50.00 Amazon gift card!

No matter what holiday you celebrate this time of year I am sure you have some wonderful traditions that. I know in my own household we have a few. To start our holiday season off my mother-in-law and I and some of the kids get together and make over a 100 batches of fudge to give away to all our friends, neighbors and co-workers. We have so much fun spending time together, cooking and sharing and we have even more fun giving our homemade holiday treats away to others.

Another holiday tradition for our family is to select a could of tags from the local angel tree and we all go shopping together as a family and pick out gifts for those who are less fortunate than us. Our kids enjoy being able to select gifts for others.

And one tradition that my children are already buzzing about it their new Christmas pajamas that they will get to open on Christmas eve so that they are cute in their new jammies for pictures come Christmas morning.

Holiday Pajamas

Our holidays are not always the Norman Rockwell picture of family bliss, the dog WILL chew up the lights on the tree (woke up to THAT this morning), someone is bound to loose a crucial piece of a toy in the wrapping paper mess, my husband will be grouchy after untwisting 300 twist ties to release a Barbie doll from it’s packaging. But overall the holidays give me that warm and fuzzy feeling that means family and for us, celebrating the real meaning behind the season.

We want to hear from you what your holiday traditions are. And that is the crux of this giveaway!

This contest is using a Rafflecopter widget so to enter for your chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card all you need to do is follow the instructions on the Rafflecopter widget below. The ONLY mandatory option is to leave a comment on this blog post telling us about your holiday traditions. All of the other options are totally optional, BUT if you do them you get additional chances to win!

If you are already a fan, follower or subscriber then select those options and you are already one step ahead of the game!

Have fun and good luck everyone!



Heidi December 7, 2011 Printable Coupon Spot Blog ,

Giveaway: Happy 2nd Anniversary PrintableCouponSpot!

2 Year Anniversary GiveawayI can’t believe that PrintableCouponSpot is already 2 years old! The time flies when you are having fun. Our goal here at PCS has always been to bring YOU our readers the newest information on all the great printable coupons and help you save money! And we hope that we are doing just that.

To celebrate we are giving away $200 in Amazon.com gift cards (sent via email) to 4 lucky winners – that is (4) $50 Amazon.com gift cards total!

How it works:

Use the RaffleCopter widget below to enter. The first entry on the form (Leave a comment on this blog post telling us what your favorite thing is about PrintableCouponSpot) is the only required entry that you have to do to enter the giveaway. However you are given some other fun options to enter for additional chances to win by “Liking” us on Facebook, Following us on Twitter, Tweeting about our giveaway, “Liking” this blog post, or subscribing to our RSS feed or following our blog on NetworkedBlogs. So the more entries you complete the more entries you get in the contest!

The giveaway ends on August 23, 2011 at 11:59 pm EST and is open to US residents!

Good Luck!


Heidi August 17, 2011 Printable Coupon Spot Blog , , , , , , ,

Minor Site Changes

Hi there everyone, I just wanted to write a quick post and let you know about a few minor site changes that I have been working on the past couple of days. As the site administrator my goal for the site is to have a clean clutter free design and to make the printable coupons and other site content easy to find. So with that vision in mind I have made a few minor changes to Printable Coupon Spot.

Find coupons by source

Printable Coupon Spot Coupons By Source

Look for the Coupons By Source menu in our sidebar

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The editors here at Printable Coupon Spot and I have always used post tags to to identify when a coupon was a Bricks Coupon, PDF Coupon, Smartsource Coupon etc. The only real issue with that was that with 4 editors we were not always all using the same tags. My analysis of how visitors used the site showed however that looking for coupons by their source was a popular way our readers used our site and I wanted to make sure that you guys find just what you are looking for. We feel that knowing the source of a printable coupon helps you out because, while I hate to admit it, not all of the printable coupon software programs are compatible with all browsers and operating systems. Also some people want to print coupons but they don’t want to have to install a coupon printing software, so they can look for the coupons that don’t required a software.

And just for your information…

Coupons that require a printable coupon software download:

Coupons that do not require a printable coupon software download:

Additionally we have included Facebook Coupons and this is because it is a popular source search term, some of these coupons may also be one of the above sources too.

A Few New Categories

New categories

We have decided to expand our categories just a little bit and have added to our categories sidebar the following new categories:

  • Prescription Coupons – Saving money on your prescriptions is a good idea and we want to help you do that by listing valuable prescription coupons to our site when we find them to share.
  • Mail In Rebates – Layering in printable mail in rebate forms is a great way to save additional money on products that you are already buying (hopefully with a coupon!) so we decided to add a dedicated section of the site to printable mail in rebate form.

New Sharebar

Printable Coupon Spot Sharebar

See the new Sharebar located to the left of the post or page.

After testing out a few different products for a easy, non-obtrusive, clean and clutter free way that readers can share the printable coupons and other content here, I have settled on a WordPress Plugin called Sharebar.

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After analyzing (I love analyzing data!) what social networks our readers use and share on this WordPress Plugin just seemed to fit the bill as it does not clutter up the post too much and I was able to just select the sharing buttons that I knew our readers use (Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz and Digg) nothing more, nothing less. So now if you find a great printable coupons, freebie or something else that catches your interest you can easily share that content on those platforms. (Let everyone know how much you like our site!)

New Contact Us Page

Contact Us Icon

Contact Us!

I guess not all that exciting really, but I spent a few hours last night re-doing out Contact Us page. I think it functions better and looks pretty slick (ok maybe it is geek in me), but in all honestly, I enjoy hearing from our readers, and having a nice easy to use contact us page helps me stay on top of emails. Unlike some other websites, I actually answer all of my emails you send me, no auto responders here.

A Little Less Clutter

Less Clutter

I removed a few sidebar boxes just to make this less cluttered and easier on the eyes. Specifically I removed random Frugal Sites button (you can still find a list of my favorite frugal sites and blogs on my blogroll page) and random badges (not important in the grand scheme of things). While some blogs can get away with millions of buttons and badges I know that for me, clean and clutter free is more important. I just prefer to keep things light and tidy and make sure that the real estate taken up by by sidebars should offer my readers something important or of value and I just was not getting that with the old buttons and badges.

 

What do you think of these new changes? Do you like them? Hate them? Indifferent? Leave us a comment below and let us know!

Heidi February 25, 2011 Printable Coupon Spot Blog

Reminder: Sign up for those Birthday Club Sign ups!

Just wanted to give a quick reminder to head on over to Printable Coupon Spot’s Resource page for Birthday Club Sign Ups.

My own 36th 26th birthday is this Saturday and my inbox is filling up with great coupons to print for my favorite restaurants and stores. This is a great way to get some great savings and if can also sign up your kids and spouses too! So far I have gotten a BOGO coupon for Spoonbenders at Goodtimes, Free shake with purchase at Arbys, Free burger at Fudruckers , Free Brownie Sundae at Chili’s and more great money saving coupons!

So head on over and signed up for some great offers for your birthday too!

Heidi September 13, 2010 Printable Coupon Spot Blog , ,

Walgreens Coupon Acceptance Policy

Breaking news! Walgreens has finally issued and put up an official coupon acceptance policy and have posted it on their website!

You can find the policy online here: Walgreens Coupon Policy

Here is what it says:

As a customer-focused retailer, Walgreens encourages the use of coupons by our customers in our retail stores, in accordance with the following guidelines.

As a customer-focused retailer, Walgreens encourages the use of coupons by our customers in our retail stores, in accordance with the following guidelines.

Guidelines:

General

  • All valid coupons should be presented to the cashier at the time of checkout.
  • Walgreens does not accept expired coupons.
  • Coupons and their face value cannot be exchanged for cash or gift cards.
  • Competitor coupons are not accepted at Walgreens.
  • Walgreens cannot accept coupons for items not carried in our stores.
  • The number of manufacturer coupons, including Register RewardsTM manufacturer coupons, may not exceed the number of items in the transaction. The total value of the coupons may not exceed the value of the transaction. Sales tax must be paid, if required by state law.
  • Any coupon offer not covered in these guidelines will be accepted at the discretion of Walgreens management.

Sale Items

  • Walgreens will accept manufacturer coupons for an item that is on sale.
  • In the event that any item’s selling price is less than the value of the coupon, Walgreens will only accept the coupon in exchange for the selling price of the item. Coupon redemption can never exceed the selling price of an item and no cash back is ever provided in exchange for any coupons.

Multiple Coupons

  • When purchasing a single item, Walgreens accepts one manufacturer coupon and applicable Walgreens coupon(s) for the purchase of a single item, unless prohibited by either coupon offer.
  • The coupon amount must be reduced if it exceeds the value of the item after other discounts or coupons are applied. (For example, a $5.00 coupon for a $4.99 item will result in a $4.99 coupon value).
  • When purchasing multiple items, Walgreens accepts multiple identical coupons for multiple qualifying items as long as there is sufficient stock to satisfy other customers, unless a limit is specified. Management reserves the right to limit the quantity of items purchased.

Buy One, Get One Free Coupons

  • When items are featured in a Buy One, Get One Free promotion, up to two coupons can be used against the items being purchased, as long as the net price does not go below zero for the items being purchased.
  • Sales tax must be paid for any Buy One, Get One Free coupon offers, if required by applicable state laws.

Internet/Print at Home Coupons

  • Walgreens accepts valid internet/print at home coupons.

Register RewardsTM coupons

Earning Register RewardsTM

  • Register RewardsTM will only print for in-stock merchandise during the promotional period.
  • Register RewardsTM can only be earned for eligible items. No substitutions.
  • There is a limit of one Register RewardsTM (RR) printed per offer per customer per transaction.
  • Customers redeeming a Register RewardsTM against the same offer may not receive another RR.

Redeeming Register RewardsTM

  • Customers redeeming a Register RewardsTM against the same offer may not receive another RR.
  • Refer to Register RewardsTM coupon for expiration date.
  • The RR coupon value cannot exceed the total purchase amount. No cash back and no cash value for RR coupon.
  • The number of manufacturer coupons, including RR manufacturer coupons, must not exceed the number of items in the transaction.
  • Register RewardsTM must be forfeited if the qualifying merchandise is returned.
  • Register RewardsTM cannot be used toward the purchase of gift cards and pre-paid cards.
  • Register RewardsTM can be redeemed for eligible items only. Ineligible items include but are not limited to:
    • Prescriptions
    • Tobacco products
    • Alcoholic beverages
    • Dairy products
    • Lottery tickets
    • Money orders/transfers
    • Transportation passes
    • Special event/entertainment tickets or passes
    • Postage stamps
    • Gift cards/phone cards/prepaid/Green DotTM cards
    • Prescription Savings Club” memberships
    • Health care services, including immunizations
    • Any items prohibited by law

I hope that more retailers will follow suit soon with putting their policies online for consumers to view, read, understand and follow. Not knowing the coupon policy of a store is like playing Monopoly with a 4 year old. You don’t know the rules and folks start making things up as they go along!

I will work on getting this policy listed on our Store Coupon Policies page ASAP.

What are your opinions on the new official policy? Anything on there a surprise to you or confusing as to how it works? Are you glad to see it?

Heidi August 26, 2010 Printable Coupon Spot Blog ,

Contest Over: Enter For A Chance To Win A $100 Amazon Gift Card – Happy Anniversary!

Thank you to everyone for entering our contest. The winner is Jessica (not Jessica W.) I am sending Jessica a email right now to confirm her win.

Please feel free to leave us comments anytime, it is really nice to hear from you all!
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We are celebrating Printable Coupon Spot’s 1 year anniversary by giving away a $100.00 Amazon.com gift certificate to one lucky winner!

One of the things I feel is lacking at Printable Coupon Spot is the lack of comments, it gets to be pretty lonely posting coupons and no one ever says anything. We would love to hear from you if you find a great coupon we have posted. Let us know you like what you see or where you are using the coupons. So to enter for a chance to win our anniversary prize we are begging asking for some comment love!

To enter to win simply leave us two comments. Your first comment should be to this post, letting us know you want to be entered to win. The second comment should be on another post on our site. Find a post with a coupon you printed and let us know you liked it, you printed it or where you are using it. It does not have to be elaborate just let us know you found something interesting!

We will pick a random winner on August 31st and announce it here on the blog. The $100 Amazon.com gift card will be delivered via email to the lucky winner!

Thanks to all our loyal readers for a great first year!

Heidi, Tressa and Sandy!

Heidi August 22, 2010 Printable Coupon Spot Blog , ,

Breaking News! Dollar General Stores Now Accepting Printable Coupons!

Yesterday Dollar General stores sent out a press release that announced that they are now accepting printable coupons!

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn., April 09, 2010 – Dollar General (NYSE: DG) is making it even easier for customers to save money by accepting coupons printed from the internet. The discount retailer announced today that all of its stores now accept online coupons.

“Dollar General remains focused on providing customers with convenience and value,” said Todd Vasos, Dollar General’s chief merchandising officer. “We are pleased to welcome online coupons in our stores. We hope this will make it easier for our customers to save more time and money with their coupons at Dollar General.”

All Dollar General stores honor manufacturers’ and Dollar General store coupons that have been printed online. This is in addition to accepting manufacturers’ and store coupons from newspapers, magazines, direct mail and product packaging.

The best part…they now have their coupon acceptance policy posted right on their website! Print it out and take it with you!

One of my wishes for more stores is that they will post their coupon policy online so that us couponers can know the rules of the game before we play. Sometimes stores act like their coupon policy is some big secret, but it makes it hard for their customers. So TWO THUMBS UP Dollar General!

Want to know the coupon policy for other stores? Check out our Store Coupon Policies page. (I will get the Dollar General policy posted ASAP!)

Heidi April 10, 2010 Printable Coupon Spot Blog ,

Knowing your store’s coupon policy

One of the keys to successful coupon shopping is understanding how your local stores handle coupons and what their policies are around coupons. Many stores have an official coupon policy posted somewhere on their website while there are still a few retailers that are in the Dark Age and have not adopted an official coupon acceptance policy.

I always find it amusing that stores want you to follow the rules when it comes to using coupons, but some of them do not publish their coupon policy so that the consumer can follow it. It is very much like playing a new board game that did not come with instructions.

We here at Printable Coupon Spot have put together a fabulous resource of a list of grocery, drug and national retailer coupon policies. You can find this valuable coupon resource at the following location: Store Coupon Policies

However if your store is not listed there you can do your own homework to find out what your store coupon policies are.

Here is my recommended homework assignment:

  • Get some paper and a pen
  • On each sheet of paper write the name of all the stores in your area. Do not limit yourself to the stores you always shop at. List all the grocery stores, drug stores, hardware stores, office stores and big box “mart” stores.
  • Contact the store corporate offices via email or phone OR go into each store and try to get a moment with the store manager and ask the following questions: (write this info down so you do not forget when you are shopping)
    • Do you accept manufactures coupons?
    • Do you have store coupons? If so can I combine store coupons with manufactures coupons?
    • Do you accept printable coupons? If so what are your policies on accepting printable coupons?
    • Do you accept competitor stores coupons? If so what are your policies on accepting competitor store coupons and what stores do you consider competitors?
    • Do you double or triple coupons? If so what are your policies on doubling and/or tripling coupons?
    • Do you price match competitor store sale ads? If so what are your policies on price matching?
    • If an item that is on sale is out of stock, can I get a rain check?
    • Do I need a store savings card to partake in special promotions and savings?
    • Do you accept expired coupons? If so what are your policies on accepting expired coupons?
    • Write down the name of the person that you spoke to or contacted.
  • Once you have your homework done and have a basic understanding of your stores coupon acceptance policy you are ready to go shopping with your coupons.

Remember to do your very best to follow each stores policy when you shop. These are the rules and parameters that the stores have set forth and it is our job as couponers to follow the stores rules and guidelines.

Most stores allow the store manager to use his or her discretion on coupon policies and to limit what types of coupons they will accept or to limit quantities. I have found that if you are courteous to the store cashiers and managers and ask them questions with the attitude that you want to make sure you are using your coupons correctly and within the company policies that the store staff will, in turn, be nicer to you with your coupons.

Heidi February 25, 2010 Printable Coupon Spot Blog

Suggestion Box

Do you have a suggestion about ways that we can better serve you, our reader, in helping  you save money or improve upon our site in any way?

Would you like to see a new feature added?

Some ideas to get you started…

  • Freebies?
  • Printable round up by type (baby, pet, organic, etc)?
  • Online deals?
  • Blog reviews?
  • Product reviews?
  • Contests and giveaways?

Is there a better way that we can help you find the printable coupons that you are looking for? We are open to your ideas and suggestions.

Leave us a comment below and let us know what you think!

Heidi February 25, 2010 Printable Coupon Spot Blog

HP Printer Contest Winner Announced

First I want to thank everyone who entered our first blog giveaway contest. We had 38 entries which is a great turn out for our first contest I think.

Second I want to appologize for not announcing the winner on Friday as I was supposed to. I had something unexpected come up (a weekend visit by my mother-in-law) and as anyone who has a mother-in-law knows an unexpected visit it never a good thing. I love her to peices but that means you have to clean house <shove everything in a closet and spray Pine-Sol in the air>, make something fabulous for dinner <order take out and hide the take out boxes>, and remind the kids how to behave when company comes over <threaten and bribe them>. LOL

Anyways without further ado…. the winner to our HP printer contest is <drum roll please>

CR (Also known as Castingbread over at HCW)

I will be contacting the winner via email to confirm her mailing address to get her new HP all-in-one printer shipped out to her.

Thanks again everyone for playing and check back for other contests and giveaways in the future. And of course make sure you stay on top of all the great new printable coupons that are posted every day here at Printable Coupon Spot!

Heidi February 22, 2010 Printable Coupon Spot Blog

Signing Up For Coupons, Ten Steps To Make the Process Smoother and Prevent Coupon Scams

Globe Icon: EmailA common question I get asked is “If a coupon listed here at Printable Coupon Spot says that a sign up is required, if the sign up is real or if it is some sort of scam?”

Well first let me assure you that each and every website we link to here for printable coupons is 100% legitimate and not a scam. We hate scams, spam and junk as much as you do! However some companies choose to offer a printable coupon when you join their website or mailing list because printable coupons are a marketing tool and these companies figure that if you are interested in printing a coupon for their product, then you are apt to want to join their mailing list in which they can send you recipes, tips, news about new products, sweepstakes they are holding and usually, more money saving printable coupons in the future.

That is not to say that your email inbox will not be flooded with emails from these companies. Here are 10 steps you can take to make the signing up process as painless as possible.

  1. Set up a new free email account such as one offered from Gmail, Yahoo or Hotmail. I personally prefer Gmail because I find it easy to forward emails and set up filters.
  2. Once you have set up your new email address, you can either decide if you are going to check that email address for new printable coupons, never going to check it, or if you want to set up forwarding. I personally prefer to have those emails forwarded to my normal email address.
  3. If you have decided to forward emails from your new email address you should set that up and then also set up a filter, so that all new emails that get forwarded from your new email address are placed in a folder or file so that they don’t clutter up your in-box but you can read them at your leisure or when you are looking for new printable coupons.
  4. Use an auto fill program to so that you can, with one click auto fill the sign up submission forms. Google has one, and there are others out there as well. I personally use Robo-Form Pro as it allows me to store my pass cards for every site that I have signed up for.
  5. Decide if you want to give these companies your real information or fake info. I usually am OK with giving companies my email address, real name, city and zip code. I know that they use this information for demographic studies and marketing. However I am a little leery of giving many of them my phone number and my physical address. Unless they indicate that they will also send me coupons via the mail, I either leave this field blank or use a made up address. And I rarely, if ever give out my phone number because, frankly, there is just no reason whatsoever for these companies to need to call me.
  6. Before signing up for anything, read a company’s privacy policy to see what they intend to do with your information. You can usually find a company’s privacy policy in the header (top) or footer (bottom) of their website. Every legitimate website has a privacy policy (even we do!) and if you cannot find privacy policy for a website, don’t sign up and give them your information. Period.
  7. Don’t fall for offers that seem too good to be true. There are not any legitimate printable coupon websites that offer you gift cards, free items, or vacations for signing up for a printable coupon.
  8. Don’t jump through hoops to get a printable coupon. If after you sign up or before you sign up a printable coupon website makes you click “yes”, “no” or “skip” for page upon page of offers that you might be interested in. Click the little red X in your browsers window. These are called “co-branded” websites and their interest is not to offer you a printable coupon, but to get you to sign up for as many mailing lists and offers as possible.  Usually when you get the end of all the available offers you won’t even get the printable coupon that you were promised from the beginning. It was just a scam to collect your personal information and email address!
  9. Go ahead and feel free to opt-out. If you start getting newsletters from the companies that you signed up for and you don’t want to continue to receive these newsletters anymore, there should be a link at the bottom of the email that will allow you to opt-out of receiving their newsletters.  The process can take a few days to take effect but you should stop receiving more newsletters from them usually within a week.
  10. If there is a product or brand that you frequently purchase check their website often for new offers, sometimes the company that you signed up for does not always send out a email letting you know about new offers. Most of them do, but some don’t. Additionally you can set up further filters in your email to highlight the brands that you use often. In Gmail I use their star system to let me know that my favorite brands have sent me an email so I can check it for new coupons.

These ten steps should prevent you from falling for a coupon scam, a full email inbox and unwanted spam or telemarketing calls. Signing up for printable coupons can be a great way to stay in the know about new coupons for your favorite brands, and most companies want to offer you those coupons so that you will continue to purchase their products.

Do you know of any other tips for making the sign up process less painful? Got a question about how to do any of the above steps? Or just want to ask if a site is real or not? We would love to hear from you. Reply to this post below and let us know what you think!

Heidi November 23, 2009 Printable Coupon Spot Blog

Rainchecks! A shoppers best friend!

CheckoutLets face it, sometimes an item that we really want is on sale at the wrong time. Perhaps funds are low that week or you don’t have a coupon for that item. Or you would like to stock up but the store is out of stock. Enter the raincheck, a shoppers best friend.

What is a rain-check?

When an item is advertised on sale, and the store is out of stock you can ask the store for a raincheck which is a slip of paper that a store employee fills out with the required information and for which you can return at a later date to obtain the product that was out of stock at a later date.

When can you or can your not get a raincheck?

In most cases if an item is advertised as being on sale via an advertisement (print ad, television spot, radio spot, etc) and the store that is advertising the item on sale has run out of stock during the specified sales dates you are usually entitled to a raincheck so that you can purchase that item at the advertised sales price when the item is back in stock. There are a few exceptions to this rule however. Retailers do not have to issue a raincheck if there is exclusionary wording in the ad. Some common examples of such wording can be:

  • While supplies last
  • Limited to stock on hand
  • No rainchecks

In essence if the advertisement says something to the affect that the sale is somehow limited and no rainchecks will be issued then in most cases you are not entitled to a raincheck.

Does a store have to give me a raincheck if they are out of stock?

There are consumer laws out there that regulate the issuance of rainchecks and they vary from state to state. But in essence in most states a store is required to issue a raincheck for items that are advertised on sale and are out of stock within the advertised sale dates, unless there is exclusionary wording in the ad such as the examples above. The reason why there are consumer laws on rainchecks is because some unscrupulous stores will advertise a hot item at a deep discount in order to get customers in the store. However they never carried the advertised product and instead hope that you will purchase another item instead of the advertised product. This is basically bait and switch and is illegal in most states. Consumer laws therefore have been put into place to protect shoppers from being lured into a store for a hot sale only to find no product in stock. However in some states a retailers has the option of offering either a raincheck or a comparable product at the same price as the item on sale. To find out more about consumer laws in your specific state you may wish to do a internet search on your states consumer laws.

How do I get a raincheck?

If you are shopping and an advertised item is out of stock all you need to do is go to the customer service desk and ask for a raincheck. If you are purchasing other items you can also ask your cashier for a raincheck and most of the time the cashier can issue you one. Each store has its own policy on rainchecks so you may want to ask the person issuing you your raincheck what the policy is. Some stores have an expiration date on their rainchecks, these can be anywhere from 30 days to 90 days while other stores rainchecks never expire. Some stores will ask you for your phone number or other contact information so that they can call you and let you know when the item is in stock. This is usually a practice of smaller retailers or more high-end retailers. Rainchecks can also have a limit written on them as to how many of the specified product you can purchase at the sale price with your raincheck.

5 raincheck tips!

  1. When grocery shopping look for clear spaces on the store shelves and make a note of what it is and what flavor, size or variety that is out of stock. If for example Coca-Cola 2-liter bottles are on sale for $0.70 each but the store is out of Diet Coke, you can often ask for a raincheck just because the store is out of just one flavor. Most of the time the raincheck will be issued for the advertised sale item (Coca-Cola products) and not just the specific variety that was out of stock.
  2. Once you have your raincheck, plan for additional savings. Find coupons to help discount the sale price even further. Getting a raincheck is a great time extender to afford additional time to the sale so take advantage of the extra 30 or more days to print, purchase or trade for coupons to go with your raincheck.
  3. If you had a coupon to go with the advertised sale and it is about to expire, try explaining to the store manager that you wanted to buy the advertised product with a coupon but they are out of stock and you are afraid that your coupon will expire by the time the product is back in stock. Often times the manager will offer to write you a raincheck that also includes the additional discount that your coupon would have given you.
  4. If a product that you really want to buy is advertised at a great sales price, go to the store in the middle of the sales period to see if the item is out of stock. If it is, get a raincheck. Then go back in at the end of the sales period and if the item is still out of stock go ahead and get another raincheck.
  5. When you are at the customer service desk or cashier getting your raincheck and if the store employee asks you how many of the advertised priced items you would like to get with your raincheck go ahead and ask for multiples. If your family members love Coca-Cola, go ahead and ask for a limit of 30 or 50 and stock up.

Do you have a raincheck tip that you would like to share? We would love to hear it, feel free to leave a comment below.

Heidi November 16, 2009 Printable Coupon Spot Blog , ,

Printable Coupon Spot is now mobile friendly

blackberryI am always looking for ways to make Printable Coupon Spot better and so we decided to do a mobile version for those of you who might be like me a little bit of a tech geek. At first I was thinking that it is a bit hard to fathom users wanting to access printable coupons from their mobile phones but then I sat and thought about it. Some of you might be techy like me and have your mobile device hooked up via Bluetooth to your printer. So what I can do is sit on my couch with my Blackberry and look for printable coupons before shopping and print my coupons while sitting in the other room where my desktop is.

So if you feel like accessing printable coupon spot from your cell phone, go ahead. You don’t have to do anything, the site will automatically detect that you are on a mobile device and show you the mobile version. You can of course make the switch back to the full web version at any time too!

Enjoy!

Heidi

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