Fraudulent Coupons

I feel it important to post again the importance of using coupons that you know are valid and not fraudulent. Right now there is a coupon circulating via email that says you can get bags of Doritos FREE and you can print the coupon as many times as you would like!

Sounds really good, right? It is too good to be true! Someone created a coupon that looks valid and then sent it out. The coupon is in a pdf format, which is the first red flag. I never use or post coupons in pdf format unless their origin can be traced, like when they are hosted on a companies website.

Most companies now use coupon printers, like bricks or other services which only allow you to print one or two copies of the coupon. The fact that you can print as many copies of the Doritos coupon is red flag number 2! Most companies want to limit the number of coupons that can be printed and is the reason they use these coupon printers.

Using coupons that are fraudulent is a huge problem and is an offense that is actually punishable by law. If you have doubts or concerns about a coupons validity, you can search for information on the internet. All I had to do was google the Doritos coupon and many websites came up confirming that is not a valid coupon.

The downside of these coupons is that if a store accepts these coupons, they are now out the money for the product. When this kind of thing happens to stores, they then start not accepting internet printed coupons which hurts all of us trying to use valid coupons in the long run.

The moral of my story is that if you come across a coupon that seems too good to be true, it may be and do a little bit of research before you use it. You can get so many good deals using valid coupons! When in doubt about the validity of a coupon, I do not use it and feel better knowing that I didn't possibly use a fraudulent coupon.

I am off of my soapbox now!