Publix:Product displayers & Coupon Booklets

[Pinksink]

I recently was in a Publix looking for the One Stop booklets and was told by customer service that the product displayer who was handing them out on the weekend, had a ton of them, but did not leave any in the store when she left.

I turned to coupon clipping sites and ebay in search of them and found someone on ebay. She stated that she was a product displayer who had hundreds of them. That Publix tells them to destroy the booklets/coupons, but she decided to sell them on ebay instead.
My question would be
1.Does Publix actually tell their product displayers to destroy coupon booklets????
I would find that counterintuitive to even having the booklets made!
I personally find it frustrating to have to search out for a booklet. I do not know what makes it worse, the fact that Publix might be telling them to destroy them, or this person(s) is profiting if stealing them from their employer. Yes, like anyone else they can go and take a bunch off the rack and sell them. But when you are getting paid to hand them out??? Double dipping?
What's your opinion?

[veena]

Hi Pinksink.... I know how frustrating it is, because I cannot seem to find booklets either. If the product displayer was asked to destroy them, then I DO NOT think it is ethical for her to be selling them.

And I cannot imagine why Publix would even suggest destroying them, seems to me that it would be easier to just leave the extras at the store, maybe at CS.
Sounds like they would rather not deal with the coupons. Imho, I think the new Extreme Couponing show is making store managers etc, very wary of coupon shoppers...

[couponreachmama]

I recently was in a Publix looking for the One Stop booklets and was told by customer service that the product displayer who was handing them out on the weekend, had a ton of them, but did not leave any in the store when she left.

I turned to coupon clipping sites and ebay in search of them and found someone on ebay. She stated that she was a product displayer who had hundreds of them. That Publix tells them to destroy the booklets/coupons, but she decided to sell them on ebay instead.
My question would be
1.Does Publix actually tell their product displayers to destroy coupon booklets????
I would find that counterintuitive to even having the booklets made!
I personally find it frustrating to have to search out for a booklet. I do not know what makes it worse, the fact that Publix might be telling them to destroy them, or this person(s) is profiting if stealing them from their employer. Yes, like anyone else they can go and take a bunch off the rack and sell them. But when you are getting paid to hand them out??? Double dipping?
What's your opinion?

When I find the One Stop one Store booklets the lady who has handling them told me to take as many as I want, she has 3 boxes and was planning to leave the rest in the turnstile.

Sometimes, I have people giving me a lot of coupons for their display tables as they will be going to the garbage, so of course I take some and give them away to my friends.

I completely simpatize with you, it is so frustrating looking for the booklets at Publix while somebody is making profit.