Just for fun - Top 10 ways to frustrate a couponer…

[thickbluebug]

Those are good.
Yep all of the above fit me too.
I especially like from above

the one per purchase/transaction and handing back of my q,
find a coupon and then its an expired peelie
the coupon preview not being the coupons in my paper,
family helping by calling to tell me about a deal that I knew about last week,
family just using my stockpile to use it up since I have so much
family thinkgin q's and deals fall out of the sky and anytime they want my stockpile - I can just get more. ( I loved the propel one)



Here's mine
10 - limit me to 2 quantities during a free after q bogo sale
9 - limit me to 2 like coupons for the order
8 - refuse to issue a rc because the truck comes tonight
7 - loose my wine tag envie in the mail
6 - get an envie with a rubber band around it, all the good q's are gone and a po stamp that says "sorry machine error"
5 - have a computer web ad that advertises a coupon booklet or in ad coupon and be out in the store - they are out of flyers so no coupons
4 - have 2 of a sale item when I need 3 of an item for my coupon scenario (think wags and a rr deal lol)
3 - refuse to take my q's because I have a bogo and a 1/1
2 - tell me I can't use my dollar off dollar coupon because I have saved so much already
1 - miss my coupon and then say it was scanned

[CloudNine]

HA! We are up to 60 things... I should rename the thread

1. Tell us we don’t know what we are doing
2. Print 2 Qs side by side and have the expiration of one and the UPC of the other almost touching
3. Give a FAR offer and then set and unrealistic maximum on the rebate amount
4. Disguise the expiration date by putting it in a regular font and in the middle of the Q
5. Print a FREE ITEM Q that expires before the product gets on the shelf
6. Offer a WYB that has more than 4 qualifiers
7. Print a Q that goes all the way across the page (or heaven forbid the height of the page)
8. Send out saran-wrapped Sunday papers when the insert feeder was having issues
9. Write the fine print as, ‘one coupon per transaction’
10. Put a dotted border around an ad that is not a Q!!!
11. Start a Q’s UPC with a "9" :)
12. Write the fine print as "One coupon per person per day"
13. Clueless cashiers backed up by even more clueless managers
14. Place size restrictions in the fine print where they are near impossible for the over 40 crowd to read!
15. Newspapers delivered followed by rain
16. Cashiers who don't understand the difference between "one per purchase" and "one per transaction"
17. People who get behind us in line and sigh and roll their eyes at our coupons
18. Cashiers who don't understand the "any" clause on coupons, and think that the item pictured is the only item the coupon is good for
19. DONT deliver my papers TWO weeks in a ROW and then DONT answer my emails!! So what if it's a free paper.... I still need it!!
20. Give a person in line behind you a coupon and they have no idea what to do with it.
21. Pull off a peelie all excitedly, and find out it expired 6 months ago...
22. Find a great IP that is only redeemable at a store that is not in your area...
23. Ask me "did you buy this?" every time one of my coupons beeps.
24. Free marcal paper towel coupons with no place to redeem them.
25. Almost any kraft tearpad that is $off of meat/poultry wyb XX.
26. The coupon swap box at work, PLEASE leave some that haven't expired.
27. People who are amazed at my OOP but tell me their time is more valuable than spending it cutting coupons
28. A new coupon "policy" every time I try to check out at the SAME store.
29. Store: Have a sale but no stock for it and of course not know when any is coming
30. Store: Have one cashier for the first day of Super Doubles
31. Store: Have a policy of accepting one store coupon and one mfg coupon only when your cashier feels the moons are aligned properly for it
32. Store: Untrained cashiers who get angry because a customer knows more than them
33. MFR: Have a coupon that beeps when the right product(s) were purchased
34. MFR: Have a coupon that expires in 2wks or less
35. MFR: Give one half the state a $x/1, but the other half a $x/2
36. Have family/friends who want to shop your stock weekly yet talk about how they don't have time for couponing so they are glad you do it....
37. Having other’s ask what you really plan to do with all that stuff -or- Have them ask if you really 'need' 20 *insert product name*
38. FAMILY: touch my binder, just go ahead and move it I DARE YOU!!!!!
39. FAMILY YOU TYPICALLY SHOP FOR: Brings home a *Insert Product* that you have XX# in your stock (or routinely buy for free) just to find out that they paid full convenience store prices for it too....
40. When a family member on a whim decides that they want something and they pay full price for it and I'm like, "NO! I have coupons for that!"
41. Novices who try really hard to "help" with couponing, so they'll call or text or tell about some "sale" that CVS is having, etc. Well, yes,... I know all the sales, because I've seen the preview ads weeks in advance.
42. When asking around for coupons, meaning newspaper inserts that people don't use, and getting store ads, like CVS weekly ads or Publix weekly ads.
43. Just because I have a stockpile doesn't mean you have to deplete it at a rapid rate, just because it's there. I am not a bottomless pit of coupons.
44. Hearing, "This coupon won't work." (before they even try to scan it)
45. You find the thread with the preview for the Sunday inserts. You read it, and get excited. Then, you get your Sunday paper, and find out that the ones you really wanted aren't in there at all...and the other ones that you wanted are horrible values!
46. Being texted 3 point coke codes and not having a texting plan. At 20 cents per text, the final cost of a free 20 oz coke was a mere 1.60.
47. Having someone tell me that using coupons cost more money than not using coupons
48. Send a pm to a trader on a hot q you really need for a sale and not receive a response;
49. Being told that q's are just a "piece of paper"....uhhh, so are $1 bills;
50. Hearing "you are so organized" when they see my binder...closely followed by "wish I had that much time on my hands"
51. Limit me to 2 quantities during a free after q bogo sale
52. Limit me to 2 like coupons for the order
53. Refuse to issue a rc because the truck comes tonight
54. Loose my wine tag envie in the mail
55. Get an envie with a rubber band around it, all the good q's are gone and a po stamp that says "sorry machine error"
56. Have a computer web ad that advertises a coupon booklet or in ad coupon and be out in the store - they are out of flyers so no coupons
57. Have 2 of a sale item when I need 3 of an item for my coupon scenario (think wags and a rr deal lol)
58. Refuse to take my q's because I have a bogo and a 1/1
59. Tell me I can't use my dollar off dollar coupon because I have saved so much already
60. Miss my coupon and then say it was scanned

[kval07]

I know what you mean... I had a guy who I was working with who was crying poverty and what's he to do... his mortgage is late... yata, yata... i told him I would help him and his dw out with some couponing... his remark was....

what good is 50 or a 100 bucks a week gonna do... my mortgage is more than that...

oh well... we'll prob see his house in the paper soon... sigh

His house must not be that important to him, eh? $50 a week is $200 a month. And until I hit the lotto, $50/week is a lot of money!!

[sands]

i would've dove into the stockpile, we have diapers,wipes etc.. and no baby, they do...helped with the shopping trips, immediate savings of 100 a week, times three months is $1300. that's four house payments a year...
lead a horse to water...
he's just lazy I figure

[hellokittygirl]

I know what you mean... I had a guy who I was working with who was crying poverty and what's he to do... his mortgage is late... yata, yata... i told him I would help him and his dw out with some couponing... his remark was....

what good is 50 or a 100 bucks a week gonna do... my mortgage is more than that...

oh well... we'll prob see his house in the paper soon... sigh

Wow. $50 a week... $2600 a year...

Nah, that's just pocket change! :shrug7:

[indonanci]

I just had to add another I didn't see listed:

IP's that don't say they are DND before you print the coupon.

[jen276here]

those are good.
yep all of the above fit me too.
i especially like from above

the one per purchase/transaction and handing back of my q,
find a coupon and then its an expired peelie
the coupon preview not being the coupons in my paper,
family helping by calling to tell me about a deal that i knew about last week,
family just using my stockpile to use it up since i have so much
family thinkgin q's and deals fall out of the sky and anytime they want my stockpile - i can just get more. ( i loved the propel one)



here's mine
10 - limit me to 2 quantities during a free after q bogo sale
9 - limit me to 2 like coupons for the order
8 - refuse to issue a rc because the truck comes tonight
7 - loose my wine tag envie in the mail
6 - get an envie with a rubber band around it, all the good q's are gone and a po stamp that says "sorry machine error"
5 - have a computer web ad that advertises a coupon booklet or in ad coupon and be out in the store - they are out of flyers so no coupons
4 - have 2 of a sale item when i need 3 of an item for my coupon scenario (think wags and a rr deal lol)
3 - refuse to take my q's because i have a bogo and a 1/1
2 - tell me i can't use my dollar off dollar coupon because i have saved so much already
1 - miss my coupon and then say it was scanned

2&6 lmao!

[sands]

here is one of my greatest frustrations

the dreaded jammed blinkie machine, you can see the coupons are stuck... I usually take my keychain cvs card and try to work them out...lol

[scooby8themall]

I have seen several coupons that say Free but in very tiny print with purchase of .I swear I need glasses .Recently I received a booklet of coupons and did not notice till I went shopping that in small red writing the coupons were only good for a certain time period as in August only one was for July it expired on it's way lol. Some of the small print can be confusing.
Family members who make fun of me for using coupons but guess who they call when they need some thing.
Great thread!