Quote Originally Posted by $avin'some$ View Post
OK, you know how some name brands never go on sale? For example, Apple- their products are always on the fine print of exclusions during electronics sales events at places like Best Buy, Target, etc... Well, that isn't because Target wouldn't love to put them on sale and have everyone buy them there- it is because the manufacturer has determined that they want their products sold for a certain price and they have liekly assured retailers that other stores won't be able to undercut them.

Well, it is basically the same thing with those DND coupons. Manufacturers don't want their products being sold a lot cheaper at some stores and not others for whatever marketing reason they may have.
I totally see what you're saying. I see a lot of GM products that say DND. But they don't always. For example, I print IPs from coupons.com, and they say DND. I print from Target's website, and they do not. There are recent inserts (I think 9/12 GM) where a lot of the qs do not say DND. There is a peelie for Betty Crocker cookie mix that does not say DND.

Another point is that it's the store that typically pays for the doubling. So if I use a $0.50/1 q on Yoplait at Stop & Shop, GM pays for the value of the q plus $0.08, and S&S pays the $0.50 from doubling it. On my receipts from there, it lists the doubled part of the qs under store savings, not manufacturer savings.

If a manufacturer wanted their product to be sold at a certain retail value, they shouldn't offer coupons at all. But the DND does not stop me - I just spend $5 on $200 worth of GM stuff and used no DND qs.