are coupons from the sunday newspaper the same as the printed ones online?
March 24th, 2009 at 11:02pm
JazzyKat asked:
I just cut out coupons from my Sunday paper and noticed I had a lot of pillsbury coupons… then I saw that there are also alot of pillsbury coupons online…. are they the same or can I use 2 coupons when I buy the product for additional savings?
I just cut out coupons from my Sunday paper and noticed I had a lot of pillsbury coupons… then I saw that there are also alot of pillsbury coupons online…. are they the same or can I use 2 coupons when I buy the product for additional savings?
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They are not always the same, BUT you cannot combine them either. You have to pick the one that is the better deal.
Companies often use newspaper coupons to push a product in a particular region. In one town, Pillsbury might sell less flour than Gold Medal, or Betty Crocker brownies might do better than Pillsbury brownies. So they might put in a coupon to get people in Chicago, or Denver, or whatever to try their brand. But online coupons are available to everyone, so they are not particular to one area.
In all cases, however, you will see fine print that says something like, “may not be combined with other offers.” Just compare the coupons and use the best one.
Good luck!!
Companies never let you combine coupons. It is extremely rare they’ll accept 2 coupons at the same time - they can’t afford to ‘give it away’ like that and want to make a little money at least.
Your coupons may or may not be the same. Sometimes, the company does a ‘nationwide’ promotion, where all across the country they’re pushing the same offer.
But it works the other way, too. As the previous answer states, many times these promotions are regional, or unique deals to build sales and traffic for only 1 supermarket chain in your area at a time.
Then, there’s also the variable and flexibility that some bring to Internet promotions. Offering a promotion on the net, a company can tweak the offer in just a few seconds with a new piece of code. However, they are ’stuck’ with the printed newspaper’s weeks in advance deadlines. So what you see in the paper may be an older offer; what you see online may be a new and hot price drop because they want to see some sales immediately.