Coupon Columns
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Not So Loyal to Your Loyalty Card?.
May 15, 2012 - CTW Features
Last week’s column about loading e-coupons to loyalty cards led to - what else? - lots of reader comments about store loyalty cards! Whether they love them or loathe them, …
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Eek! E-Coupons!.
May 8, 2012 - CTW Features
Most shoppers use traditional paper coupons found in the newspaper when they shop for groceries and other consumer packaged goods. Almost 90 percent of all coupons redeemed in 2011 were …
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Free Products, Not Free Money.
May 1, 2012 - CTW Features
If you’ve ever used a free or Buy one, get one free coupon, you’ve probably noticed a box at the top of the coupon. That box is where the cashier …
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Readers Weigh In.
April 24, 2012 - CTW Features
Every week, I receive tons of reader feedback, from questions about coupons to suggestions for other readers. This week’s column is a grab bag of that feedback, from a question …
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Friends Don’t Let Friends Photocopy Coupons.
April 17, 2012 - CTW Features
This letter comes from a reader dealing with a tricky situation. Since my last few columns have dealt with counterfeit coupons, I thought this was an important story to share. …
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Counterfeit Coupons: What You Must Know.
April 10, 2012 - CTW Features
In last week’s column, we discussed why it’s never a good idea to purchase coupons online. The terms on many state that they are void if sold, so manufacturers may …
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Don’t Be a Coupon Crook.
April 3, 2012 - CTW Features
Every once and a while I’ll get questions from readers about controversial coupon practices, from “gang cutting” coupons to photocopying and more. This reader has a question about one of …
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Save More, Clip Less.
March 27, 2012 - CTW Features
Let’s look at how coupon shoppers match coupons to sales. Have you ever rifled through a drawer and found stacks of out-of-date coupons you clipped and forgot? Cutting too many …
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Double, Double Coupon Trouble.
March 20, 2012 - CTW Features
In last week’s column, I answered questions about Catalina coupons. This week, I’ll let’s look at some of the most frequently asked couponing questions from beginners. These readers want to …
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Catalina Coupons.
March 13, 2012 - CTW Features
For the past few weeks, we’ve been reviewing coupon basics and revisiting topics that I receive a lot of emails about. This week, we’re talking Catalina coupons. But what is …
