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NEWSPAPER SUMMARY - Wednesday 28th February

quoia
quoia Posts: 14,510 Forumite
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Good Morning All,

Wednesday 28th February

Please post here if you get any of today's newspapers or have the chance to look through one.
Please tell us if any of them contain coupons or freebies or vouchers OR NOT !

Important details are:
The cost of the newspaper
Whether it's a regional edition
Page number
Expiry date of the voucher
Whether it's store specific and has a barcode

Remember if you go shopping look in as many newspapers as you can.
Post even if you don't see any coupons, and mention any offers that you see.

Below you'll find a list of the abbreviations and how to interpret them.

MOC - Money Off Coupon
Bc - Barcode, good chance of universal scan
bc - only selected stores scan
Xwrd - Crossword
PUZ - Puzzle
T#3 - Token 3
T2collect - Token 2 Collect (generally you have to collect numerous tokens to get the offer)

Lets hope todays a good one for coupons

Link to yesterday's thread - Tuesday 27th February:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=387614

Weekday newspaper pricing details:

Sun 35p / Star 35p / Mirror 40p / Express 40p / Mail 45p
Times 65p / Guardian 70p / Independent 70p / Telegraph 70p


AND Don't forget .... IF YOU ARE COLLECTING .... in today's ......

TELEGRAPH - Coupon for free DVD - #12 of 14 - National Geographic series - GLORIES OF THE ANCIENT AEGEAN - exchange at WHSmith

MIRROR - Coupon for free DVD - #3 of 7 - "Hollywood" Fitness - CROSS TRAINING - exchange at LIDL
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Veni, Vidi, VISA ! ................. I came, I saw, I PURCHASED
(11)A104.28S94.98O112.46N86.73D101.02(12)J130.63F126.76M134.38A200.98M156.30J95.56J102.85A175.93
S LOWER CASE OMEGA;6.59 so far ..
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  • crocker
    crocker Posts: 220 Forumite
    TIMES....t2.....moc £2.50 off Harpers Bazaar Bc exp 07.03.07....pge23


    www,thisisexeter.co.uk This is the web address of our local newspaper...................then search doc
    Exeters favourite road sweeper gets Cathederal Funeral
    In my opinion it is an interesting story about a well known sweeper/bin man know as Doc
    Well worth the reading.On winning a national award presented by our then Lady Mayor he gave her a romantic hug and a kiss.There is nowhere localy to accomodate the expected mourners other than Exeter Cathederal.Funerals at this location is historicaly for dignitries,politicians etc.I have heard rumours that The Queen and Duke are coming.Many people think this could be one of his pranks and he will jump out of the coffin and say "I just wanted to see who would come to my funeral" It is expected to be attended by hundreds of Harley Davidson bikers,Satans Slaves and traffic ,shops,buses take the day off.
    Any Mourner can expect something not experienced at a funeral in this venue.It would not be unexpected to hear unprompted singing of "for he was a jolly good fellow" and "Three cheers for Doc"


    Already film crews from far afield as Germany have booked Hotel accomodation to record and report on the occassion.I have heard tales that The Motorbike fraternity are planning to park outside the Cathederal ignoring yellows.It is also expected a calvocade escort of bikers to accompany Doc to his almighty burn up after the ceromony.If this is one of his April Fools tricks he better not leave it too late to spring the lid.

    Copyright CROCKER
    Think not what MSE.com can do for you but what you can do for MSE
  • LittleBill
    LittleBill Posts: 1,543 Forumite
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    crocker wrote:
    TIMES....t2.....moc £2.50 off Harpers Bazaar Bc exp 07.03.07....pge23


    www,thisisexeter.co.uk search doc
    Exeters favorite road sweeper gets Cathederal Funeral

    Oh my hat .... Another Couponog! ... Many Thanks Crocker ... For a second I thought you were promoting a sex site! .... :rotfl: ... must put on my reading goggles ... 8^)

    A suitably scatty 500th post ...
    LittleBill ... "The riches of a man can be measured by what he can do without"
  • littlejaffa
    littlejaffa Posts: 2,251 Forumite
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    crocker wrote:
    TIMES....t2.....moc £2.50 off Harpers Bazaar Bc exp 07.03.07....pge23

    is this likley to scan in tescos? (the BC / Bc difference confuses me)
    crocker wrote:
    www,thisisexeter.co.uk search doc
    Exeters favorite road sweeper gets Cathederal Funeral

    have no idea what this means, also thought sex as prev post but now curious - what is it!?

    thanks
    xx
    Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
    Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
  • LittleBill
    LittleBill Posts: 1,543 Forumite
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    littlejaffa wrote:
    is this likley to scan in tescos? (the BC / Bc difference confuses me)
    have no idea what this means, also thought sex as prev post but now curious - what is it!?

    thanks
    xx

    The HB coupon likely will scan as the one on Monday does fine ...

    The other item is actual NEWS ... I know I know ... very unlikely for a Newspaper thread ... but there you go .... ;)
    LittleBill ... "The riches of a man can be measured by what he can do without"
  • r1ch1e_2
    r1ch1e_2 Posts: 4 Newbie
    Hi, first time poster here. I was just wondering what the deal is with the money off coupons in the newspapers. Do you actually have to buy the product that it states or could you just self-scan it at tescos and use it to buy groceries?

    Thanks in advance,
    Richie
  • jo_b_2
    jo_b_2 Posts: 7,122 Forumite
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    r1ch1e wrote:
    Hi, first time poster here. I was just wondering what the deal is with the money off coupons in the newspapers. Do you actually have to buy the product that it states or could you just self-scan it at tescos and use it to buy groceries?

    Thanks in advance,
    Richie

    Hi Richie. Welcome to the site! :wave:

    For most coupons, the cashier will scan them even if you haven't bought the product. In most Tesco stores they will allow you a maximum of 10% off your total shopping bill using vouchers for items that you haven't actually bought.
  • r1ch1e_2
    r1ch1e_2 Posts: 4 Newbie
    Thanks jo_b, will give it a try
  • littlejaffa
    littlejaffa Posts: 2,251 Forumite
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    jo_b wrote:
    Hi Richie. Welcome to the site! :wave:

    For most coupons, the cashier will scan them even if you haven't bought the product. In most Tesco stores they will allow you a maximum of 10% off your total shopping bill using vouchers for items that you haven't actually bought.


    my tesco allow 50% my normal shop is about 25% vouchers but i used near 50% recently and it was fine...there are t&c's - no internet/printed vouchers, no duplicates, they must stock the item & it must be within its valid from date.
    worth asking at the till what your store policy is as my cs are never sure and say till folk are more up2date
    Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
    Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
  • hnscott
    hnscott Posts: 135 Forumite
    jo_b wrote:
    Hi Richie. Welcome to the site! :wave:

    For most coupons, the cashier will scan them even if you haven't bought the product. In most Tesco stores they will allow you a maximum of 10% off your total shopping bill using vouchers for items that you haven't actually bought.


    In fact the official Tesco policy as received from their customer service department via email (yes, I'm printing out copies of the email to take with me on every single shopping trip to Tesco;) ) says "with regard to coupons from brand name manufacturers, we are happy to accept one, even if you have not purchased the product."" :T :T :T

    Interpretting this you could in theory purchase items just over the value of the coupon (in this case £2.50), present the coupon goods for virtually nothing :rotfl: . Perhaps we should all send emails to Tesco so we are all armed with their official Policy response. (if anyone's interested email address is online@tesco.com).
  • katlady
    katlady Posts: 19 Forumite
    I Find Not Being Greedy And Using Just A Few Coupons Per Visit Mean The Cashier Does Not Mind Taking Them And And There Is Not Any Fuss If You All Use To Many 1. The Firm Who Supplied Them, Stops (no More Coupons 2. Tescos Will Not Take Them With Out You Buying The Goods So Use Within Reason Then You Do Not Ruin It For Every One
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