Updated Printable Money off Coupons & Policies Thread 4 (and chat)

jeferey

heskpesk wrote: »

Finish 10 tablet pack is £1.70 in Wilkinson at the moment and the cleaner is also on special at the same cost as Sainsburys

Just tried this out at Wilkinsons this lunchtime - no problem, another 5 packs (all they had on the shelf :rotfl:). The SA asked the supervisor and she said just mark on them £1.70 as we can't give the customer money - shame!
Oh, by the way, some of them were 12 packs (10+2) as well - watch out for them.

hogshead

T'was too good to be true...!!!!!! is putting it lightly.
It's early days so others may think differently once they come online later.
Always worth having an extinguisher handy just in case .

I can't wait to find something to share but my sleuth skills are dire but thanks for considering sharing.

veggiecar

C_J wrote: »

Umm .... I think I *may* have found a MOC (but I'm not sure).

I've been doing the usual daily browse of t'internet searching for MOCs and I have come across something which I haven't seen before. It's actually a 'media pack' by a publishing company who produce MOC leaflets for insertion in regional newspapers, and they had a PDF showing MOCs which they had previously produced, presumably this media pack being something they use to try and get more business. But it did include real MOCs they have sent out recently. Most of them were rubbish, but one was a 99 barcoded one for £1.50 off a well-known spirit, redeemable via Valassis with proper codes on it and everything, and an expiry date of 26 May 2009.

I used the grab feature on my Mac to extract the MOC, and enlarged it a bit. The wording on the MOC and the barcode are both extremely clear, though the picture of the bottle of hooch is a bit blurry. It says it is "available to all residents of mainland GB aged 18 or over except employees of the promoter" Wot do we all think? Can we use it (given that it's a screen grab rather than a downloadable MOC, and all that furore over using screen grabs from the London Metro newspaper in the past etc etc). But £1.50 is mighty tempting, and it *does* seem properly valid ......

If the concensus of opinion is positive, I'll post the URL. Pls discuss ....... (also pls do not shout at me).

This sounds to me like it could be something to do with this report from a couple of weeks ago

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=21128927&postcount=957

if so it looks like it could be coming out shortly...but as CM says, it looks like a no-no in the current format

moi

C_J wrote: »

Thanks I like to avoid flaming wherever possible.

Actually the PDF I found has two x £1.50 MOCs: one for Archers Peach Schnapps and one for Captain Morgan Rum (yarr, me hearties!) so it'll be a shame not to have £3 worth of printables valid until the end of the month. But I'm guessing it's a no-no, or else the marketing company would have them more freely available than this. B ugger.

If it's the pdf I think you're talking about, the coupons seem really small and would have to zoomed into a few hundred % to make them of useable size. To me, that would suggest they're just for example purposes, not real printables.
:-/
(I expect they'll nonetheless find their way onto Fleabay by some unscrupulous people though)

moi

Remeber the link to sign up for 'MyWaitrose' a while back (one of those many things that claim they'll send your coupons), well... watch your letterboxes...

They've come good (unlike so many things we all sign up to with the promise of coupons) and have sent a £4.98 coupon in the post for free stuffed pasta & pot of fresh sauce!
Needless to say the coupon is Waitrose only! ...great freeby though!:j

bullshot

Can anyone please help me....my Cif coupons have not been scanning and SA's will type in the number, but I would prefer to print a larger coupon that will scan...I managed it this morning and got 2 good size prints( about 7" x 5" instead of 5 x 4) but I'm blowed if I can remember how I did it....have tried zooming in to 175% and bigger, but when I look at print preview the coupon still stays the same small size....I know it's possible 'cos I have done it ( only a few hours ago , you'd think I should be able retain info for a few hours , wouldn't you ?)
Help bully please you wonderful techie peeps

Ignore this...I finally did it...wasn't too difficult really....it's an age thing!!!!

stephen007

Hi
Anyone know how many times you can use a PDF coupon, if you print it more than once all the codes are the same and there is the possibility of being accused of photocopying. Is there a household limit, I know you can only use one per transaction if you do not buy that product but can i use the same reprinted pdf coupon on each transaction until it goes out of date.
Thanks
Stephen

jeferey

stephen007 wrote: »

Hi
Anyone know how many times you can use a PDF coupon, if you print it more than once all the codes are the same and there is the possibility of being accused of photocopying. Is there a household limit, I know you can only use one per transaction if you do not buy that product but can i use the same reprinted pdf coupon on each transaction until it goes out of date.
Thanks
Stephen

Hi Stephen007 and welcome to the mad (madmuppet5:rotfl:) house. As long as Terms and Conditions on the PDF coupon don't say otherwise, you can print it and use it to your hearts content. I've used over 50 Finish coupons so far (including the 5 at Wilkinsons today). No problems.

veggiecar

bullshot wrote: »

Can anyone please help me....my Cif coupons have not been scanning and SA's will type in the number, but I would prefer to print a larger coupon that will scan...I managed it this morning and got 2 good size prints( about 7" x 5" instead of 5 x 4) but I'm blowed if I can remember how I did it....have tried zooming in to 175% and bigger, but when I look at print preview the coupon still stays the same small size....I know it's possible 'cos I have done it ( only a few hours ago , you'd think I should be able retain info for a few hours , wouldn't you ?)
Help bully please you wonderful techie peeps

Ignore this...I finally did it...wasn't too difficult really....it's an age thing!!!!

If you download (for free) irfanview...google it... you can resize any picture to any size you want....it also has a sharpen picture tool:beer:

stephen007

Thanks
Just want to be sure to avoid any problems at the check-outs.
Stephen