Ever benefitted from a 'coupon fairy' who leaves coupons tucked by products in supermarkets?

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I've been reading about one of our Forumites who's in the habit of tucking coupons next to the relevant product on supermarket shelves, ready for someone to find and use.
It's an ace idea and I wondered: does anybody else does this?
Or have you ever benefitted from it yourself? Ever spied a coupon left besides the corresponding product?
It's an ace idea and I wondered: does anybody else does this?
Or have you ever benefitted from it yourself? Ever spied a coupon left besides the corresponding product?
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I like the idea of pinning spare vouchers on staff notice board.
And a few years back I was queuing on my lunch hour to buy a mag in WHSmith when a homeless guy asked if I would give him the price of the news paper he wanted to buy. I must have looked confused so he explained there was a coupon in it for a free sandwich from Gregg's. I'd planned on going there to get my lunch so we grabbed a few papers which I paid for and headed over to get some sandwiches. I paid about the same for the papers that I would have paid for a sandwich and he got all the spare papers to share with his friends. Must admit without him I wouldn't have known about the coupon and would have been cranky paying full price if I saw others getting their freebie!!
2023 £1 a day £54.26/365
Often the person a voucher is passed to, has a voucher come out with their receipt too, and this then sparks a lovely 'pass-it-on' run for several customers. If I am given the voucher by a customer to pass on, I try to give it to someone who I suspect might need it, elderly, young family, someone who looks like they're having a bad day. I haven't mentioned the store name as I think the practice might be frowned upon, but I have to say it brightens my day if I can help people this way.
I used to pass on car parking tickets with time left on them too, but the council got wise to people doing this, and now you have to enter your car reg number in the machine, and it is printed on the ticket so you can't pass it on.
I'm loving the supermarket coupon fairy stories. My autism makes this kind of activity impossible for me but it's wonderful to hear of other people being helped or cheered on a bad day, perhaps. You're lovely people.
If I shop in a store for which I don’t have a loyalty card, I always ask the customers behind me whether they would like to collect the points from my shop by swiping their own loyalty card.
I don’t use coffee shops but I like the idea of paying for the order of the customer behind me - pay it forward. Anything to share a smile and raise some community spirit.
Jar £440.31/£667.95 and Bank £389.67/£667.95