they never will ban it I am sure..that is so disappointing
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they never will ban it I am sure..that is so disappointing
I want to ask a question without getting ripped a new one by certain SC'ers. I agree with the ban on re-selling of the coupons. But if by have the Nexxus company re-adjust the coupons to omit the trial sizes, won't that hurt honest couponers as well? I have FINALLY gotten some of these coupons and used them for the trial sizes. My husband prefers the trial sizes on the road and it is great to get them for free or with an overage. Without the coupons it would cost more money when the purpose of coupons is to save money and encourage the public to try a product. This is defeated when they exclude trial sizes. Where is the middle ground? Please no nasty replies, just asking an honest question.
There is a middle gound, yes it exists but it's so difficult for the companies to reach this point and keep customers happy as well as making a profit. Not everyone is always going to be happy with the outcome but a company can only go so far... greedy people exist and there is nothing the company can do about that fact. It's sad but that's the truth. Hope I answered your question without wandering too much lol.
it is a difficult call....if things do get changed it will cheat us honest ones out of deals.....I to do get some of the Nexxus trial size ones...i love the product but cannot pay the usual regular high price for it.....
QUOTE=wolfwoman;4705056]I want to ask a question without getting ripped a new one by certain SC'ers. I agree with the ban on re-selling of the coupons. But if by have the Nexxus company re-adjust the coupons to omit the trial sizes, won't that hurt honest couponers as well? I have FINALLY gotten some of these coupons and used them for the trial sizes. My husband prefers the trial sizes on the road and it is great to get them for free or with an overage. Without the coupons it would cost more money when the purpose of coupons is to save money and encourage the public to try a product. This is defeated when they exclude trial sizes. Where is the middle ground? Please no nasty replies, just asking an honest question
It is a tough call and there are points for both sides. I have purchaed trial sizes with coupons only a couple of times when I wanted them for travelling. I think the problem lies with the people that get as many as they can just because they are free ,the company must loose a tremendous amount of money. Personally i don't expect to get free items but it is a bonus when it works out, but I would never abuse the coupons to the point of greed.
On the other hand these are not new coupons and the company must be aware of the wording that allows this.So some may take it as a green light to go crazy and sell them or clear shelves with them.In my opinion there will always be this type of consumer out there and the companys will decide to either stop distributing coupons or be very restrictive if they do distribute them. This is not beneficial to any couponer but unfortunately this is where coupon distribution is headed.
We have to remember that the companies are in business and they need to make money, and if the abuse continues prices will rise and coupons will be less available which is not what anyone wants.
Nobody loses money on coupons, no matter what size product they are used on.
Manufacturers write off coupons under their promotional and advertising budget to offset taxes owed on sales. When you consider the volume they move directly translates to market share the argument could be made that they actually benefit from the increased sales due to coupon usage.
Retailers may occasionally get burned by a batch of bad coupons for which they do not get reimbursed by the manufacturer. These losses would be written off by the manufacturer, probably as bad debts, but don't quote me on the specific category. Retailers are paid by the manufacturer for both shelf space placement and units sold, plus the handling fee for coupons.
At WORST the manufacturers and retailers break even.
It's also really cruddy economic times for everybody, which historically has always raised the use of coupons/searching out deals across all income levels.
And not surprisingly, most people say that when their income rises or market stability is restored, they'd stop caring about deals altogether, just like they did before.
Perhaps it's much ado about nothing, and simply a matter of riding it out. Most people will quit.
we can only hope it will stop....
Just think people are trying to get in the Queen's panties for cheap!...lol
ha ha that is funny
LOL - I wonder if anyone actually bought these. 15 coupons at $3 each is a value of $45 and not $60!!!! If you buy 15 shampoos, you're getting $30 in free product, plus $15 in overage. Their math skills are not the greatest!!
I certainly will not purchase coupons from Ebay... :)
good point...:-)
This isn't directed at anyone in particular, but I don't buy coupons from Ebay, nor do I trade for them either. I can't tell how you much it bothers me when a deal is posted, and you reply to the thread asking where the coupon is from (most likely still up in the stores) and then you get a PM stating something along the lines of...I have over 300 for trade. Are you still interested? And, they have a ridiculous evaluation of what their coupons are worth. So, I don't buy and I don't trade. I know these traders are very few...otherwise there wouldn't be so much trading going on in the first place. But, for me at least, the best way to avoid these situations is to not buy or trade coupons at all.
I hate when people have brags about Nexxus and defend buying trial sizes with "I like the shampoo but cant afford the full sized" meanwhile, they buy like 10 trials and use the overage to buy their other items.....
If they like the Nexxus shampoo SOOOO much, but can't afford to buy it, why not buy 10 with the $3 coupons but use the overage to buy a full sized bottle?? at least Unilever isnt loosing so much that way. At least the money is going back to them.
Oh really?? We have over a million dollars in assets.... but if someone stole from me..... I'd still mind ;)
What makes it ok to take from them? Because they have huge profits? Comments and thinking like that are half the problem with the economy in general, not just couponing.
These business are not stupid they know what we are doing with the coupons. This is why you see p & g changing the wording all the time. They see what people are buying with the coupons and they are like oh crap we forgot to put " does not include trial size" so the next batch of coupons that come out you see the wording on them. Nexxus knows what we are doing with there coupons which only a handful of people get the trail sizes compared to most who will buy the regular size. They know what they are doing.
there is so much debate over this issue....there have been occassions where I have bought a travel size just to see if I like it and have even done it without the coupons....as far as the Nexxus coupons I have bought a few travel size ones but I have bought quite a few of the full size ones.....SDM have some Nexxus full size on their clearance rack for $5 so I bought 8 and only paid $2 for each one.....so i think I got a better deal than if i just kept buying travel size ones....
As far as company losing money on coupons, they do not lose money on coupons no matter what size anyone buys....when coupons issue coupons it is a part of their advertising budget....many of these coupons do not advertise on TV or radio because it is to expensive, so they issue coupons to get people to try their products hoping they will continue to use their products....so really there is no loss to them...it is all about advertising