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The basic issues to be aware of when taking either a store coupon or a manufacturer’s coupon in payment for a good or service are as follows:- there needs to be a bar code on the coupon because coupons are scanned into the computer/cash register in the same manner as other items.
- use your good “cashier common sense” with regard to the coupon – see if it has a realistic savings or discount. If the supposed savings is so large that it is unrealistic to believe, it may be fraudulent.
- look at the coupon and see where it came from – is it from a newspaper or the manufacturer’s website or is it a printed coupon from a computer – if the coupon is supposed to be directly from the Company then you should be aware of all in-store coupons and promotions that are being featured.
- a legitimate coupon will have: i) a product watermark behind the coupon value, ii) little dots in the expiration date box, iii) the time and date stamp around the coupon and iv) a unique serial number on the coupon.
- coupons that are suspicious will have: i) a PDF print format, ii) an expiration date that is unrealistically far out into the future, iii) no bar code on the coupon, iv) the coupon is for a free product not necessarily a buy one, get one free coupon, v) the value of the coupon is unusually high.
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