Friday, 11/20/09: Watch coupon rules-sizes and weights

Another reason a store might reject your coupon is if you haven't purchased the right size or weight of the product. For example, right now I have a coupon for Reynolds foil because I may need some soon. But, it's only good for certain sizes (the larger ones, actually, which is typical). Now, at my grocery store they won't usually catch or refuse a coupon because of the size. They're in too much of a hurry and they remember seeing the item, so they override it and move on. But to me that's dishonest so I try not to do it, and at your store they might be a little more careful about it. Again, you may end up in a situation where you're tempted to say, "Oh go ahead and get it anyway," in which case you've paid more than you wanted to and the coupon failed your purpose.