This coupon user made me mad - Update 1st post.

[4orm]

I went to BJ's today and got in line at the self check behind a woman with a stack of coupons. When she started scanning coupons, i noticed she had 2 piles of paper on the platform. I thought, weird. Then I realized what she was doing. She'd scan a coupon from one stack and then take a blank piece of paper, cut to coupon size, from the other stack and drop it in the slot when it said "place coupon into slot." Then she took all her coupons and put them back in her purse.

I understand what she was doing: she's saving the coupons to use again another time. But people like this don't get it. Those coupons have redemption value to the store and if all you're doing is slipping in blank paper, the store can't get the money for the coupons. And if enough people do this, what do you think will happen? No more accepting coupons because the store ends up losing money.

I understand trying to save money, really I do. But fraud is a whole 'nother matter and it made me so mad. I just had to vent.

UPDATE: I did call BJ's late this afternoon and told them what went on. I guess I shouldn't care b/c they didn't seem to. I told the woman in customer service what happened and offered to give her the details from my receipt so they could track the woman, but she told me not to bother. That, "We can't spend time trying to track down someone over something small like that. Don't worry about it." I asked if there was a fraud prevention manager or someone like that that maybe I should speak to and she told me no. So now I guess I'm madder than I was before. I tried to do something nice and got dismissed.

FWIW, I did get on the website and emailed the corporate office about it (and told them that their customer service people didn't seem to care, so now I guess I'm dragging more people down, lol), so we'll see if they say anything. Otherwise, I'm letting it go and hoping that karma comes back and bites her in the behind.

I would have done the exact same thing OP

 

[extremesoccermom]

OP
You are so right. It is people like this that give the real couponers a bad name. I use coupons all the time. I use them correctly and am happy to help other couponers or bewildered shoppers with a surprise coupon. In the past few months the stores around me have stopped taking the coupons you print from the internet due to some one copying them and passing ones that are not reimbursed. They also wont take any over a certain amount. It goes on but the bottom line is it is because of the coupon fraud that others are hurt.
I had to fight to have a Target employee face his actions when my older mother was supposed to receive a $5.00 GC with a certain purchase. He swiped the card then put it in his drawer. When she asked why she didn't get the GC, he said oh I didn't know you wanted it. (Why would she not want free money). He then handed her a card from the drawer and she came home. A couple of days later I went to use the card and it had $0.00 on it. I talked to the manager and eventually LP. They gave me $5.00 for it but I wanted them to know that the young man did this and that he needed to be accountable. If he stole $5.00 from even 4 people a shift he was making some pretty good extra money.

 

[LuvSnowWhite]

I hate thieves.

 

[ICF]

after 7 years.....I wonder if the women is still using fake coupons???