I see a difference between ripping off a system due to an error, and making the most out of a system within its rules. The manufacturer and store coupon game is pretty well settled now. Few people are going to actually be able to rip it off due to mistakes, and it's pretty well settled law that the stores don't have to honor mistakes. The best the rest do is play the game to its limits within the rules set by the stores and manufacturers. If the stores and manufacturers don't like it, they'll change the rules.
But you want a real rip-off? Those coupon expiration dates don't mean squat. Soldiers and their families in commissaries all over the world can use those coupons six months after their expiration date! Those unethical people taking advantage of the poor manufacturers.
As do I.
Soldiers and their families in commissaries all over the world can use those coupons six months after their expiration date! Those unethical people taking advantage of the poor manufacturers.
First, my Exchange and Commissary don't accept expired coupons. Second, if done so overseas, it is by direct contractual agreement with the suppliers, hardly an ethical issue, but you already knew that.