How to Make Sure You Are NOT USING A FAKE COUPON
- - Know where you are getting the information:
- I spend up to 10hrs or more researching your deals or printables
- When in doubt I do personally contact the company for you
- The deal is too good to be true:
- If there is a coupon for a free product for very high value coupon like $3.00 off a bag of chips this is a huge RED FLAG.
- - The expiration date:
- Remember the better the coupon ( High value coupons or coupons that have no size limit) have a shorter time it is good for. So if a printable coupon has more then 6 months till its expiration date – RED FLAG
- The coupon is a pdf:
- PDFs are VERY easy to manipulate — this is another red flag.
- Again not all PDF coupons are fake but still be wary.
- The coupon has no expiration date:
- Fake coupon can be spotted sometimes without having an expiration date – makes sense the person who made the fake coupon wants to use it as long as possible.
- THERE are companies that forget or do not put a expiration coupon – but you usually get these sort of coupons from the company themselves.
- The coupon did not have a UPC code
- HUGE RED FLAG – If there is no UPC it cannot be traced
- Coupon is a Brick Coupon:
- This one is tricky… A brick coupon is a coupon that is the only one you can print.
- There are many legitimate brick coupons out there – this is a yellowish flag
- The ones I post are legitimate and come from reliable sources
Here is an example for YOU – Lets see if you are able to see how this coupon below is fake
The real coupon was changed into a fake coupon by someone who wanted free products – this is what usually happens with fake coupons.
Thanks! WalletPop and ABC News