My Litter: Missing Coupon Inserts?

Wow!  Tiffany at My Litter gets angry when it comes to Coupon Insert theft!  I don't disagree that it is wrong to steal inserts and then sell them.  One of her readers says her newspaper delivery man is stealing inserts from papers before he delivers them so he can resell them.  The question I have is: does the delivery man purchase the papers from the Newspaper and then deliver them?  That's how it works in some places.  The Owensboro paper won't deliver out my way because it's not profitable for the delivery man to drive all the way out here just to deliver my one paper. 
I do disagree about purchasing coupons.  Clipping services do not sell coupons, they provide a service of clipping and redistributing coupons.  And I'm not so sure it is officially "illegal" to purchase coupons.  It may be against the manufacturer's policy to purchase coupons, the fine print usually has some stipulation about selling/trading coupons being prohibited.  But, when you use the term "illegal" you imply there is a State or Federal Law making it criminally punishable to sell coupons.  I simply don't know if there is such a law.  But, if there isn't a law currently on record, there will be one soon, I'm sure.

I do realize the cost of living varies from place to place.  However, when you can buy toothpaste at a Walmart in bustling Houston for less than you can buy it in Madisonville, well, something is off with the cost of living formula.  Not to mention the price of gas in Hopkins County compared with the rest of the US.  If our region has a lower cost of living and therefore lower value coupons, why don't we see lower price tags in our stores? 

I don't believe we should miss out on a great, high value coupon just because we live in Hopkins County.  I don't know about you, but I'm happy to pay someone to collect and send those coupons to me.  How is that different than subscribing to a newspaper in California or Florida and having the paper mailed to your home?  Whether you are paying your newspaper or a coupon clipper, you are paying someone for the service of delivering your coupons.