I googled the Clorox Sales Company Coupon Redemption Policy and was taken by surprise!
3. Coupons are non-assignable and are void if transferred from their original recipient to any other person, firm or group. The Clorox Sales Company does not permit the unauthorized distribution, collection, sale, or assignment of its coupons for any reason. For example, coupons are not to be used in swap boxes, taped to product or placed on hooks near manufacturer products, gathered and distributed by any person or group for charitable fund-raising purposes, or otherwise used in any way except as described in Requirement 1 above.
1. Coupons are redeemable only by a consumer purchasing the product(s) indicated, including but not limited to the brand, quantity and size, not later than the expiration date, with the face value of the coupon deducted from your retail price.
First, let me just say, how is any manufacturer going to know how you obtained your coupons and whether the store promoted the use of coupons in some way? Is there some sort of secret coupon police I'm not aware of? I'm not going to argue that it's our constitutional right to procure and use any number of coupons we can get our hands on. But, I would certainly think that, this being America, we should have the freedom to use any number of coupons the manufacturers make available to us. And how I come by my coupons, whether I purchase a dozen Sunday papers or collect cast offs from friends, is really no one's business.
Thanks again, and happy couponing!
--The Hopkins County Couponer (7/8/2011)
