For example, CouponBug.com. Here are some comments from around the web:

  • I print them all the time, no problem whatsoever.
  • I also own a coupon train group. This is another way to get different coupons that you need.
  • I print coupons all the time. Its fine. You want to make sure you’re doing it from accepted manufacturers sites.
  • Typically the address to get the coupons will be bricks.xxx.com - that’s the major coupon provider.
  • Otherwise, Coupons.com also has a very good, no spam coupon printing program (just DON’T install the toolbar - there’s no need to and its just another toolbar that you don’t need).
  • Just make sure it’s a site that can be trusted. I get coupons regularly from coupons.com and walmart.com (and walmart.com has some free samples too!)
  • Before you download a program… Google it and find out if others have had problems with it.
  • Most of the time the store brand is cheaper than using the coupon. That’s something to check into (unless you have a place that doubles or triples them).
  • Check with the store… some do not accept them.

ThriftyFun.com

But watch out! Here some some evil things Coupons.com does:

  • Installing with deceptive filenames and registry entries that hinder users’ efforts to fully remove Coupons’ software.
  • Failing to remove all Coupons.com components upon a user’s specific request.
  • Assigning each user an ID number, and placing this ID onto each printed coupon, without any meaningful disclosure.
  • Allowing third-party web sites to retrieve users’ ID numbers, in violation of Coupons.com’s privacy policy.
  • Allowing any person to check whether a given user has printed a given coupon, in violation of Coupons.com’s privacy policy.

Benedelman.org

Weitzman says the company shuts off coupon-printing access to violators if photocopied coupons with the same serial numbers show up at markets.

That hurts the companies’ bottom line, Weitzman says.

“We monitor those things very carefully,” he says. “If we do see duplicates coming through, we have ways from keeping people from printing coupons in the future.”

Wired.com Article on Online Rights

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