P&G coupon changes!!!

Take a close look at the bottom of your P&G coupons, there is a change, in bright red letters.

"LIMIT 4 LIKE COUPONS in the same shopping trip"

Now you may be asking "what the heck does that mean???". Let me try and explain.  First we will cover the "4 like coupons part" this means exactly what it says, you can only use 4 of the same P&G coupons.  So for this coupon I could only buy 4 bounty paper towels, anything more than this that I would purchase I could not use a coupon for. But now if I had 4 more coupons (that are exactly the same) for Charmin toilet paper (another P&G brand) I could use those also and/or if I had 4 coupons for bounty paper towels that are different from the first 4 then I could use those also. 

So my basket could look like this:

• 12 rolls bounty paper towels and 4 packages charmin toilet paper.

And the coupons I would use are:

• 4 - .25 cents off one bounty paper towels (for 4 rolls of paper towels)
• 4 - .25 cents off one charmin product
• 4 - $1 off 2 bounty paper towels (for the other 8 rolls of paper towels)

Make sense?

Now on to the second part "same shopping trip".  This is different from "per transaction" we have seen in the past.  With per transaction we were able to separate coupons into different transactions.  With "same shopping trip" it doesn't matter how you separate things, you can only use 4 coupons then you go home and come back later. And if you are a considerate couponer, you will come back another day.

Remember: that the more we try and minipulate and stretch the terms and coupon policies, the stricter they will become making it harder and harder to use coupons.  Also remember to check the coupon policies at the store(s) you are shopping at, they may also have limits and restrictions you need to follow in addition to the terms on the coupons.