Manufacturers, Promoters, and people who sell products or even people who sell Coupons to promote Products know very well what they are doing.

The bottom line for them is “PROFIT”. They do not give merchandise for “FREE”.

The Consumer should be aware but does not know this. So we clip coupons because we think that we will get “something for nothing”. Most Coupons expire before we can use them. What a waste of time ? Most times we do not even need that Product which they promote.

Many people are not even exposed to Coupons on a regular basis. So the burden of paying for this unreal practice is on the shoulders of all the people not the few who benefit.

Couponing also leads to CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. Some people, in an effort to harvest a large collection of coupons would insert the minimum money in a newspaper vending machine and then once the door is open, they take the entire contents instead of just one Newspaper for which they paid. They now have a large collection of coupons to clip. The remnants of the paper is discarded.

Some consumers even take items they cannot use or do not want in order to to get the free deals.

Do we think that the Manufacturers give large discounts or free items ? Or are the prices inflated to cover these so called discounts ?

Do they markup the price of items to cover this inflation ?

They know very well what they do to make big profits.

MORE CONSUMERS ARE PAYING FOR THE FEW WHO USE AND ABUSE COUPONING.

WOULD WE BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT COUPONS ?

My Question still stands.

IS IT ETHICAL AND SHOULD EVERY ONE ELSE HAVE TO PAY HIGH PRICES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT OTHERS WHO USE COUPONS. SHOULD PRICES BE NORMALISED WITHOUT COUPONS SO THAT ALL CONSUMERS ENJOY REALISTIC PRICING ??????