Budget Savvy Diva Opinion: Misleading Promotion – What do you think

It is almost becoming a daily type of post – my opinion ones – I guess I just have A LOT of opinions 🙂

I think it is no secret that I take a lot of time finding deals. Either I get emails telling me about certain deals or I have to look all over the internet for them. Before I post any deals I always try them out. I mean that would be super lame if I posted a deal that does not work. Well this morning I was SUPER excited about a deal about a certain company giving out “free” coupons on their facebook.

“free”  coupons are one of my favorite type of deals. Being super excited – almost spilling my coffee – I hopped over to facebook – “like” them and was shocked by the lack of a free coupon. Did they run out? Which would be understandable…. Nope…. There was a coupon… it was a $1.00 when you buy 2 of the product which was only available to you AFTER you watched a video . WHAT?!

I did some more researching – there was a very very small supply of the free coupons which ran out in under a minute. I know – a coupon is a coupon – but still I am so over having companies basically using any tactic possible to have them – “like” them on Facebook.

It is also annoying that they have no mention about them running out of the “free product” coupon – it would be slightly better if they would mention it in their status update.

What do you think about misleading deals or promotions? Have you ever dealt with them before?

Budget Savvy Diva out!

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  • Steven Fitzgerald

    Bummer! Sounds a little like the old “bait and switch” marketing technique to me. I can understand being a little irritated when a coupon is no longer available. It happens to me all the time and I’m in the business!

    I have never tried to determine if there were 10 or 10,000 coupons available. I just say “Oh well” and move on. Maybe there should be better communication between the company and the customer or maybe there should be an FTC standard for such promotions.

    What really gets me irritated is when I see a product in a store Ad, rush down to the store only to find out that ran out. Wait a second I was the second person in line when the doors opened. How can you be out?

    Or that 21″ TV with the built in VCR/DVD deal. I got to the store, this time first in line, caught an employee’s eye and showed him the Ad through the locked doors and asked “do you have this item”. He shrugged and disappeared and a few minutes later another guy, who looked to me like the store manager, appears and puts up a sign that said that there had been a mistake in the Ad. Ughhhh!

    Maybe in addition to a ubiquitous “Like” button and the “Unlike” option there should be another button or two to help us to express our true feeling. Perhaps a button for “Dis-Like”, “Dis-like A little” and “Really Pisses Me OFF!”.

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  • Natalie Z

    I agree. I know they are giving something away, but we shouldn’t have to jump through the hoops. To me, companies should see those free coupons as a way to show consumers that they care and to give them a chance to try out the merchandise. Many free after mail-in-rebate or coupons for free item have lead to products I now buy with or without coupons.

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  • lorrie

    I just went to a facebook page for a clothng store and it had a coupon but it couldnt be used online and i dont have the store near me so it was useless to me