Thursday, December 20, 2007

Coupon Terms

Here is a list of coupon terms you might see:

B1G1 or BoGo
catalina- manufacturer coupons that print out from a little machine at the register, triggered by what you buy
OYNO- on your next order
blinkie- red smartsource machine with a little red blinking light on the machine. The coupons that come out of them are called blinkies.
peelie- coupon found attached to a product- you have to peel it off
hangtag- a coupon that is hanging around the bottle neck of wine- you do not have to buy the wine to use the coupon
c/o- cents off coupon or cash off coupon
cpns
crtc- cash register tape
FAR- free after rebate
TMF- try me free
loss leader- what a store sells-usually on the circular front page- to intice or lure you into the store in the first place. These are usually sold close to or at a loss. Goal to get you in and get you to buy more there.
doubles
triples
GDA/HDA- good deal alert/hot deal alert
YMMV- Your mileage may vary, a generic term for “it worked for me, may not work for you”