Ok, fellow CVS shoppers, it is my sad duty to pass along a bit of information that came my way via Hot Coupon World (Click to see original text).
"CVS has LEGALLY requested that online printable coupons no longer be posted anywhere on the interent. CVS has contacted several of the larger websites, not just HCW. It is their position that the only valid printable coupons will be sent to you directly through their email system.
As to the online magazines and newspapers. Their online version is simply a convenience service. It's not meant to be printed out and replace their paper magazines and newspapers, otherwise they'd lose their income from their product. Same goes with the coupons in those situations, they are not meant to be printed out and replace the paper ones. My guess is CVS doesn't have the time to police every single newspaper or magazine's online source to make sure that their coupons are blacked out or made unprintable.
In the end, we at HCW are intent on following the parameters stated on the legal notice that we received. And that is that the only valid internet coupons will come directly to you in your email and that any other sources of internet coupons are not legitimate, not approved by CVS and will not be allowed to be posted on HCW."
Suffice it to say, going forward that Richmond Parent's Magazine $2/$10 coupon should only be used if you picked up a hard copy of the magazine and are using a clipped version.
With that said, I will be removing all links to this coupon from this site. I apologize for the inconveninece, but now that I have this information, I want to make sure that all my dealings are 100% above board.
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SAD! But I really appreciate you posting this. I want to make sure that my frugal shopping is 100% ethical, and knowing this will help me to correct practices that are not. If you don't mind, I will pass this information along through my blog.
It's a sad day indeed, but I want to follow the rules. :)
Of course! Please share with your readers. This information needs to be passed along.
Thank you for reading!
I've picked up **several** of the Richmond Parenting Mag (bcuz I obviously live there) ... I doubt they can be used anywhere else then, can they?
ccjjharmon,
I think that as long as you have a physical copy of the coupon from the magazine, newspaper, etc. that it came from that CVS would not have a problem with you using it in any of their stores.
This is of course provided that there is nothing in the text of the coupon that prohibits it from being used anywhere but a specific store.
The way I think about it is the same way folks get people in other locales to clip coupons for them that they may not get in their own paper. So long as nothing in the coupon text prohibits their use, they are free to use them wherever they are accepted.
No... nothing prohibiting any such use that I've read.
Then you should be good to go! Enjoy living in the land of awesome CVS coupons!