Is it illegal to use coupon codes I found for a website?
I found some coupon codes for a pizza place listed on a website, but I don’t actually have a coupon. Is it okay to use these codes? or will I get in trouble?
It isn’t scanned coupons, it’s just a little code you can put in when ordering online.
Posted on February 28, 2010 at 11:31 pm by admin · Permalink
In: Coupon Q&A · Tagged with: coupon codes, coupons, pizza place
In: Coupon Q&A · Tagged with: coupon codes, coupons, pizza place
on February 28, 2010 at 11:31 pm
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If the pizza place authorizes the coupons, sure.
If they were scanned in by someone else, no, that’s forgery. No different than using scanned dollars.
on February 28, 2010 at 11:31 pm
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If it doesn’t say on the website that you must have the coupon, then go for it.
on February 28, 2010 at 11:31 pm
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I don’t think it’s illegal. Just go for it and if they tell you no, then that’s about all they can do.
on February 28, 2010 at 11:31 pm
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if it works, go ahead
on February 28, 2010 at 11:31 pm
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If your ordering online, go for it, its not illegal at all. If your getting it delivered, I don’t know if you can or not.
on February 28, 2010 at 11:31 pm
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It is not illegal. It may be against the pizza place’s policy, so they could just tell you no don’t do that.
Most places don’t care they just want your business. That’s why they have the coupon codes.
on February 28, 2010 at 11:31 pm
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The coupon codes are instead of paper coupons. You can’t really use a paper coupon online can you? So what companies do is issue coupon codes, which they pass on to website owners, who publish them so that people like you can use them.
There’s nothing illegal, or even sneaky, about it. It’s intended that you use them. Of course, the website owner hopes that you will use the link they provide to go to the site, and then use the coupon code, because that means they get a few cents commission for sending you to the site, which repays them for the trouble of publishing the coupon code. But you don’t have to.
on February 28, 2010 at 11:31 pm
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Not illegal or immoral.
Yes – Sensible and thrifty.
Glenn
http://qmania.com
on February 28, 2010 at 11:31 pm
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It is legal and safe, because if the code is fake, then you cannot use it on the website, if you do, then the code is real and is legal for use