You can get a lot of Trial Size or Travel Size items for FREE with coupons. Just look at the fine print. If it doesn’t say “not good on trial size” then you can’t use it on the trial size. But if there are no restrictions then you can! There are so many items you can get for FREE when using the coupon on the trial size. Manufacturers put restrictions on the coupons so if it’s not there then it’s perfectly legit!
Target and Walmart both have a huge trial size section along with most drug stores. If the coupon is for $1.00 off any size (or no restrictions) and the trial size is $.98 then you can still use the coupon. It will beep at the register and the cashier will have to override it. Most store policies will state that they will change the value of the coupon to the amount of the item making it free. That’s perfectly fine with me, though it is nice when they push it through and I get the overage. The store is going to get the entire value of the coupon back anyways.
So if you have a 4 coupons (because you buy more than one newspaper) for Dove Deodorant with out any restrictions on them, then you can get 4 FREE Trial Sizes instead of buying 1 Full Size product with only saving $1.00. They work just as good, just in a smaller size. Some things I’d actually prefer to have in the smaller size to toss into my purse.
And with the travel restrictions on what you can carry on, and more people carrying on their luggage due to the baggage costs, these trial sizes are perfect for traveling with!
These travel size deals are such a bonus!!! Whether you pack for a car trip, plane trip, or camping/hiking. These are great due to their size and the fact they are FREE means more money to spend at the destination. Stock up and have these ready is my motto.
My local Walmart will no longer accept any coupons for the trial sizes/travel sizes. Also since you are more involved then I can you check something out for me, it is my understanding that trial size is a pouch that you tear of the end and squirt out the contents of a single use pouch and that a travel size or those that you see at Walmart or Target in there “travel sized” section, but my last visit to Walmart they said and the manager said everything that is located in the “travel sized” section is trial size and they will not accept coupons for any of those products. Can you get better answers to this conflicting trial versus travel size from maybe some of the manufactures?
One more question, Walmart use to change the amount of the coupon to reflect the cost of the product if the price was less then the coupon value and they the manager told me the other day that it is illegal for any store to change the amount or value of a coupon because they reimbursed the actual value of the coupon, no matter what the price is of the product you are purchasing with a coupon. So is it illegal or not?
Bug – No they are not supposed to change the coupon amount because they get the full value back, but unfortunately some stores won’t do it any other way. BUT yes Walmart has changed their policy and will not give you overage on the coupons!!!
Actually, Walmart’s coupon policy states that they ALWAYS give you the overage, whether it is in the form of cash or towards the rest of your cart. This is so awesome, because I’ve relied on this to use overages to pay for other items in my cart. Just the other day, I racked up enough overages to pay for my printer ink….to print more coupons!!!! (My printer ink costs $30.97 for the twin pack of color and black ink cartridges)….who wants to fork over $31 for ink….I certainly don’t!
I will all ways use my coupons wisly and make my stock bigger.
Im a newbie at coupons but I have to share this! Today @ shoprite my savings were 123.87 it was such a large amount the manager had to override it!! I was SO proud, and get this… I also got a $25 gas card! You just spend $75 on certain brands like P&G, Kraft and lots of other common stuff. I was so impressed with myself. I also learned that if a coupons first # on the barcode is a 5 they will double at the register (depending on store policy amount) and if its a 9 they wont. Maybe thats something coupon vets already know but I thought Id pass it along.
I frequently get trial sizes of things for free, it’s a good idea!