# Double Coupons?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-coupons/6308>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 18, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-coupons/6308 "2000-01-18T15:05:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-coupons/6308/1 "2000-01-18T15:05:00Z")

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Why do some companies label their coupons “Do Not Double”? Doesn’t the store pay for the doubling? Why would the company even care if the stores double the coupon, the company still only has to pay the store for the single coupon value?

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**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-coupons/6308/2 "2000-01-18T15:41:00Z")

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Check out [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001198.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001198.html) for the explanation I got from my neighbor who happened to be the assistant manager of a store.

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**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2000, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-coupons/6308/3 "2000-01-18T17:15:00Z")

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> Originally posted by tanstaafl:  
> \*\*Check out [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001198.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001198.html) for the explanation I got from my neighbor who happened to be the assistant manager of a store.
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Thank You, that was interesting, and to think all this time I thought they were just being mean.

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**WECOLME TO THE NEW MILLENIUM!** , now go home. :rolleyes: