The coupon value is how much the coupon is worth. There are only a couple things to learn:
- “Free” coupons often list a maximum value. A coupon might say “Free Box of Kleenex, maximum value $1.00”. If the Kleenex costs $1.50, it won’t be free with coupon. You will have to pay the difference (50 cents).
- If the coupon is worth more than the item cost. If the coupon is $1.00 off a box of Barilla pasta, but the pasta is on sale for 75 cents, a few things could happen, depending on your store’s couponing policy:
- Pasta is free and the extra 25 cents will be applied to other items.
- Pasta will be free and you will get 25 cents cash back. (Only a few stores, like Walmart, have couponing policies that allow this.)
- The store will adjust the coupon value down to 75 cents.
- The store will refuse to take the coupon.
Read about the other parts of a coupon here.
