New Hy-Vee Coupon Policy

I have been under the weather recently so I appreciate my fellow blogger Kerri, who blogs at Southeast Iowa Deals emailing me letting me know about the changes going on regarding the Hy-Vee coupon policy. Due to some problems with fraudulent internet printable coupons they have changed their policy. Here is a copy of that new policy.

5/14/2009

Hy-Vee Coupon Policy

Hy-Vee is happy to redeem your coupons. The following guidelines apply when presenting manufacturers’ coupons clipped from newspapers or magazines, received by mail, or obtained legitimately from the Internet:

• The coupon must be legible.
  
• The coupon must have a scannable bar code (UPC) and a remittable manufacturer’s address.
  
• Coupons with an expiration date must be used within the stated time frame. Expired coupons will not be accepted.
  
• Only one manufacturer coupon per item will be accepted; however, a customer may use a manufacturer’s coupon in combination with a Hy-Vee coupon on the same item.
  
• Coupon values that exceed the price of the item will not be accepted.
  
• Soft drink container caps will be accepted.

Due to the unfortunate rise of counterfeit activity, the following two additional guidelines apply to Internet coupons:

• Manufacturer coupons that involve any kind of free product will not be accepted, including “buy one, get one free” offers.
  
• No coupon that exceeds $2.50 will be accepted.

Very unfortunate that this has to happen. I agree with Kerri in that some people have probably been copying the high dollar coupons and using them, and the stores have not been able to get reimbursed for the photocopy. Just a reminder to be ethical and follow the rules when it comes to using coupons. This sort of behavior ruins it for all of us.