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That’s not true at all. Most coupons are for any type of grocery at a store, usually promotional in nature for new products or stores. I use coupons for all so
by bhupy 6y ago
That’s not true at all. Most coupons are for any type of grocery at a store, usually promotional in nature for new products or stores.
I use coupons for all sorts of basic needs, like free ride share rides (transportation), clothing, groceries (or grocery delivery), etc. I even use promotional pricing to pay less in monthly rent in Brooklyn. Food, clothing, transportation, and shelter are not frivolous expenditures, they are basic necessities.
I won’t starve or go homeless without the coupons, but they let me save money every month, which I can use for other stuff like video games or stocks or other activities. This is good for consumers.
- paulcole 6y agoNeat. Sounds like your experience is different than mine. Cool that you said my experience is not true at all though.
- bhupy 6y agoThe difference between your description of your experience and mine is that mine is inclusive while yours is exclusive. You are making a claim (a quite bold one at that) that coupons are only used for "luxury" food. While I don't deny that there exists coupons used for luxury food, I am making the inclusive claim that they are also commonly used for ordinary food, based on my own experience. Unlike me, you are attempting to prove a negative — that people do not use coupons for every day basic purchases — based solely on your own experience. The burden of proof for your claim is far greater than the burden of proof for mine.
- paulcole 6y agoRead it again bud. > Because most food coupons (Based on my experience in the US) are for “luxury” foods I didn’t say a thing about how coupons are used. Just what the coupons I see can be used for. Classic HN here. Doubling down on misreading a comment.
- bhupy 6y agoI never doubted that it was based on what you see. It seemed rather clear to me that you were attempting to refute the idea of comparing coupons for medicine with coupons for food — with the claim that "most food coupons are for luxury foods.", based on your experience. I responded that coupons are used for all sorts of basic necessities, and not just "luxury"/"junk" food, and as such I have no problems with using coupons for basic necessities. This is based on what the coupons I see can be used for. It literally doesn't matter what your experience is, because you seem to think that your experience renders coupons "only for luxury", and I'm refuting that with my own experience, potentially even exposing you to how someone else might live their life. This shouldn't be difficult for you to accept. And I'm not your bud.