Have you seen all the fine print on a coupon? Have you actually read it?
If not do so..now… or preferably soon. Before you use that coupon.
Coupon misuse will result in the rest of us not being able to save money!
Ok so what does one per transaction mean?
Per Transaction. A transaction is everything you are purchasing during your shopping trip. Once you hand over your cash or swipe your card that is a transaction. So if a coupon states ” Limit one per transaction” that means you can only use that one coupon for that transaction. You can do a seperate transaction and use another of the same coupon. Example: If you have 3 items and 3 coupons that state per transaction you need to do 3 seperate transactions. You will pay 3 different times!
Per Purchase. An item you buy is a purchase. If you buy 5 boxes of Fiber One Bars you have 5 purchases. If your coupon has a limit of 1 per purchase, you can use one coupon on each item.
Per Visit. This is a bit more rare but if the coupon has this wording than you can only redeem it each time you visit that establisment. This gets tricky and really depends on the store policy because some would argue that they would leave the store and than come back in. I say if you really need the item go another day.
Per Customer. You are the customer. A friend, spouse, who ever is another customer. If your coupon has this wording each person can run a transaction and use the coupon. Each customer is limited to using just one coupon.
The LIMIT OF: his means that there is a limit of how many like coupons you can use. For example the $1/1 Dole coupon states a limit of 4 like coupons. That means you can not buy 5 Dole Smoothies and use 5 of the $1/1 coupons. You could use 4 $1/1 Dole Smoothies coupons and 1 $0.50/1 Dole Smoothie instead because the value is different these two coupons are not alike.
If you are new to couponing or this whole living on a grocery budget check out my Learning how to coupon posts here or 10 Tips to Help live within your means here