Comments on: New iPhone App Offers Eco-Friendly Discounts

By: Ana

Ana — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:00:45 +0000

There is actually a couple of loadable coupon programs out there that load them on to your store discount cards, like the kroger or cvs customer cards. When you buy the products you load the coupon for it automatically uses the coupon so that you don’t have to show anything. Since it is in the system the cashier doesn’t even have to know about it… even though once I misread a coupon when I loaded it and asked the cashier about it and they were so confused… I like that all I have to remember is to buy the product.

By: Missy

Missy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:54:55 +0000

When retailers adopt mobile coupons they need to first let their employees know and make it known that they accept these coupons – because as Eucarya already pointed out above – what’s the point of signing up and paying for this iPhone app (a/k/a convenience) and then being looked at like one’s “from outer space”.

Retailers need to get on board and make sure their front line employees, are too.

By: Lori Brown

Lori Brown — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:27:18 +0000

I’m sure it will take retailers some time to get used to the electronic coupons as many stores keep the physical coupons for accounting purposes (the Coupon Sherpa partners must already have a system in place). I think as other retailers jump on board, this will be a great program…now I just need to get an iPhone :)

By: eucarya

eucarya — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:38:09 +0000

I tried a “mobile coupon” the other day at the car wash, they looked at me like i was from outer space and said they couldn’t accept it. I’m glad to see there is an organized effort around making this more commonplace, both out of convenience and for the environment.

By: William

William — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:10:19 +0000

What an awesome common sense tool.

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