I like the online coupons - but here's the thing. Most people dont have printers anymore. They've gone the way of the 8-track cassette player. Its a huge pain in the butt to have to find access to a printer to print them.
Why cant they just be in the book? Or make them available on phones?
Just some feedback...thanks for your services.
Originally posted by: PJ Stroh
I like the online coupons - but here's the thing. Most people dont have printers anymore. They've gone the way of the 8-track cassette player. Its a huge pain in the butt to have to find access to a printer to print them.
Why cant they just be in the book? Or make them available on phones?
Just some feedback...thanks for your services.
I think one of the reasons they aren't in the book is that many of the online coupons are added after the book is released.
Another reason (pure speculation) could be that the company wants to somewhat limit the amount of redemptions the coupon gets, making it a little inconvenient will reduce the number of coupons used and allow the business to offer better coupons for those willing to take the extra steps.
As to why you can't just download it to your phone. My guess would be that in order to prevent counterfeiting each coupon would have to have some sort of unique scannable barcode or QR code that was one-time-use and tied to users account. Niether LVA nor the other businesses are set up for that and doing so would be cost prohibitive.
Also for accounting and inventory purposes they probably want a physical coupon to put in the "drawer".
For access to cheap printing I would recommend trying a library if you have one near you. The printing costs at different libraries around me range from free to five cents cents a page. If you are at a hotel many of them have office centers with printers available for guests at no extra charge.
Originally posted by: LiveFreeNW
I think one of the reasons they aren't in the book is that many of the online coupons are added after the book is released.
Another reason (pure speculation) could be that the company wants to somewhat limit the amount of redemptions the coupon gets, making it a little inconvenient will reduce the number of coupons used and allow the business to offer better coupons for those willing to take the extra steps.
As to why you can't just download it to your phone. My guess would be that in order to prevent counterfeiting each coupon would have to have some sort of unique scannable barcode or QR code that was one-time-use and tied to users account. Niether LVA nor the other businesses are set up for that and doing so would be cost prohibitive.
Also for accounting and inventory purposes they probably want a physical coupon to put in the "drawer".
For access to cheap printing I would recommend trying a library if you have one near you. The printing costs at different libraries around me range from free to five cents cents a page. If you are at a hotel many of them have office centers with printers available for guests at no extra charge.
For what it is worth, you can get printers seemingly all the time in the $ 50-60 dollar range almost everywhere.
Originally posted by: David Miller
For what it is worth, you can get printers seemingly all the time in the $ 50-60 dollar range almost everywhere.
Very true. Was just offering an alternative because it sounds like he didn't want to buy one. On a side note it is often cheaper to buy a new printer than to buy new ink cartridges for a printer which is a strange quirk of printer economics.
Originally posted by: LiveFreeNW
Very true. Was just offering an alternative because it sounds like he didn't want to buy one. On a side note it is often cheaper to buy a new printer than to buy new ink cartridges for a printer which is a strange quirk of printer economics.
Except the new printer has smaller cartridges than the replacements would be. They are shipped with small cartridges.
Originally posted by: Inigo Montoya
Except the new printer has smaller cartridges than the replacements would be. They are shipped with small cartridges.
Right - and if you only print something once a year they dry up and dont work....and you have a printer taking up space you never use.
Originally posted by: LiveFreeNW
I think one of the reasons they aren't in the book is that many of the online coupons are added after the book is released.
Another reason (pure speculation) could be that the company wants to somewhat limit the amount of redemptions the coupon gets, making it a little inconvenient will reduce the number of coupons used and allow the business to offer better coupons for those willing to take the extra steps.
As to why you can't just download it to your phone. My guess would be that in order to prevent counterfeiting each coupon would have to have some sort of unique scannable barcode or QR code that was one-time-use and tied to users account. Niether LVA nor the other businesses are set up for that and doing so would be cost prohibitive.
Also for accounting and inventory purposes they probably want a physical coupon to put in the "drawer".
For access to cheap printing I would recommend trying a library if you have one near you. The printing costs at different libraries around me range from free to five cents cents a page. If you are at a hotel many of them have office centers with printers available for guests at no extra charge.
It's probably in one of the other threads in the QTS topic, but I read that the LVA office is willing to print the on-line coupons, but you have to go to their office and that might not be worth the time for just one coupon. If there were a number of on line coupons a member was going to use, then it might be worth it. Just a though.
Originally posted by: LiveFreeNW
Very true. Was just offering an alternative because it sounds like he didn't want to buy one. On a side note it is often cheaper to buy a new printer than to buy new ink cartridges for a printer which is a strange quirk of printer economics.
Not really strange--home printers are the Kodak cameras of the computer world. They were cheap, but the killer was the cost of the film.
I remember a company downtown that did nothing but refill ink cartridges, for about 40% of the cost of a new one. They were always busy.
The people in this forum are very old.
Originally posted by: Dan Svatass
The people in this forum are very old.
And your point is?
