werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) (02/12/85)
[another nut to crack] many/most coupons you clip from your paper for soap, soup, or crackers contain a cryptic statement to such a cash-value. I've tried to get the poop on it from some stores and the consumer column of our local paper without any luck. Does anyone know? A first guess might be, that there is some obscure law which makes it mandatory that a coupon have some kind of cash value. another guess might be that there is some kind of law which allows companies to count such coupons only as income-reducing expenses if such a statement is included. But I sure never heard of either. I know this group won't fail me, (-: Werner
capener@hplabs.UUCP (Chris Capener) (02/13/85)
> [another nut to crack] > > many/most coupons you clip from your paper for soap, soup, or crackers > contain a cryptic statement to such a cash-value. I've tried to get the > poop on it from some stores and the consumer column of our local paper > without any luck. Does anyone know? I have heard the following explaination: By putting a 'face value' on the coupon it falls under monetary laws and is thereby a form of currency. This then discourages anyone from simply duplicating the coupon since that would now constitute fraud and be a case of counterfeiting. C. Capener
2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning) (02/14/85)
> By putting a 'face value' on the coupon it falls under monetary laws and > is thereby a form of currency. This then discourages anyone from simply > duplicating the coupon since that would now constitute fraud and be a > case of counterfeiting. **** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh The coupon itself would be a form of counterfeiting if it were passed as currency. Or are you saying that I can pay my income taxes with half-million soap coupons.