Legal Question in Consumer Law in North Carolina
Is it illegal to purchase an item using a coupon where the coupons is not for the exact item purchased (example .75 off Kleenex 3-bundle pack vs. actually purchased Kleenex single box) or to purchase an item where the item purchased doesn't match the item at all (example $1.00 off Diet Coke vs. actually purchased Diet Pepsi)?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Not necessarily. It would be fraud to alter the coupon to appear to be for another product than what it was intended. If you take a coupon for say Kleenex to Foodlon and then you buy the store brand tissues and the store allows you to use the coupon than that is a bargain between a merchant and consumer...legal at any time. That is just like you buyin an Ipad for $50.00 because a store decides to cut you a deal.
Now if the coupon is altered to trick the merchant into taking it, a crime has been committed.
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