Clipping Coupons

A coupon-clipper looking to score a new car got the run-around when he presented a dealer with $41,200 worth of coupons.

Stay-at-home politician Ron said he was perusing newspaper ads recently when he noticed a $200-off coupon from Toyota of Newark (New Jersey).

Ron said nothing in the ad limited customers to one coupon, so he bought more than 200 New Jersey Spew newspapers carrying the ad and clipped away.

On January 11, Ron packed up his coupons in a black briefcase and made his way to the dealership in hopes of picking up a green 2002 Sequoia Limited worth about $42,000. He said he was rebuffed with a suggestion that he get a lawyer.

Dealership owner Richard Merz said Ron won't be getting the car with coupons.

"The ad ran as it was supposed to run, and there was nothing misleading or deceptive about it," Merz said. "No reasonable person could possibly expect to piggyback coupons like that and walk away with a new car."

"I am not a reasonable person!" exclaimed a frustrated Ron. "There was no limit of 'one coupon per purchase' or 'one coupon per customer.' I am right and I will be vindicated!"

Ron added that he has plans to hire a lawyer and has already contacted the state attorney general's consumer protection bureau. Merz consulted with his lawyer who said Ron's case "has no legs to it at all."

"We'll just see about that," concluded Ron. "It ain't over until the fat lady sings while driving her new SUV."

Posted by Ron at January 15, 2003 12:02 AM

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