Beware the lure of fake coupons

Have you ever seen coupons for $10 off any Victoria's Secret PINK purchase being auctioned on an auction website? The seller will usually ask for your name. Then the seller enters your name into an electronic file & sends it to you printed or via email.

Scammers are so lame.

DO NOT BUY THESE. They are 100% fraudulent. It's hard to imagine that someone would sit at a computer and generate these things for a couple bucks a pop. But some people out there actually do. Why does ebay allow this when it's clearly fraud? Probably the same reason that ebay does anything sucky... because ebay sucks.


Anyway, the point is not to waste your money on these. Any manager who isn't a rookie will know that VS is not currently circulating a given coupon. If she or he is really good, they will even recognize an old image from an old ad campaign. Either way, don't embarrass yourself & don't line the pockets of people who are running a scam. 

Check these aspects to judge authenticity

It's pretty easy to tell if a coupon being auctioned is legitimate. 99 times out 100, it is not a sheet of paper. It's a thicker type of material, closer to cardboard than copy paper. No matter what the material, it's going to look professionally printed, and there will usually be several of the same coupon available from different sellers. Coupons are mailed to people in a limited time period, and then everyone who doesn't want theirs posts it online around the same couple of weeks. 


Using a fake coupon means store staff will not trust you with coupons in the future, and it can encourage VS to get more restrictive with coupons -- not what we want. Plenty of deals to be had by using real coupons in the right way. Cheers!