Comments on: Home Depot Coupons on eBay (Followup)

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:23:35 +0000

The coupons weren’t fake. You can register for them online sometimes. What he did was just use 100s of fake names and addresses. The coupons can then be printed out online and used once. It is completely illegal for two reasons – the fake information provided and two, the coupons are nontransferrable – meaning that you’re not even supposed to give it away if it’s your coupon. Store’s put that on there only to have legal recourse against people like the seller, but don’t really care if you give your friend your own coupons.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:24:14 +0000

If you are moving, you can get a 10% off Home Depot coupon. I’ve moved several times already

Just sign up at
https://www.homedepotmoving.com/

By: Nicole Humphrey

Nicole Humphrey — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:02:45 +0000

Yeah, honestly it seems rather silly to have duplicated that particular coupon. Hmmm…Glad he’s being cooperative with you though. Good luck with that mess.

By: nickel

nickel — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:13:35 +0000

CW: Yep, forgot to mention that. The same day that the fake coupons arrived, I was in Home Depot and got my hands on one of their ‘Customer Appreciation’ coupons. I have to go back between July 27-30 to use it, but it’s definitely worth it on a big purchase.

mbh: He had high(ish) feedback — something like 100 with over 99% positive, no recent negatives, no mention of fake coupons.

denon: Excellent point.

By: denon

denon — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:43:48 +0000

The answer to your question is simple:

If he has a somewhat obscure but frauduland coupon, that looks appealing on ebay, but probably wont be used, his chances of getting caught are much lower. Buyers like you will take one look at it, then go back to the auction and see the fine print, “Oh, rats – only for use with the HD card. Oh well, only cost me a buck or two”. They won’t pursue him, and HD won’t pursue him either, since they’ll never even see the coupon. However, if it’s a coupon that all the buyers attempt to use, HD will have some incentive to put the smack down.

By: mbhunter

mbhunter — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:15:09 +0000

What was the guy’s feedback rating?

By: CW

CW — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:12:55 +0000

you’ve probably already seen this, and the thread claims many locations are out of these, but you might have some luck just stopping by your local store and snooping/asking around a bit:

http://www.fatwallet.com/t/18/633370

I suppose you could even call before you went to confirm that the store has some coupons on hand. Happy hunting. ^_^

By: FMF

FMF — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:48:41 +0000

No kidding! Why not copy the “$25 free cash” coupon/rebate card? Maybe because HD would come after him then?