This is a problem that many people have when reading a coupon and is a common misconception about the word PURCHASE on the coupon itself.
Purchase vs. Transaction
Sometimes the wording on coupons can be confusing
“Limit One Coupon per Purchase”
Well this means, that you can have one coupon per item that you have to buy. Each individual item is considered a purchase. This is hard to understand, that every product that you buy is a purchase.
For example:
If you were to buy three tubes of toothpaste…
Each tube is considered a purchase and you may use a coupon for each item. That is IF the store lets you use multiple coupons at a time. Some stores limit the number of coupons you can use for your entire transaction. This is were it is beneficial to know the coupon policies of the store your frequently shop.
Can you make more than one Purchase at a time?
Yes, it is fine to buy one or more item at a time. Just think of the inconvieinence it would cause to buy on item a time. The lines would be so very long and completely unbearable.
What is a Transaction?
A transaction is all the items (purchases) added together to create one total $ amount.
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Just make sure you don't get a cashier on a power-kick that acts like they own the store and couponers are the enemy, and sees "one coupon per purchase" as "one coupon per transaction". This has happened to me before and I'm a "once bitten twice shy" unconfrontational personality most of the time, so they end up getting away with their bullying, but lose a shopper at that location.