Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Confused with all my abbreviations? Check out this list!

AC - After Coupon
Actuals - The actual item as opposed to a coupon for it (an item from your stockpile)
AR - After Rebate
Blinkies - instore smartsource coupon dispensed near product, usually from red blinking box
BOGO or B1G1F - Buy one get one free
BOLO - Be On the Lookout
BTFE - Box Tops for Education
BTW - By the way
B&M - Brick & Mortar, as opposed to an online store
Catalina - coupon dispensed at register after purchase, usually has a red border
CLFE - Campbell's Labels for Education
C/O - cents off coupon
CRT - Cash register tape
DCRT - Dated cash register tape
DCRTC - Dated cash register tape with the price circled
DND - Do Not Double (the coupon is not supposed to be doubled)
Double coupon - coupon that a grocery store doubles in value
ECB - CVS Extra Care Bucks earned for purchases
ESR - EasySaver Rebate (Walgreens Monthy Rebate)
FAR - Free After RebateFree Item Coupon - A coupon that allows you to get the product completely free
GDA - Good Deal Alert
GG - Grocery Game
HBA - The health and beauty aid section in the grocery store
HDA - Hot Deal Alert or Home Delivered Ad
HT - Hang tags for refunds or coupons hanging on a product
HTH - Hope this/that helps
IMO - In My Opinion
ISO - In Search Of
IDSO - In Desperate Search Of
IVC - Walgreen's Instant Value Coupon (Found in the monthy EasySaver Catalog)
IVDSO - In Very Desperate Search Of
IP - Internet Printable
KWIM - Know what I mean?
LMK - Let Me Know
MIR - Mail In Rebate
NED - No expiration date
OAS - a coupon that is good on one purchase, any size
OOP - Out of Pocket
OOS - Out of Stock
OSI - On a single item
OYNO - On your next order
P&G - Proctor & Gamble Sunday supplement coupons
Peelie - coupon that you peel off the package
POP - Proof of purchase
PP - purchase price
Q or Qualifier - The POP required for a refund offer that is physically taken from that package
RAOK - Random act of kindness
RC - Raincheck
SASE - Self Addressed Stamped Envelope
SD - Store Display
SF - Store form
SMP - Specially Marked Packages
SS - Smart Source or Sunday Supplement coupons
Stacking - Some stores allow the use of more than one coupon per item, IF the coupon itself does not restrict such usage.
Tear pad - A pad of refund forms or coupons found hanging from a store shelf or display
TIA - Thanks in advance
TMF - Try Me Free
Triple coupon - a coupon that a grocery store triples in value
V - Valassis Sunday supplement coupons Wine Tag - coupon, usually for $ off any meat, cheese or produce.
W/L - wishlist
WPN - Wine purchase necessary
WSL - while supplies last
WT - winetag
WYB - When You BuyY
YMMV - Your Mileage May Vary= success of the attempt may vary at your store

1 comment:

Rebecca said...

Hey there Jolene, nice looking site.

I cracked up when I saw it though because we created our bargain pages withing days of one another...using the same template and lots of other similarities! Freaky weird!

Are you still doing ComDev for BzzAgent?