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Is "extreme couponing" moral?

The Boston Globe recently wrote about people who engage in "extreme couponing". Basically, they find ways to redeem store coupons in a fashion that still abides by the rules, but they get free stuff out of the deal.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/02/27/in_world_of_extreme_couponing_goal_is_get_it_for_free/

Is these people moral, or are they parasites (because they don't actually live by trading value for value). As reported in the story, they aren't violating anyone's rights

test , 02.03.2011, 11:59
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DianaHsieh, 02.03.2011, 12:27
Relevant FB thread: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=190735907633817&id=1071245583
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Marc leon, 22.08.2011, 13:14
I have noticed a couple potential problems with extreme couponing. Many products will print out a coupon once you buy them for amounts between $0.50 and $10.00 or so. Say you get a $10.00 coupon for buying a Swiffer. You could then return the Swiffer the next day to the store and get back 100% of the purchase price. You could also use that $10.00 coupon to buy something else, I've even seen some people use them to buy gift cards(that never expire) Let's say you even return the item that you bought with the $10.00 coupon. Now you receive $10.00 cash. Swiffer still has to pay the store the $10.00 +$0.08 for shipping even though you never really purchased the Swiffer.

It's obviously immoral to do this. . . actually its straight up fraud. There are people that make a decent living doing this however.
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