Re: Printing Coupons
On or about 4/10/2009 9:42 PM, Leonidas Jones typed the following: BeeNeR wrote: On or about 4/10/2009 12:47 AM, Leonidas Jones typed the following: Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote: BeeNeR wrote: I've always had problems printing coupons with SeaMonkey. And no problems at all using IE. Although I have installed couponprinter.exe many times I still cannot print these coupons. Latest one is the one from ScottsEZSeed $5.00 coupon. Most of these sites use the couponprinter.exe program, but it doesn't work for me. I usually end up calling the company and they send the coupon by U.S. mail. This has happened with Epson and HP printers, and even using FinePrint as a printer. Any suggestions? I don't have an answer, but an opinion: printing in SM has always sucked! As it has in all Mozilla products, from the beginning. If we had a link to the page with the printable coupons, maybe we could be more specific. However, I generally copy whatever I want to print into a word processor document, then print that. It gives me far more control over what the printed outcome is. Lee I'm not sure what happens after the couponprinting software is installed. Just keeps telling me I need the printing software. If you reload the page, they think you've printed the coupon and you no longer have the option available. This is true with every site I ever visited for a coupon using the couponprinting.exe method. Other sites that just display a coupon for printing have no problem. For example, try to print the coupon from Scotts grass seed at: scottsezseed.com -- Ed Well, I went to the site, and filled out the form. I got an email reply quite quickly, and clicked the link. I am glad to see that they do have a Mac version. Unfortunately, I, like most of us here, am reluctant to install an unknown piece of software simply to run a test. I am sorry. Like others, I do wonder why they go through this nonsense for a $5 off coupon, which they probably issue in most daily newspapers anyway? It seems a counterproductive marketing strategy. Lee Well, it does build up their data base of names/address/phone numbers. And it constitutes a union between you and them so they can now harass you with unwanted phone calls and trash mail. Plus selling your name to other companies. (Not that they or any other company would do that). -- Ed -- All spam is reported via SpamCop All mail is checked by avast! Antivirus Powered by SeaMonkey: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ The more complex the problem, the sooner the deadline. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Printing Coupons
BeeNeR wrote: On or about 4/10/2009 9:42 PM, Leonidas Jones typed the following: BeeNeR wrote: On or about 4/10/2009 12:47 AM, Leonidas Jones typed the following: Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote: BeeNeR wrote: I've always had problems printing coupons with SeaMonkey. And no problems at all using IE. Although I have installed couponprinter.exe many times I still cannot print these coupons. Latest one is the one from ScottsEZSeed $5.00 coupon. Most of these sites use the couponprinter.exe program, but it doesn't work for me. I usually end up calling the company and they send the coupon by U.S. mail. This has happened with Epson and HP printers, and even using FinePrint as a printer. Any suggestions? I don't have an answer, but an opinion: printing in SM has always sucked! As it has in all Mozilla products, from the beginning. If we had a link to the page with the printable coupons, maybe we could be more specific. However, I generally copy whatever I want to print into a word processor document, then print that. It gives me far more control over what the printed outcome is. Lee I'm not sure what happens after the couponprinting software is installed. Just keeps telling me I need the printing software. If you reload the page, they think you've printed the coupon and you no longer have the option available. This is true with every site I ever visited for a coupon using the couponprinting.exe method. Other sites that just display a coupon for printing have no problem. For example, try to print the coupon from Scotts grass seed at: scottsezseed.com -- Ed Well, I went to the site, and filled out the form. I got an email reply quite quickly, and clicked the link. I am glad to see that they do have a Mac version. Unfortunately, I, like most of us here, am reluctant to install an unknown piece of software simply to run a test. I am sorry. Like others, I do wonder why they go through this nonsense for a $5 off coupon, which they probably issue in most daily newspapers anyway? It seems a counterproductive marketing strategy. Lee Well, it does build up their data base of names/address/phone numbers. And it constitutes a union between you and them so they can now harass you with unwanted phone calls and trash mail. Plus selling your name to other companies. (Not that they or any other company would do that). -- Ed They could build up their database just as well by having you sign up and then mailing you a pdf. Lee ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Printing Coupons
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:21:06 -0400 From: Leonidas Jones leonidasjo...@netscape.net Subject: Re: Printing Coupons To: support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org [...] Well, it does build up their data base of names/address/phone numbers. And it constitutes a union between you and them so they can now harass you with unwanted phone calls and trash mail. Plus selling your name to other companies. (Not that they or any other company would do that). -- Ed They could build up their database just as well by having you sign up and then mailing you a pdf. But then they could not control how many times you printed out the PDF. Generally, the company just wants to give you ONE coupon... Regards, Gregory Hicks - Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer | Direct: 408.569.7928 People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf -- George Orwell The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. -- Thomas Jefferson The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed. --Alexander Hamilton ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
OT Re: Printing Coupons
Gregory Hicks wrote: Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:21:06 -0400 From: Leonidas Jonesleonidasjo...@netscape.net Subject: Re: Printing Coupons To: support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org [...] Well, it does build up their data base of names/address/phone numbers. And it constitutes a union between you and them so they can now harass you with unwanted phone calls and trash mail. Plus selling your name to other companies. (Not that they or any other company would do that). -- Ed They could build up their database just as well by having you sign up and then mailing you a pdf. But then they could not control how many times you printed out the PDF. Generally, the company just wants to give you ONE coupon... People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf -- George Orwell The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. -- Thomas Jefferson The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed. --Alexander Hamilton Its a $5 throwaway. They plaster these things in newspapers all the time. its a pointless exercise. This is also off topic, followup set to mozilla.general Lee ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Printing Coupons
On 09.04.2009 20:53, BeeNeR wrote: --- Original Message --- I've always had problems printing coupons with SeaMonkey. And no problems at all using IE. Although I have installed couponprinter.exe many times I still cannot print these coupons. Latest one is the one from ScottsEZSeed $5.00 coupon. Most of these sites use the couponprinter.exe program, but it doesn't work for me. I usually end up calling the company and they send the coupon by U.S. mail. This has happened with Epson and HP printers, and even using FinePrint as a printer. Any suggestions? -- Ed How about a URL? -- Jay Garcia - Netscape/Flock Champion www.ufaq.org Netscape - Flock - Firefox - Thunderbird - Seamonkey Support ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Printing Coupons
On 10.04.2009 06:13, Jay Garcia wrote: --- Original Message --- How about a URL? Got the URL, had to fill out a form to get the email to get the coupon page. Waiting for the email ... zzz ... zzz ...zzz -- Jay Garcia - Netscape/Flock Champion www.ufaq.org Netscape - Flock - Firefox - Thunderbird - Seamonkey Support ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Printing Coupons
And the reason they use this method is to prevent the user from making multiple copies. Although once the coupon is printed what's to prevent me from manually copying it? -- Ed I did just that and I was prompted to install their program, no thanks. I e-mail their support this morning and received a reply, see below. Thank you for contacting us concerning Scotts products. As always, it is our goal to make sure that our customers are completely satisfied with our products and services. I am sorry you are experiencing problems printing coupons from our website. All coupons that are printed off the web require that you download the software (unless that specific software is already installed on your PC, as in if another vendor uses the same software). Each coupon you print is unique and encoded by the software so that the coupons can't be duplicated or used for fraudulent purposes. If you install the software now, you can use the same software for future coupon offers. The Coupon printer is free, safe and easy to use. It does not install any form of spyware or adware or collect any personal information about you. Once it has been downloaded and installed, a process that only takes a few seconds, you will be able to print coupons from our site and from emails you might receive. If this is not acceptable to you and you would prefer we mail the coupon, please reply with your mailing address and I will mail you the coupon via the USPS. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. Please feel free to contact us on our toll free help line at 1-800-543-8873 if we can answer any additional questions or you are still unable to print our coupons. Just a note, Home Depot and Lowe's do not accept our coupons. Again, thank you for taking the time to let us know of your concerns. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of any additional help to you. Angela Garrison Consumer Response Representative The Scotts Company and Subsidiaries 14111 Scottslawn Road Marysville, OH 43041 You are correct in that there is nothing to prevent printing the first coupon and then making 1000 copies and giving them to all your friends and neighbors. The purpose of a coupon is to entice people to buy their product at some time in the future. What should they care if they printed a 1000 coupons with their software, or a 1000 coupons were freely distributed? Michael ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Printing Coupons
On or about 4/10/2009 3:01 PM, Michael Gordon typed the following: And the reason they use this method is to prevent the user from making multiple copies. Although once the coupon is printed what's to prevent me from manually copying it? -- Ed I did just that and I was prompted to install their program, no thanks. I e-mail their support this morning and received a reply, see below. Thank you for contacting us concerning Scotts products. As always, it is our goal to make sure that our customers are completely satisfied with our products and services. I am sorry you are experiencing problems printing coupons from our website. All coupons that are printed off the web require that you download the software (unless that specific software is already installed on your PC, as in if another vendor uses the same software). Each coupon you print is unique and encoded by the software so that the coupons can't be duplicated or used for fraudulent purposes. If you install the software now, you can use the same software for future coupon offers. The Coupon printer is free, safe and easy to use. It does not install any form of spyware or adware or collect any personal information about you. Once it has been downloaded and installed, a process that only takes a few seconds, you will be able to print coupons from our site and from emails you might receive. If this is not acceptable to you and you would prefer we mail the coupon, please reply with your mailing address and I will mail you the coupon via the USPS. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. Please feel free to contact us on our toll free help line at 1-800-543-8873 if we can answer any additional questions or you are still unable to print our coupons. Just a note, Home Depot and Lowe's do not accept our coupons. Again, thank you for taking the time to let us know of your concerns. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of any additional help to you. Angela Garrison Consumer Response Representative The Scotts Company and Subsidiaries 14111 Scottslawn Road Marysville, OH 43041 You are correct in that there is nothing to prevent printing the first coupon and then making 1000 copies and giving them to all your friends and neighbors. The purpose of a coupon is to entice people to buy their product at some time in the future. What should they care if they printed a 1000 coupons with their software, or a 1000 coupons were freely distributed? Michael And the reply to my complaint: Thank you for contacting us concerning Scotts products. As always, it is our goal to make sure that our customers are completely satisfied with our products and services. I am sorry you experienced difficulties printing the Scotts coupon from the website. I am sending the coupon by mail. I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you. Again, thank you for taking the time to let us know of your concerns. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of any additional help to you. Nicole Nunziato Consumer Response Representative The Scotts Company and Subsidiaries 14111 Scottslawn Road Marysville, OH 43041 Ref # 7848808 -- Ed -- All spam is reported via SpamCop All mail is checked by avast! Antivirus Powered by SeaMonkey: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ Beer has half a gram of fiber in every cup; milk has no fiber whatsoever. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Printing Coupons
Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote: BeeNeR wrote: I've always had problems printing coupons with SeaMonkey. And no problems at all using IE. Although I have installed couponprinter.exe many times I still cannot print these coupons. Latest one is the one from ScottsEZSeed $5.00 coupon. Most of these sites use the couponprinter.exe program, but it doesn't work for me. I usually end up calling the company and they send the coupon by U.S. mail. This has happened with Epson and HP printers, and even using FinePrint as a printer. Any suggestions? I don't have an answer, but an opinion: printing in SM has always sucked! As it has in all Mozilla products, from the beginning. If we had a link to the page with the printable coupons, maybe we could be more specific. However, I generally copy whatever I want to print into a word processor document, then print that. It gives me far more control over what the printed outcome is. Lee ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
