Perhaps encouraged by shows like "Extreme Couponing," (or by extreme poverty?) folks have been stealing coupons from newspapers they haven't paid for, whether taking all the coupons from a stack of
Sunday papers inside a box, or from front porches. Apparently the value of such coupons in a Sunday paper can be significant -- from $300 to $1,000 -- though many people have to be reminded that
cutting out coupons from unpaid-for newspapers is actually theft.
According to one publisher quoted in this News OK story, the trend "shows newspapers have a business model that works," Um,
we don't think so.
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