http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/ Engadget Comments for Target launches first scannable mobile coupon program, frugalistas going wild http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
Don't think you would need to, they usually have handheld scanners in addition to the normal checkout scanners, for things like large boxes in your cart. I imagine they could just scan your phone that way.]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
i'm guessing you'll be able to just hold up your phone while they nail it with a laser scanner.]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/I think I saw that movie!]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
I don't think most of the cashiers will understand what your are doing when you hold your phone up with the barcode. I don't think explaining it will help.]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
Our handheld scanners won't work on 2d barcodes.]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
I work at Target and we knew of this for a few months. We are also told NOT to touch the phones. ]]>Mar 10th 2010 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/waaaaaa!! I'm underpaid. Go get an education and perhaps you will find another job. You should be glad you have a job!
I don't see many people using this feature anyway! ]]>Mar 10th 2010 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/i doubt your under paid, i get paid minimum wage for being cashier, a one armed monkey could do what i do]]>Mar 10th 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
Hey they sell em at walmart, so.....]]>Mar 10th 2010 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
The article is about "mobile phones".. This is Engadget, so they use an iphone for just about every article pertaining to "phones". ]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
Really? Do you own anything that costs more than $299? Because if you do then you couldn't be considered frugal either, using your "logic".]]>Mar 10th 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
It's not the dollar amount we should be focused on when judging frugality - it's the availability of alternatives that would require fewer resources (money). I can acknowledge that some people may have switched from two phones, one for data, one for voice, to an iPhone in an attempt to consolidate and therefore save money in doing so. However, when talking about how much an iPhone costs someone in Total Cost of Ownership (TOC), both for the initial cost, and ongoing costs on a monthly basis, I can confidently say that someone who would be considered frugal may opt for an alternative.

fru·gal –adjective
1.economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: a frugal manager.
2.entailing little expense; requiring few resources; meager; scanty: a frugal meal.
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People actually own one phone for voice, and one for data? I think you're kinda sorta full of shit.

The amount of time saved by having the internet in my pocket whenever I want it has more than paid for the device in my opinion. Frugality is value per dollar, and I did pretty well.]]>Mar 11th 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
You seem to have done some pretty extensive research on how much money you have saved by having the internet in your pocket - can you share some empirical data to back up your assessment? I get the sense that you are talking about the convenience of having the internet in your pocket, and not actually being able to save $ on, say, a monthly basis because of it. Frugal people in general will not base their purchasing prowess on convenience, but on saving dollars and cents. ]]>Mar 12th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
"receive exclusive offers once a month via text message. your first coupon will arrive within 2 weeks of sign up."

mobile phone number: [ ]

Forget that! thought it was a simple web page.]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
Why not a RF or blue tooth connection to communicate between your phone and the register. Clerk scans all items, dumps your reciept to your phone. Phone matches up any coupons that you have loaded on you phone. Sends all those coupons back to the register. Get total and be on you way.

Seriously, lets make the decades old system of coupons digital. Way to leap forward with this dumbass idea.]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
dont worry its just one bar code that gives all the discounts ]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
Registering on the site seemed to work best. The URL they texted back (m.target.com/cp) took me to a search results page for a baby pacifier. lol]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
OMG, I just Googled it... it's a "real" word. WTF?

Our existences are cheapened by the existence of this "word".

Also, I found this humorous: http://www.usnews.com/money/blogs/alpha-consumer/2009/9/18/frugalista-debate-one-blogger-stakes-claim.html]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
OMG, I had never heard the word, and then when I looked it up, it had such a history. :o Wow, so there are people actively involved in the transmigration of the commonly spoken English language into something we won't understand in 10 years... ]]>Mar 10th 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 11th 2010 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/--Japan]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
J/K But I am a pure Aldi Shopper for food, and I prefer Target over walmart, they may be more expensive, but the quality of service far outways the 3rd world country that walmarts have ALL become.]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Because the coupon IDs you, and by collecting as much info about your purchasing behavior as possible, they can further market to you through all the channels this program touches. And they can sell data about you to partners.
]]>Mar 10th 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Every time I see that Target commercial where they describe the women in it as "frugalistas" I want to put my fist through the TV screen.
Guess I'm a bit of a ragealista.]]>Mar 10th 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
My head hurts. Stop it. My head hurts. ;)]]>Mar 10th 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/I just zoomed in on the bar code and asked the cashier to scan it.....and presto!
]]>Mar 10th 2010 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/Mar 10th 2010 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
Last I checked my little Telxon PTC can't scan barcodes on LCDs with its fancy lasers.]]>Mar 10th 2010 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/target-launches-first-scannable-mobile-coupon-program-frugalist/
NewPhoneInfo]]>Mar 10th 2010 7:20PM