hot deals coupon rules (clarification needed)

[markuskidd]

Recently there was a deal posted in the hot deals forum that involved a printable coupon, however a link was not posted in the thread for this specific coupon by the time I read it, so I posted request that someone PM me a link to the printable coupon, and my post was deleted. I don't beleive that this goes against the rules of the forum, but I'd like some input...

Here are the pertinent sections of the rules:

What about COUPONS and PROMOTIONAL CODES?

You may post:
Links to coupons on the issuing vendor's own site.

Links to scans of coupons that invite you to share them with your friends.

Links to scans of other coupons, AS LONG AS they do not state that copies or reproductions are not allowed, or that the coupon is valid only for the original recipient.
DO NOT post:
Coupon or promotion numbers.

Links to coupon numbers you could not post, here.

Links to scans of coupons other than those listed, above.

Requests for others to post or send you coupon numbers or offers to send them to anyone else.

I specifically mentioned in my post that I was looking for a printable coupon -- not a coupon code.

 

[allisolm]

The short answer is in the Terms and Conditions we all agreed to when we joined. "These Forums reserve the right to edit or delete any message for any reason whatsoever, at our sole discretion."

My input slightly longer answer - it looks to me like the mods interpreted "DO NOT post: Requests for others to post or send you coupon numbers..." as "do not post requests for others to send you links to scans of coupons." I don't know which thread this was, but just because a coupon is printable does not mean that it gets allowed here and if it isn't allowed, usually links to it, links to scans of it and requests for either of those are also shot down.

You're generally better off just looking elsewhere for the coupons, codes and links because, even if you don't agree with their interpretation of the rules, their interpretation of the rules takes precedence over yours or mine. Maybe they will change the wording to accomodate additional circumstances.