If you are missing coupon inserts, there might be a reason why! Read this comment from a reader below, and if you are missing inserts from your papers that are DELIVERED to your door, this might be why!

This is from reader Terrie:

I just want people to know in Beaumont-Lumberton area some or most good inserts are nor coming in the Chronicle. Today when I went to get mine the storekeeper said they called the Chronicle and they had caught the delivery man selling the inserts..funny though they didn’t fire him and told the store they had no way of keeping track of the inserts once they left the factory, Today he was a little smarter..put 1 insert,the smart source in the Chronicle and the Red Plum in the Beaumont paper. I think we all need to call the Chronicle when this happens or it will never stop.

So, now we have the newspaper carriers stealing the inserts before they get to your driveway and selling them?? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!

There are so many problems with this I am going to try and find a place to start:

1. I am going to take care of myself first. When blogger’s post coupons or inserts that should be in the paper and you don’t get them. MANY PEOPLE ARE MAD AT THE BLOGGER. I swear it is not my fault that you didn’t get it. I had no way of knowing it was regional or that somehow you would not get the insert. It is really upsetting for us when couponing is hard and frustrating for you! I promise! Now we can add another element of why you didn’t get an insert and the street 2 blocks away did.

2. Advertisers PAY to have those inserts delivered to you. Not to be sold on Ebay to someone in NY when you live in TX. They want people in TX to use those coupons for products in TX. Maybe they don’t even carry those products in NY.

3. YOU PAID FOR THOS INSERTS! If it was not for the inserts I would not be getting the paper! If I am not getting my inserts, I won’t be getting YOUR paper.

4. Why we have people who are willing to STEAL to make a few extra dollars is a sad place that we are in. I realize that this is not something new, there have always been people who are dishonest, but couponing has really brought out the worst in people. From knowingly using fraudulent coupons ( you know who you are, with the Nestle’, Dr. Pepper and Oscar Mayer coupon) to stealing peelies and tear pads and trying to push through expired coupons. It makes every honest couponer trying to save a little money for their family look like a thief.

5. I believe that it has come to the point where we need to STOP buying coupons from anywhere. The CIC says it is illegal to do at all. This will stop much of the stealing of coupons if there is not a market for selling them. If a site is selling whole inserts, where are they getting them? Are they stolen from readers like you who paid for them? Are they taken from the unsold papers each week, which is also against the law. Inserts not sold must be destroyed. I am curious to know where people are getting 100’s of inserts and can actually make enough money selling them not having to buy the paper that goes with it.

IF YOU ARE NOT GETTING THE INSERTS THAT OTHERS IN YOUR AREA ARE. YOU MUST CALL YOUR PAPER!! This is not just for the Houston area but all over the country!! If this is what is happening IT HAS TO STOP. If we are not calling and “bugging” them they will ignore it beacuse it is easier to that than take care of the problem. Plus, newspaper excs. probably don’t coupon or care much about coupons, except that they forget THAT IS WHAT IS SELLING THEIR PAPER!

In Houston call, and if they don’t answer call again. 713-362-7171

Also, email Doug Windsor and let him know: doug.windsor@chron.com

** I apologize for the rant, esp. on a Sunday morning, but this is ENOUGH!