Love Those Free Item Coupons

Did you get a coupon for a free bag of Sunchips (to $3.99) in the mail today? I think this was from one of those Facebook promos. Talk about a dazzling coupon! This one is super colorful on slick high gloss paper with a metallic security strip across the top, plus a unique serial number -- it looks completely counterfeit-proof. I wonder if it was almost as expensive to produce as the free product it is offering. I've got a nice little handful of free coupons to redeem today (see picture) including free SunChips, free Fresh Step (thanks Paw Points), free Cat's Pride to $7, free YoPlus to $2.79, and free VitaminWater to $1.49. I only had to earn one of those, the Fresh Step. All the rest were free for the asking, mostly by becoming a fan on Facebook.  When refunding was in its heyday, free item coupons were very common in return for UPCs and boxtops. Because of fraud, they almost disappeared. Now they are back, and for most of them, you don't even have to send in proofs of purchase.