Coupons you don't clip, sent to your cell phone

Mobile coupons, usually text messages with discount codes sent to a cellphone, are becoming the blue-light specials for the Digital Age.
(From The New York Times)

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[amsardesai]

IMHO, I can't imagine now how people lived with phones back in the 90's

[Vegaman_Dan]

And not surprisingly, the majority of these are SCAMS and not something the businesses ever signed up for or authorized.