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  <updated>2010-01-24T10:28:26Z</updated>
  <title>Comments for @Couponbot Serves You Coupons Via Twitter</title>
  <subtitle>Shoppers bite back.</subtitle>
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    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397</id>
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    <published>2009-11-13T01:11:39Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-13T01:29:27Z</updated>
    <title>@Couponbot Serves You Coupons Via Twitter</title>
    <summary>--&gt;Shoppers are getting online coupon code crazy, with searches for promo codes up 55% from last year. But why waste your time Googling when you could be watching thewebsiteisdown.com and an armada of Twitter agents are searching for coupons on your behalf? </summary>
    <author>
      <name>Ben Popken</name>
      <uri>http://www.consumerist.com</uri>
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      <![CDATA[<p><!--<img src="http://consumerist.com/images/consumerist/2009/11/botsattack.jpg" width="158" height="119" />-->Shoppers are getting online coupon code crazy, with <a href="http://googleretail.blogspot.com/2009/11/coupons-promos-are-here-to-stay.html">searches for promo codes up 55%</a> from last year. But why waste your time Googling when you could be watching <a href="http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/">thewebsiteisdown.com</a> and an armada of Twitter agents are searching for coupons on your behalf? </p>
<p><a href="http://www.dealtaker.com/couponbot/">Dealtaker launched @couponbot </a>to do just that. </p>
<p>Step 0: Have a Twitter account<br />
Step 1: Follow @CouponBot<br />
Step 2: Send your tweet in the following format: @couponbot storename<br />
Step 3: Wait for your coupon tweet mentions that will look like: @youruser StoreName Coupon Title URL</p>
<p>examples of Top 10 store searches:<br />
1. @CouponBot Old Navy<br />
2. @CouponBot Amazon<br />
3. @CouponBot Kohls<br />
4. @CouponBot Home Depot<br />
5. @CouponBot American Eagle<br />
6. @CouponBot Dell<br />
7. @CouponBot Best Buy<br />
8. @CouponBot GAP<br />
9. @CouponBot Macy's<br />
10. @CouponBot Target</p>
<p>Are the deals any good? Is the service useful or spamular? Give it a whirl and let us know in the comments.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dealtaker.com/couponbot/">DealTaker @CouponBot</a> [DealTaker via <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/11/dealtakers-couponbot-will-fetch-coupons-for-you-on-twitter/">TechCrunch</a>] <em>(Thanks to Dirk!)</em> (Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tyreseus/527207577/">atp_tyreseus</a>)</p>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16779165</id>
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    <title>Comment from K-Bo on 2009-11-18</title>
    <author>
        <name>K-Bo</name>
        <uri>http://</uri>
    </author>
    <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://">
        <![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#c16771434" rel="nofollow">superberg</a>: there is a setting to not see @ replies unless they are to someone you follow.</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-18T21:52:01Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16771434</id>
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    <title>Comment from superberg on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>superberg</name>
        <uri>http://www.carrytheburden.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Why on earth would I follow someone who is guaranteed to be constantly tweeting @'s to people i don't care about? It would overload my general feed.</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:59Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16768475</id>
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    <title>Comment from bendee on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>bendee</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#c16767670" rel="nofollow">Coles_Law</a>:</p>
<p>Afterwards you can swing by Old Dell and get a TRS-80 or a 486. If you buy today it comes with a free black and yellow monitor and dot matrix printer!</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:58Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16767670</id>
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    <title>Comment from Coles_Law on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>Coles_Law</name>
        <uri>http://</uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>I'll make sure to swing by Old Home Depot and get some leaded paint and tarnished brass fixtures.</p></p>]]>
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    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:58Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16763145</id>
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    <title>Comment from Donathius on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>Donathius</name>
        <uri>http://</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I'll bet that the coupons for Old Dells are great.  I would like a coupon for a '96 vintage Optiplex.  Heck I'll even spring for the 3x CD-ROM drive and a copy of Windows 95 (OEM Service Release 2 of course).</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:55Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16761331</id>
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    <title>Comment from UUMickey on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>UUMickey</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Or, just use the RSS feed from Buxr and Dealhack, send it into Google Reader and use the power of the almighty Google to find your coupons. Or waste time sifting through the feed by hand, which is also fun. I might follow the coupon twitter bot via Google Reader for a bit and see what it vomits up, if anything.</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:54Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16761263</id>
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    <title>Comment from The Porkchop Express on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>The Porkchop Express</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>@<a href="http://consumerist.com/5403397/couponbot-serves-you-coupons-via-twitter#c16760356" rel="nofollow">iConsumer</a>: Maybe the coupons are for old stuff?</p></p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:54Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16761241</id>
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    <title>Comment from hotdogsunrise on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>hotdogsunrise</name>
        <uri>http://</uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>I would prefer Old Macy's. New Macy's, after they bought so many other department store chains, is not as nice.</p></p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:54Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16761020</id>
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    <title>Comment from barb95 on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>barb95</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>@<a href="http://consumerist.com/5403397/couponbot-serves-you-coupons-via-twitter#c16760421" rel="nofollow">bubbledumpster</a>: they sell me expired prescriptions!</p></p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:54Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16760889</id>
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    <title>Comment from pecan 3.14159265 on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>pecan 3.14159265</name>
        <uri>http://</uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>What about Newegg? Is it @CouponBot Old NewEgg?</p></p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:54Z</published>
  </entry>

  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16760708</id>
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    <title>Comment from MariSama44 on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>MariSama44</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>I prefer Old Amazon over the regular type.</p></p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:54Z</published>
  </entry>

  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16760685</id>
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    <title>Comment from crazymatt1 on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>crazymatt1</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p>@<a href="#c16760548" rel="nofollow">bloggerX</a>: That's okay.  Ben fails at copy/paste.</p>]]>
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    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:54Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16760548</id>
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    <title>Comment from bloggerX on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>bloggerX</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>I fail at Step 0.</p></p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:54Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16760546</id>
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    <title>Comment from AvatarofBelle on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>AvatarofBelle</name>
        <uri>http://</uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p><p>I use retailmenot.com most of the time. I'm not big on twitter/text. I'd rather look for the coupon than have unwanted coupons sent to me.</p></p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:54Z</published>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16760421</id>
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    <title>Comment from bubbledumpster on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>bubbledumpster</name>
        <uri>http://bubbledumpster.tumblr.com</uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I LOVE Old Target! I shop there for everything.</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:54Z</published>
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    <id>tag:beta.consumerist.com,2009://1.5403397-comment:16760356</id>
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    <title>Comment from iConsumer on 2009-11-13</title>
    <author>
        <name>iConsumer</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Old Navy i understand... but Old... Best Buy?</p>]]>
    </content>
    <published>2009-11-13T21:36:54Z</published>
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