What is a coupon train?
A coupon train is a group of people that volunteer to receive coupons. There is usually a list of lets say 20 people and their addresses. The first person that starts the train contributes to a potluck of coupons. Generally, the first person may add 50 coupons to start it out. They may have rules such as if you take 10 baby coupons you must add 10 baby in return. This ensures that there is a good balance of coupons, and that no single person in the train receives all of the good coupons. The train goes from address to address in order until the last person on the train list receives the train. The last person to receive the train is supposed to send it back to the first person that began the train. This is a great idea, but it seldom works out perfectly. Seems even the best traders get wrapped up in things and the train seems to float across the country for a month. Sometimes people toward the end of the train are left with short dated or expired coupons. Its a great thing when it work
