Do you actually trust deal sites and coupon codes, or do you assume most of them are fake these days

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Deal aggregator sites and coupon code databases promise genuine savings on a huge range of purchases, but plenty of shoppers have grown increasingly skeptical after repeatedly running into expired codes, deals that turn out to require an inflated original price to look genuinely discounted at all, or outright fake listings designed purely to generate clicks and affiliate revenue rather than actually save anyone any money.

Some shoppers have developed a genuinely careful process for verifying whether a deal is actually legitimate before trusting it, cross referencing price history tools, checking multiple sources for the same code, or simply sticking to a small handful of sites they have personally verified as reliable over time, while others have essentially given up on the whole category entirely, assuming most deal sites are simply not worth the time and effort required to sort the genuine bargains from the noise. How much do you personally trust deal sites and coupon codes these days, and has your approach changed over time?

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I stick to a small handful of sites I have personally verified as reliable over the years, everything else I now assume is mostly noise until proven otherwise.