Fixing "Please Wait' probs with Coupons

[kteach99]

OK, does anyone else have the problem I do in printing coupons? About half the time I get the message that the site does not support my printer (an epson), and gives me steps to "fix" the problem, but nothing works. I have tried using a different browser, but no good. Can anyone help me with this???

[Marge Simpson]

Originally Posted by cheapchick

I found this advice on another site. This has happened to me a lot. Someone will paste a link to a coupon and when I click it I get the "Please Wait" message and then nothing happens. Well, I finally found out why:

Problems printing Bricks coupons? This may fix your problem!
So, everyone uses different browsers, from IE to FireFox to Safari.

Sometimes people paste Coupons.com/Bricks links that they recieved in FireFox, which do not work in Internet Explorer or vice versa. You get the "Please wait..." or "Please Install The Coupon Printer" even if you already did.

This trick will allow you to simply change 2 characters in the URL to make a FireFox link work in Internet Explorer and vice versa

Here's how easy it is, the following is a FireFox link:
hxxp://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=ri3peuo59687503&bt=wg&o=53740&ci=1& c=GM&p=TyQrvJAY

note the "wg" in the URL. This link gives the repeating Please Install The Coupon Printer in Internet Explorer.

To make that link an Internet Explorer link we simply change "wg" to "wi" OR "vi" (in this case, both variations work, other coupons it may be wi or vi, trial and error):
hxxp://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=ri3peuo59687503&bt=wi&o=53740&ci=1& c=GM&p=TyQrvJAY
or
hxxp://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=ri3peuo59687503&bt=vi&o=53740&ci=1& c=GM&p=TyQrvJAY

UPDATE: If you want to print Bricks coupons on a MAC with Safari, replace the "wg", "wi", or "vi" to "xs". You can also do the reverse, take a Safari link "xs" to IE "wi" or "vi" or to FireFox "wg".

You do the opposite if you want to print an Internet Explorer link in FireFox!

Just bumping this info, very helpful! Sometimes its hard to find the info needed on the search, so many posts to dig through, and this question came up recently in a PM. Hope this helps, and thank you cheapchick

[dentaldego]

Originally Posted by lucyrevenge

I posted this info last week. Should catalog this somehwere on the boards if possible for reference.

I thought I read something on coupon mom site about Walmart not taking internet coupons, can you tell me where to find the article tha Stephanie wrote. I want to print it out & carry it with me? Thanks

[starladarcy]

Originally Posted by dentaldego

I thought I read something on coupon mom site about Walmart not taking internet coupons, can you tell me where to find the article tha Stephanie wrote. I want to print it out & carry it with me? Thanks

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - Wal-Mart Coupon Policy

Here is wal-marts coupon policy they do except IP coupons

[sunshine]

Originally Posted by kteach99

OK, does anyone else have the problem I do in printing coupons? About half the time I get the message that the site does not support my printer (an epson), and gives me steps to "fix" the problem, but nothing works. I have tried using a different browser, but no good. Can anyone help me with this???

I am having this problem also. Can anyone help?

I also tried changing the wg to wi and vi and I got kteach's message, site does not support my printer. I have a Lexmark.

Suggestions?

[grandma719]

Finally!! The mystery revealed. Thank you so much for this post..I was going nuts thinking there was something wrong with my computer..each time it would tell me to install the coupon printer when I knew I had already.

[sheilabondbell]

Originally Posted by Marge Simpson

Just bumping this info, very helpful! Sometimes its hard to find the info needed on the search, so many posts to dig through, and this question came up recently in a PM. Hope this helps, and thank you cheapchick

Does a similar trick apply to printing Smart Source or Red Plum coupons?

[Cynwheeler]

Originally Posted by cheapchick

I found this advice on another site. This has happened to me a lot. Someone will paste a link to a coupon and when I click it I get the "Please Wait" message and then nothing happens. Well, I finally found out why:

Problems printing Bricks coupons? This may fix your problem!
So, everyone uses different browsers, from IE to FireFox to Safari.

Sometimes people paste Coupons.com/Bricks links that they recieved in FireFox, which do not work in Internet Explorer or vice versa. You get the "Please wait..." or "Please Install The Coupon Printer" even if you already did.

This trick will allow you to simply change 2 characters in the URL to make a FireFox link work in Internet Explorer and vice versa

Here's how easy it is, the following is a FireFox link:
hxxp://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=ri3peuo59687503&bt=wg&o=53740&ci=1& c=GM&p=TyQrvJAY

note the "wg" in the URL. This link gives the repeating Please Install The Coupon Printer in Internet Explorer.

To make that link an Internet Explorer link we simply change "wg" to "wi" OR "vi" (in this case, both variations work, other coupons it may be wi or vi, trial and error):
hxxp://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=ri3peuo59687503&bt=wi&o=53740&ci=1& c=GM&p=TyQrvJAY
or
hxxp://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?tqnm=ri3peuo59687503&bt=vi&o=53740&ci=1& c=GM&p=TyQrvJAY

UPDATE: If you want to print Bricks coupons on a MAC with Safari, replace the "wg", "wi", or "vi" to "xs". You can also do the reverse, take a Safari link "xs" to IE "wi" or "vi" or to FireFox "wg".

You do the opposite if you want to print an Internet Explorer link in FireFox!

I have Internet Explorer.. I tried all the different variations, I have installed the printer, it used to work, now it won't at all.. Any other suggestions... PLEASE HELP ME...

[laylian]

Thanks for posting!!