BomCupouns is a two-person desk in Bologna. We read the terms behind the coupon and voucher codes that reach our inbox, work out what each one actually subtracts at the checkout, and record what voids it. Then we send one short email a week. No daily blasts, no walls of dead codes.
Codes in the index this week: 19each one read, dated and re-checked by hand
One entry per code, filed by the day it runs out rather than by shop. The minimum basket and the expiry are the ones printed in the terms, not the ones on the banner. Where a code is dead, we have tried it and watched the checkout refuse it.
PRIMA10
Dispensa Emilia — 10% off a first grocery order
The €45 threshold is counted before the discount, so a basket of €44.90 is refused outright rather than rounded up. One use per household in any twelve-month period, checked against the delivery address rather than the account.
FAMIGLIA4
Treno Adriatico — four seats for the price of three
At least one child has to be on the booking. The voucher has to be used by 30 September, but travel after that date is still covered as long as the booking is made in time.
PRANZO7
Pranzo Bom — €7 off a lunch basket ordered before 15:00
Ordering after 15:00 voids the code even if the basket qualifies. It applies to the restaurant's own menu only, not to the partner kitchens listed lower down the app, and it cannot be used on the same day as a subscription delivery.
CUCINA15
Casa Ferrara — 15% off kitchenware
Up from 10%, with the minimum lowered from €60 to €45. It works in the Bologna and Parma branches as well as online. Cookware sets above €300 stay excluded, as they always were. This is the first improvement we have logged from that shop in two years.
RENO20
Atelier Reno — 20% off full-price clothing
The code never worked on reduced stock, and that has not changed. What is new is the cap: unlimited within the promotion window became three separate orders per household. Orders already placed keep the old terms.
SANLUCA12
Erboristeria San Luca — 12% off, void if loyalty points are redeemed
The two cannot be combined and the checkout does not warn you: it applies the points first and refuses the code afterwards. Above about €55 the points are usually worth more; below that, use the code.
NUVOLA3
Nuvola Backup — three months free on an annual plan
It covers the first three months of an annual subscription, which means you pay for nine. It renews at the full annual price unless it is cancelled, and cancellation is by email only — there is no button in the account area, which is worth knowing before the free period starts.
FIBRA50
BitRete — half price for the first three months
The offer page reads as though the whole bill is halved. The contract says the discount applies to the monthly fee only, and the €29 activation charge is billed in full on the first invoice. Two readings of one sentence, €29 apart.
LEGNO10
Ferro & Legno — €10 off a basket, clearance stock included
The exclusion clause that kept this code off reduced stock disappeared from the conditions page in August. We walked a basket of clearance garden tools to the checkout and it came off the total without complaint. It is the only code on the index that behaves this way.
PRIMICONSEGNE
Consegna Rapida — free delivery on the first three orders
The code used to require a €20 basket. It now works on smaller orders too, which matters if you use it for a single lunch. Three orders maximum, each within 30 days of the last, and the clock restarts with every order rather than running from sign-up.
BENVENUTO20
Forno Mattei — 20% off a first order
The bakery counter drops out of the discount on 1 October; the deli and the dry shelf stay in. One use per customer, and the basket is counted before the discount rather than after it. If you were planning a large order, place it in September.
SHIRT80
Camiceria Farnese — free shipping on shirt orders
The threshold moved from €60 to €80 in September. Returns stay free and the return window is still 30 days, which is generous for the sector. Two shirts clear the new threshold; one does not.
TOSCHI25
Elettronica Toschi — €25 off a basket
Televisions and monitors come off the list on 1 October; laptops, audio and small appliances stay. The exclusion is printed on the back of the receipt rather than on the code or the banner, which is how most people miss it. One code per customer, one order.
FORMA3
Palestra Forma — three-month trial with the pool
One per person rather than one per household, checked against the payment card, so a second voucher on the same card is refused at reception. The trial still includes the induction session and the pool.
LIBRI5
Libreria Zanetti — €5 off a book order
It works on the second-hand shelves as well as new stock, but not on gift cards and not on orders that already carry a discount. One code per order, and the minimum is met before the €5 comes off.
ORTO5
Ortofrutta Guidi — €5 credit on the box scheme
The credit lands when you join and lapses thirty days later whether or not you have ordered. It cannot be spent on the wine shelf and it does not combine with the seasonal box discount.
VOLA30
Ponte Aereo — €30 flight credit
The clock runs sixty days from the day the credit is issued rather than from the first booking, so a winter trip reserved now still qualifies. It covers the fare only: seat selection, hold baggage and the booking fee are charged normally.
VISTA15
Ottica Bellini — 15% off a pair of glasses
Withdrawn at the end of the summer promotion and not replaced. The code still looks well-formed at the checkout, which is why it took two readers telling us before we were sure it was dead and not just mistyped.
VINO10
Vineria Colli — 10% off a mixed case of six
The code returns "not recognised" at the checkout and the shop has told us it is not coming back this year. We keep it on the index for a month after it dies, because people search for codes they already have.
Nothing filed under this heading at the moment. The next issue may change that.
Three things worth doing, in the order we do them ourselves.
Find the page the code is printed on and read what sits under it. Minimum spend, excluded ranges, one-use limits and the expiry date are almost always there, in smaller type than the percentage.
Meet the minimum with things you wanted anyway, and keep an eye on the excluded lines — alcohol, televisions, clearance stock and gift cards are the four we see most often.
Most checkouts apply a code to the basket, not to a completed order. If it is refused, do not assume you typed it wrong; note what the message said and write to us, and we will test it ourselves.
Everything in the index began as a code somebody sent us, found in a newsletter, or picked up on a counter leaflet. We keep the terms page that goes with it, and when the shop publishes a new version we compare the two line by line. A code only moves on the index when the two documents actually differ, or when we have tried it ourselves and the checkout disagreed with both.
Where a code works online we build a basket that satisfies its conditions and stop one click short of paying. That is how we know that the €45 minimum is counted before the discount, that the loyalty points void the beauty code, and that the electronics exclusion is printed on the back of a receipt rather than anywhere a customer would look. Where a code only exists in a shop, one of us goes and asks, and we say on the index that it was confirmed in person.
We are wrong sometimes, and shops change their minds without telling anybody. When a reader tells us a code failed, we retest it that week, and the index changes the same day rather than waiting for Monday. Corrections are named as corrections; we do not quietly edit a row and hope nobody noticed the earlier version.
This is the text of the email that went out to subscribers this morning, kept on the web so it is still readable once the email has scrolled away.
Ferro & Legno has run the same €10-off-€60 code for four years, and for four years it refused to combine with reduced stock, like almost every code in the sector. Somebody at the shop changed their mind in August. The exclusion clause is gone from the conditions page, and when we walked a basket of clearance garden tools to the checkout this week the code came off the total without complaint. Two other home-and-garden codes on the index discount more on paper and both exclude clearance, which in practice makes them worth less at the end of the month, when the clearance shelf is fullest. That is the whole reason for the pick, and it is not a dramatic reason. Most weeks are not.
Casa Ferrara raised its kitchenware voucher from 10% to 15% and lowered the minimum from €60 to €45, which is the first improvement we have logged from that shop in two years. Ponte Aereo extended the clock on its €30 flight credit from thirty days to sixty, counted from the day it is issued rather than from the first booking. Consegna Rapida dropped the €20 minimum from its free-delivery code, so it now works on a single lunch order.
In the other direction: Forno Mattei takes the bakery counter out of its 20% welcome code on 1 October, Atelier Reno capped its full-price code at three orders per household, and Elettronica Toschi stops applying its €25 to televisions and monitors next month. BitRete's "half price for three months" turns out to cover the monthly fee only — the €29 activation charge is billed in full on the first invoice, which is a €29 difference between the banner and the contract.
Treno Adriatico's family-rate voucher has to be booked by 30 September, though travel after that date is still covered. The Dispensa Emilia first-order code lapses on 30 September whether or not it has been used. Elettronica Toschi doubles loyalty points on full-price stock until 21 September, with the bonus posting on the October statement rather than at the till.
A reader in Modena asked why a code from our index worked at the Bologna counter when the one in her email did not. The answer is dull and useful: the shop runs two promotions at once, the counter till only recognises the in-store one, and the two have different minimums. We have written the in-store version into the index and marked which promotion each row belongs to.
The same code goes to every reader of this issue, it carries no minimum spend, and it expires on 30 September 2026. BomCupouns receives nothing when it is used.
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