Though the spyware heyday seems to be waning fast (thankfully), I still grimace in disgust at the memory of Bargain Buddy, CoolWebSearch, Gator, and similar ilk which caused me to pull out my hair in frustration and reach for the Advil. As a system administrator I spent many horrible years dealing with spyware on computer systems at work and home, fixing suffocated PCs for fellow employees, friends, and family alike. I have to admit a part of me was skeptical. Their main site has a FAQ with the full rundown. Figure AĪny relevant or applicable coupons can then be applied to your order. Honey adds a “Find savings” button ( Figure A) to many prominent sites (, Old Navy, Best Buy, etc.) which you can use at checkout. The benefit of Honeyīecause of my chronic lack of coupon awareness, I was interested to read about Honey, a Chrome extension which can do the coupon-hunting for you. I usually skip over coupon code fields since I don’t receive coupons by email and searching the web for them is too much trouble when I need that anniversary gift shipped out NOW. Online shopping is much the same experience for me. I’ve resorted to wrapping the coupon around my credit card so I’ll remember it. To paraphrase the Most Interesting Man in the World, I don’t always bring coupons to the store, but when I do I usually forget to apply them when checking out. Find out how it works and how it came to be. The Honey Chrome extension: An example of what’s new and betterĪ Chrome extension called Honey can automatically find coupon codes to apply during your online checkouts.

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