Not all items in the store are on sale or clearance. It just depends upon what the specials are for that week, as to what would be excluded. In others, if quilting fabrics are on sale, and the coupon excludes on sale things, then simply don't go shopping that week for quilting fabric...or shop for other fabrics, threads, interfacing, books, notions (quilting and sewing, which are two different categories in JoAnn's), etc. So I can usually find SOMETHING to spend my coupon on, even if it's only a blue erasable marker...which I use alot of :)
Debbie in Austin