#17 - In order to save money, many consumers redeem coupons

[LSAT2HARD]

I have two questions.

First, when LSAT talks about in general, it doesn't mean always, right? It means usually or sometimes.

Second, Answer A talks about saving money. Does it simply mean the money saved through coupons such as "10% OFF" or it implies the "saved money" compared to the lower price from other stores? Because if it is the first scenario, A will definitely wrong. But if it is second scenario, I feel A is sound.

[Adam Tyson]

In general does mean usually or on average, LSAT2HARD.

Regardless of which way you interpret answer A, it's not well supported by the stimulus. It's possible that coupon users save money whether you mean "paid less at that store than they otherwise would have at that store" or whether it means "paid less at that store with the coupon than at the other store without the coupon." Since we can't know about the particular prices of the coupon-discounted items at any store, but only the average price of all products within and across stores, we just can't say this. Maybe the coupon-discounted product was already cheaper than the same product elsewhere, or maybe it was a higher price but the coupon made it lower than at the other store. Maybe if you shop carefully and compare prices you can actually save money by using coupons.