Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Ugh, this woman!

We went to Target tonight.  We spent $89.12 and save $80.50.  I would say it was a wootable trip.  We got some great deals on things that we needed.  Except cat food, because I forgot those coupons at home.  See, this is why I keep a coupon binder.

Ok, on to what the title of this post is about.

After Target (and Payless) we stopped by CVS.  They were about to close and I only wanted to get a few things.  I have two rainchecks from when they were having their sale on Aussie and Herbal Essence.  I have a coupon for "Buy any Aussie styling product get $2 off any shampoo or conditioner."  The rainchecks make one styling product $0.99 and one shampoo or conditioner $0.99, which with the coupon would make those two free with a little overage.  I grabbed those plus two small packages of Wheat Thins and two small packages of Fig Newtons.  Those were each $0.99 and I had $1 off coupons for all of them.  Oh and I was getting paper towels, but I didn't have a problem with those.  So I put all of my purchases on the counter and "the lady" rings me up.  I hand her my rainchecks and she tells me I "should have given those to her first".  I apologized to her for it and handed her my coupons.  All of them ring up fine except for the Aussie.  Her explanation is that the coupon is for more than the price of the products.  Now keep in mind that I had done this same exact transaction (Aussie coupons with the rain checks) a couple of weeks before and everything went smoothly.  This was actually my second time to try it with these particular rainchecks and coupon.  Since she was refusing it I asked that she take off the Aussie and give me back my rianchecks and coupon.  She got all huffy and said she had to void the whole thing and ring everything up again.  At this point I really didn't care what trouble she had to go through.  So I ended up getting two packages of Fig Newtons, two packages of Wheat Thins, and an 8-pack of Scott paper towels for $3.18, and a $1.ECB back.  When I got in the car I was telling Jarrod that I really don't want to go back to that CVS again and what happened.  Then I realized... there was overage after the coupons for the Wheat Thins and the Fig Newtons!  Her reason for the Aussie coupon not working should have applied for the Wheat Thins and the Fig Newtons!  Oh this lady aggravates me!  So I shall be making another call to corporate and the store tomorrow.  And, this time I am complaining!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

CVS Last Night

Last night we went to CVS.  I wanted to buy a Green Bag Tag and use the ECBs to buy two Starbucks Frappuccinos and two 3-packs of Ivory soap.  Well, they were all out of the bag tags so I set my other purchases on the counter along with my coupons (two for the frappuccinos and two for the soap).  The "difficult" woman was there.  I think I've decided that she's not really difficult, just very particular about coupons.  You will get some that will push the coupons without  making sure they are legit and you will get some that will pull out a magnifying glass to read the fine print.  Ok, a slight exaggeration there, but you get my point.  This lady would pull out a magnifying glass, if she had one, I'm sure.  Anyway she starts ringing me up and when she gets to the second coupon for the frappuccinos she tells me she has to do two different transactions.  I look at the coupon and tell her that it says "per purchase" and that means per item, not per transaction.  She tells me that they had a meeting earlier that day and they will now have to do all of these seperately.  I was very nice.  We did two different transactions and I told her that she's going to get a lot of people arguing with her, because this is not what the coupons say.

Out of curiousity I looked up the number for CVS today and called them.  I talked to a very nice woman who assured me that this is not their policy.  She even credited me a $1 ECB.  I assured her that I was not trying to complain, I just wanted clarification.  After that I called the store in hopes of getting some more clarification.  Perhaps this was a new store policy.  I was able to talk to the Head Store Manager that told me he thinks this lady was mistaken in what they discussed in their meeting.  I did learn that if any of your coupons beep then they will refuse them.  I'm thinking maybe I should just avoid this woman.  Now that makes it sound like I want to use coupons fraudulantly or something.  I don't.  I just don't like that this woman makes me feel like a criminal even when all the coupons work.  It's not like they won't get reimbursed for them.  I got a CVS coupon for $1 off some CVS product the other day.  I don't remember what it was, but I used it to get $1 off a travel size face scrub.  So I got it for free, I think.  Or, maybe $0.50.  This lady practically rolled her eyes as she rung me up.  I understand being particular about coupons, but she can lose the attitude.  I just might really complain next time. 

Now I'm in a tizzy and I'm supposed to be going to bed.  Ach!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Target Tonight!

I'm not a "Frugal Blogger", but tonight's Target run has got me so excited.  This is the second time I've "rolled" at a store.  The first time was at Safeway, but wasn't anywhere near this capacity.  We did four transactions tonight.  That's right, four.  But we only spent $18.51, saved $58.26.  This is what all we got:

1 (free) bag of Sun Chips
2 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayers 
2 cans of Scrubbing Bubbles Bathroom Cleaner
2 Scrubbing Bubbles Power Sprayer refills
8 cans of Del Monte Green Beans
8 cans of Del Monte Peas
1 loaf of Target brand bread (because we needed some)
2 boxes of Stoufer's Toasted Subs
5 boxes of Special K Granola

All for just $18.51, with the help of shopping sales, using coupons, and 3 gift cards.  Oh!  And, I can send in for two $5 rebates for the Scrubbing Bubbles.  Now do you see why I'm so excited about this? 
The only thing that went wrong was a certain coupon.  I was supposed to get the refills for free, but wanted to see if I could also use the $1 off coupons for them.  Instead of letting me get them for free the register, it seems, voided that coupon and just took $1 off each.  A lesson learned.  I honestly thought they would just object to the $1 off coupon.  I don't know what made me thing that, though.  Oh well. 
Now for CVS, if that difficult woman isn't working.  But, that's another story for another time.
If you'd like more details about how I did it you can email me.  The receipts are downstairs and I don't want to go get them to type out all the details.