Using 2 coupons for BOGO? NOT!

[cattleya]

So, sent my DH to pick up some of the Ronzoni Smart Taste that is BOGO this week. Had 10 of the $1/1 q's. Cashier scanned 8 of them, and then for some reason the last two did not scan. She said she couldn't put them through. Manager was called over, and the manager said that since the item was BOGO, to remove three of the q's that had been scanned. i.e., they only take q's on the item that is "bought" as opposed to the item that is "free". DH chose to leave with nothing.

In the past, I've managed to use 3 q's on B1G2 items, when a manager during a different shift checked me out.

So...what if any is the official policy? I am confused. TIA.

[kval07]

There is no official policy on bogo q with bogo sales anywhere. I'm talking at any store you could ever shop at. Bogo qs paired with bogo sales are always YMMV. Perhaps you could talk with the store manager to verify their policy.

[kennys2006]

As far as the manufacturer goes, I'm sure they mean what is on the coupon. Otherwise, it's up to the store's coupon policy as far as their BOGO goes.

[Bargains4me]

You could always call the corporate number & see if they have an official coupon policy.

My store has been fairly accommodating as far as BOGO coupons go. I have never had the combined coupon value exceed the price of both items at Albertson's though. If the coupon value exceeds the price of the item the register will beep & it is usually at the cashier's discretion as to whether or not they put the coupons through or adjust them down. My store will usually adjust down & not allow any overage.

[loaslaen]

Either everyone else is misreading, or I am. I don't think the issue is using a BOGO coupon for a BOGO sale. The issue is using (2) $1 coupons for the BOGO items. If so then:

How do the items ring up...do they ring up one item full price and the other item $0, or do they both ring up at half price? If they both ring up half price then you really should get to use a cents off coupon on EACH item. Does it ring up half price if you only buy ONE of the items? If so, then you could use the coupon on the one item that you are BUYING since you are not getting another one for FREE. If you do that 10 different times (10 different transactions) then you are only buying the ONE item and should get to use the coupon each time.

I'm not in FL and don't have an Albertson's but maybe someone else can verify if my post is correct. HTH!

[jwahlton]

They ring up full price then ZERO. That's probably why you can't use 2

[loaslaen]

I think I figured out why it wouldn't accept the last two. I think it attaches to the PRICE of the items, not the NUMBER of items. As long as your total equals the price of one, it will keep deducting a coupon. When you got to the 9th coupon, the total was only 1.95. The price is $1.99 so it doesn't think you bought enough items to cover another coupon. (4 cents short)

Here's an example of what I mean:

Buy 2 for 1.99= 1.99-(1q)=.99/2 final price 1 coupon used

Buy 4 for 3.98= 3.98-(1q)=2.98-(1q)=1.98/4 final price 2 coupons used

Buy 6 for 5.97= 5.97-(1q)=4.97-(1q)=3.97-(1q)=2.97-(1q)=1.97/6 final price 4 coupons used

Buy 8 for 7.96= 7.96-(1q)=6.96-(1q)=5.96-(1q)=4.96-(1q)= 3.96-(1q)=2.96-(1q)=1.96/8 final price 6 coupons used

Buy 10 for 9.95=9.95-(1q)=8.95-(1q)=7.95-(1q)=6.95-(1q)=5.95-(1q)=4.95-(1q)=3.95-(1q)=2.95-(1q)=1.95/10 final price 8 coupons used

Buy 12 for 11.94=11.94-(1q)=10.94-(1q)=9.94-(1q)=8.94-(1q)=7.94-(1q)=6.94-(1q)=5.94-(1q)=4.94-(1q)=3.94-(1q)=2.94-(1q)=1.94/12 final price 10 coupons used

I stopped at 10 since that's the number of coupons you reported having. According to the pattern, you should have bought 2 more items than you have coupons for to get the best deal. I believe you could have bought 12 Ronzoni and used all 10 coupons with no problem.

[loaslaen]

I think I've figured out the formula for determining the number of items you should buy with number of coupons you have.

Price of item + (value of coupon times number of coupons) divided by price of item= X.xxxxxx (whatever the X is, double that number to get the number of items you should buy.

Example using Ronzoni:
1.99 + ($1x10)=11.99/1.99=6.025... (double the 6 to equal 12 items you should buy using 10 coupons)

To get the final price you would pay for those items multiply the X by the price and subtract (value of coupons times number of coupons)

Example using Ronzoni:
6 x 1.99= 11.94- $10= $1.94 for 12 Ronzoni final price

Hope that's not too confusing. Thought the formula might help for future sales where the coupons would result in overage.

[cattleya]

Thanks everyone for your replies, especially loaslaen! You understood my OP perfectly, sorry if I was unclear and led other people off track.

I'll keep in mind your method of calculation for future, but I guess I'm surprised that the very small overage incurred wasn't simply absorbed by the several other non-Ronzoni items (for which I had no q's) that were in the order...this has generally been my experience at other stores. I don't shop at Albies enough to have run into an overage problem before.

[LovesDivine]

Albertsons registers allow for 1 coupon per item as long as it does not exceed the amount spent. For example, the ronzoni at my store was $1.79. I used 2 $1/1 q's and the 2nd one beeped. One of my stores will adjust the q to $.79 and I just found out that the one on Bloom/Lithia will not. The cashier tried to tell me it was cuz I was "using a coupon on a FREE item" and i asked her OK, if that is your theory, how come i was able to use a q on the FREE breyers? Or the FREE captain crunch.

I told her it was due to the overage and she could adjust down the q. She refused to but did admit that I was "probably right" and she'd be checking later. She told me she gave me the full value of my mighty dog q's and said that would even it out - she was not mean, just confused and didn't want to get in trouble. I plan to contact corp just like i did over the same issue (and it was the ronzoni too!) at Winn Dixie.