Walgreens Managers and Limits. How are yours enforcing it?

[BigDog]

Issues yesterday. Anybody else?


So anybody elses Wag's having managers enforce the strick limits?

(People are gluttons and will shelf clear if given the choice. But, seriously to have managers here work overtime to "watch". Overboard if you ask me.)


*Before any neg rep on me getting too much stuff and taking advantage. I was trying to get 2 of everything, except Halls (they were out).*

[chrissyf3]

Yea, I had to run back in because I forgot to get shampoo so I grabbed another Chapstick and dentek and the cashier(may have been a manager) said...you cant get these and put them aside....NEVER had that happen before. I understand it, but was a little shocked.

[couponsmakecents]

I have a HUTC thread on this as the topic was customers asked my managers to stop clearing shelves. Customers won't so managers will start imposing limits. Can't say I blame the managers for imposing limits.

[mama2kangaandroo]

Wow, I would be very upset if this happened to me.

[Drifter]

If they would just use the Card system or something similar...then they could enforce limits without people having to fight for the deals/stress/feelings hurt.

I stopped shopping at wags nearly 6 months ago. I just went in for one or two freebies or near free, and usually left feeling like a criminal. No thanks.

[zoeys_mom]

I had one store that told me I couldn't do 2 transactions because it was limit one per customer. So much for me shopping for my mom anymore

[BigDog]

I wonder if this means, I've got my 1 lonesome lotion for the WHOLE month. Or what does 1 per customer mean to them? 1 Per Day/Month/Year?

[mamawhit322]

I had a cashier about a year ago try to tell me I couldn't get "that many" (I did NOT clear the shelves, but I did have probably 10 chapsticks) She called the store manager over and the manager asked if the register was letting her do it. She said yes and he didn't see what the problem was. They don't enforce limits at all. My BA's prefer that I come in and buy multitudes because they always have TONS of stuff after the sale is over and they can't get rid of it. There are only two serious couponers who shop at that store (I'm one, the other I got into couponing). They don't have a problem with me clearing shelves. (which I don't do until Saturday night when the sale is almost over.)

[Tracy_in_Missouri]

I dont shelf clear, but I do often shop alongside my husband. We buy one each of each item and have no problem doing this once at any given store in our area ( we have a ton of Wags) I often make 2 orders to keep MFRs Rewards seperate but 2 orders is my limit. Its not a soapbox, just a preference. I feel like anymore than that and Im expecting too much. I'll go to another store rather than make more than 2 orders. Dh and I went to 2 stores on Sunday and each did 2 orders. The cashiers were pleasant, the BA gave me the October book ( and even looked thru it before totalling my order to see if I could use anything) I left coupons with 2 of 4 cashiers. They had a rough morning with the Oral B and the Gillette RR not working. One store had to reboot the whole system. At my first stop, the Mgr came and printed me an extra EmergenC RR (3.50) to make up for the Oral B ($3) that didnt print. They didnt have to do that. I was really greatful. I had to send in for Nutriserums RR that didnt print and never did get it-- so Im not mailing anymore in.

Besides shopping for 10 people in my home, I also share with people who need a little help. I was able to bring a bag of practical helps and mom pampering items to a depressed aquaintance yesterday. I tell you, thats way more than any pill can do for a human being. Im glad that Wags doesnt use a card system, but Id understand if they did. Ive had some of *my* cashiers tell me tales of some pretty bold and greedy people. Oddly enough, they also seem to often be the ones that are miserable to the staff, which is really too bad for all us kewl and friendly HCW ladies.

[beth119]

I went into Wags today to do the sales...

SHOCK! The shelves were fully stocked...

I did notice though that NONE of the RR items had signs up....

[chrisjuvers]

No limits here. Between 2 wags i got 15 Herbal essence shampoo's and 4 halls. Someone already cleared out all the razors and most of the chapstick.

[gctattoo]

No limits here either. That's why I was quite surprised to find so much of the merchandise on the shelves yesterday. However, I don't buy tons of anything. I got one Fusion (only had one coupon), two Halls (only had two coupons), 1 Chapstick, and 1 Emergen-C.

If I find more Fusion Q's while DD'ing, I'll grab a few more. And I might get one more Emergen-C. But that's all I want this week.

[LaLabrowneyes]

At one WAGS I went to had limits only 1 per customer per day. They had everything behind the counter(cosmetics) except the Herbal Shampoo,Razors . At another WAGS they had everything out but they still had limits, cashier told me that one lady would go in there and try to clear everything out until they told her that she couldn't do that anymore. I think I'm liking WAGS more now, it's about time they set limits.

[couponsmakecents]

At one WAGS I went to had limits only 1 per customer per day. They had everything behind the counter(cosmetics) except the Herbal Shampoo,Razors . At another WAGS they had everything out but they still had limits, cashier told me that one lady would go in there and try to clear everything out until they told her that she couldn't do that anymore. I think I'm liking WAGS more now, it's about time they set limits.
:BigHand::BigHand::BigHand::BigHand:

[tasha gipson]

:BigHand:I am lucky enough that at my store I am the only couponer, which is funny because they still give me attutude when I use them. i usually go when the truck comes in and come back at the end of the sale to see if i can use the rest of my coupons. 9 out of 10 times they still have the stock that i didn't buy still there and the afternoon staff loves it when i come in and buy the rest of the stock. At first i thought that I was competing with someone to get the deals but now I know its just the manger not ordering enough for the rr deals. i have blast with one of the cashiers i am the only person that prints out the fashion bug coupons and she gives them out to the customers after each transactions. If i had keep all of them i would have over 100 of them. The shoppers at my store mainly only get their presciptions filled and don't spend to much money in the rest of the store.

[jessmariebfly]

If you come in at 8am on sunday morning the signs WON'T be up.Can't put them up untill sunday and sometimes there are over 100 tags and only one person putting them up!

[petergabrielfan]

I was very surprised to see all the stuff still left yesterday afternoon. The manager I know casually speculated that because you have to pay OOP for their RR stuff that some people who aren't hardcore couponers can't afford to do it with the economy being so bad. Not sure if that's true but it's an interesting theory.

[CraazzyMom]

My store is pretty strict on limits but they also know (small town) that I shop for a few other people. I shop one day for myself and other days for other people. I don't do back to back transactions (the exception is when I am purchasing medicine or anything I can use my medical spending account for) and I lay low most of the time. If I make more than one trip in a day, its at different times when the shifts have changed. I don't go overboard though. I don't NEED that much. There are only 4 of us in the family with 2 being kiddos who don't use razors and such. :)

[hfawn]

Several stores in my area are limiting - one is doing the same as Lala and keeping the stuff behind the beauty counter. The other is limiting to three like items, which I only know because the awesome beauty lady told me. Apparently some people went in yesterday and tried to wipe the shelves clean of toothbrushes. :naughtywag:

Overall, I feel pretty happy about these changes. We have so many stores in our area, there is no reason to shelf clear. I try to hit a few Wags each time I run out for other errands, and I did quite well yesterday even given the limits. There were still plenty left for other shoppers too! Seems like they may have planned well for this week's sales (knock on wood! lol).

[joshmamabear]

No limits at the stores I frequent. We have 6 stores but I only go to 2 that have the lowest sales taxes.

I don't have problems with stocks since I don't buy what everyone else are interested like razors, toothbrush, floss. I don't pay attention to them anymore so I am rarely disappointed. There's tons of HE stocks so I took one of each kind :giggle2:I don't buy lots of OTCs and its not a bestseller so the shelves are full of these.

overall, our stores don't see the need to set limits and hopefully, it stays that way for pleasant shopping trips :)

[Yenna]

You can all come here! I'm from Puerto Rico and just a couple people use coupons. You can easly go to any Wags a Saturday night at 9 pm, and the shelves are full with FARR's getting dust no one cares. jaja!

[kiszma247]

I work for wags and we have had a huge probelm with ppl taken 45 mins to check out "couponers:. Im all about saving money but honestly how many toothbrushes does one family need. You do 5 transactions per day getting lotion... How much does one family need. This is runing it for the rest of ppl trying to save money. I know my district is coming up with something becuase the regular customers that come in do not get any of the deals becuase ppl do bakc to back transactions. When you grab the extra set off the shelf ask yourself if you really need it.

[qruisin]

There are quite a few WAGs near me, and I rarely have anyone mention any limits, but today we had a rough time at one store. My husband was buying three Theraflu, and I had two transactions with one Emergen-C, one Dentek floss, one Halls, and a couple of cans of tomato sauce in each one. As soon as the cashier saw my husband had an RR to pay for the Theraflu, she got an attitude. She said you won't get another RR. We said it was fine, to just go ahead, and then she wouldn't take the Walgreens coupon. She said it was already on sale so sit wouldn't work - discount was already in the price. I told her I had already used the coupon earlier today and it worked fine, but no dice. We finally said okay, forget the Theraflu, and went on to my two transactions. She was huffy but took all the coupons, and gave me the RRs for the first transaction. Then she flipped out when she saw the second transaction was the same as the first. She said 'only one per person'. I said 'fine, then he can pay for these.'

[qruisin]

Oops! Didn't finish my post!

She then said 'you indicated you were here earlier.' I told her it was another store, and she again said, 'it's one per person', like she thought she was going to impose limits for the entire city. I finally said 'are you going to sell us these, or not?' and she finished ringing up the transaction. The whole thing was amazing to me. I am fine with limits, but she acted like we were backing a truck up to haul away the loot! Luckily, I've never encountered that before!

[DonnaMac]

Sounds like you guys do the right thing and sad we are all punished. I liek to try and get a couple. I like to get enough for myself and I share with my aunt who is 710 and on a very small fixed income.

I read about someone that got 92 bottle of A-1 sauce from Publix. Come on 92 bottle and then tried to say they donated to the food bank. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeee!

[justagirlnamedStormy]

I'm fairly new to WAGs and RRs. I'd heard of it, but just started doing it 3 wks ago with the True NOrth Snacks.

The only deal we did last week was the Sally Hansen, I have teenage nieces and think a little gift basket with several polishes with some other nail care items would be a super gift. We (mom and I) didn't start til the end of the week, and only did 2 transactions each day. From what I saw, it looks like we were the only one doing the deal. The cashier (young male) had no problem, and was actually encouraging mom to go back and get more when she was in on her last time saturday. He seemed excited we were getting it for so cheap (.50 for 3).

This week we had plans to go in and do each deal once a day. From what I've seen btwn yesterday and today I don't think that many people in my town are doing the deals, so our WAGs doesn't really have to impose limits. Everything was sitting out in accessible locations. There was still PLENTY of stuff left. The only thing that looked like it was low were a couple kinds of the herbal essence and the chapstick. It didn't look like anyone had touched most of the stuff since I was in there yesterday.

I don't think me doing each deal once a day is too much, esp when not many people in my town take advantage of it. I don't get things that I won't use or that I can't give as gifts. I'm hoping that things remain as they are w/ not many people utilizing the deal, so that my manager (whom I've not met yet) doesn't have to start making up crazy rules and imposing limits.

[justagirlnamedStormy]

Sounds like you guys do the right thing and sad we are all punished. I liek to try and get a couple. I like to get enough for myself and I share with my aunt who is 710 and on a very small fixed income.

I read about someone that got 92 bottle of A-1 sauce from Publix. Come on 92 bottle and then tried to say they donated to the food bank. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeee!

WOW. I can't even imagine what the people at Publix thought.

I think some people seriously have an unhealthy obsession and take it to extremes. I can understand the "stockpiling" metality (there's a whole section about stockpiling on this forum) but 92 bottles is just ridiculous. Of course in my family we may use 2 bottles of the stuff a year if we had. Even with ketchup which we LOVE we probably wouldn't use more than one bottle every two months. To keep myself from going to extremes (which I don't think will ever happen) I try not to use more than what I'll use in a year. Then when I get down to a 6ths month supply I'll start looking for a free deal and stock up on more.

My little sister had someone come through her line in BiLo a couple weeks and bought $500 worth of paper plates, of course after Bilo Rewards and the $2 chinet coupon, they were free. My sister was amazed, lol. She said she didn't ask the customer what all she was going to do with the paper plates.

[deedeec3]

I had a cashier about a year ago try to tell me I couldn't get "that many" (I did NOT clear the shelves, but I did have probably 10 chapsticks) She called the store manager over and the manager asked if the register was letting her do it. She said yes and he didn't see what the problem was. They don't enforce limits at all. My BA's prefer that I come in and buy multitudes because they always have TONS of stuff after the sale is over and they can't get rid of it. There are only two serious couponers who shop at that store (I'm one, the other I got into couponing). They don't have a problem with me clearing shelves. (which I don't do until Saturday night when the sale is almost over.)

That is what a manager at one of my stores told me. He said to please wait to do multiple transactions till the end of the week to ensure other shoppers get to get some of the sale products. People are comming in early and clearing the shelves

[annielaurie_us]

how many toothbrushes does one family need. .
My mother and DD (13) does Operation Christmas Child and I get thing like toothbrushes and other stuff like that to put into the boxes. This is a way my child can help out and keep our already tight budget in check. She is at an age that is normally all about herself but she want to help others so I will do what I have to so you knows life is not all about her.:shrug7:

[urbanqueen]

I have never encountered a problem with "the rules" until today. I never do back-to-back transactions and don't usually visit the same store twice in one day.:whistle67: In other words I try to stay under the radar except the clerks usually know me from my shopping bag as I don't use their plastic bags.

Today I went in to purchase an item that gave back a RR and the clerk told me I could not purchase an item that gave a RR with a RR. I thought he meant that it wouldn't print and so I told him that it would because it was from a different item. He said no, you can not pay for a RR item with another RR you have to pay cash for it. :rolleyes24: New rules from the manager.

So I took the item out of my bag told him to give me my RR and pushed my cart towards the door. He was shocked that I wasn't purchasing the item. I just calmly stated I will take my business to the next Walgreens down the road. :shrug7:Thanks anyways, no big deal. No problem at all at the next store I stopped at.

[girlsgalore]

For me, it totally depends on the store. Each one is sooo different. One will take more than one RR in a transaction, and another won't. One will have 3 full end cap displays of lotion that gives RR and another will have only 3 bottles.

I'm fortunate to report this week that I've had no difficulty when making my purchases. I did purchase multiple items last night, - some of which were 1 MVP and 2 vaseline. I've had incredibly good luck this week. Knock on wood.

Sometimes I think it has something to do with the time of day, day of the week, month of the year. It drives me bat _ _ _ _ crazy somtimes!

My new favorite store actually had an amazing amount of stock of ALL RR deals for this week. I was really impressed.

[Theresat]

I try to stay under the radar. I do 1 transaction per day, or if I could twice a day, will do morning and evening. I am not knocking other people who do 5 transactions in a row. I just know I want to keep couponing the rest of my life and I only have 3 Wags in a 50 min radius so I don't want them to recognize me as "that girl who gets 40 chapsticks!". I think a lot of cashiers get angry when they think people are being greedy. I mean, I can see their point..yes the company want to give their products away to promote you buying them again and again, but when you see someone getting a few hundred dollars of stuff for free after rr it probably makes the manager want to enforce limits so 1 person doesn't take advantage of a company (Halls, P&G) giving away free items, if the store has tons in stock or not. I can see their point.

[BigDog]

Personally I wish it were 1 per person in the household.

But, then again we are a household of 7. :).

[nurseannette]

never had a problem until today. I was allowed 1 razor and 1 halls. wonder if
I could have bought more if I did not have any coupons. would they have really
denied taking my money?

[MNMsMommy]

I didn't see a limit in the paper on the Halls. Can managers make up their own limits?

I don't mind the limits but maybe that is b/c I seem to get to the stores after someone clears the shelves.

[warcraftbaby]

No limits at my store. Several things were cleared (and this was restocking day) but eh, guess my butt should get UP on Sundays :) I would really like it if Wags went to a card system like CVS. Limits so everyone gets a chance, no more finding fillers to use your darn RRs, etc. A girl can dream right? I managed to get several things today and that's good enough for me. I've got enough of a stockpile that I can get by picking up only a couple of an item during a sale until the next sale comes around. Never cleared a shelf yet, but don't really mind those who do. Like I said, it's MY fault I don't get up hehe.

[warcraftbaby]

I didn't see a limit in the paper on the Halls. Can managers make up their own limits?

I don't mind the limits but maybe that is b/c I seem to get to the stores after someone clears the shelves.

Yep. Managers can limit as they see fit.

I try to stay under the radar. I do 1 transaction per day, or if I could twice a day, will do morning and evening. I am not knocking other people who do 5 transactions in a row. I just know I want to keep couponing the rest of my life and I only have 3 Wags in a 50 min radius so I don't want them to recognize me as "that girl who gets 40 chapsticks!". I think a lot of cashiers get angry when they think people are being greedy. I mean, I can see their point..yes the company want to give their products away to promote you buying them again and again, but when you see someone getting a few hundred dollars of stuff for free after rr it probably makes the manager want to enforce limits so 1 person doesn't take advantage of a company (Halls, P&G) giving away free items, if the store has tons in stock or not. I can see their point.

See I only have one Wags (see my siggy) and I've never had an issue doing multiple transactions. But I've built up to that. I started out small ( when I was a novice couponer) doing one or two transactions. Now that I'm better at it and I've come to know all the employees I have never felt or had any of the employees give me the impression that I'm greedy. Most of the reactions I get from people are positive. And just because I do multiple transactions, doesn't mean I'm buying that many of the same thing. Today I got about two of each thing in stock but had 4 transactions. Also I let other customers go ahead of me and in between each transaction. I think as long as a couponer is courteous to the employees and other customers, they will usually receive courtesy in return. Having an adorable baby as your shopping partner in crime never hurts either :wink7: Like most things in life, I think it's all about approach and attitude.

[NIGHTB1022]

I went into Wags today to do the sales...

SHOCK! The shelves were fully stocked...

I did notice though that NONE of the RR items had signs up....

Yeah my Wags is doing that too, not putting the signs up, I think it's their way of keeping the shelves full. If you didnt read their flyer then you don't know about the RR or the free's after the RR's.

[traj385]

I'm new to this, but I have not had the experience of any "limits" yet. I have done only 1 or 2 transactions at a time. I still feel shy about multiple transactions. :biggrin:

[thineownself]

I am finding myself wishing they would go to a card as well. Sometimes I just don't feel like going out on Sunday and maybe by the time I get there on Monday or Tuesdays there is nothing but tumbleweeds left in the stores. I do no more than two transactions and honestly most of the time do just one. I used to go more often before I had my baby, but now I'm lucky if I can hit the stores once each week and when that happens...the planets are perfectly aligned and everything, its nice to see stock on the shelves. If there was ever something big going to come up where I know I would want a lot of it, I would speak with the manager to have him/her special order.

[luckyducky]

...Also I let other customers go ahead of me and in between each transaction. I think as long as a couponer is courteous to the employees and other customers, they will usually receive courtesy in return. Having an adorable baby as your shopping partner in crime never hurts either :wink7: Like most things in life, I think it's all about approach and attitude.

I think you summed it up nicely. When I do multiple transactions, I will always spin my cart around and get back on line (if there are any other customers waiting). Also, if you have cashiers that are promoting candy bars/gum etc. for a monthly contest, it always helps to throw a bar or two in each transaction. Then, they look forward to you doing multiple transaction, rather than dreading you coming to their registers.

At the stores in my area, the monthly promo is the Reese's, Snickers candy. The Reese's are on sale for $.49 (use a $.55 off one coupon or the B1G1 coupon). Even if you don't have a coupon - use the Reese's as a filler. It's a small price to pay to make your cashiers happy! :smile:

[nurseannette]

To the ones who think being nice and courteous is the key, I have and will
always be courteous and polite. I do think 1 razor and 1 halls is ridiculous.

[AmyAlex74]

I think there should be some sort of card or something (like CVS) to enforce limits but.........sometimes you do need more than one of an item. Take the chapstick for example. Winter is coming and I do not think buying 5 or 6 is too many. With 3 girls in the house, each gets 2. They only last a few weeks anyways so its not like being stocked until next year :shrug7: If someone saw me buying 2 multi-packs with 3 in it (which I did at the beginning of summer) that did not have a register reward on it, no one would bat an eyelash but 6 singles for free (of which I am buying 1 per day), someone might say I am being greedy. JMO

[Tracy_in_Missouri]

I have a question -- because I dont have an ad and I really dont remember . Is there anyplace where Wags says that a particular deal is one per household or per customer ? I know the RR thing says something such as only one RR will be issued in a transaction .

[VJWilson27]

On the back page...

"Right reserved to limit all quantities on all items"

[hfawn]

I am finding myself wishing they would go to a card as well. Sometimes I just don't feel like going out on Sunday and maybe by the time I get there on Monday or Tuesdays there is nothing but tumbleweeds left in the stores. I do no more than two transactions and honestly most of the time do just one. I used to go more often before I had my baby, but now I'm lucky if I can hit the stores once each week and when that happens...the planets are perfectly aligned and everything, its nice to see stock on the shelves. If there was ever something big going to come up where I know I would want a lot of it, I would speak with the manager to have him/her special order.

I might agree with this, except most of my CVS's are wiped out of freebies/cheapies first thing Sunday morning too. I don't think a card system will fix anything, the people who want to get more will just have more than one card. Just my :my2cents:!

[warcraftbaby]

I think there should be some sort of card or something (like CVS) to enforce limits but.........sometimes you do need more than one of an item. Take the chapstick for example. Winter is coming and I do not think buying 5 or 6 is too many. With 3 girls in the house, each gets 2. They only last a few weeks anyways so its not like being stocked until next year :shrug7: If someone saw me buying 2 multi-packs with 3 in it (which I did at the beginning of summer) that did not have a register reward on it, no one would bat an eyelash but 6 singles for free (of which I am buying 1 per day), someone might say I am being greedy. JMO

Ya have something there. There is almost a stigma attached to couponing! Does it matter whether someone buys say, 6 shampoos at a time twice a year for pennies or if they buy 1 each month for 12 months paying full price? It shouldn't, but the view of the general public is that the person buying the 6 shampoos is greedy or "hoarding" (I LOATHE that word being attached to couponing, I KNOW people that have this very real disorder and what we do with couponing is not even close to a mental illness and it really shows ignorance on the part of the people who use that term to describe STOCKPILING!)

And that isn't even touching the people that buy mass amounts to donate. In this economy the people who take the time and effort (and their own OOP) to donate to the many people in need should be praised, not looked down upon and called greedy. All we couponers can do is try to set a good example with our couponing and educate people about it. Maybe in this economy more people will be open to saving money and see the good in couponing instead of the misconceptions. Stepping down now...:soapbox:

[frugalicious08]

You know I read that couponing is more popular than ever and it seems that more and more people are picking up the habit. I used to be a semi-couponer (If had an item on my list and it HAPPENED to have a coupon) and never realized how much more potential I had until recently. I think when I am in line and the people behind me frown but then see my total go from 140 + to 39 (Safeway two weeks ago) then they understand a little. Couponing improves my quality of life and my family's as well. I spend acutally pretty much the same almost after couponing as before except now we don't have to go without things. if I need facewash or another pair of pants or something I can just add it to my list NO problem where as before I may have to wait weeks or wait on a bill or something.

Also as for the time committment...I AM A TEACHER...couponing is like being paid if you make 15-20 an hour or what ever and I spend 2+ hours a week couponing to trim down 100+ dollars on my weekly bills it is 50+ an hour!

[Tracy_in_Missouri]

Ya have something there. There is almost a stigma attached to couponing! Does it matter whether someone buys say, 6 shampoos at a time twice a year for pennies or if they buy 1 each month for 12 months paying full price? It shouldn't, but the view of the general public is that the person buying the 6 shampoos is greedy or "hoarding" (I LOATHE that word being attached to couponing, I KNOW people that have this very real disorder and what we do with couponing is not even close to a mental illness and it really shows ignorance on the part of the people who use that term to describe STOCKPILING!)

And that isn't even touching the people that buy mass amounts to donate. In this economy the people who take the time and effort (and their own OOP) to donate to the many people in need should be praised, not looked down upon and called greedy. All we couponers can do is try to set a good example with our couponing and educate people about it. Maybe in this economy more people will be open to saving money and see the good in couponing instead of the misconceptions. Stepping down now...:soapbox:


I was thinking, the way the government is going, we will all be issued everything that we need anyways. Not only will nobody need donations anymore, but we wont have the money to spend to donate how we see fit because the government will have all of our money anyways. Hows that for a soapbox ?? :hysterical: BTW I agree with you totally, but after thinking it over, I think we should do away with cards ( and purchase history tracking) and just give the best deals to the ones who take the time to go out looking for them ( I love when they dont put up RR tags!) Just think of all the folks who I've converted to a brand by simply giving them something from my stockpile. This happened with an old guy at my church. I made a goody bag for his wife because she often brings me inserts on Sundays. He came to me about the Fusion razor and said it was the best razor he had ever had, and he has no idea how much the refills cost but he is buying them. So Gillette has a new customer, thanks to a deal on Fusion at Target that I got almost free - but now they have a lifetime customer :biggrin:

[Tracy_in_Missouri]

On the back page...

"Right reserved to limit all quantities on all items"


Thanks. Thats pretty much what most ads and stores state.
Typically I dont think this applies to a family purchasing a supply, but people who will come and buy cases or pallets of items for a business or with the intent of resale. I mean, I believe thats generally why they have that little stipulation. I suppose a store could invoke that rule in any given case. We cant expect the retail store to be a wholesale distributor.

I think its acceptable for a family to buy a couple months supply of an item without being put into the category of the person who is trying to stock a virtual store. Its acutely important to me because in my home I feed 10 people. When the grocery store has a rediculously low limit on a sale item it drives me bonkers. Reasonable limits I can live with. 1 dozen eggs at the sale price with a $10 purchase tho ? I cant make one breakfast in my house with 1 dozen eggs :hysterical:

[Nitenites]

I shop at three stores (though there are many, many Wags around me, within a 10 minute drive.) One of my three stores had limits (2 per item), but none of my stores were cleaned out. The lowest stock I saw was at my closest and favorite store; they were down to 6-8 Chapstick. They had LOADS of everything else.

I do buy a lot when these great RR deals come around, but that's only a couple of times a year. It's not like I'm at the store every week clearing shelves. (And, FTR, I never clear shelves. If it looks like a store is running low, or they haven't ordered adequately, I limit my purchases. I only have to replenish my stockpile, and there may be someone out there who needs the deal more than me... someone who's just starting to stockpile and/or is on a limited income, too.)

[warcraftbaby]

I was thinking, the way the government is going, we will all be issued everything that we need anyways. Not only will nobody need donations anymore, but we wont have the money to spend to donate how we see fit because the government will have all of our money anyways. Hows that for a soapbox ?? :hysterical: BTW I agree with you totally, but after thinking it over, I think we should do away with cards ( and purchase history tracking) and just give the best deals to the ones who take the time to go out looking for them ( I love when they dont put up RR tags!) Just think of all the folks who I've converted to a brand by simply giving them something from my stockpile. This happened with an old guy at my church. I made a goody bag for his wife because she often brings me inserts on Sundays. He came to me about the Fusion razor and said it was the best razor he had ever had, and he has no idea how much the refills cost but he is buying them. So Gillette has a new customer, thanks to a deal on Fusion at Target that I got almost free - but now they have a lifetime customer :biggrin:

I love when the RR tags aren't up! It makes shopping so much more fun, like it's a hunting expedition or something :biggrin: My local grocery stores do that a lot, they have some insanely awesome deal that goes with a coupon that's unadvertised and hiding on an end cap. It's so cool to find something like that. But I suppose Wags needs those tags up to advertise and bring in revenue and such. Jeez Wags you're messing up my game here :giggle2:

[Mom2Natalya]

My Wags doesn't have a limit, or enforce them. And truly, this may not be the popular opinion, but the early bird gets the worm. My Wags knows me, I shop there all the time and I do lots of multiple transactions each time I go in. They all love seeing my deals. If Wags wants to sell more items that are Free after RR, then they need to order more to have in stock. It's not as if they don't know the deals are coming.

[BigDog]

And that isn't even touching the people that buy mass amounts to donate. In this economy the people who take the time and effort (and their own OOP) to donate to the many people in need should be praised, not looked down upon and called greedy. All we couponers can do is try to set a good example with our couponing and educate people about it. Maybe in this economy more people will be open to saving money and see the good in couponing instead of the misconceptions. Stepping down now...:soapbox:
I disagree 110% here. It is incredibly ridiculous for people to be waiting in there car for the store to open to clear shelves.


Example given below. And if you disagree with me, I can appreciate the disagreement. But, I will NEVER understand the other point.

I have 3 in diapers.
I got to the store at 8:30. (Wag's Huggies wipes deal.) Shelves are wiped clean. I ask where all the wipe tubs are. They say two ladies swept in and cleaned them out.

Flash foward about 1 month. I met two ladies, after about 10 mintues in the conversation, admitted they bought all of the wipes and went in every day they knew the truck was there and got them as the tubs were coming off the truck. When I asked why? They said, "They were free duh." I said, oh you have kids in diapers. No, of course not, nor do we know anybody with kids in diapers. We just donate them.

So, I have to pay $2.50 a tub. So they could donate them? I know life isn't fair but, seriously they is just need to go volunteer if they need their "feel goods". Seriously volunteer to show how to coupon. I know that sounds mean for somebody trying to be nice. But, come on people give those of us who need to product a chance.

Now I'm not the smartest, I agree. But, I'm pretty sure if the company already donates products to those in need. And wants their product to be bought by those who are going to use it. Not to those who just want it for overage.

Now if it is the last day of sale. Well, my loss.

Now those are my opinions. And now I shall step back.

[LaLabrowneyes]

I disagree 110% here. It is incredibly ridiculous for people to be waiting in there car for the store to open to clear shelves.


Example given below. And if you disagree with me, I can appreciate the disagreement. But, I will NEVER understand the other point.

I have 3 in diapers.
I got to the store at 8:30. (Wag's Huggies wipes deal.) Shelves are wiped clean. I ask where all the wipe tubs are. They say two ladies swept in and cleaned them out.

Flash foward about 1 month. I met two ladies, after about 10 mintues in the conversation, admitted they bought all of the wipes and went in every day they knew the truck was there and got them as the tubs were coming off the truck. When I asked why? They said, "They were free duh." I said, oh you have kids in diapers. No, of course not, nor do we know anybody with kids in diapers. We just donate them.

So, I have to pay $2.50 a tub. So they could donate them? I know life isn't fair but, seriously they is just need to go volunteer if they need their "feel goods". Seriously volunteer to show how to coupon. I know that sounds mean for somebody trying to be nice. But, come on people give those of us who need to product a chance.

Now I'm not the smartest, I agree. But, I'm pretty sure if the company already donates products to those in need. And wants their product to be bought by those who are going to use it. Not to those who just want it for overage.

Now if it is the last day of sale. Well, my loss.

Now those are my opinions. And now I shall step back.


I agree with you, there's nothing wrong with donating but don't clear the shelves. It's frustrating to go into a WAGS and to find out that 1-2 people cleared the shelves and are just waiting around for the truck to come, just think of others.

[warcraftbaby]

I disagree 110% here. It is incredibly ridiculous for people to be waiting in there car for the store to open to clear shelves.


Example given below. And if you disagree with me, I can appreciate the disagreement. But, I will NEVER understand the other point.

I have 3 in diapers.
I got to the store at 8:30. (Wag's Huggies wipes deal.) Shelves are wiped clean. I ask where all the wipe tubs are. They say two ladies swept in and cleaned them out.

Flash foward about 1 month. I met two ladies, after about 10 mintues in the conversation, admitted they bought all of the wipes and went in every day they knew the truck was there and got them as the tubs were coming off the truck. When I asked why? They said, "They were free duh." I said, oh you have kids in diapers. No, of course not, nor do we know anybody with kids in diapers. We just donate them.

So, I have to pay $2.50 a tub. So they could donate them? I know life isn't fair but, seriously they is just need to go volunteer if they need their "feel goods". Seriously volunteer to show how to coupon. I know that sounds mean for somebody trying to be nice. But, come on people give those of us who need to product a chance.

Now I'm not the smartest, I agree. But, I'm pretty sure if the company already donates products to those in need. And wants their product to be bought by those who are going to use it. Not to those who just want it for overage.


I'm not going to touch shelf-clearing lol. But I will say I have volunteered in these places and they can NEVER have enough! Companies do not donate enough to supply the great need and the donations they do get go FAST. These places DO need volunteers, but they also need the actual donations and they need A LOT of them especially right now with the economy the way it is. I live in a very poor area and JMO but I'd rather pay a bit more for my stuff because the shelf was cleared at a sale than see other people's kids go without. I only got one Huggies Wipes tub but that's ok. I very rarely find wipes deals anyway so it wasn't a biggy, I just buy those Walmart brand wipes in the big box. It does suck to pay so much for the darn things since they end up in the trash anyway :hectic1:

[LittleLady2]

I was very surprised to see all the stuff still left yesterday afternoon. The manager I know casually speculated that because you have to pay OOP for their RR stuff that some people who aren't hardcore couponers can't afford to do it with the economy being so bad. Not sure if that's true but it's an interesting theory.

I am SO confused about that statement ... it's precisely because the economy is so bad that the RR program is so great!!!! I always encourage my customers to buy the RR items first, telling them that this makes the rest of their items the 'next transaction'. I point out exactly what the RR item will cost them to try (tax included), and most of them agree to try it -- once I explain that you don't have to sign up for anything, nor do you have to send off for anything, and that they can immediately cash out the RRs on the items I'm showing them. Btw, I mentally figure out approx how much they have in products as best I can when they have just a few items -- obviously if they have a cartful they don't have to worry about the # of coupons rule nor the 'amt b4 tax' rule. I think a lot of the problems ppl have with the RRs is that they've never had anyone explain to them exactly how RRs work, or else they feel that it has to be some kind of a gimmick, that there's a 'catch' to it all. It really helps when someone in front of them has just tried what I suggested, lol :wink7: It also helps when I explain to them how to make the RRs pay for other RR items (well, most of the cost anyway) so that you can make your money MAKE money for you. After they get the hang of it they start getting as excited about RRs as I am ... which makes me very happy, lol :giggle2:
Now, if only my store mgr would start making it a habit to order a LOT of extra product for every item that has a 'free after RR' deal attached ... I'm on a mission to help our customer base become better coupon shoppers, lol :whistle67:

[LittleLady2]

Ya have something there. There is almost a stigma attached to couponing! Does it matter whether someone buys say, 6 shampoos at a time twice a year for pennies or if they buy 1 each month for 12 months paying full price? It shouldn't, but the view of the general public is that the person buying the 6 shampoos is greedy or "hoarding" (I LOATHE that word being attached to couponing, I KNOW people that have this very real disorder and what we do with couponing is not even close to a mental illness and it really shows ignorance on the part of the people who use that term to describe STOCKPILING!)

And that isn't even touching the people that buy mass amounts to donate. In this economy the people who take the time and effort (and their own OOP) to donate to the many people in need should be praised, not looked down upon and called greedy. All we couponers can do is try to set a good example with our couponing and educate people about it. Maybe in this economy more people will be open to saving money and see the good in couponing instead of the misconceptions. Stepping down now...:soapbox:
Thank you, Thank you, THANK you!!! Got room on that soapbox for another?? :wink7:
I am so glad that Walgreens doesn't have the card to 'limit' us. My oldest daughter was murdered in '03 by an ex-boyfriend, and I donate hygiene gift baskets several times a year in her memory to the DV shelter in my local town. Since I donate 10 baskets at a time -- at my own OOP expense -- without being able to do the RR deals and use my MFQs and such, there would be absolutely NO way I could do this. I am a cashier, and even though I do make more than minimum wage, after bills there are times I'm lucky to find a few dollars to spare to even WORK the RR deals. There have been times I've had to pass up great deals because I didn't have an extra $5 to start off with as my 'base amt' to work the RRs up into enough that I could even buy the non-RR items I needed to run my OWN household. However, I know from experience that ppl who have to go to the DV shelters often leave without even the basics, so anything I can do to make their stay easier on them I will try to do -- let alone the fact that it is vitally important to me to donate to this particular cause. And yes, I do more than just donate items in her memory ... but that is a very important part of what I do for them.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is this: don't pass judgement on ppl who buy multiples of items -- not unless you know for a FACT that all they are doing is taking advantage of the program out of greed. And, btw -- the local homeless shelter, a boy's ranch, a youth shelter, a diabetic clinic, and various other and organizations and individuals that have come to my attention have also benefitted from my 'multiple purchases' -- and will continue to do so in the future.
Most of the cashiers who have to ring me up (even on the back-to-back purchases) don't have a problem, neither do most of the managers at my store -- they all know why I do it. However, I, too, (generally) wait until the end of the sale if at all possible, and am considerate enough to allow others to go ahead of me when I'm doing this.
Okay, I'll get off the soapbox now -- I apologize for crowding warcraftbaby ... I've probably said more than I should here, but it really burns me when ppl assume I must be 'greedy' because I buy several of some items.

[Mom2Natalya]

It does suck to pay so much for the darn things since they end up in the trash anyway :hectic1:
OT- but, have you considered cloth? The only disposable wipes I have are ones that i got for free, otherwise I use cloth and they work SO much better than the disposable ones! And I'm using the same ones for my son that I used for my daughter four years ago. That's making your money work for you!
:smile:

[warcraftbaby]

OT- but, have you considered cloth? The only disposable wipes I have are ones that i got for free, otherwise I use cloth and they work SO much better than the disposable ones! And I'm using the same ones for my son that I used for my daughter four years ago. That's making your money work for you!
:smile:

I want to use cloth sooooo badly! We live in a one room apt so our washer/dryer are in storage, no diaper service in town, and all 3 laundromats do not allow you to wash diapers :sad: Really hoping the economy turns around so my hubby can get his job back and we can move somewhere that my washer and dryer can do more than support the a/c units in storage :hectic1:

[warcraftbaby]

Thank you, Thank you, THANK you!!! Got room on that soapbox for another?? :wink7:
I am so glad that Walgreens doesn't have the card to 'limit' us. My oldest daughter was murdered in '03 by an ex-boyfriend, and I donate hygiene gift baskets several times a year in her memory to the DV shelter in my local town. Since I donate 10 baskets at a time -- at my own OOP expense -- without being able to do the RR deals and use my MFQs and such, there would be absolutely NO way I could do this. I am a cashier, and even though I do make more than minimum wage, after bills there are times I'm lucky to find a few dollars to spare to even WORK the RR deals. There have been times I've had to pass up great deals because I didn't have an extra $5 to start off with as my 'base amt' to work the RRs up into enough that I could even buy the non-RR items I needed to run my OWN household. However, I know from experience that ppl who have to go to the DV shelters often leave without even the basics, so anything I can do to make their stay easier on them I will try to do -- let alone the fact that it is vitally important to me to donate to this particular cause. And yes, I do more than just donate items in her memory ... but that is a very important part of what I do for them.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is this: don't pass judgement on ppl who buy multiples of items -- not unless you know for a FACT that all they are doing is taking advantage of the program out of greed. And, btw -- the local homeless shelter, a boy's ranch, a youth shelter, a diabetic clinic, and various other and organizations and individuals that have come to my attention have also benefitted from my 'multiple purchases' -- and will continue to do so in the future.
Most of the cashiers who have to ring me up (even on the back-to-back purchases) don't have a problem, neither do most of the managers at my store -- they all know why I do it. However, I, too, (generally) wait until the end of the sale if at all possible, and am considerate enough to allow others to go ahead of me when I'm doing this.
Okay, I'll get off the soapbox now -- I apologize for crowding warcraftbaby ... I've probably said more than I should here, but it really burns me when ppl assume I must be 'greedy' because I buy several of some items.

*Moves over to make room for LittleLady* There we go. Actually I have a vast collection of soapboxes for all occasions, so there's always room up here! Always glad to see another DV donater, that's been one of my mom's favs for years! I remember when I was a kid getting to Xmas shop for all those other kids that we were donating to and making the gift boxes for the DV shelter. I can't wait to do that with my daughter.

[BigDog]

OT- but, have you considered cloth? The only disposable wipes I have are ones that i got for free, otherwise I use cloth and they work SO much better than the disposable ones! And I'm using the same ones for my son that I used for my daughter four years ago. That's making your money work for you!
:smile:
EWww. Are you kidding, cloth wipes? I've heard of cloth diapers but, cloth wipes. I rather get out the tp and a water. EWWWWWWW.

[Mom2Natalya]

EWww. Are you kidding, cloth wipes? I've heard of cloth diapers but, cloth wipes. I rather get out the tp and a water. EWWWWWWW.

Wow- really - how close-minded of you. How do you think people wiped their children's bottoms before disposables were invented? Cloth wipes are better for babies- no chemicals, better for parents- easier clean-up, better for the budget- reusable, obviously, and better for the environment- no garbage filling up landfills.

What do you clean up messes with currently? Do you have pets? Have they ever had an accident on carpet? What do you clean that with? How do you clean up children's or pet's vomit? Is any of that really any "grosser" than wiping a baby's bottom with cloth?

Not to mention most newborns have sensitive skin that can't be touched with the chemicals in disposable wipes. Even some older babies can't tolerate those chemicals.

Perhaps you should research things before being judgemental. There are hundreds, or even thousands of websites selling, recommending and reviewing cloth wipes. Go ahead and google it.

Or maybe you don't have kids and really aren't in a place to judge at all.

[Mom2Natalya]

I want to use cloth sooooo badly! We live in a one room apt so our washer/dryer are in storage, no diaper service in town, and all 3 laundromats do not allow you to wash diapers :sad: Really hoping the economy turns around so my hubby can get his job back and we can move somewhere that my washer and dryer can do more than support the a/c units in storage :hectic1:

We love our cloth! You know you can buy these small counter-top washers to wash dipes in? I ran across them on a website a while back.
Ugh- sorry about your washer/dryer in storage- that SUCKS!!

My SIL was very anti-cloth until she had to use my daughter's dipes/wipes one day while visiting. Our kids are 6 months apart and she asked if I had any wipes she could use- I said, oh, you know we do cloth- here you go- she said, what if I need more than one? (you know with disposables you usually wind up using three or four). She didn't. Only needed one. She was amazed. Especially at how much better it worked than the disposables! More scrubbing power. LOL. Like the difference between washing peanut butter off your kids face with a washcloth or, well, wet toilet paper.

**sorry for the hijack**

[BigDog]

Nevermind, I'm going to hold my tongue.

[purp66]

Not having any issues with product limits... I'm having an issue with coupon usage!!

The other day I was told I cannot purchase two items and use a coupon on each. IE two bags of the nestle candy (sale 2/$4) and use one $1/1 coupon on each. So I called corporate for clarification.

Waited two days, no response. SO, I went back today, making sure I was not using any duplicate coupons. I figure oh well, good way to burn some of my $1 RRs. WRONG AGAIN.

I'm met practically at the door by the manager, who informs me that not only is the first policy going to stand, but NOW, I cannot use a coupon on an item and get a RR back that would make the item less than free! IE no more money makers!

For clarification, I asked him "so if I purchase the halls for $1, use a $1 MQ, and it spits out $1 RR, you're going to take the RR?" he said YES!!! He literally told me they would not allow me to have the RR!!

He claims walgreens does NOT get reimbursed for RRs... even though I read to him where they WILL be reimbursed plus .08 right on the RR! He told me that was just standard coupon verbage... and at the end of the day after gathering all the coupons/RRs from the registers, he TOSSES OUT THE RRs!!! Seriously???

He practically told me that doing that in the past, I have been ripping off walgreens. Closest I've ever been to being called a thief in my life, and i'm 45 years old.

I'm so PO'd right now, I doubt I'll ever set foot in a walgreens again. He might as well saved himself (and me) ten minutes time, and said point blank, "we don't want you shopping here any more." The whole interaction was very calm and polite, but I was seething inside!! I feel like taking the $100-plus RRs I have and ripping them to shreds, tossing them like confetti, as I head to CVS. And I WILL be heading to CVS.

I wonder how the AG would feel about walgreens denying me the use of a MQ (remember all the ads that say "coupon savings in most sunday papers"?) or taking away an ADVERTISED RR from me?? I said, "so you're telling me I cannot take advantage of at least one thing... either the use of a MQ, or your adverstised RR deal?" No real clear answer on that one, just kept repeating that the MQ and RR cannot exceed the value of the item.

Sorry this is long winded, but i'd LOVE to hear some opinions on this from those "in the know"... Am I wrong to feel like I've just been yanked?

[purp66]

Short PS here:

Just called catalina, they verified that walgreens DOES get reimbursed for RRs... and they said the manager that told me that doesn't know what he's talking about... and that IF he is "tossing" the catalinas at the end of the day, he should be fired.

Which leads me to believe, I was just flat out lied to.
I would have had more respect for the man if he had just said 'we don't want you shopping here anymore'. Don't freakin lie to me.

He picked the wrong consumer to butt heads with.

Stay tuned.....

[joshmamabear]

I wonder how the AG would feel about walgreens denying me the use of a MQ (remember all the ads that say "coupon savings in most sunday papers"?) or taking away an ADVERTISED RR from me?? I said, "so you're telling me I cannot take advantage of at least one thing... either the use of a MQ, or your adverstised RR deal?" No real clear answer on that one, just kept repeating that the MQ and RR cannot exceed the value of the item.

Your frustration is understandable. as to your Q about the AG, check with your AG office under consumer protection division. I had no luck reporting store abuses at ours. I've seen stores like KMart which changed their promos while it was going on to change an instant free GC wyb certain items to MIR, limited to 1 per HH. Many people reported KMart to BBB and their respective AG offices. Sadly, nothing came out of it and KMart continues to this day of their flip flopping style of promotions.

if you haven't tried contacting your AG office, you might want to go that route first. You can also contact WAG corporate offices @ 847-914-2500 to find out the district that covers the store you had a problem with. since it looks to me like your problem is with the SM, it is useless to talk to him/her first so you have to go to the DM to discuss whatever problem there is.

there is another thread on new signs up at other stores in certain areas. I've seen reports in OH and GA stores with the notice at the registers. When using MQs and RRs in a transaction, it will NOT print current RRs from another promo. if this spreads to a big percentage of stores, it may be the end of WAG shopping for me. I can only get good deals by combining the store coupons, reg mfr coupons and previous RRs earned. if they enforce their new policy, their sale price alone will not entice me to shop there again.

[purp66]

Well to be fair, I asked the SM if this was coming from corporate, or from him directly. He said it was currently from him, but that he was scheduled to talk to corporate on monday. He told me to come see him monday afternoon, and he would have a "definate" answer. But he also made it clear not to expect anything different.

My bigger issue is the fact that i'm convinced he lied to me about throwing the RRs away, and his insinuation that for every RR I used, I was 'stealing' from wags because they were not reimbursed.

I did also contact wags cust relations, both three days ago AND today to add what I was told about the RRs being thrown away and about basically being told I was ripping walgreens off by redeeming them. During today's conversation with cust relations, I was told that the SM had made a note on my 'case' that he was going to speak to someone monday.

So for that, I'll just wait and see what they say before I do anything else (AG). I will give them a chance to make it right!

[purp66]

Oh HAHA on a side note,

The cust relations lady today told me about the amount of calls they got last week when the catalina machines all went "offline" as she called it. She said the majority of their calls weren't catalina machine issues at all, turns out about 80% of the folks who called USED COUPONS in their transactions, and therefore thats why they didn't get their RRs lolol

I didn't even bother to go there lol Absolutely CLUELESS!!

[purp66]

if this spreads to a big percentage of stores, it may be the end of WAG shopping for me. I can only get good deals by combining the store coupons, reg mfr coupons and previous RRs earned. if they enforce their new policy, their sale price alone will not entice me to shop there again.

HAHA that reminds me... the SM made a big point of telling me that I should take the time to compare their prices to walmart... and I would see that walgreens is SO much cheaper!

OMG seriously?? Thats so NOT true it doesn't even warrant a response lol

[joshmamabear]

:giggle2:that SM needs a couponing 101 seminar from the knowledgeable ones. He hasn't heard that WM ad matches WAG ads and some stores even accept their WAG roto ad coupons? He might consider going to SWM to use their store coupon plus MQ plus ad match.....then he can compare which is cheap/close to free.

they will lose a lot of business with SWM ad matching their prices. Accepting their WAG roto ad coupons is YMMV, it is best to ask CS and show the online policy where it shows they take other store coupons. Most stores readily take them after being shown their online policy.

[BigDog]

Wow- really - how close-minded of you. How do you think people wiped their children's bottoms before disposables were invented? Cloth wipes are better for babies- no chemicals, better for parents- easier clean-up, better for the budget- reusable, obviously, and better for the environment- no garbage filling up landfills.

What do you clean up messes with currently? Do you have pets? Have they ever had an accident on carpet? What do you clean that with? How do you clean up children's or pet's vomit? Is any of that really any "grosser" than wiping a baby's bottom with cloth?

Not to mention most newborns have sensitive skin that can't be touched with the chemicals in disposable wipes. Even some older babies can't tolerate those chemicals.

Perhaps you should research things before being judgemental. There are hundreds, or even thousands of websites selling, recommending and reviewing cloth wipes. Go ahead and google it.

Or maybe you don't have kids and really aren't in a place to judge at all.


Mean, just, plain mean. Mad at the world today or just me?

I was being light (in otherwords joking), I thought they mistyped and meant cloth diapers.

[purp66]

they will lose a lot of business with SWM ad matching their prices.


I'm SO glad you reminded me of this!!

I haven't shopped at SWM in soooo long, I had completely forgotten they ad match!

And thank goodness I live in an area where I can shop several different stores... I guess I've been so loyal to wags I couldn't imagine shopping anywhere else.

I'll still give them till monday to make good... but between now and then, I'll be scoping out CVS, SWM, and shoot, theres even a RA near me lol

Thanks for cheering me up!

[GreatFun]

Well, actually, he's right. He's not getting reimubursed for the RRs and his store is losing money BECAUSE HE THROWS THEM IN THE TRASH RATHER THAN SENDING THEM IN TO GET REIMUBURSED!!!
:hysterical:



He claims walgreens does NOT get reimbursed for RRs... even though I read to him where they WILL be reimbursed plus .08 right on the RR! He told me that was just standard coupon verbage... and at the end of the day after gathering all the coupons/RRs from the registers, he TOSSES OUT THE RRs!!! Seriously???

[purp66]

Well, actually, he's right. He's not getting reimubursed for the RRs and his store is losing money BECAUSE HE THROWS THEM IN THE TRASH RATHER THAN SENDING THEM IN TO GET REIMUBURSED!!!
:hysterical:


LOL!!!

Nah, I know better. He was looking me square in the eye and lying to me, trying to justify the crazy "policies" he was throwing at me and trying to make me feel like i was really ripping his store off by using them.

I can't imagine somebody in the position of SM would be that stupid, to throw away RRs......

[LittleLady2]

Well, actually, he's right. He's not getting reimubursed for the RRs and his store is losing money BECAUSE HE THROWS THEM IN THE TRASH RATHER THAN SENDING THEM IN TO GET REIMUBURSED!!!
:hysterical:

ROFLMAO!!!!! Ya got somethin' there, ya know??? :biggrin:

Seriously, though, he was absolutely full of it. Unfortunately, there are too many mgrs out there who just don't 'get it' when it comes to couponing, and some cashiers too -- and not just at Walgreens or Wally World or the local grocery store or ... you name it. They seem to think that when we save mega bucks on our total purchase price vs merchandise value, that we MUST be doing something 'shady', that the store just HAS to be 'losing' money with it all. It's really sad, actually. Frustrating to the max for US, but totally SAD for them. I wonder how many of them have ever heard of using 'OPM" (Other People's Money) when buying a house / real estate -- or even done it themselves? There really isn't much different between the two, this is just on a smaller scale and more readily available than the real estate scenario. We are using the money from the manufacturers to pay for our items -- with the blessing of the manufacturers. In fact, they WANT us to use their 'money', that's why they offer the coupons / RRs / etc in the FIRST place. They pay the store back for every cent (plus some for handling) that we 'spend' of their money, and the ONLY money the store is losing is in the difference between their SALE price and the SHELF price. Period. I've mentioned to my mgrs b4 that the way Walgreens CAN beat Wally World, with their price matching policy, is through our RRs and the way our machines treat coupons. That's it. Wally World would NEVER 'pay' us to shop there, like Walgreens does with the RRs (rolling the RRs to pay for other items w/ RRs until you've gotten more RRs back than you spent to GET them).

Purp66, keep us posted on what the customer service says, ok? Bear in mind, too, that the mgrs / cashiers you meet who don't have a clue (I'm sure the CS lady as well, sheesh!) have probably NEVER even shopped / worked a RR deal in their life, nor would they be familiar with the way coupons work -- other than having to deal with them to ring them up / count them. I think Coupons 101 would be a GREAT course for all mgrs to have to take, and that cashiers should also have to learn the basics, at least.

To Warcraftbaby -- thanks for moving over, I really didn't want to fall off trying to give you space on that soapbox, lol :wink7: I'm really glad that you'll be continuing your tradition with your daughters, that's wonderful! :smile: When I inherited my granddaughters in Dec '06, they were incredibly selfish. Losing their mom the way they did, then losing their Dad in Jan '06 (he had an aneurism -- hope I spelled that right -- in his heart and died in front of them) caused ppl to feel sorry for them, and they played it to the hilt. Don't get me wrong, it was horrible ... they just learned how to 'play the system' and to capitalize on the tragedies they've been through (losing their parents are only a couple of things that happened to them in a short period of time). One of the first things I started doing with them was the Salvation Army Angel Tree. They now enjoy each picking out a child about their age, and buying things for them. They're learning the difference between 'want' and 'need', and others are benefitting -- and they now no longer feel that they 'deserve' to have a duplicate of everything, lol ! Keep up the good work! :BigHand:

[purp66]

Purp66, keep us posted on what the customer service says, ok? Bear in mind, too, that the mgrs / cashiers you meet who don't have a clue (I'm sure the CS lady as well, sheesh!) have probably NEVER even shopped / worked a RR deal in their life, nor would they be familiar with the way coupons work -- other than having to deal with them to ring them up / count them. I think Coupons 101 would be a GREAT course for all mgrs to have to take, and that cashiers should also have to learn the basics, at least.

At first, I swore I'd never set foot in wags again.... but after much thought, I decided I have as much right to shop at walgreens as the next guy... !!

SO, today I got the best revenge: I walked right in there with my head held high... and my lists in hand :biggrin:

I got:
(my 13 yr old DD did this transaction. Don't wanna do more than one transaction myself, don'tcha know!)

1 fusion 8.99
1 halls 1.00
1 vaseline 6.99
used:
$4 fusion
$1.50 vaseline
$8 RR from theraflu
Paid $3.63 OOP, rec'd $13RR

THEN,
I got:
1 fusion
2 crm chik soup
2 hellmans
3 ragu
3 skippy
1 lg bag butterfingers
1 store brand laundry det
1 wonder bread
2 max house coffee
2 bottles witch hazel
and a makeup bag for my DD :smile:
used:
$4 fusion
bogo wags campbells ivc
$1/2 cambells
$1.25/3 ragu
$1/2 skippy
$1/1 nestle
$3/2 witch hazel
then used $29 in RR that were expiring today AHHH!!! It was killin me.. I couldn't let them expire!!!!

Paid $4.67 OOP, rec'd $14RR.

So overall, I got $95.49 worth of stuff, spent $37RR and $8.30 OOP, and rec'd $28RR back. And the best part? I followed EVERY SINGLE ONE of the SMs silly rules he threw at me!!! :BigHand:

I wonder if he is gonna throw out that $37 in RR i spent today lmao

[warcraftbaby]

At first, I swore I'd never set foot in wags again.... but after much thought, I decided I have as much right to shop at walgreens as the next guy... !!

SO, today I got the best revenge: I walked right in there with my head held high... and my lists in hand :biggrin:

I got:
(my 13 yr old DD did this transaction. Don't wanna do more than one transaction myself, don'tcha know!)

1 fusion 8.99
1 halls 1.00
1 vaseline 6.99
used:
$4 fusion
$1.50 vaseline
$8 RR from theraflu
Paid $3.63 OOP, rec'd $13RR

THEN,
I got:
1 fusion
2 crm chik soup
2 hellmans
3 ragu
3 skippy
1 lg bag butterfingers
1 store brand laundry det
1 wonder bread
2 max house coffee
2 bottles witch hazel
and a makeup bag for my DD :smile:
used:
$4 fusion
bogo wags campbells ivc
$1/2 cambells
$1.25/3 ragu
$1/2 skippy
$1/1 nestle
$3/2 witch hazel
then used $29 in RR that were expiring today AHHH!!! It was killin me.. I couldn't let them expire!!!!

Paid $4.67 OOP, rec'd $14RR.

So overall, I got $95.49 worth of stuff, spent $37RR and $8.30 OOP, and rec'd $28RR back. And the best part? I followed EVERY SINGLE ONE of the SMs silly rules he threw at me!!! :BigHand:

I wonder if he is gonna throw out that $37 in RR i spent today lmao

:encourage17: Great job and that is so awesome how you did it following every one of his rules!

[LittleLady2]

So overall, I got $95.49 worth of stuff, spent $37RR and $8.30 OOP, and rec'd $28RR back. And the best part? I followed EVERY SINGLE ONE of the SMs silly rules he threw at me!!! :BigHand:

I wonder if he is gonna throw out that $37 in RR i spent today lmao

LMAO!! :hysterical: That is just TOO good, purp66!!!! I can just imagine him after you left, scratching his head and trying to figure out HOW you managed to 'cheat' Walgreens this time, and trying to think up NEW rules to throw at you next time. Way to go!!! :BigHand:

[purp66]

LMAO!! :hysterical: That is just TOO good, purp66!!!! I can just imagine him after you left, scratching his head and trying to figure out HOW you managed to 'cheat' Walgreens this time, and trying to think up NEW rules to throw at you next time. Way to go!!! :BigHand:

LOL thank you both!

SO, yesterday was "D" day..

I went into wags, list and coups in hand...

The SM in question saw me, then immediately became SUPER busy in the back room! He never came within ten feet of me. I assume he ran upstairs to watch me on the store monitors lol

Needless to say.. no response from either him OR corporate.

So I shall continue to take advantage of the deals.

[courtneyrtr]

The Assistant Manager told me that I couldn't buy that many Razors. But she didn't tell me what the limit was :shrug7: I bought 3 Razors and them 1 week later I came back in to get an RX and then I bought 2 more Razors... she comes walking over asking me how many Razors I need. :rolleyes24: Its really none of her business.

So to answer you Question, they don't have set limits. It there words "you can buy that many"? So who knows how many that is.. LOL

[warcraftbaby]

The Assistant Manager told me that I couldn't buy that many Razors. But she didn't tell me what the limit was :shrug7: I bought 3 Razors and them 1 week later I came back in to get an RX and then I bought 2 more Razors... she comes walking over asking me how many Razors I need. :rolleyes24: Its really none of her business.

So to answer you Question, they don't have set limits. It there words "you can buy that many"? So who knows how many that is.. LOL

You should have told her that your hubby is very hairy and you'll be the judge of how many razors it takes to whack thru his chest hair. Wonder what she would say to that?

[courtneyrtr]

You should have told her that your hubby is very hairy and you'll be the judge of how many razors it takes to whack thru his chest hair. Wonder what she would say to that?

LOL! I should have told her I have really hair legs and arm pits :hysterical:

[LittleLady2]

LOL! I should have told her I have really hair legs and arm pits :hysterical:

LOLOL!!! I loved warcraftbaby's suggestion, too!! How about telling her that your hubby's back needed waxing, but you figured the razors were cheaper and more 'fun'?? :biggrin:

[bellaboolove]

Well me and my hubby were not allowed to do separate zantac transactions. The manager said they got an email Saturday that it was only 1 transaction per family. What BS! I want to call customer service but I dont think it will do any good. How do they know who lives with me? Should me and my hubby act like strangers when we walk into there stores. lol!

[warcraftbaby]

Well me and my hubby were not allowed to do separate zantac transactions. The manager said they got an email Saturday that it was only 1 transaction per family. What BS! I want to call customer service but I dont think it will do any good. How do they know who lives with me? Should me and my hubby act like strangers when we walk into there stores. lol!

Yes. When he comes near you, elbow him in the groin and scream "Get away from me you pervert!" That should get the point across to the staff that you do not know this man, therefore you can both do a Zantac transaction!

Seriously tho, they can limit you if they want unfortunately. You can try going back at a different time of day tho and see if that works. Don't think Wags has gotten so sophisticated yet that they have facial recognition cameras at the doors :wink7:

[kidsrn]

So, this past Saturday night on my way into work I went to Wags and bought the Quaker Instant Oatmeal that was on sale for 2/$5 and wyb $10 of Quaker items you got a $5 RR. With man qs I ended up paying less than $2 for 4 boxes. Awesome deal when your husband uses 4 (YES, you read that correctly---4) packets every time he eats oatmeal. Anyways, the sale was over the next day, there were 25+ boxes on the shelf and I took 8. (To do 2 transactions of 4 boxes each). The AM checked me out the first time, no problems, he complimented me on the good deal I had just done. I explained the deal to him (b/c I know he is a fellow couponer) and then went to check out with the second transaction. He starts to scan the boxes when he suddenly stops and says you can't have this many of the item---I could get in trouble ----and when tell him there are over 25 more on the shelf, he says let me check in the back and if we have more then you can get them. He was gone for about 4 or 5 minutes then comes back and says there were 2 boxes in the back so he will "let me" do these 2 transactions today----I am 99% certain that what he actually did was grab some of the boxes so he could do the deal himself.

[bellaboolove]

Still laughing about warcraftbabys suggestion to elbow my hubby in the crotch.....
for some reason the whole thing plays out in my head and it tickles me.
when I went to check out last time i was in there the cashier called for the manager, and then........
put her hands on my halls and zantac and said I can't let you buy these..........
what?
she said because your husband just bought them............
i still talk about it cause i am still shocked!
I think its personal if u ask me plus this cashier....
I have GIVEN her coupons, she asks me where I get my coupons and such....I think some people are jealous. but the info is out there they just gotta hunt it up and use it like we do.

Last week I complained to corporate about the manager there
and his lack of customer service skills. He CALLED ME and left me a message on my phone so I think its very personal.
I'd like to know how many other people they turned away. We are regulars so they know us, I used t think that was a good thing......
sigh:shrug7:
my walgreens sucks

[warcraftbaby]

Still laughing about warcraftbabys suggestion to elbow my hubby in the crotch.....
for some reason the whole thing plays out in my head and it tickles me.
when I went to check out last time i was in there the cashier called for the manager, and then........
put her hands on my halls and zantac and said I can't let you buy these..........
what?
she said because your husband just bought them............
i still talk about it cause i am still shocked!
I think its personal if u ask me plus this cashier....
I have GIVEN her coupons, she asks me where I get my coupons and such....I think some people are jealous. but the info is out there they just gotta hunt it up and use it like we do.

Last week I complained to corporate about the manager there
and his lack of customer service skills. He CALLED ME and left me a message on my phone so I think its very personal.
I'd like to know how many other people they turned away. We are regulars so they know us, I used t think that was a good thing......
sigh:shrug7:
my walgreens sucks

I'm not sure but I think when you call CS they just pass it along back to the store manager. So that is most likely why he called you; CS passed it back to him. That's why everyone says work your way up the chain, manager, district manager then CS because if you call CS first it just ends up back at the manager. That is really ridiculous that they wouldn't let you buy something because your hubby did.

What do they think that it's the 1850s and the lil ol women aren't allowed to operate the purse strings??? "You can't have this Zantac, your nice hubby just purchased it for you. All that math and counting and such will hurt your poor female brain..." I want to go visit all these Wags with the uninformed staff just so I can mess with em lol.