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[strawberry1997]

I had a new experience with the rc for the photobook. I was told I had to pay when they wrote out the rc then they printed the ecb's right then, gave me a rc stated I purchased a photobook, and said to come back when they had the covers and make the book. That seemed odd to pay before actually getting the item but I used ecb's to pay and got back the ecb's for purchaseing it so I am not out anything but it still seems odd. Also since the ad says limit 1 here I only did a rc for one but the bottom of the reciept shows I can do more, I just dont know how they will do it if I try to get more. Has anyone else ever had a rc written this way for them?

[hburnette3]

They can run out of the photobook covers, or the machine could be broken. When they had this deal last year, the machine at my store was broken, then they ran out of covers. Then they got more in, but only like 9. I finally got the photobook several weeks later. This year, I had to get a raincheck again because the usb port on the machine wasn't working, and that was the only thing I brought with me that had the pictures on it.

I had no idea I could get a RC for this. Thanks. I don't have the time to make them this week so I was just going to let the deal pass by. Now all I've got to do is find a store that's out.

[bsafowler]

I have a similar question. What if I got a raincheck early in the week, but later in the week I completed the ECB part of the offer but still want the sale price for the item? Will the bucks still print for me?

To be more specific, what if I had a raincheck for one photo book for $7.99/$7.99, and then I wound up being able to make five photobooks, maxing out the deal, but had planned to make a sixth and "spend" the last $7.99 ECB on that one. With the rain check, will I get $7.99 back again? (All I really want is the *price* of $7.99, but the bucks would be a nice bonus...) Er, I hope that made sense!

I'm curious about this too. I have 2 rainchecks for 5 photobooks each. I called a different store and they said they have an entire box of the 6x8's to come on and do my books. So, if I max out the deal there, are my RC's no good? Like, if I went in November and did books, would my card remember that I maxxed the deal out? I have other items I finally found and still have the RC's laying around - don't know what to do with them!?

[coupon*clipper]

My store says if the raincheck is written for X items, and they have that amount in stock, then I can choose to A) Redeem for all X items, or B) redeem for less than X, but they will keep the RC.

If they do not have the quantity for which the RC is written, I can redeem the RC for the qty the store has, and they re-write a RC for the balance.

HTH!

[FunnyFace]

IMHO, if you've reached the deal limit on your card(s) the raincheck should be rendered useless.

[FunnyFace]

what if I had a raincheck for one photo book for $7.99/$7.99, and then I wound up being able to make five photobooks, maxing out the deal, but had planned to make a sixth and "spend" the last $7.99 ECB on that one.

You can get as many books as you want at the sale price unless the store sets additional limits, but you will only receive 5 $7.99 ECBs.

[MarlaBee]

I didn't want to do anything shady, I simply wanted to be able to make an extra Photobook at the advertised price - I had always planned on making six and spending the last $7.99 ECB on the last book*. :) I will let them know to skip the buck part of the transaction then, that's fine with me, it still will be free!


*The full story: I made one at store #1, then got the raincheck (for just one). Then a few days later went to store #2 and made 5, as I had planned from the beginning. But then store #2 stapled one book incorrectly and asked me to make a new one, and then the computer crashed as I was recreating my book, and I was there with my husband and baby - and both were getting antsy - so I figured I'd just either come back later for the last book or use the raincheck to make it at another time. I may just go to another store tomorrow to make the final book and throw away the rainchecks instead. ;)

[trekkieinsc]

IMHO, if you've reached the deal limit on your card(s) the raincheck should be rendered useless.

Useless to the person who originally got the raincheck - BUT don't forget you can trade them if you are part of the trading group.

[MarlaBee]

You can get as many books as you want at the sale price unless the store sets additional limits, but you will only receive 5 $7.99 ECBs.

Which means the raincheck isn't useless to me, as I want to buy another photo book at the sale price, Extra Bucks or not. :) It's all good and I look forward to getting another book!

[anothershopper2]

Ok - I have just about had it with this one cashier/assistant manager, whoever he is. I can't even read his name (which he wrote down fior me but then took it back). He constantly gives me problems with writing rainchecks. I usually only get them on ECB deals. This store is horrible when it comes to stock... there was nothing there ever. I know they are crying over the fact that they have to issue ECB rainchecks but whatever. So I have called CSR 2 times and they have told me that I can get a raincheck for whatever the limit is in the ad. Often it's either 1, 2, 3 or 5... no more than 5 per household. So I tried to get a raincheck on the Tylenol... he refused to give me a raincheck on 3 (which is CLEAR as day printed in the ad) - said all sorts of random reasons why. One being - "some items don't have limits listed and some people want 100 and we have the right to limit"... ummm... yeah, I'm not agruing with that. Seriously - we're talking about an item that has a limit and it's 3 not 100.

Am I being unreasonable to ask for three?... I know I'm holding up the line, but seriously - he's holding up the line. He got scared when I asked him whether or not the store manager told him that he should limit like that (not follow the ad). He said no no... he did not... but I can speak to him next time. I sure will. As I was walking out... he shouted... the store manager didn't say that. I said... I'll just tell them what you said. Sounds to me - he's just making this stuff up. He kept saying the tylenol isn't a regular item. Last time, he didn't even want to give me a raincheck on the Gillette Razors saying that wasn't a regular item.

Oh - the joys of saving money. I don't even have the $2 cpns, just a few $1, as my MIL needs this for her arthritis.

Should I post this in HUTC? I was pretty calm the whole time but we were clearly disagreeing. I just couldn't understand his reasoning. Maybe they have a loss prevention issue but at least discern who the customers are.

Does anyone else have this problem? thanks!