CVS ~ Question: cvs----Moral Dilemma Is This OK?

[cubur]

I have some rainchecks for items from when they were free after ECB's. The question is ..For example this week the Glade reed diffusers are printing ECB's when you buy 10 get 4 ECB and I have rainchecks for free difussers so is it wrong for me to get the 4 ecb's and the full price ecb or should I just get one. I dont want to be a bad person or abuse the system but ECB's = free stuff and with lowered income due to layoffs every penny counts.

[girlsgalore]

If I understand your question the way I think you are asking, you wouldn't get the reed difuser free after ECB (I believe this to mean you pay the $6.99 and then get $6.99 back in ECB) AND the $4 ECB back also WYB $10 worth.

Each ECB deal has it's own code and you can't get ECB's back on one item using two different codes. You'd have to pick which deal will work best for you right now.

HTH

[cubur]

the way my CVS does rainchecks is I have to pay for the item up front then they manually print off an ECB that is a "non-specific" after the entire transaction goes through. I had purchased a toothbrush once that was free after ECB's on the raincheck but I didnt realize it had printed me a 1 ECB during the actual transaction..I didn't realize it was a promotion at the time. so I ended up getting the $1 ecb on the original receipt then the $3.99 Ecb on the manually issued "raincheck" ECB and didn't realize I had gotten both till I ogt to the car and was looking at the days "work"

[ayenbe]

It is going to depend on how your RC is written.

If they actually wrote "price: FREE", then they would ring it into the register as a modified price. Then it would not count toward a "spend X get Y" ECB deal that was currently being offered.

If they wrote it as "price: 5.99, Extra Bucks: 5.99" (or whatever the price), then they would price modify (if necessary) to 5.99, then push a 5.99ECB after the sale. Then it would count towards the "spend X get Y" ECB deal.

[Shy2481]

I used a raincheck one time for a product that was free after ECB, and it was producing another ECB. I didn't know this but they made sure i didn't get extra ECB's.

[ocean935]

The original question was not about the semantics of ECBs, but about the moral dilemma on whether to accept 2 ECBs, should they generate.

A few scenarios:
- The (example) sale price of an item was $5.99, with $5.99 ECB. Now the price is higher, at $9.99. Raincheck is used. $5.99 paid, not $9.99. $5.99 received. No dilemma.
- At the time of the original sale, one had NO coupon to sweeten the deal. NOW one does have a $1 coupon. Yippee! $4.99 paid. $5.99 received. No dilemma.
- At the time of the original sale, one had NO coupon to sweeten the deal. NOW one does have a BOGO coupon. Yippee! $5.99 paid. TWO items received. $5.99 received. No dilemma.
- Raincheck used. $5.99 (or less, with coupons) paid. Received $5.99 ECB. Received an additional $1 ECB. In my book, it's not kosher. I suspect it's not kosher in your book either, or you never would've asked in the first place. My advice: go with your own conscience. Better to lose the $1 you might have gained, than to lose your self-respect. The ones who advise you different will not be the ones who would feel the shame; you would! No amount of dollars make that worthwhile.

[clippyclippy]

I would just do the deal and see what happens. My hunch is that you would get 2 ECBs.
Look at your receipt, and tell the cashier, "Oops, it looks like I now have 2 ECBs. I didn't expect that!"
Then they can tell you, "No problem, just keep it."
Or they might say, "You can only keep one"
If they let you keep it, your conscience is clear. If not, tear up the $1 ECB.

Once I was at WG and needed to exchange something that was generating a $5 RR. The manager did the exchange for me. I had already earned (and spent) the $5 from the original transaction. When a new one printed and he handed it to me, I gave it back and reminded him that I'd already earned a RR. He just smiled and said, "No, keep it - it's fine."
I walked out a happy customer!
I would not have slept well had I just kept it without saying anything!

[Shy2481]

[quote=ocean935;2322145]The original question was not about the semantics of ECBs, but about the moral dilemma on whether to accept 2 ECBs, should they generate.

I am sure we knew what the question was, atleast i did. It may not be a moral dilema if they do not let her receive the ECB in the first place i believe we were letting the person know our experiences with receiving extra ECB's.

[jrobertson911]

I agree with clippyclippy. If you KNOW you shouldn't earn the ECB's from two different promotions for buying the one item, you should let the cashier know before you leave the store with both of them. If they tell you to keep it anyway, no harm done.

I've never had that experience before, possibly because there is not another promotion going on for a product I am turning in a raincheck for, but I don't think I would keep it knowingly unless the store specifically told me to. As it's been said....this is up to you, but a few "free" ECB's wouldn't be worth it to me.

[girlsgalore]

[quote=Shy2481;2322226]

Originally Posted by ocean935 The original question was not about the semantics of ECBs, but about the moral dilemma on whether to accept 2 ECBs, should they generate. I am sure we knew what the question was, atleast i did. It may not be a moral dilema if they do not let her receive the ECB in the first place i believe we were letting the person know our experiences with receiving extra ECB's.

That's where I was coming from in my answer as well. Morals weren't a consideration in my answer, because it's not something my store would allow.

That said, I would pick the best deal for me, but I wouldn't try to get both if my store allowed it.