Harris Teeter ~ Question: What did you buy this week at Harris Teeter? 2/3-2/9

[thompson589741]

Originally Posted by dionada For some reason the Dannon Qs only doubled 7¢. I should have been able to get 12 for $1.80. I knew it came up wrong, I just didn't know why, and I had to get to work. Any guesses?

which dannon q?

[hiwakeup]

Re yogurt q only giving .07 off...
would it have something to do w/ their coupon policy only doubling 3 identical items
(altho your coupon probably stated buy x amt get y amt off?)
not sure, lots to learn

[slickcat79]

For some reason the Dannon Qs only doubled 7¢. I should have been able to get 12 for $1.80. I knew it came up wrong, I just didn't know why, and I had to get to work. Any guesses?

Most of the time the yogurt Qs are not programmed to match the wording. So it might say .75/6, but it's actually programmed to be .75/2, .75/3, something like that. It still doesn't explain why it would double .07 and not .05 or something, unless it was reading regular prices and not sale prices. But the programming probably doesn't match the wording, in any case.

[dionada]

Originally Posted by thompson589741 which dannon q?

75¢/6 Light & Fit, I printed 2 off coupons.com last night. I didn't see it in the database and I can't access their site from work, but it should still be up.

Sometimes when the doubling makes the item free, you'll see the doubled amount for less than the original Q amount, but even after doubling this wouldn't have given me free yogurt.

40¢ x 6 = $2.40, - 75¢, -75¢, final price 6/90¢, right? Unless I'm just having a massive bout of cerebral flatulence.

Originally Posted by hiwakeup Re yogurt q only giving .07 off... would it have something to do w/ their coupon policy only doubling 3 identical items (altho your coupon probably stated buy x amt get y amt off?) not sure, lots to learn

I doubt it. The limit for identical Qs they'll double is 3 (on 3 identical items anyway), after that they just won't double at all, and the number of items the Q is for doesn't make a difference. They'd double 3 $50¢/2 even though you got 6 items (because you had to to be able to use 3 Qs).

(Side note: I believe their policy says the thing about identical items, so you could get 3 of one flavor/scent/whatever, and 3 of another, and still be able to use 6 of the same Q for all of them and have them double, but I don't know if the register would do that, if you'd have to get it overridden, and if you'd have to stand there and go through the Q policy with the cashier. Easier just to do 2 transactions IMO.)

I'm not terribly worried about it, since a coupon mistake gave me a great deal at CVS, but it's just odd.

Slickcat, you're probably right, although the 7¢ instead of 5 is weird. Definitely makes me reconsider using yogurt coupons and expecting them to double, though.

Also makes me glad I didn't take it up with CS because neither one of us would have had the first clue what we were talking about. I've read a little about coupon coding so I kinda understand why they're coded that way, and why they let it happen, but it sucks for those of us who get doubles.

[christinalkc]

Dannon coupons always give problems in doubling. I had that happened last night and had the CS to override both the coupons. He said corporate does not allow overwriting on certain coupons so he scanned each of my coupons twice.

Cheers.

[airzinnn]

I got my free Smart Balance sour cream!!! Not bad for a newbie! I saved $55 last week... I'm still not good enough to get the super deals, but I cut my bill in half+! I am hoping to learn to be better from this forum! Thanks in advance to those who post great info!