Help...coupons included in beer rebates??

[hoffmanrider145]

Hi everyone. I am new at the beer rebates and I need to know if it's total after coupons? My coors light rebate said $10.00 back when you buy gum, mints sports water ect. I bought $65.00 of gum at CVS but used coupons so I only paid $2.65. Would this qualify??

[snafu4me]

Originally Posted by hoffmanrider145 Hi everyone. I am new at the beer rebates and I need to know if it's total after coupons? My coors light rebate said $10.00 back when you buy gum, mints sports water ect. I bought $65.00 of gum at CVS but used coupons so I only paid $2.65. Would this qualify??

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[PennyRewards]

I would like to know if the $ requirement is before or after coupons. For instance, if I had to buy "$100 worth of groceries", is that before or after coupons?

[mkmattingly]

The answer is, it depends. If the rebate says something like "circle purchase prices," which is what the Coors rebates usually say, then the coupons are irrelevant. On several of the Coors rebates, I've sent in receipts for soda (Coke) that I've purchased at CVS and only paid pennies OOP.

As for buying "$100 of groceries" again, it depends. If it says "circle purchase prices" it shouldn't matter. However, what I'm inclined to do on something like that is, buy a gift card for the amount of my coupons, to offset the coupons so to speak, so my total receipt is still over $100. For example, I purchase $100 in groceries, I have $45 in coupons, I'll buy a $45 gift card, so my receipt is $100 and I can circle $100 in food prices. It may be overkill, but on a rebate that large, I'd rather be safe than sorry. I know on several Miller rebates, they amount of groceries has to be the total of the rebate receipt, but then again, there's don't usually say circle purchase prices. Hope that wasn't too confusing.

[mama22qts]

I have been doing the beer rebates for years and I have never had a problem counting my prices BEFORE coupons. Normally I have other stuff on the receipt, like if it's a rebate for beef I'll have that but also some other groceries, so the beef that I paid 1.78 for which was actually $5 doesn't really stick out.

I hope that helps.

And by the way, there is usually a phone number to call on the rebate form. You might want to check that out.