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slickcat79 · 02-11-2010, 10:04:18 AM

#3. The $50 in Purchases are *Before tax and AFTER coupon discounts.

No, they're before tax AND coupon discounts, just like last year. So anyone who's trying to max out the PG giftcard offer this week could send in their receipts, even if they only spent a few dollars tax on CG or something.

The values are not necessarily the same either, although some of them will be useless...I know I've never gotten $1/1 ANY bounty or charmin, or $5/1 olay regenerist in my inserts. Plus the PG insert coupons almost always expire in 6 weeks or less, so extended expiration dates can come in really handy too.

I wouldn't advocate anyone rushing out and spending $50 on P&G just to get these coupons...but they have so many sales that we take advantage of already. I mean, how many free fusion razors have you guys gotten?

I wouldn't be surprised if at least half the people on this board qualify for this rebate by April without even trying. So why not send off for some free coupons?

Sherry3388 · 02-11-2010, 10:19:18 AM

Originally Posted by slickcat79

No, they're before tax AND coupon discounts, just like last year.

You're right!! I apologize!
I misread it.

Ha! May as well do it then... maybe they'll surprise me.

petergabrielfan · 02-11-2010, 11:20:20 AM

Sherry, I thought the book was worth it last year. It had $1 off ANY Crest, $1 off Secret, $1 off Gillette, $1 off Old Spice. It wasn't as restrictive as the inserts, and the long exp. dates were nice.

FunnyFace · 02-11-2010, 12:41:01 PM

I'm so happy with the #551 rebate. I made it too $100 with spending very little oop, less than $5 I'm sure including tax. Plus, I had the $20 GOS burning a hole in my pocket which I was able to use this week on 16 Herbal Essences, my favorite! So in the end I paid $.50 in tax and will get my $20 back which I practically got for nothing the first time too.

I'm so glad RA changed the policy back to using $5/$20 before coupons because it's been wonderful during the slower times for CVSing.

kidsrn · 02-11-2010, 07:29:04 PM

Okay, maybe I am completely misreading this, but the statement is "$50 in purchases before tax and AFTER coupon discounts." This means, to me, that the $50 is BEFORE tax (so you cannot spend, say, $45 and also count the $5.xx tax to reach the $50 mark). The second condition is AFTER coupon discounts. The statement is NOT "$50 in purchases before tax and coupon discounts." To me, this means that I have to subtract the $3 coupon I used on the Loreal Regenerist face wash so that instead of counting the shelf price of $7.99, I can only count $4.99 b/c I used a coupon worth $3. Is this correct?

And assuming that the allowed amount is after coupons, how in Earth are they going to know what coupon goes with what product when there are 12 items on a receipt and all coupons are listed at the bottom? I liked the coupons from last year's offer b.c of the longer expiration dates, but this offer is quite confusing to me. Thanks for helping me to understand it.

petergabrielfan · 02-11-2010, 07:37:36 PM

Originally Posted by kidsrn

Okay, maybe I am completely misreading this, but the statement is "$50 in purchases before tax and AFTER coupon discounts." This means, to me, that the $50 is BEFORE tax (so you cannot spend, say, $45 and also count the $5.xx tax to reach the $50 mark). The second condition is AFTER coupon discounts. The statement is NOT "$50 in purchases before tax and coupon discounts." To me, this means that I have to subtract the $3 coupon I used on the Loreal Regenerist face wash so that instead of counting the shelf price of $7.99, I can only count $4.99 b/c I used a coupon worth $3. Is this correct?

And assuming that the allowed amount is after coupons, how in Earth are they going to know what coupon goes with what product when there are 12 items on a receipt and all coupons are listed at the bottom? I liked the coupons from last year's offer b.c of the longer expiration dates, but this offer is quite confusing to me. Thanks for helping me to understand it.

Tax does not count towards rebate amounts, but coupons do not count against you. I did this last year and spent less than $2 OOP and still got the book. If you are using the Olay Regenerist example above, you'd get credit for the $7.99 price you quoted. Tax never counts towards any rebate (not just SCRs), just so you'll know in the future.

kidsrn · 02-11-2010, 08:00:42 PM

I fully get the tax thing. My question is regarding the wording ---"before tax and AFTER coupon discounts." I also understand that last year it did not matter about coupons b/c I only spent a few dollars OOP (vast majority of it was the tax). But last year they did not have the wording with the "after coupon discounts". Don't mean to beat a dead horse, I am just trying to decide if I want to do this or not. For the #551 rebate I have spent only a tiny amount to get the $35 Visa card b/c my qs have "paid" for the items. It would be awesome to send in those receipts and get the coupon booklet, but I don't want to do that if they are going to deny my request.

petergabrielfan · 02-11-2010, 08:08:31 PM

I've never had P&G turn me down for a rebate (or any other company, for that matter) because I used coupons. I'm going to send it in. I don't think there is going to be a problem. I guess I look at it like I'm only out a stamp if they decide not to honor the request.

slickcat79 · 02-11-2010, 08:11:28 PM

I fully get the tax thing. My question is regarding the wording ---"before tax and AFTER coupon discounts."

Where are you getting "after coupon discounts"? I printed the form from this site (the P&G website) and it says spend $50 "Before tax or coupon discounts". Not after.

I'm not sure why anyone would do a rebate to get a coupon book if you couldn't use coupons on the products. Who would want the rebate except for a couponer? Some companies are really illogical that way, but usually P&G is better about it.