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[Mikki 316]

Originally Posted by aliciapeterson I was under the impression that when the rebate says "buy $10 of . . . and get back $5" or something to that affect, that the in store ad discount would not affect the original price and therefore you could buy the same amount that you would have bought for the rebate, but spend less and still get the rebate back. Does that make sense? Last month (March) I purchased 11 cans of hunts tomato sauce, orig. 99cents, but there was the in store "coupon" for 39 cents. I saw a post that said it would take the orig. price for the rebate, but then when I didn't get that money back in my rebate I called the Walgreens rebate hotline and they said that if you use any coupon at all that affects the price for the rebate amount. Please help!

Call and talk with someone else. It's always been before coupon price.

[Threnjen]

Does a 7-day coupon with a limit count as one coupon for each item, or is it just one coupon total?
What I mean is, I am trying to figure out how many items I need to purchase on my order this week in order to use my stack of coupons, since I know that # coupons must = number of items. If I have a 7-day coupon, let's use for example the Green Giant canned veggies limit 4 - if I get four cans of veggies have I used 4 coupons, or just 1? I notice on the receipt that a Walgreen's coupon with a limit only takes one line in the coupon area, so I'm thinking 1? I hope my question makes some sense.

TIA!

[frugalfurmom]

I'm getting a little frustrated with Walgreens. I wonder if each Walgreen has their own policy? I wanted to do the Tylenol deal, where you get $3.00 RR back if you bought two. Well since I got two Tylenol cold symptoms manufacture coupon, I thought it would be a great idea to get a sweet deal and pay the rest with my RR from my Crest purchase. Apparently she said either I use my manufacture coupon or with my RR. You can't do both??

[Mikki 316]

Originally Posted by Threnjen Does a 7-day coupon with a limit count as one coupon for each item, or is it just one coupon total? What I mean is, I am trying to figure out how many items I need to purchase on my order this week in order to use my stack of coupons, since I know that # coupons must = number of items. If I have a 7-day coupon, let's use for example the Green Giant canned veggies limit 4 - if I get four cans of veggies have I used 4 coupons, or just 1? I notice on the receipt that a Walgreen's coupon with a limit only takes one line in the coupon area, so I'm thinking 1? I hope my question makes some sense. TIA!

7 day and IVC coupons don't count in register logic. You just need to count the MQs/RRs and have one item per MQ/RR.

[Mikki 316]

Originally Posted by frugalfurmom I'm getting a little frustrated with Walgreens. I wonder if each Walgreen has their own policy? I wanted to do the Tylenol deal, where you get $3.00 RR back if you bought two. Well since I got two Tylenol cold symptoms manufacture coupon, I thought it would be a great idea to get a sweet deal and pay the rest with my RR from my Crest purchase. Apparently she said either I use my manufacture coupon or with my RR. You can't do both??

The Store Manager sets his/her coupon policy. Stinks, huh? They do have some vague guidelines, but some are just more strict than others.
Did you only purchase the two Tylenol items? If so, you would have to buy a filler item in order to use the RR, which is also a MQ. One item/one coupon. You had two items and three coupons.

[aliciapeterson]

Originally Posted by aliciapeterson I was under the impression that when the rebate says "buy $10 of . . . and get back $5" or something to that affect, that the in store ad discount would not affect the original price and therefore you could buy the same amount that you would have bought for the rebate, but spend less and still get the rebate back. Does that make sense? Last month (March) I purchased 11 cans of hunts tomato sauce, orig. 99cents, but there was the in store "coupon" for 39 cents. I saw a post that said it would take the orig. price for the rebate, but then when I didn't get that money back in my rebate I called the Walgreens rebate hotline and they said that if you use any coupon at all that affects the price for the rebate amount. Please help!

OK, so I spoke to someone else I know who is an expert at Walgreens stuff. She explained that the 7-day or the IVC, what I called the "in store ad" is actually considered a sale price and therefore is the actual price taken into account for the rebate. I thought it was considered a coupon, but it is not, it is a sale price. Now I know!

[MAWebster92182]

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but does it really matter what order you hand the coupons? I used to hand my Wags coupons first, but then read somewhere on here that you should hand them last, so I did that yesterday. Well, the cashier told me that they had to be scanned first, but couldn't give a reason why, so she scanned them & it worked fine.....

[MisterBill]

Originally Posted by aliciapeterson I was under the impression that when the rebate says "buy $10 of . . . and get back $5" or something to that affect, that the in store ad discount would not affect the original price and therefore you could buy the same amount that you would have bought for the rebate, but spend less and still get the rebate back. Does that make sense? Last month (March) I purchased 11 cans of hunts tomato sauce, orig. 99cents, but there was the in store "coupon" for 39 cents. I saw a post that said it would take the orig. price for the rebate, but then when I didn't get that money back in my rebate I called the Walgreens rebate hotline and they said that if you use any coupon at all that affects the price for the rebate amount. Please help!

First, at the stores I went to, the tomato sauce was 99c each, but if you bought 5 or more, it was $4/5, or 80c each. Did your receipt reflect this or did they really all ring up at 99c with no quantity discount?

As for the coupon, did you mention this to the rebate people or did they say something to do? What I would do in a case like that is simply tell them that you bought 11x99c worth of items and did not get the rebate. Let them tell you that there was a coupon.

BTW, I bought 13 cans (at 80c each) and got my rebate. So did many other people. Which is why I think your issue was that you simply did not buy enough, not the coupon.

[MisterBill]

Originally Posted by Mikki 316 7 day and IVC coupons don't count in register logic. You just need to count the MQs/RRs and have one item per MQ/RR.

One wrinkle here -- if a coupon is of multiple items (i.e., Buy 2 get $1 off), it seems to count as 2 coupons. Someone on another board had a problem buying the Hershey's and had a buy 3 get $1.50 back MC. He bought 4 and could only use one RR in addition to the $1.50 MC. The only excuse for this is that it counted the Hershey's MC as 3 coupons.

[Mikki 316]

Originally Posted by MAWebster92182 I'm sure this has been discussed before, but does it really matter what order you hand the coupons? I used to hand my Wags coupons first, but then read somewhere on here that you should hand them last, so I did that yesterday. Well, the cashier told me that they had to be scanned first, but couldn't give a reason why, so she scanned them & it worked fine.....

The only time it makes a difference is when there's overage with the MQ + WAG q. Then you need to give the MQ first so the coupons won't beep and you'll get overage.