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[kas]

Question

Recently at two different stores, I came across the in-ad coupons sale price already programmed into the register. One involved the Mars candy bars and the other involved the Right Guard products. I get the impression some Wags are ran with a different set of rules.

[jrobertson911]

I have never run across that before...of course I have only two wags in my area. I know that at one of my stores, the cashier knows exactly what items in your order have an in-ad q and they scan it themselves without me presenting it to them. This does cause a problem sometimes when the value of my mq would be above the price of the wags in-ad q price.

[UrbanMama]

Originally Posted by kas Question Recently at two different stores, I came across the in-ad coupons sale price already programmed into the register. One involved the Mars candy bars and the other involved the Right Guard products. I get the impression some Wags are ran with a different set of rules.

I have run into that also (we are both in MO - not sure if that has anything to do with it). The one that has done it to me EVERYTIME is when the Walgreens Paper Plates have a 7day Q for .99 -- they always ring up .99 w/o the Q. Luckily those don't have mfg to mess with it....

[avontrainer]

Reps & thanks for your reply & understanding. It is just so frustrating when I spent so much time to make sure I was following their policies. I did send an email to Wags corporate as well. Still have no plans to return.

[wildcat563]

It's not a different set of rules. Sometimes one or a few of the ad products don't ring up properly, and one has to go into the computer and enter it manually. Occasionally, after that, the coupon still won't scan, and it's much easier to have the product ring up at the sale price.

[wildcat563]

Originally Posted by dc9queen avontrainer, I had the same mentality yesterday. I used my RR thinking I was not going to return. I don't understand WHY (I was looking in the sense of accounting) a store would not accept two coupons with buy one get one free. Actually the store makes more money that way. (let's say 2 razors 8 dollars normally. if you use one $4 coupon the store would make just $8. with two $4 coupons it would be $12--- but I know there is a processing fee) So if I am correct, I am going to presume the managers are ding dongs for not encouraging this. (I know turning in too much coupons is not good either but coupons are cash)

The reason why I won't accept that is that the price of the 2nd razor is $0. I would take the coupon, but only for that price ($0), which makes it useless. With the belief that coupons are to be used for the purpose intended, and other use constitutes fraud, I can take $4 off of the $8 razor, but cannot take $4 off of the free razor. While the item count is equal to the coupon count, the bottom line is that by taking both coupons, I am using both of them on one razor, which is (usually) expressly forbidden on the individual coupons. The fact that the system allows it is nothing but a loophole.

[mskeno1959]

Well here is a first for me. I went to Wags this AM planning on purchasing the Dry Idea and use my $2. IP coupon. On the coupon it says "Available at Wal Mart" so the cashier wouldn't take it, said it was a Wal Mart coupon. I said, No, it says available at Wal Mart. Now I have used the same coupon at Target 2 or 3 different times with no problem. She looked at every coupon before ringing it up and wouldn't even try to see if the system would accept it, just flat out refused. What's up with that?

She also wouldn't accept a coupon on a BOGO item. That one totally confuses me lately because I am purchasing the item to begin with and the coupon wasn't even for the free item and was a totally different item. Buy a bic razor get free cartridge. The coupon was for the razor. This also happened at a different store, different product BOGO they wouldn't accept a coupon on the purchased item.

In the last 2 days I have been to 5 different stores and had coupon issues at each and every one of them. It has gotten so frustrating. I am 0 for 5 in trips without incident. Maybe I'll give myself a rest before I totally throw in the towel.

[LynnHaller]

Okay, so I am fairly new to this couponing business and have some questions about Walgreen's policy. Today I went in to buy some items that according to the current add, I would receive register rewards for. I had about $30 worth of "stuff" and $23 rr's to use from the previous week and a few man coupons as well. The manager said everything had to be rung up in 3 seperate transactions because I could not use that many rr's on one transaction. I asked him to seperate them out so that I would receive the new rr's that I was eligible for. He told me that when paying with rr's I would not receive any new ones for anything that was purchased. He also told me that I could not use manufacturer's coupons in addition to rr's. I have never had any problems in the past and found this a little hard to believe. What is the point of rr's if I can't use them with other coupons and won't receive new ones with that purchase? I really haven't had any problems in the past, so is this a new policy or did they make a mistake previously? I guess I will stick to the other drugstores in the area if this is how they are going to work their program! Any help??

[lisa218]

I did the Coppertone deal twice this week, and I REALLY want to return at least two - but I have already used the RR ($10) that it spit out. Will that be an issue when i go to return them - am i able to do that??? please help i am new at Wags - i am usually a CVS'er!
Thanks!!!!

[irishlass]

Originally Posted by lisa218 I did the Coppertone deal twice this week, and I REALLY want to return at least two - but I have already used the RR ($10) that it spit out. Will that be an issue when i go to return them - am i able to do that??? please help i am new at Wags - i am usually a CVS'er! Thanks!!!!

could be up to the Store Manager how that one is handled, they might give you the purchase price less the $10RR. might just be easier to keep it and avoid the hassle