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[Mikki 316]

Originally Posted by michelles198 I have a question for Wags/RR experts out there. I'm new to couponing & went a little overboard in the last few weeks at Wags, so I have about $30 in RR I need to use before they expire on Sunday- and I'm not wowed by any of the sales or RR opportunities this week. I could do a ton of small transactions on carefree pads or something...what do you guys do when you have RR's to burn but no tempting deals out there!?! (obvious answer is to use them for something you really need...but I cannot bring myself to buy anything at wags full price b/c I know I can get it cheaper elsewhere!!!

That's really the only option, unless you buy something larger and use multiple RRs + fillers (IF your store allows more than one per transaction). You can use one MQ per item purchased (RRs = MQ). So, you could buy something that costs more than the RR, but you'd need filler to use more than one. Also, the subtotal of your transaction has to be less than/equal to the amount of the RRs. I hope that makes sense.
I'd rather spend them on something than allow them to expire and be worthless, kwim?

[niecey1996]

Originally Posted by michelles198 I have a question for Wags/RR experts out there. I'm new to couponing & went a little overboard in the last few weeks at Wags, so I have about $30 in RR I need to use before they expire on Sunday- and I'm not wowed by any of the sales or RR opportunities this week. I could do a ton of small transactions on carefree pads or something...what do you guys do when you have RR's to burn but no tempting deals out there!?! (obvious answer is to use them for something you really need...but I cannot bring myself to buy anything at wags full price b/c I know I can get it cheaper elsewhere!!!

I'm no expert by the way, but here's what I would do with some of them....

I'd say do the Garnier deal that gives the $10 RR. You can get a pretty good deal from that one on the hair color and the $2/1 q (8-16 RP). Buy 4/$20 - 4q's ($8) = $12 get a cheap filler or two to use your RR's (I would use about $10 worth of RR's, since that is what you will receive back). There's the free Coke deal wyb the 2 Hershey's bars (no RR's for these though, but a good filler!)

If none of this interests you go to the Walgreen's Register Rewards Summary thread and check them out to get other ideas!!

I have been growing mine the last few weeks for my DD's b-day so she can pick some gifts, and they have a thing right now 3/$13.xx I believe! And they have LPS toys, which is a big hit around here! Just a few ideas!?

HTH!! ;)

[cbgo]

Originally Posted by michelles198 I have a question for Wags/RR experts out there. I'm new to couponing & went a little overboard in the last few weeks at Wags, so I have about $30 in RR I need to use before they expire on Sunday- and I'm not wowed by any of the sales or RR opportunities this week. I could do a ton of small transactions on carefree pads or something...what do you guys do when you have RR's to burn but no tempting deals out there!?! (obvious answer is to use them for something you really need...but I cannot bring myself to buy anything at wags full price b/c I know I can get it cheaper elsewhere!!!

I am no expert, either. I'm just someone trying to save money the best that I can.

I look at RRs very differently now than I did when I first started. I used to say that I would never "waste" my hard earned RRs on over priced groceries. (Really, I would say this out loud to people. ) I would roll and roll, and really only got the RR/Rebate deals and ink refills. Basically, I judged how I did each week based on my Wags OOP and whether I had more RRs at the end of the week than I did at the beginning of it. Now I judge my success based on how much I spend overall OOP anywhere for anything.

It is very tough in my area to get really good deals on groceries (I blame HEB and their silly yellow coupons. ) After the last monitor deal at Wags I had tons of RRs. I wished that I could have that many cats for my local grocery stores. I then realized that if I made a profit at Wags, that it was basically free money to spend as I please. If I had bought 5 Rembrandt toothpastes last week after coupon, I made a $5 profit. So, even if Wags food is over priced, it is still free. I don't get the value that I would get with $5 at the grocery store, but it is still $0 OOP. I have been doing my best to get the most value out of my RRs by ad matching and using coupons. I also make sure to keep enough RRs around to do the deals that I want to do at Wags.

So, this week I got some Soup in Hand ($.49 after store and manu coupon) and Niagra spray starch ($1.49 for 2 after store and manu coupon). Next week, I going to get some tuna. I've also done the Garnier RR hair color deal a couple of times. (The local battered women's shelter gets the hair color.)

Slowly but surely, my food stockpile is growing, my RRs are kept at an amount I can manage to roll and my grocery bill is going down. Some times it is tough to spend the RRs and not get anything back, but I am careful about how I spend them and have to just ask myself sometimes, "Do you want a good price or do you want it free?"

HTH

[kiraboo]

Does Walgreens take Competitor's(CVS) prescription GC coupons?

[Mikki 316]

Originally Posted by kiraboo Does Walgreens take Competitor's(CVS) prescription GC coupons?

Sorry, but no.

[tasha gipson]

does anyone know the policy on asking the store to order a RR product that they normal don't carry at that particular store.

also do they have to order the product if there is a RR award attached to it?

[irishlass]

Originally Posted by tasha gipson does anyone know the policy on asking the store to order a RR product that they normal don't carry at that particular store. also do they have to order the product if there is a RR award attached to it?

I can't remember the exact wording on the back of the ads but they state something like not all items are carried at all stores. I would think to keep customers happy they would try to order the item.

[Angelsorce]

I wish stores always carried the items that are advertised in the ad. Sometimes they just don't carry them at all.

[strgrl16k]

I have a question. I am very new to Walgreens and have read a lot about problems with RR printing and cashiers' excuses, etc. This evening I went to do 2 transactions and neither RR printed and I thought I did everything right.

T1: 3 one a day 2 pks = 2.97
candy (filler) .35
used: $3 true north RR --> NO $5 rr printed

T2: true north = 2.99 - $1 mq
candy (filler) .35
used: $2 carefree RR --> NO $3 rr printed

Once the RR didn't print, the cashier immediately said that you can't use a RR when buying another RR item (I know this isn't true unless you're trying to roll an RR or using one from the same manufacturer). I looked to see if the cat machine was out of ink or paper, but it wasn't. Manager came to front and maintained a strong position of anything that generates an RR can't be paid for with any RR, so I had him void the transactions.

Does anyone have any idea why the RR's didn't print? Are carefree and true north in any way related? One a day and true north? I would like to try tomorrow but prefer to fly under the radar so if there's something that would cause this to happen again, I'll do something different.

Also, I had one random question - if the one a day is 2.97 for 3, and tax is .30 so the total will be $3.27, can I use a $3 RR to pay, or does the RR you use have to be less than the subtotal? Thanks in advance for the help.

[Mikki 316]

Originally Posted by strgrl16k I have a question. I am very new to Walgreens and have read a lot about problems with RR printing and cashiers' excuses, etc. This evening I went to do 2 transactions and neither RR printed and I thought I did everything right. T1: 3 one a day 2 pks = 2.97 candy (filler) .35 used: $3 true north RR --> NO $5 rr printed T2: true north = 2.99 - $1 mq candy (filler) .35 used: $2 carefree RR --> NO $3 rr printed Once the RR didn't print, the cashier immediately said that you can't use a RR when buying another RR item (I know this isn't true unless you're trying to roll an RR or using one from the same manufacturer). I looked to see if the cat machine was out of ink or paper, but it wasn't. Manager came to front and maintained a strong position of anything that generates an RR can't be paid for with any RR, so I had him void the transactions. Does anyone have any idea why the RR's didn't print? Are carefree and true north in any way related? One a day and true north? I would like to try tomorrow but prefer to fly under the radar so if there's something that would cause this to happen again, I'll do something different. Also, I had one random question - if the one a day is 2.97 for 3, and tax is .30 so the total will be $3.27, can I use a $3 RR to pay, or does the RR you use have to be less than the subtotal? Thanks in advance for the help.

The RRs should have rolled. The ones you used were not in the same promotion as the new products. There must have been something wrong with the catalina machine (off line for updating or something?). Was there a steady, green light on the machine?
As for using RRs, the subtotal has to be at least the value of the RR. In your example, you would need a filler of at least .03 to be able to use the $3 RR.