Walgreens
I’m getting a little discouraged with shopping at Walgreens these days. I seem to have problems with the RR’s quite a bit. Last week, I went in the do the St. Ives deal, and the products weren’t priced correctly. No problem, the cashier did a price adjustment, but she changed the prices from $3.00 to $2.99 and so forth, so the RR didn’t print, since I had the exact amount needed for the RR. The manager rerang them so the RR would print.
Then, today, the $10 RR didn’t print for the Pepsi products (which was the only reason I purchased them at Walgreens). The manager had to rering everything so the RR’s would print, but he didn’t seem happy about it. He said something about sometimes they don’t print when you have manufacterer’s coupons, but it didn’t make sense, since I was using a St. Ives RR (not rolling a Pepsi RR) and didn’t have ANY coupons for the Pepsi products. So, I hate having to bother the manager (and take the time) almost every time I buy something. Does anyone have any ideas for me to make it a better experience with RR’s?
Purchased:
(2) Quaker Oats 18 oz. 2/$6.00
(2) Windex Wipes B1G1 $3.79 for both
(4) Pepsi 2 liters $1.33 each ($5.33)
(2) Mountain Dew 2 liters $1.33 each ($2.66)
(3) Gatorades 32 oz. 3/$5.00
(2) Cool Ranch Doritos 2/$7.00
Used:
$3.21 Quaker Oats in-ad QP (2/$2.79)
$1/2 Quaker printable QP
$0.40 Windex QP 1/11 S
$5.00 RR
Total OOP: $20.78 on Walgreens GC
(Will) Received: $13.79
$10.00 RR from the PepsiCo products (buy $20, get $10 RR)
$3.79 Windex MIR from 1/11 S
Rite Aid
Purchased:
(2) Huggies Body Washes $3.49 each ($6.98 total)
(4) Reese’s Whipps bars $0.50 each ($2.00)
Huggies Diapers $9.99
Huggies Pull-ups $9.99
(2) Ziploc storage bags $1.99 each ($3.98)
Electrasol Gelcaps $4.49
Used:
$1.00 Huggies body wash QP 1/11 S
(2) $1.00/2 Reese’s Whipps QP’s from 1/4 S
$1.50 Huggies QP 1/11 S
$2.00 Pull-ups QP 1/11 S
$.50 Ziploc in-ad QP
$1.00/2 Ziploc QP from 12/7 S
$2.50 Electrasol QP from 1/4 S
If you haven’t already signed up to receive e-mails from Rite Aid, sign up, and you’ll get a $5/$25 purchase coupon to make the Huggies deal even better. I already signed up over the summer, so I didn’t have it.
Total OOP: $29.06
Will Receive: $16.00
$2.00 SCR #29 for Huggies diapers
$2.00 SCR #30 for (2) Huggies bath products
$10.00 Rite GC for purchasing $25.00 in Kimberly-Clark products
$2.00 SCR for Electrasol
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Corrie is a "cents"able wife and stay-at-home mom of 2 boys.
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The manager shouldn’t be getting upset. It’s his job to make sure that the registers are ringing the items up correctly.
If the items continue to ring up wrong then I would tell the manager that this is a continuing problem and ask what can be done to resolve it. If the answer is still not satisfactory, then I would ask for the district manager’s number and go above the store manager to get the problem resolved.
Walgreen’s is offering this program so it’s not like it’s up to the store manager to be happy or unhappy about the program. It’s a part of his job and he or she needs to follow what his company has offered to the public.
I agree with JT, compared to the CVS employees that I deal with all the time who are awesome, Walgreens employees seem like they have a problem with us saving money playing their game. If you don’t like the way your company does things, go somewhere else and work, until then treat me with respect and let me do my shopping the frugal way easily. I have been having problems all of a sudden with RR’s too. They now won’t let you use more than one at a time. It used to be that they just wanted your item total to match or be greater than your coupon total. The RR’s expire so quickly, I don’t have time to go to Walgreens several times a week in order to use the RR’s on separate visits and if you try to split your transactions, they act as if you are nothing but a nuisance. Walgreens will be seeing less of me too.