For example. I would have done the glucose meter and the nivea body wash and listerine. I would have gotten back $9.00 RR. Then I would buy all the other items like the aluminum foil, soup, etc and used the coupons and allowed myself to have $7 in “free” monies. That’s how it works there. It can be frustrating if you don’t know to do it all at once.

You can’t use the Nivea RR on another Nivea product and get another RR. I used mine on the Rembrandt toothpaste and had to pay another .99 plus tax OOP, but got $6 back.

There are a couple of other choices like the band-aid/deal or the asprin. (It takes a little getting used to…figuring out the order to buy things in and how to best use your coupons.)

The Nivea body wash I bought smells wonderful and I like the Rembrandt toothpaste, so I think this is a GREAT week at Walgreens!!

When you say there are “NO Rebate deals” does that mean that the rebate program is indeed gone now, as someone had stated that it might be?

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When that other Manager came, the first Manager told him that my coupons had the same number – talking about the barcode – and said they were all one coupon, and could only be used once.

I pointed out that the PIN numbers on the coupons were different, and said “I did not copy the coupon, I swear”. So he looked at me and said he wasn’t trying to say that I had. (Then what was he saying?)

Anyway, the other Manager entered them manually under Manufacturer coupons.

Did anyone else have trouble with their Cutter coupons not scanning?

Also the RRs only work on the pre-tax amount, and unlike CVS, they can’t tell you what that amount is. Take along a piece of paper and as you add stuff to your buggy, write the prices down and when you’re done add then up and you should know your pre-tax cost then.

As far as the Ecotrin, I still maintain that Wags should be taking these coupons. They are for the right item, it’s not our problem that Wags sells them at a lower price. And they will get reimbursed the amount of the coupon so they wouldn’t be out anything in the end.
I feel like someone at the Walgreens company or whoever decided to make the registers *beep* at the coupons, or to adjust the face values, or deny them altogether is another one that doesn’t understand how coupons work. And said person isn’t going to change their mind or research it further unless alot of people complain. Just not shopping there anymore isn’t going to tell them exactly why.

Shirley, you didn’t say what RR you were using to pay for the Rembrant. You can’t use an RR from the same company, for instance, using a Colgate Toothpaste RR to buy a Colgate Toothbrush will make your RR not print.
That said, if you used a totally unrelated RR, for instance a Coke RR, to pay for the Rembrant, then your RR should have printed and you need to both call the Catalina company and write a complaint to Wags corp.

I haven’t had any trouble with not having RRs print because I use a Q. I’ve heard alot people say they have been told that. I have even been told that myself by a Manager who couldn’t think of any other reason why it wouldn’t have printed. But I had already did the same deal previously and the RR printed before, so I knew it wasn’t a problem with me having used a Q.
If this is true at some Wags stores, though, then it’d have to be a Manager’s decisiion because we know it’s not every store.
Either way, you need also need to write and tell them why you aren’t shopping there anymore.

If enough people says the same thing, then I think (hope) someone will start paying attention.

Cutter was reduced from $5.99 to $3.89 then had the $2 coupon. This caused trouble because the cashier didn’t know she had to deduct my coupon then apply their in store code. She had to call the manager, a young lady who complained that she hated all coupons. Okay, you didn’t notice that I just saved almost $10? I said “I love them, I save over $75 a week with them.”

Jenny, thanks for your spin on this. I was just a bit worried when the words stealing coupons were used… wanted to make sure I’m not doing something wrong… because I really want to play by the rules. I appreciate that you ARE teaching us to do this ethically. You are a wealth of info and I couldn’t BEGIN to figure all this out without your hard work and straight-forward explanations.

Back to making my new Publix plan….

If you wait to only grab a “Blinkie”, pamphlet, or tearpad coupon when an item is on sale, there will not be any coupons there. This is done only in moderation. I grab two blinkies max per trip. I will not stand there and empty the dispenser. I also agree with you on “peelies” I call the folks that take them “Peelie Stealers” and I don’t like them. It is very different if the manufacturer or store took the time to attach the coupon to an item versus sitting out pamphlets.

The store would prefer you to use the coupon in their store just as they would prefer you to buy everything you ever need in the store but they realize that in reality this is not the case.

Lastly I agree with you on using on coupons for incorrect products too. The aluminum foil coupon I listed above actually has no size limits on it and I try to make sure I only list the correct coupons. Sometimes for me it is not easy to tell what types will be part of the sale so I list all possible coupons hoping that the readers will use wisdom and use the right coupon with the right variety they purchase.

To sum it up, if a store intends for you to use a coupon right then on a product you are buying in their store then first it needs to be a store coupon not a manufacturer coupon and second attached it to the product.

On a side note… while it is not quite the same… from my days in the medical world we had drug reps and product reps shoving product displays and coupons down our throats to hand out to clients. They never asked us to pay for them as it was pushing their product. If they wanted a better display area they had to pay premium for that space (same in grocery stores). So I just can’t see a store paying more for a display that will take up a larger shelf space, rather I would think the manufacturer would offer that for free with the hopes that you would spotlight their product.