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CVS in Landenberg

March 28, 2009 by · Leave a Comment

They took my expired ECBs, whew! I begged and pleaded, brought along aforementioned newborn to show them I had been busy and couldn’t get there. I told them it wouldn’t happen again. They were very polite and said ‘no problem.’

I did two terrible transactions–terrible as far as my return on investment. First transaction I handed over $27 ECBs and coupons, got $10 ECBs back. Second one, handed over $13 ECBs and coupons, paid $2.38 oop, got $8.50 back in ECBs. Meh. I don’t really even care about breaking even or moneymakers right now. At least they are all extended for another month.

What I did notice–so many of the monthly and weekly deals did not have tags hanging in front of them. I got the Crest mouthwash, Children’s Tylenol and a few other things–the ECBs printed but no tags in front of the items. I didn’t even know I’d get $2 for the Tylenol, I just had coupons, a CRT and was trying to use up the ECBs.

I’ve browsed HCW to look for upcoming deals and nothing excites me. Oh well, Acme has been fun lately.

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Kmart trip–a bust

March 25, 2009 by · 1 Comment

The Pike Creek Kmart is NOT doing superdoubles. Bummer. I should have called first.

I thought I could redeem the trip, as they had tons of good kids’ clothing on clearance for 2.99. I found several items, I also had registered on kmart.com to get a $5 off $50. I also had two of the $5 Huggies coupons to use and there’s a $25 Kmart/Glamour rebate, so I thought I would end up doing well after all.

And then my check card was denied. And so was a second one. How embarrassing. I forgot that we got new cards, and I had not called in my new ones to activate them. And they were sitting here, at home, on the kitchen counter. I had to have the cashier void the entire sale. This also meant I couldn’t stop at Acme as planned and get milk that we need.

Sigh………..

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Kmart Superdoubles-limit may be 25

March 24, 2009 by · Leave a Comment

Even though the ad says limit of 75 coupons per customer per day, some shoppers have only been allowed to use 25. Cashiers and managers are claiming that the 75 is a misprint and that it’s supposed to be 25. It has happened in several parts of the country, but I haven’t heard of it happening locally. Just a heads up, so you’re not surprised if it happens to you. Personally, I would bring the ad with me and fight it, but you still could lose the argument.

I sort of planned on going tomorrow, but not sure. I went through all my inserts and all my coupons, and I don’t see any ‘can’t miss’ deals this time around. The only HBA item I need is deodorant and I don’t see any deals for that. I do not need shampoo or lotion or anything like that. And I don’t see many cleaning products that would be a great deal.

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Thinking of hanging up my CVS card

March 22, 2009 by · 1 Comment

So with the new baby and all, I unfortunately let $18 in ECBs expire. My fault, I know. I wrote to customer service & asked to have them reissued and they said no. My next option is just to go to the store and see if they’ll take expired ones–they’re only expired by a few days, but I’ve never had it happen before.

But overall I wasn’t really that upset about them expiring. I checked the ad for last week, and this week, and the new April book…….and nothing excites me. Nothing! There is a diaper deal coming up, but it’s another buy 20 or 25, get 5, so not a great return even with coupons.

Maybe this is it. Maybe I’ll just spend what ECBs I have and take a break for a while.

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