tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post6246714764386407123..comments2024-03-18T22:28:26.379-04:00Comments on DON'T READ THIS; IT'S BORING!: It's All About the Rite-Aid Baby!....A Woot!, The End of an Era and some Rantingslugmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-45076729538902944472011-09-25T13:28:35.080-04:002011-09-25T13:28:35.080-04:00sluggy-If you are resigned to pay more that isn...sluggy-If you are resigned to pay more that isn't a good sign for the rest of us. Now I really do believe that we are headed for another downturn!Sonya Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985227040902078422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-51590960102285343612011-09-22T16:02:49.978-04:002011-09-22T16:02:49.978-04:00SonyaAnn--We have ALWAYS gotten horrible Qs in the...SonyaAnn--We have ALWAYS gotten horrible Qs in the papers compared to other regions so that hasn't changed.lol The IPQs seem to be worse now or nonexistent.<br />I have been lucky here to have not as much competition at R-A. Wags and CVS(when I did them here)was a different story. Like you, I had mass competition.<br />The adapting part.....I can lay low in regard to adapting my toiletries/HBA shopping for now. I am using less Qs for the food shopping and buying from non-grocery stores more(restaurant supply stores, farm stand, outlet, the $ store-don't laugh at that one!lol). <br />We can do what we can to keep our costs lower but in the end, it will only help some. I am resigned to paying more for everything but will keep striving to keep my costs as low as I can.<br />And no, you are NOT a dork.....lol<br /><br />Precious--Yes, I am thankful that I was able to acquire all I did this past year. I just wish I had as tremendous savings & stockpile on the food part of it.lol<br />Thanks for the compliment! 8-)slugmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-81585553513994868862011-09-22T07:43:48.546-04:002011-09-22T07:43:48.546-04:00Since Rite Aid no longer really offers a lot of go...Since Rite Aid no longer really offers a lot of good deals, aren't you glad that you shopped when they did? You are so well stocked. Your numbers are terrific. Congrats!<br /><br />PreciousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-32691405134779376582011-09-21T22:55:15.853-04:002011-09-21T22:55:15.853-04:00I think this has been my favorite post yet. You ar...I think this has been my favorite post yet. You are amazing. <br />I do have to add that I think that the area that you are in is starting to do things more like here. Meaning that every company is very strict with coupons and the coupons that we get in the papers are low value. It does make it harder. And since it is a bigger town there are more people fighting for the few things on the shelves. I think that in this area I am considered a good couponer. At least that is what they say at CVS. LOL<br />My question to you to ponder is if everything is changing for the worse(in my opinion) how do evolve and adapt to this new shopping environment?<br />I'm really a dork for thinking that this is an issue!Sonya Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985227040902078422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-45840601395382574862011-09-21T22:29:37.183-04:002011-09-21T22:29:37.183-04:00Practical--I am stopping right now because I NEED ...Practical--I am stopping right now because I NEED a break from the Rite-Aid deals and I just have. so. much. of. it.<br />I really don't have room for any more in the house.<br />I could keep buying and give it all away, but there are costs in energy and time(and some peripheral costs like paper, ink, gas, etc.)too.<br />And I have other things I want to spend my time on for now.<br />Once I need more toiletries, I'll start again.<br />I'm just taking a break and preserving my free gift card funds for now.<br /><br />It's just a different, less friendly couponing world in 2011 from 2009 & 2010. Gotta work harder lately to get the deals. ;-)slugmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-34652874119243051002011-09-21T21:12:21.934-04:002011-09-21T21:12:21.934-04:00Hmmm, Sluggy, Do you think you might have had anyt...Hmmm, Sluggy, Do you think you might have had anything to do with deals going away? lol You had me all fired up to start seriously doing what you have done. Then, you pulled the rug from under me by telling me it's over, done, gone. <br /><br />I don't understand why having the products already is stopping you from continuing to get more. Prices are not coming down next year. You will probably to continue to brush your teeth, wash your hair, and use tp. I find that I use items or give them to my children as fast as I get them. Okay, so I have 50 toothbrushes and 50 tubes of toothpaste. If the deals stop, the use-by dates are 2013, so I figure there will be no loss. <br /><br />Your success and deals have been phenomenal. I love it so much. You are such an inspiration to me as a couponer.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-32368844516755817522011-09-21T16:12:56.664-04:002011-09-21T16:12:56.664-04:00Pretty--Thanks! And I love it too....
Now just do...Pretty--Thanks! And I love it too....<br />Now just don't go telling Rite-Aid what I did.lol<br /><br />I could have kept on rolling +Ups for awhile longer but seriously it would just be to get more of things I already have so at this point, since I don't have anything left to prove, why bother?lol<br /><br />I figure RA is losing some business now with all the tightening up of deals that will cut into their profits.<br />Then they'll put a few chinks in the deal dam and things will get better for the deals and I'll jump back in.<br />If they just bring back to rx gift card deals that would please a lot of their customer base.slugmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-29050961872920204122011-09-21T15:19:21.199-04:002011-09-21T15:19:21.199-04:00"So you could look at this and say that I was..."So you could look at this and say that I was paid $1,094.12 in cash(rebates and garage sale profit)to take $11,224.28 worth of merchandise home from the store"<br /><br />I aboslutely LOVE this ^^^! You just rocked the Rite Aid world :) For a YEAR!<br /><br />Because I was never anywhere near that into working the angles and deals (let alone figuring them all out in the first place), and because they sure have tightened up everything, I haven't actually been to a RA now in weeks. I have some gc "money" left to use at some point, because something will come along that I might actually want/need. But, yeah, I don't think Rite Aid wants me there very much anymore...I'mSoPrettyhttp://ifartfairydust.comnoreply@blogger.com