Monday was a really nice sunny(but cold as heck!)day. Hubs and I felt like getting out of the house so we went into the city to Target.
And yet again, there was a problem at Target.
Am I a jinx or what?? lolz
They have a "Spend $25 on drinks/Get a $10 Gift Card" Deal this week and we were running low on seltzer and water so we decided to stock up a bit.
I got..........
3 x cases Water $1.69 each
4 x Bubly seltzer packs 3/$10
3 x Diet Pepsi 6-pack bottles on sale $2.50 each
SubTotal....$25.89 so qualified for the $10 GC
I also have 2 x $1/2 Bubly peelie Qs I used.
But for some reason(evident later, read on)the $10 GC prompt didn't come up on the cashier's screen and we had to call for manager approval for the GC Deal.
We also picked up all this........
6 x Hershey's Gold bags
These were 30% off on a Cartwheel offer(but only 4 items qualified, which I didn't realize until we got home)so I got the sale price of $3.33 on 2, $2.33 Cartwheel price on 4. I used 6 x $2/1 IPQs so $3.98 for all 6 bags.
2 x Quaker Pumpkin spice oatmeal boxes on clearance. The sticker was $2.20 but they rang up $1.28 each box. I used a $1/2 Quaker TearpadQ so $1.56 for both boxes.
1 x Dunkin Donuts peppermint chocolate coffee on clearance. The sticker was $5.08 but it rang up $2.98. nice.
2 x Head & Shoulders white charcoal conditioner bottles on clearance of $2.98 each. I used a $5/2 H&S ManuQ so .96¢ for both bottles. 8-)
Hubs also bought 2 cans of Market Pantry coffee for $5.38.
My total should have been $58.75-$20 in Qs=$38.75 + tax.
But it was $42.65+ tax.
So I looked over the receipt and instead of 3 cases of bottled water at $5.07 total there was something called "AF Snacking" on the receipt, 3 x for $8.97 total!!
Over at CS they pulled up the code AF Snacking and it was for Dark Chocolate covered Almonds, of which I had gotten none.
WTF?!?
So we returned the "phantom" nuts I bought and rerang the water I DID buy which lowered my total by $3.90(difference between phantom nuts and water bottles).
So OOP finally was $38.75 + .59¢ tax=$39.34 . Reg. retail price for all this was $79.79.
I paid with a free with c/c points Target card and received a $10 Target GC back so actually only "spent" $29.34 of my free GC.
Since the water wasn't seen as being rung up that explains why the Spend $25/Get $10 GC Deal didn't trigger because I "only" had bought $20.82 of drinks(when I had really bought $25.89 worth of drinks).
In the end I spent Zero OOP and made that free Target GC money stretch even further using sales, clearance, a Cartwheel offer, a Gift Card Deal and coupons.
I was happy those clearance prices on the coffee and the oatmeal were even lower than marked on the packages. ;-)
But it always seems to be something messed up when I shop at Target....let's call it the Sluggy Jinx. lolz
Just another reason to double check your receipts before leaving the store when you shop! I am 7 times out of 10 finding errors on receipts and that adds up fast to losing unnecessary money in your budget!!!
Sluggy
And yet again, there was a problem at Target.
Am I a jinx or what?? lolz
They have a "Spend $25 on drinks/Get a $10 Gift Card" Deal this week and we were running low on seltzer and water so we decided to stock up a bit.
I got..........
3 x cases Water $1.69 each
4 x Bubly seltzer packs 3/$10
3 x Diet Pepsi 6-pack bottles on sale $2.50 each
SubTotal....$25.89 so qualified for the $10 GC
I also have 2 x $1/2 Bubly peelie Qs I used.
But for some reason(evident later, read on)the $10 GC prompt didn't come up on the cashier's screen and we had to call for manager approval for the GC Deal.
We also picked up all this........
These were 30% off on a Cartwheel offer(but only 4 items qualified, which I didn't realize until we got home)so I got the sale price of $3.33 on 2, $2.33 Cartwheel price on 4. I used 6 x $2/1 IPQs so $3.98 for all 6 bags.
2 x Quaker Pumpkin spice oatmeal boxes on clearance. The sticker was $2.20 but they rang up $1.28 each box. I used a $1/2 Quaker TearpadQ so $1.56 for both boxes.
1 x Dunkin Donuts peppermint chocolate coffee on clearance. The sticker was $5.08 but it rang up $2.98. nice.
2 x Head & Shoulders white charcoal conditioner bottles on clearance of $2.98 each. I used a $5/2 H&S ManuQ so .96¢ for both bottles. 8-)
Hubs also bought 2 cans of Market Pantry coffee for $5.38.
My total should have been $58.75-$20 in Qs=$38.75 + tax.
But it was $42.65+ tax.
So I looked over the receipt and instead of 3 cases of bottled water at $5.07 total there was something called "AF Snacking" on the receipt, 3 x for $8.97 total!!
Over at CS they pulled up the code AF Snacking and it was for Dark Chocolate covered Almonds, of which I had gotten none.
WTF?!?
So we returned the "phantom" nuts I bought and rerang the water I DID buy which lowered my total by $3.90(difference between phantom nuts and water bottles).
So OOP finally was $38.75 + .59¢ tax=$39.34 . Reg. retail price for all this was $79.79.
I paid with a free with c/c points Target card and received a $10 Target GC back so actually only "spent" $29.34 of my free GC.
Since the water wasn't seen as being rung up that explains why the Spend $25/Get $10 GC Deal didn't trigger because I "only" had bought $20.82 of drinks(when I had really bought $25.89 worth of drinks).
In the end I spent Zero OOP and made that free Target GC money stretch even further using sales, clearance, a Cartwheel offer, a Gift Card Deal and coupons.
I was happy those clearance prices on the coffee and the oatmeal were even lower than marked on the packages. ;-)
But it always seems to be something messed up when I shop at Target....let's call it the Sluggy Jinx. lolz
Just another reason to double check your receipts before leaving the store when you shop! I am 7 times out of 10 finding errors on receipts and that adds up fast to losing unnecessary money in your budget!!!
Sluggy
