Rite Aid on Sunday

 I went out on Sunday and hit Ollie's(to use another 15%Q), Kohl's(too spend my free $5 script)and to a different Rite-Aid.  I had Bonus Cash expiring and a $7/$35 Catalina Q so here is what I bought on my card and of course there was an issue......

1 x Kotex on clearance=$1.69
2 x Colgate toothpaste on sale=$7.00
2 x Neutrogena facial mask BOGO50%=$4.93
2 x Wink condoms on clearance=$12.98 *
2 x Bic razors=$8.98
2 x Soft Disc menstrual discs on clearance=$4.98**
1 x CoverGirl concealer=$6.99***
1 x CoverGirl eye palette=$3.24
1 x CoverGirl eyebrow pencils=$4.69

This didn't fit in the above photo........

2 x YooHoo 3 pack on clearance=$.68
1 x Wild Harvest cat food on clearance=$1.92
1x V8 Sparkling drink on clearance=$1.62
SubTotal........$59.70

I used in Coupons....
1 x $7/$35 CatalinaQ=$7.00
1 x $1/1 Kotex L2CQ=$1.00
1 x $3/2 Colgate toothpaste L2CQ=$3.00
2 x $3/1 Colgate toothpaste In-AdQ=$6.00
2 x $3/1 Neutrogena IPQ=$6.00
2 x $5/1 Wink PeelieQ=$10.00
2 x $4/1 Bic In-AdQ=$8.00
1 x $4/1 CoverGirl face L2CQ=$4.00
2 x $4/1 CoverGirl eye Qs(1 L2C/1 IP)=$8.00
Total.......$53.00

$59.70-$53.00=$6.70 + .11¢ tax=$6.81 paid for with Bonus Cash

I earned back $6.00 in new BC for the menstrual discs(2 x $3)
I also earned $1 in rebates at Ibotta on the Kotex item so even with all the issues this was a .19¢ moneymaker. 8-)

Now let's talk about everything that went wrong with this transaction--

*  The condoms were suppose to be 75% off but rang up 50% off(same with the menstrual discs but I let that one go-you will see why soon).  I didn't catch the price problems until after she finalized the transaction.  So I pointed out the price issue on the condoms and after checking that these were suppose to be 75% off the cashier attempted to return and rering them so the difference I was owed would go back onto my Bonus Cash.  hahaha  Rite-Aid has changed it's system in such a way that this can't be done.  When she attempted to return the condoms they came up as a $1.28 return each.  WTF?!  Ok, even if you deduct the $5 Q that was used they should have come up as a $1.49 return each.  I am thinking that if you get back BC on a transaction(even if the item being returned didn't give any BC they are deducting the BC over the WHOLE transaction so every item has a bit of BC attached to it?

That's the only logical reason this happens.  So back to the return.  After about 15 mintues the cashier "solved" the return.  She had me use my driver's license, then she rang the return, but just one of the boxes(sine that would be the same amount due to me)and it rang up for $6.99???  I paid $6.49 each.
So she looked at me and said, "Can you live with that?"  Of course I said fine-I had been in thh store way to long at this point and giving me an extra .50¢ didn't hurt much. LOL  I didd eventually scan my reward card in and assumed I'd get $6.99 back on my BC but the register drawer popped open and it prompted the cashier to give me $6.99 in Cash.  I didn't object. ;-)  Instead of counting out .99¢ in cash, she popped a penny from their "if you need a penny" pot in the drawer and gave me $7.......

Why has R-A changed their system so you can't get a price correction without jumping through hoops like this?!?  Not only is it annoying for the customer but also the employee.  And it's all the fault of the computer's system not being updated in a timely manner!

** Now you can understand why I didn't turn around and inquire about a refund of the difference between what I was charged for the menstrual discs and what they were suppose to ring up.  Nobody wanted to go through all that again so I just left it. 8-)  But I should have been refunded another $2.48 on those.  They gave back $3 in BC each so they were free anyway so I just kept walking. lol

I didn't realize that the bag of 75% pet food was cat not dog food.  I won't return it, I'll just give it to the food bank.

***  Ok, my CoverGirl items should have gotten me to the $5 in BC reward but the total fell short by .08¢ of the $15 total needed. sigh.  So I'll buy another cheap item, use a $4/1 IPQ and get my $5 BC once I return to R-A.

Then I did a transaction on Hub's card.......

4 x GM/Posts cereals on sale=$12.00
1 x Nestle flavored water 75% off=.87¢
1 x V8 Energy drinks 75% off=$1.62

1 x SoftDisc menstrual discs clearance=$2.49

SubTotal.......$16.98

A $1/2 GM cereals L2CQ came off, as well as the $1/1 Peelie on the one box of cereal so $2 in coupons making this transaction $14.98+.05 tax=$15.03 paid for with BC.  I earned back $6 on this transaction(1 x $3 wyspend $10 cereal, 1 x $3 SoftDiscs).  Total after Qs/tax should have been $13.78 if the Soft Discs had rung up 75% off instead of 50% off. sigh.  I'm turning into an old softee I suppose by just letting things go.

This was the point at which we had the condom issue so after getting it fixed and the cashier knew to ring them up for 75% not 50% off I went back and got more(since they were moneymakers after using those $5 peelie Qs)and a couple other things to absorb the overage on my third card.......

5 x dog treats=$5.00
1 x Centrum calming vitamins 50% off=$9.99
4 x Wink condoms 75% off=$12.96

SubTotal......$27.95

 

I used a $2/1 PeelieQ on the vitamins, a $2/1 Centrum CatalinaQ and 4 x $5/1 Wink Peelies so $24 in Qs.  My total was $3.95 + .28¢ tax so $4.23 paid for from BC.  No new BC was earned back.

Total spent was $28.02 in BC.  I earned back $12 in new BC $7 in Cash and $1 on Ibotta making this an $8.02 spend down.  Should have been a $4.30 spend down but  I am leaving it alone. ;-)

I'll be putting alll those condoms and mentrual discs on eBay.  I didn't spend anything on them so as long as I can cover the eBay fees whatever I get for them is gravy.

Sluggy

Weis Markets Hijinxs

Last week I did well at Weis and because some stuff didn't ring up correctly, I did even better! lol

Everything on the left side of the picture was 50% off on clearance......

* 1 can Campbell's soup .74¢
* 1 bag Uncle Ben's fancy rice mix $1.62
* 2 grape jelly .89¢
* 1 StarKist EVOO tuna $1
* 8 Carolina rice packets .37¢

(I also got a .50¢ Ibotta rebate for the tuna packet.)

The Palmolive dish soap was a Friday only special for $1.49 each plus I had a $1/2 ManQ.
The bottle of marinade was the Friday Freebie(it's laying down next to the tuna).

The Chi-Chi's salsa and chips and the Ben and Jerry's pints below were a clusterfuck situation.......

Ok so there were 2 signs on the end cap by the Chi-Chi's items....Buy 2 Salsas bet a bag of chips free.  I had 2 x .55¢/1 Chi-Chi IPQs(which double to $1.10).
The chips rang up $3, the salsas rang up $3.89 each and the Qs came off.  Not good as the chips should have been free.

Then this variety of ice cream above was on clearance 2 for $4.50 instead of $4.50 each but rang up $3.99(Ben and Jerry's is part of the Mix and Match "Buy 6/Get $3 off Deal" plus they are .51¢ off on sale).

There were no bags of chips that were 12 oz.(the free ones for this deal)and none of the salsas on this endcap were 16 oz.(15.6 oz or something like that).
*I have since solved the mystery here.....the Deal was for a totally different set of salsas in a different part of the store but there were still NO  12 oz. bags of chips in the store to get them free.

The sign on the shelf for the ice cream.  Notice there are more of that variety on clearance in the back of the shelf.

The Customer Service person just kept shaking her head and ended up refunding me $11.28 for the incorrect prices.
Weis has recently done away with their "if it rings up wrong you get it free" policy(it's not a state mandated law)and if something rings up wrong you just get the difference now.

I should have paid $10.08 for these 5 items but was charged $16.56 the first time(counting the Qs coming off)so she should have refunded me $6.48 but she put a $11.28 refund back on my c/c.
I still can't figure this one out but hey! her error is in my favor so no worries.  ;-)

It's always an adventure at Weis(PMITA)Markets, isn't it??

Do you have a store that regularly screws things up and you have to have an eagle eye out at the cash register?

Sluggy