If you shopped at Rite-Aid last week and bought the 4 pack of Scott Toilet Tissue that was on sale, on friday 1/15/10 or later, hang onto that receipt!
There is another Scott family of products Rebate available. Buy 2, 3 or 4 different Scott products and you can send away for a $2, $3 or $4 Reward. This Reward, if like the last time Scott had this rebate, will be in the form of an emailed link to a Coupon for that dollar amount off a Scott product. The good thing is you can hit the back button and print multiples of the coupon!
If you bought the Scott T.P. last week, you only need to buy either Scott napkins, paper towels, wipes or scrubs to get the $2 coupon Reward....2 more different items to get the $3 reward and so on.
It just so happened that I finally! received my emailed link to the coupon on thursday for the last Scott rebate, I sent away for on 11/21. I used my $2 coupons the next day(1/15), so after the in-ad $.50 off coupon and the $2 coupon, each pack of T.P. only cost me $.49!
Now if I can find a good deal on the napkins or wipes in the next 2 weeks, I can send for another Reward.
8-))
The Rebate form is HERE on the Scott website. The rebate period only runs until 1/31/10.
Sluggy
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Johnson & Johnson..If it talks like a Weasel and walks like a Weasel....MIR Fiasco!
Well there is consternation in the Couponing World this evening!
There is a Johnson & Johnson Mail-In Rebate that was advertised in last Sunday's coupon insert. Buy $30 in Johnson & Johnson brand Lotions(at least 2 different brand names)and Get a $10 Rebate.
The MIR form was available in last Sunday's insert as well as on Coupons.com.
$2/1 Qs were also available on both sources for each of the qualifying brand names(Aveeno, Lubriderm, Purpose, Clean & Clear, Ambi) so you could combine store sales with coupons to get a better deal.
Well it has come to our attention via various online sources(Southern Savers was the 1st one I saw it on), that even though you CAN do this Rebate with more than one receipt, Johnson & Johnson is claiming that your receipts MUST TOTAL $30 to be eligible for the Rebate. Now if you bought the J&J products along with scads of other things and your receipts add up to $30 or more after coupons/sales, you are fine. But if you bought the Rebate items alone and used coupons/sales and your receipt(s) don't total $30, you are outta luck!
Go see what is being said about this fiasco HERE and HERE.
Let me bring to Johnson & Johnson's attention that nowhere in the insert ad, coupons or on the rebate form did they specify that you had to spend $30 AFTER coupons!
If this is true, J&J will have a PR NIGHTMARE on their hands with all the pissed off Couponers/Rebaters who will have their rebates denied.
You think they have a BIG Problem NOW with all the Tylenol and associated brands RECALLS(McNeill owns the Johnson & Johnson brand too)? These recalls are small potatoes compared to a massive flock of disgruntled Rebaters marching en masse(via snail mail, email and telephone)on their headquarters!lolol
At any rate, if they deny all these rebates they will have lost a heap of customers for life....all over the semantics of their interpretation of the wording on a $10 MIR.
Here goes the Domino Effect--
Bad drugs recalled....
Bad rebating policy.....
Bad consumer feelings on two fronts....
Bad sales figures.....
Bad stock report.....
Bad news for McNeill
Well, yours truly went and bought a heap of Johnson & Johnson brands lotions last week....enough to qualify(or so I THOUGHT!)for 2 MIRs--1 for me, 1 for my *ahem*BIL*ahem*.
Being the savvy frugalista I am, the combined total of all 4 of my receipts(2 for each MIR)was $11.47.
Not quite $30, is it?LOL
So I need to decide to...
A--just send them in as is and cross my fingers that Johnson & Johnson doesn't weasel out on their word.
B--return a bunch of stuff(and lose the coupons I used and only get back $11.47).
C--go buy a couple MORE qualifying items but do it on a grocery shopping receipt, so my total receipts add up to at least $30.
D--just keep the stuff. If I do this and either don't send for the rebates or do send them and they are denied, my Rite-Aid Profit after rebates will suffer this month.
Luckily, I have a week or so to think on this and see what happens before I do anything....and that's just what I'm going to do....wait awhile.
So what would you do??
Sluggy
There is a Johnson & Johnson Mail-In Rebate that was advertised in last Sunday's coupon insert. Buy $30 in Johnson & Johnson brand Lotions(at least 2 different brand names)and Get a $10 Rebate.
The MIR form was available in last Sunday's insert as well as on Coupons.com.
$2/1 Qs were also available on both sources for each of the qualifying brand names(Aveeno, Lubriderm, Purpose, Clean & Clear, Ambi) so you could combine store sales with coupons to get a better deal.
Well it has come to our attention via various online sources(Southern Savers was the 1st one I saw it on), that even though you CAN do this Rebate with more than one receipt, Johnson & Johnson is claiming that your receipts MUST TOTAL $30 to be eligible for the Rebate. Now if you bought the J&J products along with scads of other things and your receipts add up to $30 or more after coupons/sales, you are fine. But if you bought the Rebate items alone and used coupons/sales and your receipt(s) don't total $30, you are outta luck!
Go see what is being said about this fiasco HERE and HERE.
Let me bring to Johnson & Johnson's attention that nowhere in the insert ad, coupons or on the rebate form did they specify that you had to spend $30 AFTER coupons!
If this is true, J&J will have a PR NIGHTMARE on their hands with all the pissed off Couponers/Rebaters who will have their rebates denied.
You think they have a BIG Problem NOW with all the Tylenol and associated brands RECALLS(McNeill owns the Johnson & Johnson brand too)? These recalls are small potatoes compared to a massive flock of disgruntled Rebaters marching en masse(via snail mail, email and telephone)on their headquarters!lolol
At any rate, if they deny all these rebates they will have lost a heap of customers for life....all over the semantics of their interpretation of the wording on a $10 MIR.
Here goes the Domino Effect--
Bad drugs recalled....
Bad rebating policy.....
Bad consumer feelings on two fronts....
Bad sales figures.....
Bad stock report.....
Bad news for McNeill
Well, yours truly went and bought a heap of Johnson & Johnson brands lotions last week....enough to qualify(or so I THOUGHT!)for 2 MIRs--1 for me, 1 for my *ahem*BIL*ahem*.
Being the savvy frugalista I am, the combined total of all 4 of my receipts(2 for each MIR)was $11.47.
Not quite $30, is it?LOL
So I need to decide to...
A--just send them in as is and cross my fingers that Johnson & Johnson doesn't weasel out on their word.
B--return a bunch of stuff(and lose the coupons I used and only get back $11.47).
C--go buy a couple MORE qualifying items but do it on a grocery shopping receipt, so my total receipts add up to at least $30.
D--just keep the stuff. If I do this and either don't send for the rebates or do send them and they are denied, my Rite-Aid Profit after rebates will suffer this month.
Luckily, I have a week or so to think on this and see what happens before I do anything....and that's just what I'm going to do....wait awhile.
So what would you do??
Sluggy
My 5 Transaction Moneymaker at Rite-Aid this Week...Stay Tuned!
There is a P&G Single Check Rebate available on certain Proctor & Gamble items purchased at Rite-Aid from 1/17-2/13. It's SCR #551 and can be viewed on the Rite-Aid Website.
Purchasing qualifying items gets you a Visa Preloaded Card--Buy $25, Get $5/Buy $50, Get $15/Buy $100, Get $35.
The best deal of course is the $35 Card.
I have come up with a 5 Transaction Scenario to qualify for the $35 card. By combining sales, coupons(manuQs, AdPerk Qs and IP Qs),various Olay rebates, Single Check Rebate items and using my Fall Gift of Savings $20 Certificate I will spend $123.38 and end up with a $28.86 Cash Moneymaker PLUS the $35 Visa card on this deal(Moneymaker of $63.86 in Cash and Gift Card)!
That is, if the Coupon "Powers That Be" are kind to our region in this Sunday's inserts and the prices in the store are what I have been led to believe they should be.
And if the weather holds up on Sunday long enough for me to get out and do 5 Transactions, I'll be back to report in on how I accomplished this later today.
Sluggy
Good Deals at Weis this Week....1/17/10-1/23/10
No FREEBIES that I can see. Let me know if you see something because I have gone blind looking for them this week.lol
And of course, NO CATALINA Deals either.....sigh....at least I might be able to stay out of the grocery store this week since it's so abysmal.
Here are the CHEAPIES....
YoPlus Yogurt & Fiber One Yogurt on sale again this week for $1.50.
--use the $1/1 YoPlus ManuQ from the recent GM insert to get it for .50¢
--use the $.50/1 Fiber One ManuQ(if your store doubles)from the recent GM insert to get it for .50¢
Tony's Pizza $2.00
--use the $.501/1 ManuQ from 12/13SS(if your store doubles)to get it for $1.00
Activia Yogurt $2.00
--use the $1/1 ManuQ from either the 10/4SS or the 1/10SS to get it for $1.00
Birds Eye Steamfresh Veggies $2.00
--use the $1/2 ManuQ(not sure the insert date but it expires 1/17 so use today!) to get it for $1.50 bag
--use the $.50/1 ManuQ from 1/10SS(if your store doubles)to get it for $1.00
And that is about it for Good Coupon Deals.
OTHER DEALS
Meat
Bottom Round Roast $1.49 lb.
--Good price. Ask the meat dept. person to grind this up for you and you've got very cheap hamburger!
Nathan's Hot Dogs BOGO ($5.99 reg. price)
--half price with the BOGO sale, so $3.00 a package. Not a great price for hot doges but these don't go on sale often and they are premium quality in the 'dog world'. A coupon would have been nice to combine here but no such luck. 8-(
Produce
Mushrooms/Baby Carrots/Lettuce $1 a bunch/package
--pretty much rock bottom on these items. Buy & combine all 3 and you've got a nice tasty salad. Per serving it's cheaper than buying those bagged pre-made salads.
Dairy
Weis brand Butter $2.50
--no coupon deals on the house brands but a good price for butter
Weis Ricotta 15.oz $2.00
--again, no coupons on house brands but a good price for ricotta
If anyone sees any other good buys this week at Weis, please leave a comment and let us know!
Sluggy
Saturday Shopping....1/16/10 at Weis
I had to go use some Qs on the good deals at Weis I mentioned awhile back, before the sales ad ended on Saturday.
4 x Yakisoba Noodles on sale $1=$4.00
9 x Green Giant Veggies on sale $1=$9.00
2 x Post Cereal on sale 2 for $3=$3.00
1 x Perdue Turkey Meatballs 40% off=$2.39
4 x Sun Crystals on sale $1.99=$7.96
1 x Gallon of Milk=$3.30
4 x Progresso Soup on sale $1=$4.00
8 x Healthy Choice Soup on sale $1=$8.00
1 x YoPlus Yogurt on sale=$1.50
SubTotal.....$52.86
SubTotal after Sales....$43.15
Coupons Used
4 x $.50/1 Yakisoba Noodles ManuQ doubled=$4.00
3 x $.60/3 Green Giant Veggies ManuQ doubled to $1=$3.00
1 x $1/2 Post Cereal ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $.75/1 Perdue Turkey Meatballs ManuQ doubled=$1.00
4 x $1/1 Sun Crystals ManuQ=$4.00
2 x $.50/2 Progresso Soup ManuQ doubled =$2.00
4 x $1/2 Healthy Choice Soup ManuQ=$4.00
1 x $1/1 YoPlus Yogurt=$1.00
Coupon Total.....$20.00
$43.15-$20.00=$23.15 OOP
Savings of 69%
After coupons, the Yakisoba noodles were free, all the Soups & the Yogurt pack were .50¢ ea., The GG veggies were .67¢, the Cereal and Sun Crystals were $1 a box and the Meatballs were $1.39.
The only item that was regular retail was the milk. That was also the only 'needed' item. All the rest was stock-ups.
Sluggy
4 x Yakisoba Noodles on sale $1=$4.00
9 x Green Giant Veggies on sale $1=$9.00
2 x Post Cereal on sale 2 for $3=$3.00
1 x Perdue Turkey Meatballs 40% off=$2.39
4 x Sun Crystals on sale $1.99=$7.96
1 x Gallon of Milk=$3.30
4 x Progresso Soup on sale $1=$4.00
8 x Healthy Choice Soup on sale $1=$8.00
1 x YoPlus Yogurt on sale=$1.50
SubTotal.....$52.86
SubTotal after Sales....$43.15
Coupons Used
4 x $.50/1 Yakisoba Noodles ManuQ doubled=$4.00
3 x $.60/3 Green Giant Veggies ManuQ doubled to $1=$3.00
1 x $1/2 Post Cereal ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $.75/1 Perdue Turkey Meatballs ManuQ doubled=$1.00
4 x $1/1 Sun Crystals ManuQ=$4.00
2 x $.50/2 Progresso Soup ManuQ doubled =$2.00
4 x $1/2 Healthy Choice Soup ManuQ=$4.00
1 x $1/1 YoPlus Yogurt=$1.00
Coupon Total.....$20.00
$43.15-$20.00=$23.15 OOP
Savings of 69%
After coupons, the Yakisoba noodles were free, all the Soups & the Yogurt pack were .50¢ ea., The GG veggies were .67¢, the Cereal and Sun Crystals were $1 a box and the Meatballs were $1.39.
The only item that was regular retail was the milk. That was also the only 'needed' item. All the rest was stock-ups.
Sluggy
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