Monday, September 27, 2010
Meijer resolved!
I spoke with the customer service manager at my Meijer this morning and it turns out that sometimes it IS worth it to fight for something! She was extremely nice and helpful. The 1st problem, the $5 catalina that didn't print out on my second transaction, was a glitch and it should have printed so $5 for me cha-ching. And the fake policy the person I talked to that saturday "you can't use that Cat on your next transaction, you have to wait 24 hours" was indeed a lie, and she will be spoken to about that and her attitude, so win #2. AND she is giving me an additional $5 for my frustration (doesn't sound like much, but it isn't the money, its the principle) So I have a $10 Meijer GC! yahoo for me! I feel like my problem was well resolved and I can now shop at Meijer again without feeling like a hypocrite... very exciting!
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Excitement & more Deals this week...
First, Meijer... again!
I have not heard back from my angry e-mail, but they said they passed it on to another department that deals with such things... I think I will give it a few more days before I e-mail them again, because personally, 1 week should be enough time to get back to me if they want to keep my business!
I did have to go back there (but the people who work in the middle of the week are SO much nicer). I needed to use the $5.75 in Cats I had for Meijer, so I bought 4 cans of Pillsbury crescent rolls (I need for a recipe in OCT), ketchup, and onion flakes. The crescent rolls were 4/$6 but I saved $1 instantly for buying 4 & I had 2 $1/2 coupons, the ketchup was $2.50, and the onion flakes were $0.50, so my total was $6.01, and I only had to pay $0.26 out of pocket... not bad considering I don't want them to have my money til I hear back about this whole debacle!
Second, Target!
I saw some great deals on Mashup Mom's site and thought I'd jump on it:
1. huggies wipes (64ct) $1.99... Target has $0.75 coupons (print 3), and I think its coupons.com that has $2.50/3 coupon! so 3 for $1.22!
2. Glade Tough Odor Solutions $1.99... Target has $1 coupons (print 2), & Mashup Mom links you to "right at home" that has a coupon for $2/2, so 2 of these were free!
3. Kraft Light Dressing, this one is my deal, and probably not as great as it could be but I needed it for a recipe in OCT, so they were reg priced at $2.04, and Kraft had $1.00 off coupons (printed 2) and Target had $0.50 coupons (printed 2) so I got a bottle of Zesty Italian & a bottle of Ranch for $1.08.
So I spent a total of $2.76 at Target for all that, not bad!
Third, Excitement!
I am attending the Jill Cataldo Super Couponing Class tonight at Delnor hospital with my mom! I am super excited to finally get to one of these classes. I've been following her and using her deals for almost 2 years, and I'm hoping the class will help me find deals easily without having to always rely on Jill, Mashup Mom, or Bargain Briana.
over and out.
I have not heard back from my angry e-mail, but they said they passed it on to another department that deals with such things... I think I will give it a few more days before I e-mail them again, because personally, 1 week should be enough time to get back to me if they want to keep my business!
I did have to go back there (but the people who work in the middle of the week are SO much nicer). I needed to use the $5.75 in Cats I had for Meijer, so I bought 4 cans of Pillsbury crescent rolls (I need for a recipe in OCT), ketchup, and onion flakes. The crescent rolls were 4/$6 but I saved $1 instantly for buying 4 & I had 2 $1/2 coupons, the ketchup was $2.50, and the onion flakes were $0.50, so my total was $6.01, and I only had to pay $0.26 out of pocket... not bad considering I don't want them to have my money til I hear back about this whole debacle!
Second, Target!
I saw some great deals on Mashup Mom's site and thought I'd jump on it:
1. huggies wipes (64ct) $1.99... Target has $0.75 coupons (print 3), and I think its coupons.com that has $2.50/3 coupon! so 3 for $1.22!
2. Glade Tough Odor Solutions $1.99... Target has $1 coupons (print 2), & Mashup Mom links you to "right at home" that has a coupon for $2/2, so 2 of these were free!
3. Kraft Light Dressing, this one is my deal, and probably not as great as it could be but I needed it for a recipe in OCT, so they were reg priced at $2.04, and Kraft had $1.00 off coupons (printed 2) and Target had $0.50 coupons (printed 2) so I got a bottle of Zesty Italian & a bottle of Ranch for $1.08.
So I spent a total of $2.76 at Target for all that, not bad!
Third, Excitement!
I am attending the Jill Cataldo Super Couponing Class tonight at Delnor hospital with my mom! I am super excited to finally get to one of these classes. I've been following her and using her deals for almost 2 years, and I'm hoping the class will help me find deals easily without having to always rely on Jill, Mashup Mom, or Bargain Briana.
over and out.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Meijer :/
well I had a terrible experience at Meijer on Saturday. I got my "deals" & got to deal with a terrible front end manager, while dealing with a crabby/crying baby, all while waiting for the hubby to get the oil changed and come pick us back up. FUN TIMES!
Well first, the "deals":
Kraft cheese again was cheap, 3/$5, which is usually the only price I'll buy it at, but I had 4 more of those $5off 5 coupons. AND when you spent $15 on Kraft cheese you got $5 back in a Catalina!
So I bought 10 in my first transaction (along with 2 onion soup mixes for recipe I want to try which were on sale for $1/ea, but when you bought 2 you got a $0.75 Catalina!) So I spent $8.70 on the first one and got $5.75 back, not bad! But when I did my second transaction of 10 Kraft cheeses ($6.70), the $5 Cat didn't print & they wouldn't allow me to use my $0.75 cat on that transaction... the manager told me you have to wait 24 hours to use them, well guess what?! you don't! I looked up the coupon policy online and it says nothing about that... I really hate when people lie to my face, Its my biggest pet peeve. I have proceeded to send an email to Meijer corporate about said front end manager and several other issues I have experienced shopping at Meijer over time. We'll see if they offer any sort of answers..
I have to go back to get something else they have a great deal on for another recipe I am making, and I will be using my $5.75 in Cats on that transaction and trying to not spend any of my money in their store until I hear back... Meijer prices are pretty low, & I usually get most of my "crap" groceries there, so I will be sad to not shop there anymore, but I have to put my foot down and stand up for this, so I guess I'll probably be spending a little more monthly on food, but I'll also be saving myself a lot of headaches...
Well first, the "deals":
Kraft cheese again was cheap, 3/$5, which is usually the only price I'll buy it at, but I had 4 more of those $5off 5 coupons. AND when you spent $15 on Kraft cheese you got $5 back in a Catalina!
So I bought 10 in my first transaction (along with 2 onion soup mixes for recipe I want to try which were on sale for $1/ea, but when you bought 2 you got a $0.75 Catalina!) So I spent $8.70 on the first one and got $5.75 back, not bad! But when I did my second transaction of 10 Kraft cheeses ($6.70), the $5 Cat didn't print & they wouldn't allow me to use my $0.75 cat on that transaction... the manager told me you have to wait 24 hours to use them, well guess what?! you don't! I looked up the coupon policy online and it says nothing about that... I really hate when people lie to my face, Its my biggest pet peeve. I have proceeded to send an email to Meijer corporate about said front end manager and several other issues I have experienced shopping at Meijer over time. We'll see if they offer any sort of answers..
I have to go back to get something else they have a great deal on for another recipe I am making, and I will be using my $5.75 in Cats on that transaction and trying to not spend any of my money in their store until I hear back... Meijer prices are pretty low, & I usually get most of my "crap" groceries there, so I will be sad to not shop there anymore, but I have to put my foot down and stand up for this, so I guess I'll probably be spending a little more monthly on food, but I'll also be saving myself a lot of headaches...
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Gotta get better...
...about posting something, anything, on here.
So here it goes. About two weeks ago Jewel had a Kraft Cheese deal goin' on. Shredded and block Kraft cheese was on sale for 2/$4. When you bought 5, you got a $5 Catalina back on your next purch. Kraft's website had (still has maybe?) a $5 off 5 Kraft stuff. So I used that coupon with this deal, twice! so I essential got 10 things of cheese for change (tax). Then they had another deal with Chex Mix, Cocoa Puffs, Hamburger Helper, Frosted mini-wheats,etc. after coupons my total was $11.17, but I used the $10 from my Kraft deal I only paid $1.17!
That is all for this week, but next month I'm going to start the super-couponing again, for real! I'm even going to the super-couponing class for the first time at the end of this month... hopefully I learn something I haven't already picked up over the past couple years.
So here it goes. About two weeks ago Jewel had a Kraft Cheese deal goin' on. Shredded and block Kraft cheese was on sale for 2/$4. When you bought 5, you got a $5 Catalina back on your next purch. Kraft's website had (still has maybe?) a $5 off 5 Kraft stuff. So I used that coupon with this deal, twice! so I essential got 10 things of cheese for change (tax). Then they had another deal with Chex Mix, Cocoa Puffs, Hamburger Helper, Frosted mini-wheats,etc. after coupons my total was $11.17, but I used the $10 from my Kraft deal I only paid $1.17!
That is all for this week, but next month I'm going to start the super-couponing again, for real! I'm even going to the super-couponing class for the first time at the end of this month... hopefully I learn something I haven't already picked up over the past couple years.
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