Wal Mart Lunch Run & Cascade trial packs!

So i ran to Wal-Mart at lunch today to Price match and pick up a few things.

Heres what I Price Matched-

Filippo Berio Olive Oil Walmart Priced $4.84
CVS Sale Price $3.99
Used $1.00 off MC from Filippo Berio Website
=$2.99 OOP

Lawrys Marinade Walmart Priced $2.00
Homeland Perry Sale 2/$3
Used (4) $1.00 off MC
=$2.00/4 or $.50 each!

and I FINALLY found the Cascade Action Pack Trial Size! the $.97 ones that are free +overage with the $1.00 off coupon. They were in the aisle where the toliet paper is on the very end in an endcap dispay, NOT by the actual cascade. I would have gotten more but the coupon said "Limit 4 per shopping trip" (I'll go back ;) )

Cascade Trial Packs $.97
Used (4) $1.00 off coupons
= FREE + $.12 overage!

So my Subtotal prior to coupons and price matching (less tax) was- $16.72
Price Matching Saved me- $2.85
Coupon total savings was- $9.00

Total OOP (before tax) was $4.87 YAY!
thats a 71% savings! and i had NO issues at the Cash Register! Thats a reason to celebrate in itself!

whoo hoo! Happy Savings everyone!

Wal Mart Shopping Trip and My 2nd attempt at the Target Catalinas!

So went to wal-mart last night to do some grocery shopping and try and use my Target Revlon beauty tool catalinas i had an issue with last time. I picked up (3) nail clippers priced at $1.42 each (they were out of the $1 clearance ones i tried to buy last week)
heres what my shopping trip consisted of....

Price Matched items-
(4) Coca-Cola Brand Products $1.00 (priced match to consumers ad)
-MC $2.00 off any (2) Coca-Cola Products when you buy (2) Nabisco Products (as I looked at my receipt the cashier failed to take off this coupon which is annoying since that would have made for 2 free liter cokes.)
(2) Diggiornio Pizzas 2/$10 (price matched to consumers ad)

(4) WhoNu Cookies $2.78
(1) $1.00 off coupons
(2) B1G1 free coupons
=$3.56/4 or .89 each

(3) Dole Fruit Bites $2.98 each
(3) MC $ 1.00 off 1
= $5.94/3 or $1.98 each

1 Wal-Mar Brand Torilla Chips $1.48

Kikkomann Soy Sauce $1.72
MC $1.00 off 1
= $.72

Instant Oatmeal $1.42

(6) Old El Paso Taco Seasonings $.78
(2) MC $.60 off 3
=$3.48/6 or .58 each

(2) Nabisco Weatthins $2.50 each
MC $1.00 off 2
= $4.00/2 or $2.00 each

(3) Revlon Nail Clippers $1.42
(1) Target Catalina $2.00 off any 1 revlon tool
(1) Target Catalina $5.00 off any 2 revlon tools
= FREE + $2.74 Credit! (I'll explain how i got them to FINALLY accept these)

(3) Weber Grill Seasonings $2.58
(3) MC $1.00 off any 1
= $4.74/3 or $1.58 each

My subtotal was $62.56 and i paid $40.36 OOP so a total savings of $22.20. I would have saved ANOTHER $2.00 if i noticed my coke+nabisco coupon hadn't scanned.

But in regards to the nail clippers, i stood firm with the cashier and the Customer Service Manager (different one from before) and showed them Wal-Marts official coupon policy where it describes Catalinas. He was hesitiant at first and kept saying it wasn't the same but finally after reading it and looking at the coupon he said i was right, and that he now knows what a catalina is. (So glad your CSM knows your policies-insert sarcasm)

Wal-Mart Shopping Annoyance

So I'm annoyed with Wal-mart at the moment because I went in today after work wanting to pick up some good deals and left not so happy. Maybe I'm wrong on my thinking but this is what happened.

I printed off (2) of the $5.00 Bengay product coupons found on coupons.com today and was excited because the blogs had been saying they've seen bengay at wal-mart for $4.27. When i went to wally-world (6th ave location) Bengay was $4.98...laaaame. Not really good enough for me to use the coupon since I dont even use Bengay anyways. i really wanted the overage.

Then I went over to cosmetics. I had received 2 Catalinas from Target on Sunday 1 for $2.00 off ANY revlon tool and one for $5.00 off ANY 2 revlon tools. Since the coupon did say "Manufacture coupon and had a valid expiration date and remit address I figured it'd be valid. The coupon did say "Redeemable at Target" but it still stated MANUFACTURE COUPON on it, therefor making it good anywhere. I picked up (3) revlon nail clippers i found on clearance for $1, making my overage $4.00!

I also got some eggs, milk, cereal and fruit and those new "WhoNU" cookies. I had the B1G1F coupon from coupons.com and the $1.00 off coupon found in the paper a few weeks back. i had coupons too for the eggs for $1.00 off 1 carton of eggs (any size/price) w/ purchase of (2) Kellogg cereals. Then I had (2) $1.00 off coupons for the cereal and a $.75 off milk coupons I stumbled across online.

So i get up the to the register with all my items, first the lady was confused by the egg coupon, but it rang through, and then informed me initially i couldn't use the B1G1F WHONU coupon w/ the $1.00 off but I told her i could since it was (2) items and i had (2) coupons. Then came the fun part the nail clippers, the thing i was depending on to get my total way down....

She rang up the $2.00 off (1) and $5.00 off (2) and they both rang fine but then she started looking at them and said she needed to verify they were ok b/c

1. they had a target logo on them

and

2. they were more than the items cost.

I expained to her everything i said in this blog but she was still weary. She called over a customer service associate who proceeded to tell me the only type of manufacture coupons they'll accept are PRICE MATCHES and they can't use coupons for more than the product value! FALSE!! I explained to him (calmly) that this coupon did come from target but it did have all the requirement of a standard coupon and followed their coupon policy about competitor coupons and overage can be used towards the rest of the purchase. I asked if he'd like to see it in the Wal-Mart coupon policy (which i had in my binder) and he rudely told me he was aware of their policy and it wouldn't be necessary. I would have pressed the situation more but the people behind me in line looked annoyed. So i left w/o my $4.00 overage credit which would have been a big help seeing as I spent $11.88. that would have been like taking another 33% off!

In regards to my situation Wal-Marts coupon policy states-

• "If the coupon value exceeds the price of the item, the excess may be given to the customer as cash or applied towards the basket purchase"
• "Catalinas-Printed out at our COMPETITORS register for dollar/cents off a specific item. must have manufacture coupon with specific item requirements printed on them. must have a valid remit address for the manufacture. Must have valid expiration date. Must have scannable barcode. are accepted in black and white, may not be duplicated"

I think i'm going to go back tomorrow and talk with customer service about it just so i can be clear, and maybe help educate the employees there on what their policy states.

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