You are not going to believe this. I actually stopped by Walmart TWICE this week. I know, right? I don’t prefer to shop there at all, little alone go two times. But…when couponing calls, McFrug is there to answer.
Here’s what I found on my first trip:
- 2 Fruit Chillers: $4.00 – (2x) $1 Sunday Q = $2.00 for TWO
- Schick razors: $1.97 – $2 Sunday Q = FREE
- Curad Band Aids: $.96 – $.50 Sunday Q = $.46
- 2 Old Spice: $4.36 – $1 P&G Booklet Q = $3.36 for TWO (I usually get any personal products at CVS and pay close to nothing…desperate times do happen.)
- Oikos 4 pk & Oikos 16oz. Yogurts: $6.72 – 2 FREE item coupons = FREE (not picture for some odd reason)
Total: $18.01
Coupons: $12.22
My Total: $5.79 + tax
And where is the adventure in all of this? It all starts with the cashier. Let me start by saying, “Stores, please, I beg of you, educate your cashiers on coupon usage.” Shall I repeat? I handed her seven coupons…does that seem too overwhelming? The $2 razor coupon beeped. She crinkled up her nose, looked a little closer and read, “trial sizes not included.” She went on to say, “OH! This one won’t work because it says trial sizes are not included.” I told her that I did not buy a trial size. She said, “Maybe they consider the two bonus razors inside a trial.” *crickets* No. It’s called a coupon adjustment. When an item is $1.97 and the coupon is for $2.00, many registers will not “credit” you, so the coupon has to be adjusted down to the cost. Fortunately, another cashier walked up behind her and took care of the problem. She then went on to scan the rest of the coupons, WHILE talking with the other cashier. She gave me the total and I asked, “Did you scan the last yogurt coupon?” Oh, but of course! Wrong…she walks away and the other cashier fills in. I look at the receipt; yogurt coupon missing. UGH. I brought it to the cashier’s attention and she says, “I don’t know why she doesn’t know how to do all of this. She has been here as long as I have *sigh*.” Then, goes on to tell me that it’s difficult to refund since the sale has already been cashed out; she would have to call a manager. *crickets AGAIN* While she’s blankly staring at me, I said, “well, call a manager then.” In the end, the process was actually not difficult at all. With a few beeps and turn of a key, MY money was right back in MY pocket.
Moral: Don’t let people tell you no. There is always a way.
And…as if I enjoy torturing myself, here is my second trip:
- 2 Red Baron Pizza by the Slice: $6.00 – (2x) $2 printable = $2.00 for TWO
- 6 Curad Bandages: $5.76 – (6x) $.50 Sunday Q = $2.76 for SIX
- 3 Nexcare bandages: $4.50 – (3x) $1 printable = $1.50 for THREE
- Muir Glen Tomato Paste: $.96 – $1 printable = FREE
Total: $17.22
Coupons: $11.00
My Total: $6.22 + tax
The adventure continues…”Wow, you must be really accident prone to need this many band aids,” says the young girl.
“Actually, I’m taking a mission trip to a Pacific Island Leper Colony. It’s a horrible thing really. Those poor people. I’m hoping the bandages will keep their lesions from getting infected. I mean, who wants weaping and puss popping all about…not me, that’s for sure.”
Okay…so that wasn’t really what I said.
Sometimes I wish I COULD make up silly answers to silly remarks…just to amuse myself.
Accident prone? Come on…who says that?
Got any great cashier stories? Do share.
With stories like these, I really wonder what is wrong with me that I can’t get a job….
Probably because I haven’t applied to Walmart yet…
hahaha… but would you REALLY want to work with other walmart associates? really? Maybe you’re lucky in waiting for the right job versus working there.
Thanks for the great deals and coupons. I like the pizza deal : )
Very interesting! Don’t know if you had a Target nearby but you could have gotten your Red Barron pizza by the slice for $.98 They are currently on sale for 2.49 each – $2.00 coupon= .49 !
My Wal-mart cashier last time was Wonderful! I bought about $100 worth of stuff and had a ton of coupons. While scanning the coupons she said “You did really well, coupon matching. A lot of times people will get the wrong item or the wrong size, but yours all match.” When all the coupons had been scanned she said, “Wow! You saved almost 50 bucks! That’s awesome!” I love it when the cashiers are nice, and when they get excited seeing someone save a lot of money.
“Classic” Target cashier story. I go through all the trouble of making my list, lining up my coupons and getting exactly the correct products to qualify for all coupons, right? I have the bad luck of getting in the line of a clueless cashier. When she looks at an item for which I have two coupons – one target and one manufacturer’s, she loudly tells me that Target doesn’t accept “grocery coupons”. I ask her if she is talking about the manufacturer’s coupon and she says yes. I ask her to call another cashier over who is more familiar with coupon policy. She sighs and asks someone to come over. The next cashier looks at the coupon and puts it through, then attempts to leave. I ask her to please stay because I have a whole stack of coupons and I want them to be correctly processed. So, she takes over and the first cashier acts astonished that all my coupons go through. AAAARGGGHHHH!!!!!