Chris posted on FB:
Great deal at Menards on L.S. V8 juice. 46 oz is 2.99 at Jewel, 64 oz is 1.99 at Menards-bought 12 cases! None left at Naperville store.
low sodium V8 $1.99 for 64oz at Menards
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Category Archives: bits from readers
Chicago hotel/restaurant help for reader
Got a request from a reader for help – she lives in another state, so any hotel/restaurant thoughts would be appreciated.
My eldest daughter is going to a concert at the Aragon on January 29th and I was looking for hotels nearby. I was just going to Priceline a hotel in the Lincoln Park area a few days before.
Any information at all … restaurants/bars nearby and even if it’s a decent area to stay. I figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask natives.
more difference between men & women
Another comment involving the inability of men to find anything. Which explains why they’re always grabbing their crotch: The paralyzing fear it’s gonna disappear like everything else they can’t find!
“Last evening we did a bonfire and I could see my hubs was cold. He has one of those flapping ear things on one hat, but claims he couldn’t find it. I asked if he looked, which is akin to asking for world peace I know. He claims he did. Later we are hanging chatting and I can still see he’s cold and I ask again, if he actually ‘looked.’ He claims he did, I am thinking this went on a few times. I suddenly had this mental image of the guy standing in front of the refrigerator asking if there’s butter, when the entire thing is lined with butter. So, seeing as I love this man and realize at this moment even if he has looked FOR HIS OWN HAT mind you, that it’s prolly sitting right there. I get up, walk inside and turn on a light by the hallway coat closet and low and behold, it’s like the only fucking thing on the shelf! It sometimes scares me that things are that simple, yet a man simply doesn’t have the skills to find it. Oh and men run this country. Scary shit there!”
So there you have it – chime in with your own war stories.
Readers chime in: clueless cs stories
Here’s a fun suggestion for a post that you can all relate to, ’cause The Goddess knows you have issues stories… A Clueless Cashier/Customer Service feature. And before I go, I want to say that the vast majority of cs people and cashiers get it right 99% of the time…but that remaining 1%? Got this doozy from a reader today:
I was at one of the major grocery chains today returning something. I was told that the receipt was expired (past 90 days of the purchase) so they couldn’t give me a refund or even a merchandise credit. I took the receipt back and said “I don’t have the receipt and I want to return this.” The CS person shrugged and promptly gave me a merchandise credit.
Need Pepsi?
Reader emails about the price-matching (it’s automatic) at Dominicks using the Jewel sale…Yes, we will be getting the Pepsico insert and note that these are the 24 packs, so $1.50 a 12 pack.
There is a sweet deal on Pepsi at Dominick’s this week. They are price matching Jewel’s 24 packs of Pepsi – 2 for $10. There is a $2.00 store coupon in this week’s ad. If we get the $2.00 off 2 in the Pepsi insert this Sunday that we could get 2 cases for $6… Not free, but still a good price…
$100 giveaway winner’s 1st post
Suzanne, our $100 winner from the last giveaway explains what she’s bought so far: I’ve got 6 bottles of Tide, 6 boxes of Hefty bags,2 boxes of alcohol wipes, 6 ivory soaps, 2 books, 2 Sing a ma jigs and 1 Cars puzzle with car. Adding in from my own stash of 6 razors. So far spent only $37.14, planning to hit my Target for some more clearance toys this week they should be at 75% off soon. I post more soon!
Thanks for the update – don’t forget to include the high tax you paid for the free razors into the total. I don’t know about you, but this is super exciting for me to see how far Uncle Ben can stretch.
Readers’ pix
Couple of pictures that caught my eye – you’ll appreciate them, too, I’m sure.
This reader read the Walmart post and ran out to stock up on bug stuff. He says he’s placed an order for 200 more boxes of fly paper. whoa…
Another reader just had to outdo me on the Shell cards at 
CVS – – to the tune of $550! Way to go! Combine these puppies with the Jewel fuel rewards and you can be driving on fumes for the next year. Of course, the fact that gas jumped up 30¢ overnight is gonna impact us somewhat.
Reader deals with doublers
Exceedingly great deals from Meryl who shops on the west coast. Remember, many of the deals are nationwide, so don’t skip a post ’cause you think it won’t work where you live. I’m pasting her (almost) entire email because she’s having computer/keyboard issues. She was going to just post it under comments, but I think it deserves its own post.
ok, goddess- more from me in CA and the Land of Albies + Doublers!!! In this part of the country we are limited to 2 doublers per transaction and hence the need for many transactions. However as you will see, in this case it is also necessary as each product contains a high value coupon inside of it so in order to do subsequent transactions I need to open the boxes and clip the coups! Here goes:
I am doing this 7 times with our albies and doublers- the tampax are generating $1 cats oyno [which are manu q’s] wyb 2. Each box contains a $2 off coup. These 7 transactions will qualify me for the $10 MIR when you spend $50 P&G.
1st transBuy 2 boxes of radiant tampons $8 [find radiant ones with $2 coupons inside]use 2 $1 [from 5/6 insert]use 2 doublerspay $4get back $1 cat [save for later use with doubler]2nd transBuy 2 boxes of radiant tampons $8 [radiant ones with $2 coupons inside]use 2 $2 [from boxes]use 2 doublerspay $2get back $1 cat [save for later use with doubler]Lather, rinse, repeat for as many transactions as you have doublers basically!Total OOP $16 [Retail value $56]
Total cats earned 7 [so like $9 OOP]
I will use the 7 $1 cats with 7 doublers to ‘earn’ another $7 [so like $2 OOP]
I will submit receipts for MIR for $10 [so like ALL FREE & EARNED $8?!?!?!?!]
I will need 21 doublers to do this which I have.
This scenario is endless with coups and doublers!!! I have been to several stores each with many of these boxes so I am not clearing shelves.
Note from Goddess: She says she’s not clearing shelves – like it’s something to be proud of!
Reader lament PSA
Reader writes about the following problems with her February order from Eversave. The purchase was through a third party which did not deliver the product, so she requested a refund from Eversave. I can understand delays in shipping, etc., but anything more than a month is ridiculous! Always contact the company and deal site, if different, before it’s too late to dispute your cc charge.
I ordered those Chinese Fire Lanterns back in Febrary (16th) from Eversave. I got one email in regards to the delay on March 20th, stating I would receive a tracking number within 7-10 business days. No dice. I finally just requested a refund from Eversave. However, the company is thehipster.co. I would like to warn others to the fact that no one will reply or refund after two months plus.
Reader rants
A hey-what’s-happening, I’m still alive email from Christina.
It started last year at the campground. My parents have a camper next to ours, maybe 5 years old now and very nice. They bought it new with all the bells and whistles. Evidently the squirrels found it quite pleasing too, because they moved in. My mother, as I would have too, never returned last year to camp. My parents cleaned out what they could and it’s quite shocking the damage those little things can do! Eating the wood, curtains, & cushions, and so on. After the first round of cleaning, they went back and squirrels were back (probably grateful that someone had cleaned out their condo) new nest and all! It was at this point that my Mom declared her non-return for the season. So even though I would have freaked out if they were in my camper, I had much fun with their mishap. I searched high and low for little squirrels for gifts. I have access to their unit, so we randomly put little friends in there all season long. It started out innocently enough when we were playing “Campground” the board game and there just happened to be 3 little critters, one named Bob, like Grandpa, one named Mike, (Hubs!) and of course a squirrel, who’s name I haven’t a clue. Grandpa never knew what he was going to find, but I am certain he got a chuckle. Minus that one the 15 year old stuck in his curtains, that really looked quite real. Betcha that one caught his eye!Her FIL dropped off some wood chunks for them to burn in their bonfires (with or without sacrifices, Idk), which got her thinking of creative-y things…
Miss 15 year old and I grabbed some of the larger pieces, paint, & brushes, and started painting signs for everyone for Christmas gifts. That girl is realllllly creative! It kind of fed into everyone making homemade gifts this year. It was more beautiful than any store bought anything, truly. We had a massive amount of acorns this year, I have no idea why so many, but I grabbed a bucket full and washed them and let them dry. I spray painted them gold and made a beautiful crown out of them. Glue gun, gold nuts and a old weaving loom. It took me a few days to complete and it was so gorgeous! I had this beautiful letter about being King of the Nuts, Squirrels, peace on Earth stuff. (I make everyone fill out ‘questionnaires’ around holidays and we save them for the next year. It is always silly, fun and it challenges everyone to think. They all pretend to hate it. Anyhoo, one question was if you could be anything what would it be? FIL said “King.” Hence the crown.