Call me a cynic, buttttt, I decided to see just how coupon-friendly the Lisle Wags was really going to be. I went back and ran a couple of Reach transactions, together with a couple of Tena packages, clearanced at $4 each. Well, no RRs printed for either the Reach or the Tena, on either transaction. Went over to Photo, where the asst mgr rerang just the Reach and each time I got the $4 RR. No stupid comments about using coupons means you don’t get…you know the drill. We tried the Tena separately, but nothing printed. Not certain, but the clearance packages were smaller than the $9.99 ones; perhaps it only prints on the larger packages.  Who knows, who cares.  If it’s not gonna make me money, it’s not going home with me.  Hmmm, sound like a pimp…

Turned right around and bought one of the Tena $9.99 packages. Used two Reach RRs, the $2.50 Tena pdf coupon and two cow tales for fillers; OOP was .89.  Had I used slightly cheaper fillers, I could have gotten it down a few more pennies.

So why do this transaction? First place, it’s better to have a few of the high value RRs; having a ton of the $3 and $4 ones can be a pain. Since I didn’t pay for the Reach coupons, here’s the math: $.29 for each set of 4 (.58); add the .89 for the TENA and you can say that my $10 RR cost me $1.47 for one package of  Tena pads, 8 Reach toothbrushes and 2 totally useless Cow Tales.  Had I stuck with just the Reach, I would have been OOP .89 less.  I think it was a good trade.

I highly recommend running this Tena deal using the Reach RRs.  Having to attach a coupon to each item in a transaction can be a royal pain.  This way I’ll eliminate more filler items in future purchases and have high value products for either donation or garage/stockpile sales.