Rachel always claims that she’s jinxed somehow: Her cashier will need emergency surgery in the middle of a transaction or will review each and every coupon, even when they’re exactly the same, or the rain check will be for a discontinued product…you name it, she gets hit with it.
Case in point for Jewel: Mrs. T coupons did not scan, so cashier enters them as grocery. $10 cat does not print. Rachel goes to customer service and has to wait because they’re short-handed or something. CS mgr goes over the receipt and UPC list to make certain that every item purchased is on the list, then disappears. Goddess goes out to touch-up roots. CS mgr reappears with two $5 L’Oreal cats. did not even know there was a L’Oreal cat promo going on!
Dominicks: This is Rachel’s store, so she knows which cashier to pick and who to avoid (well, how else would you phrase it?). Clearance section first, for the Knorr homestyle stock, which is marked 50% off $3.99. Since 9/11 RP has a $2 coupon, the seventeen packs on the shelve jump into my cart. Clearance meat section looms. Rachel says lately they’ve only had green meat. Two full section of Purdue whole chickens and drumsticks and steaks. Find applewood bacon (1.5 lb pgk) at 50% off, Bob Evan sausage and Nathan’s franks for 75% off. Two packs of bacon – I took one. We walk along the meat and Rachel comments that the bacon is on sale for $7.99 but the 50% will be on the $10.99 regular price. I don’t complain, since it’s still a good price.
Head up to checkout. I go to closest one that is empty. Rachel says no, that cashier will scan every coupon, hold it up to her glasses, every friggin’ one. Long lines at the other registers, so I’ll chance it. While I’m checking out, Rachel decides to run back and get the other bacon. You guessed it: GONE! Comes back up and I’m almost completely finished. Cashier was super nice, scanned each coupon quickly and efficiently, my bacon was 50% off the sale price and I ended up paying $3.96. Immediately Rachel starts shaking like a dog with distemper. “let me see that receipt, that’s not right, the bacon alone was $4” as we’re crossing the parking lot. So, we both look at the receipt; odd-looking, the way it groups items, but as long as it’s in my favor, I don’t care.
Rachel wishes to point out that even with her limitations, she still manages to do the deals. and make me laugh…
Dominick’s is a complete crap shoot. And this is at every.single.store. Lately I’ve been coming up with NEGATIVES on my receipt. How? Why? Huh? Yeah, I have no clue. NOT COMPLAINING.
The other day I went first thing in the morning with my mom (who has Rachel’s luck) and we ransacked the clearance meat. They had completely mislabeled meat. “Pork bones” were these great pork steaks And T-bone steaks!!!! They had short ribs labeled as beef bones for stew. Huh? Oh ok. I got enough meat to fill my freezer and my moms. It was hilarious. My mom was acting like we won the lottery.
They could charge admission for the fun house that Dominick’s has become. And I am very jealous you got those home style stocks.
Check out your Dominicks on a regular basis. This is a newer product, so kind of surprising it was on the clearance already.
I’m pretty sure you owe me a pack of bacon just for telling you about the Knorr. And stop jinxing me, because somehow, someway, it is your fault… I just haven’t yet figured out how, yet.
1. You’re not supposed to eat bacon. God told me.
2. Why aren’t you busy posting deals I can copy and paste?
3. Be nice or I’ll “accidentally” crash your system – – again.
LMAO! 🙂 Love you and MUM both!
Hmm. Who hosts who’s website, again?
Mr. MUM, not you…besides I will have the world’s largest remaining supply of affordable Skippy after the price skyrockets – and he knows this … that dumb he is not.
I had the same problem with the Ms. T’s. Coupons didn’t scan I and didn’t get a cat. Does Jewell have a list that contains items that are suppose to print? If so, I most definately truck back over there. Thanks
The stores get emails with all the UPCs and item names but you’d be amazed how many don’t bother printing them out. Back when there were actually cat deals worth chasing, we’d get copies and print them out to be certain. So the short answer is to haul your butt back and get your $$$$$$$. If you get any grief at all, hie thee to a friendlier Jewel.
The Jewel was the one on Ogden and Wasington in Naperville. Is this the one that Rachel had problems at? Bought six how many cats should I have got?
No, that Jewel was on Roosevelt/Main Street in Lombard. The one on Washington should be a good one. They were one of the few stores who not only had VISA cards left on the card mall wall, but they were actually allowing you to roll them. My guess is that once again, someone forgot to enter the UPCs into the Catalina Marketing data base. Just go back to that store; you’ll have better luck at the store you purchased them from. Let me know if you encounter any problem. In the future, if you go in expecting a catalina to print and it doesn’t, immediately (if you can) stop at customer service to straighten it out.
Bought six what? The Catalina was not for the Mrs. T’s but for the household products. When they punch ANY coupons in as “grocery” it can affect your total.
It was for the six Mrs. T’s. Thanks everyone for your replies. They were very helpful.