We're in the habit of listing store sales and coupon match-ups around here, but as you may have experienced, some stores run out of the items we want to purchase. This is not always a bad thing!
Because there are those little things called rainchecks. They're wonderful. Get to know how your store issues them.
Just two weeks ago Giant Eagle had a sale on 2-count Duracell batteries (AA and AAA) ~ 5 for $5.00. However, they didn't have any 2-count packs so were substituting the 4-count packs.
In addition, there was, and is, a Catalina deal going on if you spent $15.00 in Duracell batteries you would get a $5.00 Catalina. You only had to buy 4 packs of the 4-count batteries to get the $5.00 Catalina because it was based on the regular price of $3.99/each. (4 x $3.99 = $15.96 ...following?)
Well, my local stores were out of the 4-count batteries because everyone else had cleaned them out! So, I went to Customer Service and asked for a raincheck. They asked me how many I wanted and I asked if there was a limit. She said 20. I said okay. I asked if she could specify on the raincheck that they were substituting the 4-count pack and indicate on the raincheck that there was a $5 Catalina for every 4 packs purchased. No problem.
Today, they were very well stocked with 4-count Duracell batteries. I also had my twenty $.75/1 coupons with me that would normally double to $1.50, but in this case was limited to the actual cost of the batteries - $1.00 per pack. The coupons made the batteries FREE except for the tax!
So, today, those 20 packs of 4-count Duracell batteries cost me $.98 in tax out of pocket plus I received $25.00 on a Giant Eagle gift card.
A $24.02 MONEY MAKER!
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