Paul Ivanovsky — Page 1376

Guest Post: My Wife :)

Hi, this is Tiffany, Paul’s wife, and he asked me to tell you about my experience tonight at Walmart.

A friend and I ran out to do some shopping and I had a catalina that I was going to use at Walmart. When I checked out ( same store that Paul had used them at 3 times in the past 2 days) I was told, “NO”! Not even nicely, very rudely. The cashier would not even scan the coupon, he actually threw it back at me. I asked him if he could call a manager over. He threw a fit and finally went to get one. He kept yelling at me in the mean time, that it was a Randalls coupon and ONLY that. I nicely pointed out it said, “manufacturer coupon” at the top. The manager came over and also refused to take it. I showed her the coupon policy and she said she “didn’t care” and that “corporate was going to have to override her.”

I paid for my purchase and walked to the car. Frustrated, I called Paul to “tattle” on my store!!! I was sooo mad! He told me to stay there and he would be right up. Paul came up with all the emails and even screen shots of the Walmart Facebook page where they explain that they take catalina coupons. He talked to both managers that were there. They both REFUSED to take it.

They actually had no explanation as to why they couldn’t take it. At one point the manager said that ” It might beep” Paul explained that they would have no idea because they refused to even scan it. The manager told us, “give the benefit of the doubt to the cashier” I have no idea what he was trying to say! Then they said that if it beeped they couldn’t take it. It went on and on and on. They made no sense AT ALL and talked in circles the entire time.

Talk about frustrating! So now what? I am calling first thing Monday morning and ask them what they will be doing about this. The more people that call, the better they will start training their cashiers!

This has to be happening to all of us. It is inexcusable that there can’t be more consistency with this store. There is no reason that one person has no trouble and the next person does.

Thank you for allowing me to “vent” in this post 🙂

Free Bic Triumph Pens at Walmart

Jan 9 by Paul Ivanovsky 14 Comments

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Grab your Walgreens ad this week and price match the BIC Triumph pens at Walmart for $1.99. PLUS, you can use the $2/1 any Bic Triumph pens coupon in the 1/9 SS OR this printable HERE to get them FREE! Thanks, My Frugal Adventures.

Xtra Laundry Detergent for $.98

Jan 8 by Paul Ivanovsky 3 Comments

Xtra is priced at $1.98, use the $1 off coupon HERE to get it for $.98 a bottle. Thanks Chicks Dig Coupons.

I used a Register Reward and Catalina!

Jan 8 by Paul Ivanovsky 29 Comments

In trying things out for you guys, we ran over last night ( to a different Walmart) and checked out using the following coupons:

I bought:
Radio Flyer Caterpillar (clearanced for $14.50)
Wonka Candy Bag $1.50
Advil $3.68
Gum $.88

I used the following coupons:
$2 catalina for Wonka from Kroger
$2.50 catalina for Advil from Kroger
2 $1.50 Register Rewards (from Walgreens)

They took everyone of my coupons with out a problem! All the catalina’s beeped and they were overridden! Wow, the possibilities are endless using the Walgreens Register Rewards! You can use those to pay for all the things you buy that you don’t have coupons for, like meat and dairy products!

These are some of the problems that I see:

My wife swears up and down that they give her a harder time at the register than they give me. Unfortunately, I have actually seen this happen. I went through and used some coupons at a grocery store, 20 minutes later my wife went through the same line, with the same cashier, and was told she could not use them. When she asked why, the cashier would just keep saying, “because”.

Not saying that I get away with anything that I should not be. I do everything possible to make sure that my coupons are perfectly in order, not expired and for EXACTLY what they are intended for. But sometimes as a man, I think they just don’t hassle me.

Your store tells you “No” this is going to happen to many of you. What do you do?

I am personally taking this as my mission. To help as much as I can to educate the store managers and cashiers on their own coupon policy.

Print off the Walmart coupon policy.

Keep corporates phone number with you. CALL THEM if you have a problem! The more people who call, the better it will get for everyone. 1-800-WALMART (1-800-925-6278).

Always be polite. Even when they are wrong and make you feel like you are doing something wrong, kill them with kindness…

Free toothpaste (or really cheap!) at Walmart

Jan 8 by Paul Ivanovsky 5 Comments

Along with floss, you should never pay for toothpaste either! Make sure to look for this display at your Walmart, use $0.50/1 Colgate Toothpaste, exp. 1-22-11 (SS 01/02/11 #2) OR $1/1 Select Colgate Toothpastes, exp. 1-22-11 (SS 01/02/11 #2) to get them for FREE or $.50!