It pays (litterally) to do your homework!

Last week Albertson's had a deal of BOGO (buy one get one free) on their Beggin Strips dog treats!  I have two large dogs so this was a BINGO BOGO for me!  I ran over to my Albertson's but they were already out of them less then 24 hours into the sale!  So I went to get a rain check, and before they wrote it out for me I asked if I could talk to the assitant manager on staff.  I had 6 BOGO coupons for the exact same product, she said that that would be fine so they wrote up a rain check for 12 and sent me on my way.


Today, I went into the same Albertson's to get two extra game pieces I'd won with an instant win in one of the game pieces yesterday and saw they had gotten their shipment of Beggin Strips in.  I got excited whiped out my rain check and coupons and grabed my 12!  I also picked up some Albertson's brand bath tissue since I had an instant win for a 4-pack.  When I got to the chashier I thought it be pretty simple seeing how it was a rain check, but come to find out my cashier was "extreamly" disapointed in what I was trying to do and told me that I couldn't use my coupons for the deal.  Now about a month ago I would have slumped over and said okay!  But one of the wonderful things that couponing has brought to my life is learning to stand my ground on something I know I'm right on.  So I asked him nicely to call the assistant manager over, and she confirmed that that's how they are doing it.  Now they did take my coupons after standing in line for close to 30 minutes and while the cashier complained about what I was doing was wrong the whole time, but when all was said and done I had an overage which in the end paid for my toilet paper and my tax! 

Today's lesson, know your policy, when your not sure about something, ask a manager or assistant manager (that's what they are there for!) and work with your cashier, and most most most of all...if your sure about something, don't let the cashier push you around! Be nice about it, but stand your ground.  Because I did I got a 180% savings today! And a couple of very happy dogs!