[matt111]

read B1G1
ok rite aid pros
best way to work it

[ladywine]

depends on if Rite Aid prices 1 at full and 1 at $0 or if they're both 1/2 of normal price...

[GreatBearMagnus]

Regular price Coppertone Continuous Spray is $10.99. You would use 2 of the $5.00/1 coupons from the RiteAid Skin Care Guide (found in some stores, other stores have run out of them. There are also printables of these coupons, but YMMV as to whether store will take internet coupons. Silly, but true). Will also be 2 qualifying skin care rebate products, so this will add $5.00 to your Skin Rebate (again, which is unlimited).

$10.99 Retail
-10.00 2 coupons
- 5.00 Skin Rebate (unlimited)

Equals $4.00 Profit!

They had a BOGOF on BananaBoat sunscreen during one week of July, and their registers accepted two of the Skin Care Guide coupons on that product. I would expect it to be absolutely no different this time.

Have fun!!

[matt111]

TY
YAY i have been dying to try this stuff but my working capital has been a bit low

[Shopz2Much]

Originally Posted by ladywine

depends on if Rite Aid prices 1 at full and 1 at $0 or if they're both 1/2 of normal price...

Because it will effect the tax?

[matt111]

when do the sale prices load @ RA
do they load around 6pm sat?

[GreatBearMagnus]

Originally Posted by matt111

when do the sale prices load @ RA
do they load around 6pm sat?

Direct answer to your question: I have no experience to say that sale prices load early. That has never happened for me, and I believe I would be aware of it were it the case.

[riffparker]

no i think sunday 1201

[ladywine]

no, not because of tax, because if one is priced full and one is priced 0, the second coupon will probably beep and require cashier override (tho' this doesn't happen at CVS - seems to at RA, or at least some of them), which means your cashier might not want to take a coupon on the free one, a big YMMV...if they are both priced half off (which is what food lion does), then the second one won't beep & it should be easier to do...that's all...

[LyndaSLP]

coppertone and banana boat are both BOGO starting TODAY 7/21 at Rite Aid -- that is what the Vegas flyer states (flyer runs 7/21-7/27)

[GreatBearMagnus]

Yes, and for those of us in the East, it starts this coming Sunday.

[GreatBearMagnus]

BUMP, as this money-maker starts today for those of us in the East and Midwest.

I have been to three stores, and have been pleasantly surprised by how many Coppertone Continuous Sprays they have in-stock. The fewest I have found at any one store was 6.

[rebate_queen]

I bought 2 today and the register accepted 2 of the $5.00 coupons with no problem, just in case anyone was wondering.

[Shopz2Much]

I went to THREE Rite Aids and none of the cashiers would allow the coupon to be used. One of them called me a "criminal" and the manager backed her up. Oy vey. I am jealous of those of you who get to go to stores where English isn't the second language.

[GreatBearMagnus]

Originally Posted by Shopz2Much

I went to THREE Rite Aids and none of the cashiers would allow the coupon to be used. One of them called me a "criminal" and the manager backed her up. Oy vey. I am jealous of those of you who get to go to stores where English isn't the second language.

Rite-Aid is, after all, one of the 10 worst-run retailers in this country! Sorry for your difficulty!

[Shopz2Much]

Yeah! Sam was able to get 8 for me today in Manhattan!!

[GreatBearMagnus]

Originally Posted by Shopz2Much

Yeah! Sam was able to get 8 for me today in Manhattan!!

I think the reason why there are so many of these left at this point (for most sales / freebies / moneymakers they run out much more quickly) is because there are no more of the Skin Care coupon books around anymore. I looked (out of curiosity) at the stores I went to yesterday, and all the displays that used to have them are now empty. (I knew there was a reason I accumulated as many of them as I did back in June! But now, even I'm out!)

[Shopz2Much]

you can print them on Rite Aid's website...get thee to the internet!

[GreatBearMagnus]

Originally Posted by Shopz2Much

you can print them on Rite Aid's website...get thee to the internet!

Yes, but I have had "issues" with them accepting the printed ones.

I have over 40 Coppertone Continuous Sprays on hand (even after giving away a couple dozen), so I have no desire to go looking for fights at stores about taking internet coupons, if you KWIM.

PLUS, I am hearing that some people are (again) having trouble getting the Coppertone purchases to increment towards the Skin Rebate. I don't want to risk it, beyond what I bought yesterday!

At this point, my skin rebates are in the $5xx.xx range, and I have little or no desire to make that go any higher. I'm just going to be leaving well-enough alone. I'm going to be SOOO relieved when that check arrives!!

[Shopz2Much]

Originally Posted by GenuineBearMagnus

At this point, my skin rebates are in the $5xx.xx range, and I have little or no desire to make that go any higher. I'm just going to be leaving well-enough alone. I'm going to be SOOO relieved when that check arrives!!

Holy poop!!

[GreatBearMagnus]

Originally Posted by Shopz2Much

Holy poop!!

Yep, actually twice in the past week, I have had bad dreams about this. I honestly don't know how it got so big. I figure I'm about $150.00 OOP on it. I will be devastated if it doesn't come, because wife has been seriously planting seeds of doubt about it ... and I just hate it when she's right! She will never let me live down that I lost $150.00 and all this insanity!

[Shopz2Much]

Originally Posted by GenuineBearMagnus

Yep, actually twice in the past week, I have had bad dreams about this. I honestly don't know how it got so big. I figure I'm about $150.00 OOP on it. I will be devastated if it doesn't come, because wife has been seriously planting seeds of doubt about it ... and I just hate it when she's right! She will never let me live down that I lost $150.00 and all this insanity!

Well you can always return it. Sam went on a massive shopping spree once when Target was at 75% off in the dollar spot. I pitched a fit and made him return it all. It was like 8 BIG BAGS of 25cent items that he wanted to sell at a future tag sale. He told the cashier some crazy story that his wife bought it all and has mental health problems. The best part was that Alex (our Russian buddy on ths show) was with him at the store and cracking up...

[matt111]

went first thing sunday am to get copertone
our rite aids are not very well stocked so i got 2 both coupons went through (had issues previously with a cashier) but she wasnt working YAY went right back in with the 6 coupons i had left and got 6 more
ok my ?
how bad is it to pray for an easy cashier on sunday am

[GreatBearMagnus]

Originally Posted by matt111

ok my ?
how bad is it to pray for an easy cashier on sunday am

No harm in it ... Whatever works for you! The fleet of RiteAid cashiers are among the least competent and poorest-trained workforce I have ever experienced. They will basically tell you anything, any story they can come up with, to make you go away. If you argue with them, you can get them to talk themselves in circles, and they will look at you as if they have just spoken the gospel. You can go from having a terrific experience one day, to a totally disasterous experience the next, simply based on which cashier you get. Yes, they have that much latitude in how the process transactions.

In my opinion, RiteAids are among the worst stores around. In fact, if they didn't give so much stuff away, I would drive 5 miles past the RiteAid to get to the closest CVS (and I think CVS stinks too!).

[GreatBearMagnus]

Originally Posted by matt111

went first thing sunday am to get copertone
our rite aids are not very well stocked so i got 2 both coupons went through (had issues previously with a cashier) but she wasnt working YAY went right back in with the 6 coupons i had left and got 6 more
ok my ?
how bad is it to pray for an easy cashier on sunday am

MA, I am thinking that the cashier may end up being only one of your hurdles on this deal ... the other appears to be the RiteAid system itself. I don't know if your Coppertone purchases incremented for the Skin Rebate or not, but I was very disappointed this morning to see that mine did not. I have a couple more receipts that are shown to be "waiting for data from the store" so I'll wait until those clear before I call the Rite-Aid hotline! Remember, we went through something similar to this back when the Skin Care Rebates started (June), and they finally got their act together and fixed it on their own.

MA, hopefully your luck is better than mine on this one!