[MrsG]

Originally Posted by JumbleJoe

Total before coupons = 15.60
Subtract tripled coupons ( - 10.50) = 5.10
Subtract $5 off 15 GM promo = 0.10

[twinandprincess]

B2G3 only count as two items toward the 15 items?

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Someone from my store told me that the free items no longer count against the 15 to receive the $5 off in the GM deal...is this true, I thought about calling corporate. So the veggies and the pizza snacks would only count as 2 items instead of 5.

[MrsG]

Originally Posted by twinandprincess

Someone from my store told me that the free items no longer count against the 15 to receive the $5 off...is this true, I thought about calling corporate. So the veggies and the pizza snacks would only count as 2 items instead of 5.

Also, the cashier who checked me out told me I needed to buy 4 things of biscuits to use a .40 off 2 coupon. She said this was because I was only paying the value of 1 item in a BOGO deal, even if the item rings at half price....I have never had someone tell me this before. She wouldn't let me use a .55 off 2 on the Martha White mixes either-she said I would need 4 total to use one coupon, but I had no problem checking these out the other day. Is this right or is she confused? I know I am confused now

I think SHE is confused, but, I do think there is some leeway the mgr's at any certain store can decide to enforce or not. If it's a half-price item, I think she is mistaken, because there are items where it is posted "must buy 2 to get three free" etc)

[MrsG]

That is a good question!! I really wonder...wish I knew the answer, too! Anyone??

[compmomnc]

momof2grls your problem is that the cookie mixes is not part of the GM deal. Here is valid list:

Here is the entire list copied from the fine print on the bottom of the ad:
Participating products are: GM Cereals Cinnamon Toast Crunch (24.9 oz), Honey Nut Cheerios (25.25 oz), Whole Grain Total (16 oz), Cheerios (8.9 oz), Golden Grahams (12 oz), Lucky Charms (11.5 oz), Fiber One Toaster Pastry, Chewy Bars, Muffin Mix, Milk'n Cereal Bars, Chex Mix bars, Nature Valley Granola bars, Betty Crocker Fruit Gushers, Fruit Shapes, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Roll-Ups, Fruit Roll-Ups Fruit Stickerz, Supreme Brownie Mix, Muffin Mix, SuperMoist Cake Mix, Rich and Creamy Frosting, Whipped Frosting, Warm Delights, Warm Delights Minis, Gold Medal flour (5 lb), Old El Paso dinner kits, shells, heat n serve sides, seasoning mixes, bean products, Chex Mix (8.75 oz), Bugles (7.5 oz), Macaroni Grill Restaurant Favorites, Pillsbury Grands Biscuits (8 ct), Sweet Rolls, Crescent Dinner Rolls, Crescent Recipe Creations, Place N Bake Crescent Rounds, Bread, Breadsticks (12 ct), Pizza Crust, Ready to Bake Cookies, Savorings Flaky Pastry Bites, Savorings Bread Bowl Bites, Toaster Strudel pastries, Toaster Scrables pastries, Pancakes, Yoplait Delights, Parfaits, Kids Lowfat Yogurt, Trix Lowfat Yogurt, Go-Gurt, Green Giant Niblets Canned, Vegetables with no Sauce, Vegetables in Special Sauces, Simply Steamed Seasoned Vegetables, Immunity Boost Vegetables, Totinos Pizza Rolls Pizza Snacks (15 and 40 ct), Wanchai Ferry Complete Meal Kits

Originally Posted by momof2grls

I didn't realize the GG was good towards the 5$/15 promo? Well, anyway-Ive been posting my shopping trips on here...and have gone three days in a row and have done the promo every day! I didn't have any issue w/ it until today-it didn't come off-but they put it in manually for me. Not sure why it didn't go thru? - i got:
2 pill breadsticks
4 BC cookie mixes
4 Yoplait go-gurt
2 pill grands
2 pill crescents
1 wanchai frozen dinner

I also did the GG promo by doing the B2G3 cans

non coupon items i got were HT bread and Crisco oil
My total came to $21.00 after they took the 5$ off. Not sure what it was before oop...i havent figured it up yet...
How ever, I did have a hard time when the GG coupon didnt print out. Good thing I had my other receipts and coupons w/ me that I had already acquired from my other trips. The manager said to me "why do you think you should be getting 3$ back for buying GG" I said "cause it says I should" he said "where does it say that?" so i whipped out my other coupon and showed it to him and said "right here" He took awhile but finally decided to give me my 3$ in cash. He had the biggest attitude w/ me over it. But at least I got it! I have to say sometimes i feel bad for them when these events go on... we give them such a hard time sometimes--but what can I say I want my savings!

[ptangel2008]

I think this is to be the case. All 3 transactions I have done with the GG Canned Niblets the $5 has not come off, but my CS has always taken it off for me, pretty much no problems asked. Since then, I have been doing biscuits/frozen veggies no problems whatsoever.

[ptangel2008]

Whoops, meant no questions asked

[twinandprincess]

Is this the case with the BOGO biscuits also-a BOGO would count as one item?

[Sally]

Originally Posted by twinandprincess

Someone from my store told me that the free items no longer count against the 15 to receive the $5 off...is this true, I thought about calling corporate. So the veggies and the pizza snacks would only count as 2 items instead of 5.

Also, the cashier who checked me out told me I needed to buy 4 things of biscuits to use a .40 off 2 coupon. She said this was because I was only paying the value of 1 item in a BOGO deal, even if the item rings at half price....I have never had someone tell me this before. She wouldn't let me use a .55 off 2 on the Martha White mixes either-she said I would need 4 total to use one coupon, but I had no problem checking these out the other day. Is this right or is she confused? I know I am confused now

I had the same thing happen to me with the Martha White, the Manager explained it to me this way. She said the coupon is when you buy 2, but one of them are free, I told her they ring up half price, she said not when it is BOGO, it takes the complete price off the free one, the register tripled it with no problem but they would not let it go through. What can you do? nothing, they have the last word.

[MrsG]

Originally Posted by Sally

I had the same thing happen to me with the Martha White, the Manager explained it to me this way. She said the coupon is when you buy 2, but one of them are free, I told her they ring up half price, she said not when it is BOGO, it takes the complete price off the free one, the register tripled it with no problem but they would not let it go through. What can you do? nothing, they have the last word.

The question is, is this in the coupon policy? Are they even allowed to do that?

[TJ_2008]

Yes it is the policy....

[aidan&logansmommy]

It is in the policy, written this way:

"We accept only one coupon for Buy One Get One Free items."

Technically, it says one coupon, and a $/2 is one coupon....but my guess is that even if you argued the point, it would do no good. Luckily, I have not had an issue at my store with this yet, but it sounds like it is happening more and more..

[jeanmpt]

Originally Posted by LyndaSLP

Talk about odd....

My transaction yesterday contained the OP's scenario. $5 did NOT come off. The mgr told me it was b/c the 5 cans of corn only equalled 2 (buy2get3 free sale). I don't 100% agree with what she said, but did not argue. I added (3) more qualifying items to my transaction and the $5 still did NOT come off. They took it off manually. I personally feel the register system was NOT recognizing some of my 18 qualifying products as part of the GM promo. I truly think it might be the GreenGiant frozen veggies (or maybe just some of the flavors) as my $3 OYNO catalina did not print either (but other catalinas printed -- so the machine had tape and was working).

That all said, I did another transaction this morning. I only bought 4 items from the GM promo list along with a bunch of other items (including grapes and I had no coupon for produce). My total = NEGATIVE 0.01. When I examined the receipt, guess what? My $5 for 15 GM promo had been taken off. I did NOT buy 15 items let alone 15 GM items. I asked the customer service person (who I am friendly with) how this happened -- she wondered if it's pooling transactions together. As in, my transaction yesterday did NOT qualify (although it should've) for the $5 GM promo, but the system let me add today's GM purchases to yesterday's and then I qualified.

NOW...
PLEASE NOTE:
HT's ad specifically states "ALL ITEMS MUST BE BOUGHT IN A SINGLE TRANSACTION"
But her explanation is the only one that makes sense

Don't you find that odd? Wondering if this has happened to anyone else?

This happened to me today. I think I was either 1 or 2 items short and today I bought 3 Warm Delights. My OOP was $4 and I was really confused cause I knew it was supposed to be more. Then I saw the $5 off. Oh well, made me happy!