Ok, so Sunday I went to
Hip2Save's Walgreens matchups like I always do and saw the awesome Revlon deal she had posted. I didn't get a chance to run the deal until Monday and if there were updates on the forums or her blog, I did not get a chance to read them because work has me extremely busy lately.
For those that do not know the deal, Revlon cosmetics are 40% off and when you purchase $10 worth of participating products you get a $3 RR. Couple that with the $2 Revlon Walgreens store coupon in the insert 7-24 SS and the $1 Revlon manuf coupon in the insert 8-14 or 7-24 SS, and you have yourself a pretty smoking deal, or so I thought.
So Monday I went in and purchased the 2 single eyeshadows for $2.99 sale price and 1 Lip gloss for $4.49. That comes to $10.47 before coupons and $1.47 after. I paid and waited and NO $3 cat :(
So my wonderfully awesome BA (beauty aide) at my favorite Walgreens suggested I might need to buy the colorstay since that is what the ad was featuring. I was pretty sure that was not the trick, but she suggested we try anyway and she would just void the transaction.
So she rang up 3 Colorstay which totaled ~ $14 after sale but before coupons. Then she scanned ONLY the $2 Wags coupon which dropped total down to ~ $7, cat did NOT print.
So next she rang up the 3 Colorstay without any coupons and it printed. BINGO, we learned the transaction has to be over $10 AFTER Walgreens coupon but before manufacturer coupons.(we knew manufacturer coupons were NOT the problem because they were beeping regardless of what I bought so she was manually entering those in)
By then, I didn't have time to regroup and buy anything as my lunch time was up and I had to hurry back. Well, today I went back to test our little theory and had mixed results
Transaction #1
11 single color eye shadow $2.99 each = 32.89
-2 revlon store coupon (takes off 2 for each so $22) = $10.89 (yay, above the $10)
-11 $1 insert
=-.11
*You will obviously need to buy something else using this scenario as otherwise you are negative, I purchased the Colgate Sensitive toothpaste
The $3 Catalina printed, YIPPEE!
Then, we decided to try the nail polish, which should have also been $2.99
Well, it seems 1 of the 11 I picked up rang up $2.87 NOT $2.99, so while the math comes out ok, the catalina did not print.
10 x 2.99 + 2.87 = $32.77
-$22 for wags store coupon = $10.77
-$11 for $1 insert = -.23
I tried to throw in a .15 notebook and it would not take the in-ad coupon. That should of triggered me that something rang up funny. Although it was above the $10 I personally think the nail polish that rang up $2.87 was probably an older upc number that was never programmed in to the catalina promotion, ARGH!
So, if you choose to do this deal, watch the register closely to make sure everything rings up exactly 40% off the regular price of the item or you might have the same experience I have.
If you have a less than friendly store, I really suggest you try ringing up this transaction at the cosmetics counter. If you were not aware, the BA gets a small commission on the number of cosmetic items they sell and so they are more likely to welcome your coupons to help their paycheck! You might even become friends with one as I have and then they are willing to "trial" some transactions for you from time to time. I of course try not to abuse and even though my cat did not print on the second go round, I kept the nail polish. It was worth the .38 to test it out :P
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