I recently took the advice of my die-hard friends who coupon to get rainchecks from Giant Eagle (again). I’m so glad I took the time to do it. I’ve asked for rainchecks a couple of times over the past several months and it has paid off!
It was only maybe a week or so ago that Giant Eagle had these 2 pack giant paper towels by Marcal on sale for $2 a pack and I had a few coupons for $2 off and several more for $1.50 off. Likewise the Blistex lip balm was on sale $1 a pack and I had coupons for$1 off 2. I picked up rainchecks making sure to ask for a larger quantity than I probably needed-( I could always choose to buy less, but couldn’t add to it later). When the sales ended, the stock increased (go figure). Aside from any sales tax I owed here is what that picture above cost me:
6 packs of Blistex Lip Balm .50 each = $3.00 (raincheck for sale price & coupons)
3 packs of giant 2 roll packs of Marcal paper towels (6 rolls)= FREE (raincheck for sale price & coupons)
6 packs of giant 2 roll packs of Marcal paper towels (12 rolls)= $3.00 (raincheck for sale price & coupons)
2 boxes of 40ct Snuggle dryer sheets ( priced at $1.99 and I had 2 /$2 off coupons) = FREE
16 cans of Cambells Chicken Noodle/Tomato Soups on sales + coupons = .40 x16 = $6.40
plus $1.82 in sales tax…
Total $14.22 -for 18 rolls of giant paper towels, 16 cans of soup, 80 dryer sheets and 6 lip balms.
So, how much did using rainchecks save me? Well as I can recall (before sales tax) the Marcal towels were $3.69 per pack I bought $33.21 worth , the Blistex were $1.49 each and I bought $8.94 worth…total $42.15. I guarantee you I wouldn’t have bought all of that at those prices. Rainchecks allowed me the affordability to stock up!! And I was just talking about the 2 products I used rainchecks for…I saved so much using coupons for the other things as well.
Tracy Zdelar
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Great job Tracy! I’ve got a rain check for the Marcal too and a bunch of coupons. I’ve been waiting until my GE has enough in stock to use up all my coupons. What a great deal! Thank goodness for couponallies.com and all of their great advice 🙂
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