RETIRED Kmart Deals YMMV

Quote from jteef1 : I got this email tonight - Redeem your $7.07 worth of Points, plus earn 5,000 Points on every purchase of $50 or more with redemption. Redeem through 04/22/12, again and again and again!

Does anyone know if this would be $50 before coupons? After coupons? Before Kmart discounts? After Kmart discounts?

Quote from jteef1 : A choice of getting a gift card OR speaking to a manager? So if you accept the gift card you don't get to speak with the manager? That seems odd....

It's a BRIBE! Like hush money!
If I chose to speak to a manager, I would get a case number and the manager would have to call me back. It would also be a formal complaint against the store. I guess it's kmarts new business model, have couponers treated like crap but pay them to go back for more?

Quote from OleMissGal78 : Well folks, I thought I had a hot deal, but it being Kmart, of course it bombed. Can anyone tell me how to contact Catalina and request a CAT to be sent to me since it didn't print? !

ncsc@catalinamarketing.com

Give them you name and address, date, store number, receipt number, and what catalina you expected. You can also attach a copy of your receipt. (I guess with Kmart you could forward a copy of your ereceipt)

I sent this and got a catalina by mail:

Kmart advertised a catalina for buying $9 worth of Glad

I purchased 2 Glad trash bags at $6.29 each and did not receive a catalina.

Date: 3/18/2012 @ 8:15 pm
Kmart store 93xx
Item purchased 2 Glad Trash Bags 30 Gal
Price $6.29 each x 2 = $12.58
Receipt number 09xxx-031812-003-00xxx

Copy of receipt attached.

Thank you,
xxxxx xxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxxx, IL xxxxxx
(xxx)xxx-xxxx

Quote from luv2shop4fun : It's a BRIBE! Like hush money! If I chose to speak to a manager, I would get a case number and the manager would have to call me back. It would also be a formal complaint against the store. I guess it's kmarts new business model, have couponers treated like crap but pay them to go back for more?

Wow! That is really odd.
I think I will file a formal complaint.

Quote from kmoore36 : Today I was buying several things but none of the coupons i needed to use were $1 or under -----decided to experiment with the Edge/Skintimate shaving gel----added 4 cans of Edge and 1 Skintimate to my order which was already over $25---each can was $2.99 each---the register doubled my $1/1 coupons and when the cashier scanned the Kmart Supersaver coupon ($1 per can, limit 5), it took off the full $5 which made them completely FREE!!! I was excited! I don't think the supersaver cpn would impact the ability to double at $25 since I scanned all of my mfg cpns first and the supersaver last---- 5 cans would give you $14.95 towards the $25 needed for doubles. HTH

Where do we find the super coupon. I read somewhere that the coupon was found on the shopping cart handle.

Quote from jteef1 : Where do we find the super coupon. I read somewhere that the coupon was found on the shopping cart handle.

It is on the shopping cart handle-the cashier just leans over with the scanner and scans it

Quote from tracysbeans : Ok, Now some BAD news to report. I did the Scott deal and NO Scott crt or cat. I bought 4 x $5.49=$21.96. So I was over $20. Luckily a Jedi CSR was working and gave me a $5 gift card for it. BUT now I'm wondering what to do? I would like to do at least one or two more Scott deals this week but some CSRs aren't so pleasant and I don't like fighting with them. This one tonight could easily SEE that I bought more than I needed to for the deal. Would it help to call corp tomorrow to see if they can get the deal fixed??

Same thing happened to me tonight. But CSM gave me a $5 GC.

Quote from crashx10 : I purchased 4 yesterday (8pk rolls in the pic, which came to $21.96) no CRT ot CAT printed....did the same thing today and NOTHING again....both times CSR's saw I purchased the right thing so I got a $5 gift card. Gonna try again tomorrow for Sh*ts and Giggles

Good luck! After I left I was wondering if the deal actually ended. Does anyone know the dates of the Scott promotion. My stores pulled all the info from the aisles so of course I looked like a loony tune while trying to explain that they had a promotion going on with Scott products. Anyway, they finally gave me a $5 GC but it's nice to have proof before checking out.
My 2 stores were still out of Crave cat treats so I'm worried my MQ's will expire before they restock. I have the $1/2 MQ's expiring 4/21. I managed to stock up on the Purex Ultra tabs though (SWEET DEAL @ $.50 each AC!)

Quote from yesiamblonde : After I left I was wondering if the deal actually ended. Does anyone know the dates of the Scott promotion. My stores pulled all the info from the aisles so of course I looked like a loony tune while trying to explain that they had a promotion going on with Scott products. Anyway, they finally gave me a $5 GC but it's nice to have proof before checking out.

The buy $20 in Scott get $5 is in this week's circular. It's on the back page and is in a little orange box in front the Scott TP that is on sale.

OMG! I didn’t follow up on my complaint last time, because I have gone back to that KMART and everything went fairly smoothly. So I thought maybe they realized they were wrong and I wouldn't have more problems.

I was wrong. Tonight I walked out without buying anything.

I was planning on doing $30 P&G – and having a $50 plus purchase and so I could get my 5,000 points I was offered in a SYWR email. I had Olay, Crave Cat Treats, Fruity Pebbles (Not on sale – my son wanted them), a gallon of milk, Pringles, and a Liquid Gold Cleaner with a Try Me Free rebate on box.

Unfortunately it went poorly. The same Customer Service person who refused to take my printable and threw it back at me the other night came over. He strolled by and told me “By the way, we can’t accept the Crave Coupons; that would make them free.”

Well dang – I could just put the Crave back, but then I would go under $50. I sure as heck am not going to pay that price for the milk and the cereal unless I am getting the 5,000 points I was offered in the email. I guess I could have just put those back too – and stuck to the Olay. But that was $30 toward $50 --- Kmart kind of sucks you into hell with those spend this and get that deals…

So anyway… I told him I didn’t understand why they wouldn’t take the Crave coupons. I told him I had used them before with no problem. (And dang… I was in such a hurry that I didn’t even THINK it through – I should have been using some of my $1 off 2 coupons, because they would have doubled. Here I was WASTING my $1 off 1 coupons and he wanted to deny them.)

He started going on and on about how Kmart doesn’t work that way. You CANNOT get things FREE with coupons….NOT here at KMART!... THEN he says “You ALWAYS come in here around closing time and we ALWAYS have PROBLEMS with YOUR coupons!!”

This is only the SECOND time I have ever even SEEN him!!! How DARE he tell me what I “ALWAYS” do! They had problems with ONE Renuzit Newspaper Insert coupon not scanning correctly ONE TIME, - ONE $1 coupon wouldn’t scan out of the OVER $700 I have spent at KMART in the last few months - and he has declared some kind of war on my coupons….

I told him I wanted to speak to the manager. He still kept going on and on about how I always came in at closing time causing problems with my coupons…

I asked for a manager again. He went out and talked to her. Then he came back in and told me they would “accept” the coupons – BUT he started in on me again about always coming in at closing time and always having problems…. He was actually walking back and forth in front of the check out lanes yelling this stuff out….

I told him I still wanted to talk to the manager. I had the cashier void my order and give me my coupons back. My hands were shaking. I was stunned!

The manager came in and she was pretty nice after I explained the situation. She did say she would talk to him, and did say that she will inform the store manager. She also told me that if I shop and she is on duty to come and get her to be there when I check out if he is working in customer service to make sure he doesn’t give me a hard time.

But how in the world would I know if she is working? And that kind of let me know that they probably won’t make him stop being mean, they will just help me avoid being tormented by him IF she is on duty.

Oh… I also told her that I was concerned that he had been turning other store employees against me since another cashier (not the one who checked me out) told the guy she “admired” him when he was stomping off after telling me off one last time...

Quote from ccb2004 : It is on the shopping cart handle-the cashier just leans over with the scanner and scans it

I never even noticed those...
Do you know how long the coupon is good for?

Quote from yesiamblonde : Same thing happened to me tonight. But CSM gave me a $5 GC. *snip*

I was just thinking about you, wondering what deals you had been up to! I hadn't seen you post in a few days. Sorry you had trouble with the Scott deal, too! I'm also concerned about my Crave q's. I ordered a bunch, and then discovered that my store doesn't even carry the stupid things!

Quote from ccb2004 : It is on the shopping cart handle-the cashier just leans over with the scanner and scans it

Wow! I hadn't ever even noticed a coupon on the cart. I'll definitely have to pay more attention! Thanks!

Quote from jteef1 : OMG! I didn’t follow up on my complaint last time, because I have gone back to that KMART and everything went fairly smoothly. So I thought maybe they realized they were wrong and I wouldn't have more problems. I was wrong. Tonight I walked out without buying anything. *snip*

Holy cow. That guy seriously needs to (at the very least) have a good talking-to! I really think you should call your DM, or at least get in contact with the store manager. That is just unacceptable!!! NOBODY deserves to be treated that way. I mean really, is he 7 years old? When my 4 year old throws tantrums like that I put him in timeout. Maybe that's what this guy needs too, a time out and no cookies for the rest of the day. I am SO sorry that you have to deal with that!!! Did you say that you have another store close by? I would avoid that one like the plague. The 'you can't use this coupon' is the least of their problems!!!

Quote from 3cheekychickens : I was just thinking about you, wondering what deals you had been up to! I hadn't seen you post in a few days. Sorry you had trouble with the Scott deal, too! I'm also concerned about my Crave q's. I ordered a bunch, and then discovered that my store doesn't even carry the stupid things! I think she has been busy at Walgreens Wow! I hadn't ever even noticed a coupon on the cart. I'll definitely have to pay more attention! Thanks! Holy cow. That guy seriously needs to (at the very least) have a good talking-to! I really think you should call your DM, or at least get in contact with the store manager. That is just unacceptable!!! NOBODY deserves to be treated that way. I mean really, is he 7 years old? When my 4 year old throws tantrums like that I put him in timeout. Maybe that's what this guy needs too, a time out and no cookies for the rest of the day. I am SO sorry that you have to deal with that!!! Did you say that you have another store close by? I would avoid that one like the plague. The 'you can't use this coupon' is the least of their problems!!!

Thanks for the hugs. Yes. This guy definitely has a problem. When I was younger, we used to call those people Bullies. I wish the other store had Crave. If I have time this week, I will try driving to some of the stores that are farther away. I don't like to be picked on by bullies when I am shopping...

Quote from jteef1 : Thanks for the hugs. Yes. This guy definitely has a problem. When I was younger, we used to call those people Bullies. I wish the other store had Crave. If I have time this week, I will try driving to some of the stores that are farther away. I don't like to be picked on by bullies when I am shopping...

Definitely. I would call him a bully too! What a jerk! I hope you can get to another store that has Crave and you can do all of your deals without being made to feel badly for saving money.

Quote from jteef1 : OMG! I didn’t follow up on my complaint last time, because I have gone back to that KMART and everything went fairly smoothly. So I thought maybe they realized they were wrong and I wouldn't have more problems. I was wrong. Tonight I walked out without buying anything. I was planning on doing $30 P&G – and having a $50 plus purchase and so I could get my 5,000 points I was offered in a SYWR email. I had Olay, Crave Cat Treats, Fruity Pebbles (Not on sale – my son wanted them), a gallon of milk, Pringles, and a Liquid Gold Cleaner with a Try Me Free rebate on box. Unfortunately it went poorly. The same Customer Service person who refused to take my printable and threw it back at me the other night came over. He strolled by and told me “By the way, we can’t accept the Crave Coupons; that would make them free.” Well dang – I could just put the Crave back, but then I would go under $50. I sure as heck am not going to pay that price for the milk and the cereal unless I am getting the 5,000 points I was offered in the email. I guess I could have just put those back too – and stuck to the Olay. But that was $30 toward $50 --- Kmart kind of sucks you into hell with those spend this and get that deals… So anyway… I told him I didn’t understand why they wouldn’t take the Crave coupons. I told him I had used them before with no problem. (And dang… I was in such a hurry that I didn’t even THINK it through – I should have been using some of my $1 off 2 coupons, because they would have doubled. Here I was WASTING my $1 off 1 coupons and he wanted to deny them.) He started going on and on about how Kmart doesn’t work that way. You CANNOT get things FREE with coupons….NOT here at KMART!... THEN he says “You ALWAYS come in here around closing time and we ALWAYS have PROBLEMS with YOUR coupons!!” This is only the SECOND time I have ever even SEEN him!!! How DARE he tell me what I “ALWAYS” do! They had problems with ONE Renuzit Newspaper Insert coupon not scanning correctly ONE TIME, - ONE $1 coupon wouldn’t scan out of the OVER $700 I have spent at KMART in the last few months - and he has declared some kind of war on my coupons…. I told him I wanted to speak to the manager. He still kept going on and on about how I always came in at closing time causing problems with my coupons… I asked for a manager again. He went out and talked to her. Then he came back in and told me they would “accept” the coupons – BUT he started in on me again about always coming in at closing time and always having problems…. He was actually walking back and forth in front of the check out lanes yelling this stuff out…. I told him I still wanted to talk to the manager. I had the cashier void my order and give me my coupons back. My hands were shaking. I was stunned! The manager came in and she was pretty nice after I explained the situation. She did say she would talk to him, and did say that she will inform the store manager. She also told me that if I shop and she is on duty to come and get her to be there when I check out if he is working in customer service to make sure he doesn’t give me a hard time. But how in the world would I know if she is working? And that kind of let me know that they probably won’t make him stop being mean, they will just help me avoid being tormented by him IF she is on duty. Oh… I also told her that I was concerned that he had been turning other store employees against me since another cashier (not the one who checked me out) told the guy she “admired” him when he was stomping off after telling me off one last time...

I am so sorry for this situation that happened to you. I was in your shoes last week. You can try to call CS, but they are pretty much useless. After my incident, I went to another Kmart and asked to speak to their manager. I explained what happened at the other store and just wanted to make sure that they didn't have the same policy. I wasn't trying to tattle tell. She was like, seriously? She promptly called the other store where it happened. They now want me to come back in and talk to them. I was going to go back on my own before she spoke to them, but I chickened out. I now am going back to the original store with a new-found confidence and try to sort this out. I have never in all of my life seen such poor customer service from one store to the next. I hope that this can be resolved in your case.

Quote from tracysbeans : Ok, Now some BAD news to report. I did the Scott deal and NO Scott crt or cat. I bought 4 x $5.49=$21.96. So I was over $20. Luckily a Jedi CSR was working and gave me a $5 gift card for it. BUT now I'm wondering what to do? I would like to do at least one or two more Scott deals this week but some CSRs aren't so pleasant and I don't like fighting with them. This one tonight could easily SEE that I bought more than I needed to for the deal. Would it help to call corp tomorrow to see if they can get the deal fixed??

Quote from nothing2seehere : The buy $20 in Scott get $5 is in this week's circular. It's on the back page and is in a little orange box in front the Scott TP that is on sale.

with the SPEND $20 wording- I'm wondering if that is why so many aren't getting the coupon. but then who knows... maybe it's not programmed correctly like Suave 3/$5


Get a coupon for $5 off�_ your next purchase when you spend $20 or more�_�_ on Scott products



�_Coupon prints at checkout. Limit one (1) coupon per transaction

�_�_Purchase requirement includes regular, sale and/or clearance-priced items and is calculated before taxes and after other discounts have been applied and must be made in a single transaction. Coupon valid for $5 off a $5 or more grocery, health or beauty-care purchase and is redeemable for up to 3 weeks after date printed. Additional restrictions and exclusions apply to coupon redemption; see coupon for details.