...anybody tried this? My wife and I do some grocery shopping at Wal Mart, and we noticed that, unlike Kroger, we never had a coupon rejected, not a single one. We use about 20-25 coupons every time we shop for groceries, and there was always 1 or 2 at Kroger that wouldn't scan. We decided to give it a try and slipped in a coupon for an item that we didn't get, and whaddya know, it scanned without any problems. Since then, we've been routinely getting 5 or 6 bucks off our grocery bill using those dollar off coupons, or a rare $2.00 of coupon. Also, with the coupons that say 55 cents off two, we only get one and just use the coupon anyways. The way we look at it, the cashiers at Wal Mart probably hate their jobs anyways and know that we're coupon scamming, therefore they couldn't care less that Wal Mart is losing a couple of bucks. I bet that it happens everywhere. ...so, am I going to prison, or what?
Personally, I would never knowingly use a coupon for a product I did not buy. I would consider it stealing.
Most people don't know this as it's not advertised, but Wal-Mart will do price matching with any ad. So when Randalls had a big cereal promotion...something like 10 boxes for 10 bucks, we tried to get cereal at Randalls...but of course it was sold out. So we took the sales sheet to Wal-Mart and they matched everything...with the exception of "buy one get one free."
Hey, Martha Stewart is my idol...and she makes a damn good egg nog. Besides, I didn't say that there's nothing wrong with scamming coupons...What can I say, I like to live on the edge...
You should convert to Mormon Fundamentalism....they call what you are doing "Bleeding the Beast" Plus you could have multiple wives and marry 14-year olds.....eeeesh.
Hey A-Train I've never tried that but I'd like to try to play "tag" at Wal-Mart. Here is an example of what to do: 1. Examine two products which are similar and find one you like but is more expensive than the other. 2. Buy one of each item to see what the register and your receipt says when it rings up. 3. If they ring up similar names like, some shampoos will ring up just as "SHAMPOO". 4. Buy the cheap stuff and then make some crystal clear copies of the bar code. 5. Stick the bar code to the back of the more expensive item you seek. 6. Example: Suave Shampoo and conditioner costs $0.88 while my girlfriend uses Herbal Essence and it costs $3.27. Buying shampoo and conditioner of the Sauve variety would cost $1.76 without tax while the HE brand would be $ 6.54 but if you play tage you can get the HE for $1.76 saving almost $5.
Hey, you're right...So, instead of scamming Wal Mart out of four bucks, I'm scamming Proctor & Gamble out of a dollar, Phillip Morris out of a dollar, etc....oh well, as long as SOME kind of huge conglomerate gets scammed!
I guess I misunderstood your post in which you wrote "I do like to play 'tag' at Wal-Mart", implying that you did it.
"Yo man, check this out. I got some baggies and put the weed in the baggies, then put the baggies in my shampoo, that way the dogs can't smell it. How about you?" "Uhh...I got it covered."
your description of what the cashier thinks reminds me of the scene in Pulp Fiction where they're talking about the pros of robbing a coffee shop...."the bus boys...making $2.50 an hour...really give a #$@%?"
