I have realised after leaving the store that I was not given my register rewards, twice now. After reading online, I have found several posts on Hot Coupon World that several have been informed that no register rewards are given out if rewards are used to reduce the total cost at check out. Some are also being told that the number of register rewards allowed to be used at one time is limited.

Is anyone else having this sort of experience?

I have not even been aware of Walgreens program. I recently found out the Wagreen is buying all RiteAids in the SF area and already bought all Longs. Walgreen will now have a monopoly on pharmacy stores in the area and it makes me unhappy. RiteAids rebate program is really great. Walgreen has been going down hill for years and I stopped going there some time ago but now I won't have much choice, there are no mom'n'pop pharmacies here any more. The only good thing about Walgreen was when my kids were small and I need a 24 hour access to perscription medicine, there was one open 24 hours within driving distance. I haven't used that for years

lamuneca0325:

I recently found out the Wagreen is buying all RiteAids in the SF area

 It's odd how different things are around the country. Where I am, Rite Aids are older, badly lit stores and often in bad parts of the towns. Walgreens and CVS are large well lit stores in strategic spots with greater variety, better prices and better security.

For small pharmacies,there is a small pharmacy here that is boasting more than 50 years of being business and the town we moved from last year also had two family owned pharmacies. 

 Brandy, I have been careful not to pay with RR if I am suppose to get a RR. You can contact the RR people if you didnt get yours. I did that once and they mailed it to me. Took a long time but did get it.Babs

babs:

I have been careful not to pay with RR if I am suppose to get a RR

I am reading that some are having trouble with getting a RR if they have used one. I think I may have done this with one of my transactions where I did not get one printed out.

I also have read some are not getting their RR if they used a manufacturer's coupon. It's disappointing but it does make sense that if the deal is to spend X number then get Y on RR that the X is not actually spent which invalidates the customer for an RR.

I've had similar problems. I am on the verge of stopping Walgreens shopping all together and just sticking with CVS. I used to prefer Walgreens because of the awesome rebate items they had (usually you could make some nice profit if you used coupons). But now that they are no longe rdoing that program, I find that the register rewards are more trouble than they are worth. There are soooo many stipulations on how you can use them (which, though it shouldn't, seems to vary by store). If you got a register reward for, say a Colgate item... then you cannot use that RR to pay for another Colgate item the next time you are shopping. The trick to making money off these types of programs is to keep your catalina's rolling. But with the way that they RR system works, it makes it very difficult to do. I'm getting fed up wtih the system and finding that its more trouble than it's worth.

 CVS on the other hand... it doesn't seem to have as many good deals as Walgreens BUT their catalina's (called Extra Care Bucks) are easy to use. They are just like cash and I rarely have a problem using them. THey have a few "rules" that go with them but not many.

Have a blessed day,

Julie

juju_mommy:

 CVS on the other hand

I suggested to my husband that we check out CVS and he is absolutely resistant to that notion. He is not opposed to buying many of our essentials in bulk from Sam's and shopping Walgreens for the OTC meds and good deals when they have some. I think that would likely save us money at this point.

Brandy, I am a veteran CVSer now and I do love CVS and the ECB program.  I recently started trying to learn WAGS (Walgreens).  I have learned that the hardest thing is that their stores don't all follow the program the same way.  I can go to several different stores in this area and get treated differently at each one.  The big benefit to WAGS over CVS is that WAGS doesn't have any "card" so you can do unlimited deals - as long as they have the merchandise.  At CVS you are limited in how many of the "Free" deals you can buy - no matter which store you go to.

Short answer:  if you use an RR to pay for a purchase of another item that should produce an RR, the new RR SHOULD print as long as it's from a different company (product).  For example, last week I was rolling deals on the Bayer Quick release 4 count ($2.49 w/ 2.49RR) and Ecotrin ($2.00 w/ 2RR).  I could pay for one with the RR from the other (although I had to make sure the total was more than $2.49 when I bought the Ecotrin with the RR from the Bayer by adding a "filler" item.  ( I just realized that I wrote "short answer" at the beginning of this fairly long answer... which just goes to show you that it's kind of complicated and I am long winded

I am learning lots on slickdeals.net.  They have threads in the "B&M Stores"  (B&M means brick and mortar as opposed to online sales) that will let you see the deals, suggest scenarios and tell you which coupons are out there that you can pair up with the deals each week. 

HTH!

Deana:

I can go to several different stores in this area and get treated differently at each one.

I have definitely noticed that!

 I have a trip to Walgreens planned for tomorrow. I have coupons and register reward eligible items so we will see if being armed with information helps me to walk out with the best deals.