Every week I’ll pose a question for you to share your experiences and tips. If you have a question that you’d like me to post, I’d love to hear from you!
On the Deal Seeking Mom Facebook page, Janet asked:
I’d love to know how you keep track of “scanned” coupons! I’m finding more and more coupons were not scanned at the store, but of course [not until] I get home! I just realized that $6 of q’s were not given to me at Meijers todayhttps://dealseekingmom.com/https://dealseekingmom.com/and I really thought I was watching the cashier!!! I need a better system to follow.
I know I have trouble with this too, especially when I’m trying to keep track of five kids while watching to make sure everything rings up properly. And some stores’ receipts (ahem…Target) are nearly impossible to decipher after the fact.
So do you have a system for making sure that all of your coupons are properly scanned? How do you check them? What do you do if you discover that one wasn’t scanned?
Join the discussion — add your two cents to previous Ask DSM Readers questions too!
Michelle
It is frustrating! Like others, I will do a quick ad before I get to the register. At Tom Thumb last week, there were multiple errors. I went to the Customer Service Desk with my receipt, showed the error to the clerk & she refunded the money. I’ve done this MULTIPLE times at Wal-Mart, too. I’ve been having trouble with them getting the advertised sale price correct, compounded by a coupon.
krupa
A bit of advice for future Target trips from an ex Target employee…
If the check out lanes are super busy do not wait in those line because that is when they call us over the annoying walkies to come help check out and the people that come to help have most likely been trained on the register in a matter of an hour on their first day. They probably work the registers 3-4 times a month and during those times they probably complete one or two transactions.
Just a tip to maybe prevent Target from stealing coupons!
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Carolyn
I always hand over the coupons one by one and watch the register to make sure the amount is taken off of my bill for each one.
Kim
I love the self-service checkouts.
I process 5-10 items at a time, finish transaction, and begin again.