So who gets THIS dollar?

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I go to the drug store yesterday and buy some stuff.
I use a $1.00 coupon on one of the items.

I get home and realize it wasn't the product I needed.

So

Today while driving by the same store I go in to return the item.
The cashier, who I'd never seen there before, was some really snotty teenager. Started giving me the third degree why I was returning the item. She jabs her snotty finger at the -$1.00 and accuses me of using a coupon to buy the product.

I cracked under pressure and admitted...."YES! YES I did! I used a ....... coupon!"

She then had to, as she put it...."Make it very clear to you that I can refund this item for you, put I will NOT return the $1.00 you were discounted, as you did NOT pay that dollar."

I asked her if she thought I made my living by purchasing and returning items all over the city, keeping the coupon money.

She actually said..."That wouldn't surprise me"

So.....

I just thought of this, and realized...

On every coupon it says in the fine print something about the store being reimbursed for the value of the coupon, plus 8 cents or something for handling.

So...
Wasn't that coupon as good as a dollar bill?

That snot returned my money, minus a dollar AND the store cashed in the coupon.....it's like they made 2 bucks off my return.

Well, at least 1 buck.

Maybe I should make my living like this.

anyone.....?

anyone.....?

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You should have demanded that she return your coupon.

(That might've made her brain explode. Laughing

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The best way to rake in ill-gotten gains is to team up with a small business owner. You collect all sorts of coupons. S/he mails them in for redemption.

Be sure that you find a partner of sufficient intelligence to eschew redeeming coupons for more items than he's bought--and to limit redemption for brands that he actually sell.

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comments like "That wouldn't surprise me" have been known to get snotty cashiers fired...

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Eva wrote:

You should have demanded that she return your coupon.

(That might've made her brain explode. )

yeah....that would have been great. Laughing

"ok, well just go on back and find my coupon, and we can do business. And it better be the same coupon honey, because I mark all of mine with a code known only to me and my assistant Roland."

RP....she'll be gone soon, I thought I'd leave the fun to someone else to get her canned.

Noddy....so, interested in some bootleg Mr. Clean coupons? I've also got a few left for Clairol nice n' easy.

but seriously folks....they did keep that dollar, right?

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Couldn't they let you just exchange the item you bought for the one you intended to buy?

Anyway, I agree that the snot should be fired. There was no excuse for her to talk to you that way.

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Maybe she could get a job working for the same IHOP that charged shewolfie's husband $10,000 for a cup of coffee.

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Stray Cat wrote:

Couldn't they let you just exchange the item you bought for the one you intended to buy?

naw, that's not the point...I just wonder about the math.

that's just a dollar less I'll tip someone.