I goofed up on my Walgreens EasySaver Rebates for November. I forgot to log in at the end of the month and request my rebate, but I figured it was no big deal, since they process them automatically at the end of the rebate period. I’ve always requested my rebates on a gift card, because I earn a 10% bonus for doing so, which enables me to make a profit every time I get an item that is free after rebate. I just assumed that it would reload onto my gift card automatically – not true. I logged on to the EasySaver website last week and saw that it was processed as a check, so no 10% bonus. Since it was still processing, I thought it was worth giving the customer service hotline a call, to see if there was still time to put it on to a gift card instead. The 10% was only $2.69, so it wouldn’t have been a huge loss, but hey – every penny counts.
The customer service rep said that I could definitely get my rebate on a gift card, but he said that I would need to call back in a week. Once they had processed more information regarding the rebate, they would be able to switch it over to a gift card for me. Well, I guess they processed it much faster than the rep had anticipated, because I received a check a few days later! But the rep had also mentioned that even if the check got issued, they could put a stop on it and re-issue it on a card. So I called the hotline again this afternoon to see if it would still be possible to do that, or if it was too late. The rep I spoke with today told me to go ahead and cash the check, and they will send me a gift card with the 10% bonus amount of $2.69 on it! How awesome is that? I really appreciate them doing that, since it was my mistake in the first place.
Bonus: The rebate check came with a coupon for Skittles!
