ETA: There are conflicting reports on the end date of this deal – many sites are reporting that it actually ended on 3/2. So it may be that the catalina didn’t print for me because I was a day late! However, the catalina deal was still tagged in-store directly under the Charmin. Either they hadn’t pulled the tags down yet, or there was indeed a malfunction with the catalina machine. I’ll update you tomorrow!
Total spent: $13.98
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I read a post on Common Sense With Money this morning that inspired me to make a quick trip to Safeway. There is a deal on Charmin and Bounty that could end up being fantastic – here is an overview of the basic scenario:
Buy 1 Charmin Big Roll 24 pack and 1 Bounty 12 pack priced at $12.99 each
Your club card will deduct $6.00 for buying two
Use a $3/1 Charmin e-coupon and a $3/1 Bounty ecoupon, both available at the P&GeSaver website
Grand total should be $13.98, and you should receive a $10 catalina back for purchasing $25 in P&G products.
My understanding is that the catalina counts the total before club card deductions and coupons, so this should theoretically qualify as a $25 purchase. This purchase will also qualify towards the P&G Year of Savings rebate, and if you use UPromise, they also have Charmin and Bounty incentives available under the “Coupons and deals” tab. UPromise’s “ecoupon” program does not deduct anything from your total at the checkout, but puts the amount into a college savings program when you buy participating items.
This deal runs through today, March 3rd March 2nd?, and is reported as working at Safeway, Randalls, and Dominicks.
That’s the scenario, anyway – the coupons and discounts worked for me, but no catalina printed. I just got off the phone with Catalina Marketing (we were just talking about what to do when your coupon doesn’t print!), who said they are unable to look up my receipt until tomorrow, since I just made the purchase and apparently it isn’t in their system yet. Unfortunately, this means I haven’t been able to confirm the catalina deal for myself yet. I believe it does qualify, because commenters on both Common Sense With Money and Frugal Living NW are reporting that they received catalinas so long as their total before club card discounts and coupons was $25 or higher. So, I am pretty confident that I will get a $10 catalina mailed to me, but I will report back with what they tell me either way.
i think the pg cat ended 3/2…so says hcw in the safeway cat forum.
Thanks for bringing that up, Audrey! That may very well be the case – there seem to be conflicting reports on the end date. I re-read Frugal Living NW's post, and they actually had the date posted as 03/02 as well – I missed that the first time.
I was just in Safeway and the tag said the $10 catalina deal runs through Sat 3/6. I tried the deal and the catalina didn't print so I will be calling the catalina company as well. I look forward to hearing what they come up with for you.
DeAnn – that is great information, thank you for sharing!
What ever happened with the catalina coupon. Did they tell you that you qualify or not?
I just had one not print today in Walgreens, never any luck there!
Did they ever send you the catalina or did you now qualify. I was wondeering also.
-Jan
Anon and Jan – sorry it took so long for me to reply! I don't always see comments on older posts right away. Here's my follow-up post about the deal:
http://www.supercoupongirl.com/2010/06/when-student-becomes-master-part-two.html
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