I Am Such a Goof!

[many houseapes]

I cannot believe I did this.
Being fairly new to the Walgreens reward system, I made a BIG mistake.
This month they have in their reward catalog that you can buy $20 of colgate products & recieve $10 back.......okay, here's where I made a mistake....looking at the qty. box next to each reward offer, some rewards have a stated limit as to how much you are allowed to recieve & some do not....the colgate products included.....so I think "wow, this is cool - I can fill out my stockpile & get partially paid for doing so. So I bought like $64 worth of colgate products thinking that I would be getting at least $30 back - BOY WAS I WRONG! It wasn't until later, when I was flipping through the back pages of the catalog that I saw the reward ad for the products advertised in such a way that it looked inconsistant compared w/ the form that you fill out -so I called the main office - and they told me that even though the quantity box is blank on the form (while others are not) there is a limit....I can only get $10 back even though I had bought more.
I should have examined the catalog a little more closely.GGGRRR The bright side is - is that I filled out my stockpile on some items, but the bad side is - is that I could have gotten a better deal buying some of it at another store. In a way, I feel that the way that Walgreen's has their catalog laid out is misleading. Talk about an expensive brain fart.

[brenda67]

Sorry to hear that..how about returning the items and starting all over again?? thats what I have done in the past.

[della92]

As long as you have your receipt, you can always take the extra back!

[Dancing Lotus]

I would take the extra back. I had a similar thing happen with candy. I don't even eat candy but they were going to pay me to take it so why not. Well lets just say I ended up returning an awful lot. I didn't have a problem with they returning it.

[JanieD]

I wouldn't feel bad about returning the extra. Its not your fault they left the box blank. I would be clear on why I'm making the return if they want to know. Its easy to miss limits if they aren't on the page & you have to look somewhere else for the information.

[mombottoo]

I hate programs like this...Menard's does the same thing, but instead of a check you can put into your bank account you are issued a store credit...what makes them think I will need to buy something from them in the future?

[many houseapes]

This afternoon, I marched my tail back to Walgreens w/ the dishsoap & got my money back -no hassle.....then on the way out of the store, they had their Easter candy 75% off....made out like a bandit & spent $5 for $15 worth of candy -the houseapes were happy & I still have enough to fill out my dishsoap stockpile w/money left over -I guess I'm having the last laugh

[cissylu]

Good for you! I hate it when stores do that.