I haven’t been shopping a whole lot at Target lately and it seems every time I do, the coupons do something strange. This trip was a great example of that:
- Clearance Item $3.15 (This is for a gift & I forgot to take this out before I took the picture, so I just blocked it out of the picture-no peeking! Lol)
- Market Pantry Half & Half Qt. $1.64 (Cheaper than Walmart or Aldi in my area)
- 2 Johnsonville Beef Brats, On Clearance $1.88 ea., Used 2 $0.55/1 coupons from the 5/2 SS insert
- Bounty Basic Paper Towels Single Roll $0.99, Used $1.00/1 home mailer coupon (automatically adjusted to $0.99)
- 10 Shout Wipe & Go Travel Size $0.97 ea., Used 5 $2.00/1 coupon from the 8/8 SS insert (expires today) Note: This is where the coupons got a little crazy. So, instead of taking $2.00 off for each coupon, it took off $0.97. Fortunately, I was watching the register intently & caught the mistake. The cashier called over the supervisor & after a lengthy discussion between them, they decided to manually deduct $0.97 10 times. So, I watched the cashier do this & it deducted $0.97 8 times & on the 9th & 10th times, it deducted $2.00 each time! I told the cashier, but he kept insisting it was right, so I let it go. I think he was ready to get my transaction over with & I was more than ready to leave. 😉
- Final Cost $5.69
Yesterday after the last coupon the cashier did not tell me the subtotal. Before I slid my credit card I glanced up and saw that the subtotal was $1309.72! She kindly adjusted that a bit closer to zero where it should have been, no idea what happened there 🙂
Also I know the “just get it over with” feeling. I’ve had a Target cashier insist that she scanned all 3 coupons she had taken while showing the /two/ discounts they gave me… fortunately the coupon she didn’t scan was $5 so it was obviously worth trying to get her to do it correctly. She didn’t get it and just voided the transaction and sent me to a different line because she doesn’t “like to deal with these coupons.”
Whew, I think I would have had a heart attack after seeing that total, good thing you noticed before you slid your card through, yikes! 😮
And, Wow, all I can say about your second cashier is W-o-w. Talk about a cop-out on her part! 🙄