Today, the miser went shopping at Whole Foods. Some veggie frozen-food entrees were advertised as "2/$8 - Reg. price = $4.99. Save 99c each!" When I saw that the shelf label marked the stuff at $4.49 each, I realized my chance to make some money off their mistake. So, I dutifully went to the Customer Service desk, explained the situation, and asked if they were going to honor their sale sign and give me 2 of them for the real 99c savings for a total of $7. I was told to take the items to the checkout lane and I would be credited for the new savings amount. Nice.
After heading for the parking lot, I decided to check my receipt and saw that it looked like I had been charged $3.49 for one item, and $3.99 for the other. I went back to the CS desk to complain. That's when the tables were turned and the clerk showed me that I was only charged once for 1 item at $3.49 - the other was for a carton of eggs that I misread. Well then I had to offer to pay for the missing frozen item to be honest myself, but the clerk just waved me away. Even nicer!
Both my mother and my late mother-in-law pretty much knew to the penny how much they should pay for anything and where they could get the best prices for things. They would be proud!
I even toyed with the idea of becoming a "super-couponer" - the people that study store ads and websites, hoard coupons, and know how to make stores practically pay them to buy stuff. I watched the Jill Cataldo DVD on the topic, but decided to do without the thrill of warehousing cereal and toothpaste in my basement to get them for peanuts. Instead, I save my Sunday paper coupon booklets and give them to another woman at work who has succumbed to the frenzy.
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I like your post Major Reader! Sometimes I'm good at penny pinching, but in other areas I follow the herd. I find that most coupons are for things I don't buy or eat, so no real savings there. Now, if I could dump my Verizon Wireless family plan, auto insurance and cable, I'd be ROLLING in dough.
ReplyDeleteI've begun to pay attention to coupons, though it's hard to keep them in my billfold and, even more, remember to use them. But Giant and Safeway BOTH have wonderful 2-for whatever specials, and you get that price even if you buy only one, and NO COUPON needed. They also have cards that give significant discounts on many items that i'd actually be buying even without the discount. lose the card? you can get the same discount by typing in your phone #. LOVE that--and i love those stores, too. good stuff, nice people, open early and late.
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