Tide & Dawn wasted

Boy, was Wags a cluster today. They sure were ill prepared for the $10 pickup deal, because there was lots of confusion with customers (thanks to my couponing group, I had most of the info) and they had technical difficulties earlier today too. 

Here's what I did today:

Online order pickup

Trans 1 (me)

2 x Clairol hair color $15.98

2 x Crest t/p 8.00

1 x Bic mens disp razors 5.29

1 x Dawn 2.99

Less Clairol DQ (5.00)

Less Crest DQ (2.00)

Less Bic DQ (4.00)

Less WC (20.00)

Tax 1.94

OOP $3.20

Earn $17.12 WC ($10 Pickup, $4 Crest, 25% rest) 

Way less than expected and Wags no longer gives you a breakdown. There's been lots of frustration with the online orders not crediting everything. I didn't get the $10 credit on my other account. I tried Live Chat, but was #99. I'll try again later. Well, my rewards aren't too bad for things that I needed anyway. It's not like I spent a whole lot of cash OOP for it. 

Trans 2  (online DS)

4 x Tide $21.96

2 x Crest t/p 8.00

Less Tide DQs (5.00) 

Less Crest DQ (2.00)

Less WC (20.00)

Tax 1.80

OOP $4.76

Earn $6.34 

This was my WTH moment! 😠 I know that I can't do anything about online orders in store. So I'm waiting to get through to CS later. Give me my $10!!!

The rest were done in store. Online deal was 1 per account.

Trans 3

4 x Tide $21.96

Less Tide DQ (1.00)

Less WC (20.00)

Tax 1.32

OOP $2.28

Earn $5 RR and 0.26 points. 

Another WTH? Where's the 25% I'm supposed to earn. Well, after I got home, I finally learned that you don't earn 25% if you pay with points, but you do earn it if you pay with RRs. Ugh! Wish they'd posted this before I went shopping, because I have RRs I could've used.

Trans 4

4 x Dawn $23.56

Less WC (20.00)

Tax 1.41

OOP $4.97

Earned $10 RR ($5 WYB 4, $5 WYS $20 select PG)

I learned of this deal before going shopping. These are the big 38 oz bottles. After rewards, it is cheaper than buying the 90 oz bottles at Sams (0.09c/oz vs 12c/oz at Sams). Even less when you're paying with rewards😀 I wish that Linda was closer to share some with, because I know she prefers the Original Dawn too. 

Trans 5 - different store

4 x Dawn $23.56

Less WC (20.00)

Tax 1.41

OOP $4.97

No RRs printed. The story is too long to go into detail. After wasting about 10 minutes in store going back & forth, the manager finally added $10 points to my account. Let's just say I needed a drink after that fiasco. I wish that Wags would train their employees better. They all just pull things out of their @#$##@ when things go wrong. So frustrating. 

So lets recap what I bought & spent this week:

4 x Garnier shampoo/conditioner

2 x Revlon mascara

2 x Revlon lipstick

8 x Tide detergent

8 x 38 oz Dawn

1 x 12 oz Dawn

2 x Clairol hair color

4 x Crest t/p

1 x Bic disp razors

Total items : 32

Total Qs used : $37.00

Total rewards used : $100.00

Total OOP : $68.92

Total earned : $128.58 ($42 RR, $74.58 WC, $12 Ibotta)

So $168.92 (rewards + OOP spent) - $128.58 earned. That's like paying $40.34 for 32 items

Total retail value : $230.28

I still need to contact CS, so I'll hopefully get another $10 points. I need to scan all my receipts to Fetch and submit to PG (I earned enough points today for a $5 gc). I should tell BF to sign up for online accounts for his coffee cards. That way I can just add the PG coffee gcs to his account once I've maxed my card (I mainly use my card to get free donuts for DS. I already drink DD at home, so no need for coffee out). It's free money anyway, so he can pick up free coffee and donuts on his way to work. 

Some of you are probably wondering why I'm stockpiling when I have to move. The prices of everything just keep increasing. Gas is $3.73 today - up almost 40c/gal from last week (I'm glad I had to fill up last week). It's so hard to keep up with it all these days. By shopping great sales, I'm saving ourselves some money. All of the items are things we use. I have enough Dawn to last at least 2 years, so I don't have to buy dish soap again for a very long time. Whenever I get items we don't need, I sell them so I can recoup some of our cash. I love this shopping game.  I'm moving lock, stock & barrel. I'm just going to take everything (except Crest and a hair color) and pack it into a storage container later. That way it's ready for a move. Easy peasy. 

I'm pooped, but I have a bunch of RRs to use and Wags gave me $6 & $7 WYS $22 boosters on both accounts. I can at least use RRs to cover my OOP and earn the extra cash next week. 

CVS sent me a $4 Q that expires on Sunday. I might or might not use it. Depends on my mood. I need to make a RA list for next week too, so I can roll that Kohls BC I earned. 

Have a wonderful weekend peeps!