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Coupons you need NOW for Black Friday deals!

November 14, 2010 by

Black Friday is just around the corner and now that the ad scans for CVS and Walgreens have been posted, there’s still plenty of time to stock up on those coupons you need for the upcoming deals. The printables will likely be gone before the sales start.  I personally recommend My Coupon Hunter as a coupon clipping service if you want to buy multiple coupons.

For CVS deals:

$.30/1 Carmex lip balm – 11-7 SS (this will be $.99, get a $.99 ECB, limit 1)

$1/1 Colgate Total or Sensitive toothpaste – 11-14 SS (this will be $3.99, get a $3.99 ECB, limit 2)

$1/1 Eucerin printable (IE)
$1/1 Eucerin printable (FF)
$1/1 Eucerin – 11-7 RP
(This will be $6.99, get a $6.99 ECB, limit 1)

$2/1 Gillette deodorant – 10-31 PG
(this will be $4, get a $4 ECB, limit 1)

$.50/1 Herbal Essence or Aussie shampoo/conditioner/styling product – 11-14 RP
(This will be $3.99, get a $3.99 ECB, limit 2)

$.50/1 Listerine Pocket Paks – 10-10 RP
(These will be $2.99, get a $2.99 ECB, limit 2)

For Walgreens deals:

$1/1 Colgate Total or Sensitive toothpaste – 11-14 SS (this will be $2.99, get a $3 RR)

$.75/1 GUM flossers (IE printable)
$.75/1 GUM flossers (FF printable)
(these will be $2.25, get a $2.25 RR)

$1/1 Thermacare heat wraps printable
(these will be $2.49, get a $2.50 RR)

**Please note:  This is not a full listing of the Black Friday Freebies (there will be LOTS).  This is just the list of the deals that have coupons so you can get them now!  I’ll be posting the Black Friday posts soon 🙂

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Another update on the Weekly Cinema Deal: Good news this time!

November 13, 2010 by

Yesterday I posted about how the Weekly Cinema website was “down” and that the future of those Weekly Cinema deals that many of us took advantage of was uncertain. If you bought your deal through Groupon, they have really stepped up to the plate – I am so pleased with their customer service! My full refund was already in my account!

Here’s an e-mail I got from them last night:


Hi Melissa,


We’re writing to let you know that Weekly Cinema has unexpectedly closed and wanted to apologize for any inconvenience this causes. We were sorry to hear this unfortunate news and understand it’s a disappointment when you do not get to take advantage of a great deal like this one. We made our best effort to make this work, but unfortunately we were unable to assist Weekly Cinema enough to honor the deal. We sincerely apologize for letting you down, but we will do what we can to make it right and get your money back to you as soon as possible.
 
40 dollars has been refunded to the card you used to make this purchase. If you purchased a Groupon that was good for multiple tickets and used some of them, we have simply refunded the full amount of your purchase. Please allow up to 10 business days for the refund to reflect on your end.
Again, we’re very sorry that you were unable to fully redeem this offer and thanks for your understanding.



Regards,

Gary
Customer Support
support@groupon.com

If you purchased your deal from Buy With Me, the “future” is a little bit more uncertain, but it does sound like they are trying to do something:

Dear Melissa:


Thank you for contacting us. We are aware that the Weekly Cinema website is not available to redeem your codes from our promotion. We have been in contact with the Weekly Cinema team to resolve this issue immediately.


This is not a typical practice for BuyWithMe or our merchants, as we expect the best services and deals for our customers! We take immense pride in handpicking quality merchants with great offers that we all want to buy together. That obviously includes certainty of service.


We appreciate your patience while we iron out the details with Weekly Cinema. You will receive an email from us next week with a solution for your Weekly Cinema code.


Thank you for buying with us and we will continue to do our best to help you enjoy all the great stuff to do in your city.


Yours Truly,


The BuyWithMe Team

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Bargains gone wrong: Weekly Cinema and Toys ‘R Us

November 12, 2010 by

A few weeks ago, I posted about a Weekly Cinema offer through Groupon and then Buy With Me where you could get 4 movie tickets for $20.  When I post deals, I am very careful about what I post and they are usually deals that I have already tried myself or that I have investigated and plan to try myself.  I bought 8 movie tickets from Groupon and 8 from Buy with Me through these promotions.  I redeemed four of the tickets without any problems.

I was looking forward to taking my kids to see Megamind this weekend and Tangled in a few weeks and was very disappointed when I logged into the site today to redeem tickets and saw this message:

Thank you for visiting Weekly Cinema.

The future of Weekly Cinema is under review. While this review is being performed, we are not able to process or redeem movie ticket coupons. We are working with our deal site partners to achieve a refund for the unused movie tickets and promo codes in your Weekly Cinema account in an amount not to exceed the price you paid for each of the unused movie ticket coupons.

A Hotline phone number to provide additional information about Weekly Cinema is being set up. Please provide your Weekly Cinema email in the box below if you would like us to email you when an update is available.
Otherwise, check the site later today for further updates. 

I am VERY disappointed.  I have taken advantage of several Groupon offers in the past and never had any issues.  For those of you who may have taken advantage of this promotion through a post from my blog or Facebook page, I am very sorry.  As I mentioned before, I checked this offer out beforehand and took advantage of it myself.  It was a legit offer gone wrong and I hope that it works out OK in the end for all of us.

Between working full time and juggling the activities of my two children, I don’t have a lot of time for shopping during the week and so I usually do all of my shopping on the weekend.  I was looking forward to going to Toy’s R Us this weekend to take advantage of the “Spend $35 on Hasbro games, get a $10 gift card” promotion that is advertised in their weekly ad.  Apparently, because the ad states “while supplies last, limited quantities” most stores are no longer honoring this promotion.  Again, a big disappointment!

I’m hoping that Black Friday deals come off smoothly and that this isn’t a sign of things to come!!

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Ways to give in November: Adopt a Soldier

November 12, 2010 by

Yesterday we celebrated Veteran’s Day.  In honor of our military, consider having your family “adopt a soldier” for the holidays.  You can find wish lists and information on how to send packages and where to send packages here on Any Soldier.  Many soldiers are in need of basic hygiene items that you probably have on hand already in your stockpile such as shampoo, conditioner, body wash, lotion, toothpaste, toothbrushes, floss, soap, deodorant, razors, and feminine hygiene products.  They also are looking for snack items.  You can find more information ideas of what to send in care packages here.

Keep in mind that the USPS recommends that you mail packages to Iraq and Afghanistan by today (11/12).  You can find more information on USPS recommended mailing dates here.
 

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Time to stock up: Cake mixes at HEB!

November 12, 2010 by

For my Texas readers, the HEB ad this week has Betty Crocker Super Moist cake mixes 2/$1.  This is a stock up price for me and I’m looking forward to stocking up so that I can make some yummy desserts during the holidays!   I have three HEB stores near me and I have noticed that the ads are not always the same, so you may want to check your ad first here to make sure that they are offering this deal.

If your stores are sold out, you can also take your ad to Walmart or Target and price match.

To find out hot deals to stock up on this week, check out my “Building Your Pantry” post here.

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