Wags fiasco

Oh boy, was Wags a pain in the patoot the last week and it's all because of the P&G promo. Well, Wags is well known for changing things in the middle of this promo (it's happened before). I've also read that they've had a system reset, so I'm not sure what the real reason is. I'm going to post my transactions and explain as I go along. 

Thursday

Trans 1

3 x Olay b/w 21.00

2 x Kit Kat 2.00

Less Olay DQ (5.00)

Less RR (4.00)

Less WC (10.00)

Tax 1.26

OOP $5.26

Earned $10 RR ($5 Olay + $5 P&G)

Ugh, this was the beginning of the nightmare. I had a $5 PG RR and $4 RR. These both scanned, but then the screen said 'coupons rejected'. I know from prior experience that if the register doesn't accept just one RR, it will reject all RRs you're trying to use. Neither the cashier nor I could figure it out. She hit a bunch of keys and it finally accepted the $4 RR, but not the $5 one. So I told her that I'll just use the $5 one next time. The Olay totally threw me off too. I didn't expect the DQ to deduct, because I had different scents. I figured I'd just contact CS when I get home. Looks like Wags changed the rules again. I added 2 Kit Kats as filler for the RR. I only needed one, but it's $1.49 each or 2/$2. No brainer 😂

Trans 2

2 x Pampers diapers $21.00

1 x Oral b t/b 3.00

1 x Burts bees t/p 3.50

Less Pampers DQ (3.00)

Less Burts Bees DQ (2.00)

Less Oral b DQ (1.00)

Less WC (20.00)

Tax 1.65

OOP 3.15

Earned $12 RR ($4 Pampers, $5 P&G, $3 Oral B/BB)

I didn't even attempt to use any RRs on this transaction 😂When I got home and checked my Wags group, I learned that everyone else were experiencing problems with their RRs being rejected too. Not good, because I had a bunch of RRs expiring this week and the ad doesn't look good. So Saturday I headed to a different Wags. I'm glad I did, because this problem persisted until Monday. I don't even know if it's been fixed yet.

Trans 3

1 x Aveeno lotion $14.49

1 x Aveeno lotion B1G2nd 50% off 7.24

3 x Pantene 15.00

2 x Oral B t/b 6.00

1 x Dawn 1.29

Less Aveeno DQ (2.00)

Less Pantene DQ (5.00)

Less RRs (21.00)

Tax 2.64

OOP $18.66

Earned $17 RR ($10 Aveeno, $4 Pantene, $3 Oral B) + $7 WC (WYS $40 - I had a paper booster). 

Son of a gun! The darn register rejected all my RRs again (I had 4 and it included the P&G ones). However, I was mentally prepared for this. I explained to cashier that it's P&G and that it's rejected nationwide. I didn't originally have the Dawn, but added it once manager rerang the items so P&G RR would attach to it. No such luck, but the nice manager manually entered my RRs. Phew!

So, I still had 2 more $5 P&G to use (they have short expiration dates and I just wanted to use all RRs so I don't have to shop this week). I vaguely remembered a previous P&G RR stating 'on your purchase of $5 or more (I have a photographic memory). So I placed all my items back on the shelf (I had the exact same items for this transaction too, but already knew it wouldn't work) and grabbed 4 big bottles of Dawn since they're over $5 each. And whaddya know, the transaction went smoothly. I sure as heck don't need any Dawn, but I was glad to get through that Wags headache. 

Trans 4

4 x Dawn $23.56

Less DQ (0.50)

Less RR (15.00)

Less WC (5.00)

Tax 1.41

OOP $4.47

Earned $5 RR

Wags Breakdown for last week 

Number of items purchased: 37

Total Qs used : $44.50

Total Rewards used : $106.00

Total Rewards earned (RR, WC, Ibotta, Fetch): $83.00

Total OOP : $50.98 ($1.38 per item - this includes sales tax)

Total Retail value : $241.23

So I basically paid 21.13% of the retail value. Technically speaking, I paid 16.5% of the retail price, because $11.17 of my total OOP was sales tax. Tax isn't included in the retail price. Yeah, I'm a bit of a geek 😂

The ads for this week didn't look too good & I'm not messing with any P&G deals this week. There is a good baby diaper deal if you have paper boosters. I've decided to just take this week off from drugstore shopping & I'm totally enjoying it. I think I'm burned out from shopping. I have Wags RRs expiring next week again, so it will be back to the shopping grindstone for me. The ad previews are decent, so I already have a plan 😂

Happy shopping peeps!