Is it a Coupon or is it a Price Match?
Well it's a coupon that makes a price match.
Sound confusing? Imagine how the cashiers feel!
Here's how it works:
The coupons for Rexall or Loblaws (coupon zone) or any other competitor for that matter... won't pay Walmart for taking their coupon (surprised? Not likely!)
So, Walmart takes the coupon from you and PRICE MATCHES the coupon to the cost of the item.
Now, not every cashier rings this in correctly, but in essence the coupon should not show up on your receipt as a coupon tendered (taken in). It should show up as an item with a price, and no real indication of the cost of the item "pre-coupon" like on a normal receipt.
Here's an example:
I bought cream cheese at Walmart. I price matched it for $1.97 to Foodland's flyer.
Then, I used a "coupon zone" coupon from Zehr's for $2.00 off when you buy 2 products.
The cashier would then calculate the cost of the cream cheese TO $1.97 from their regular price. THEN she calculated the cost of the coupon, per item. In this case it was $1.00 off per item (the coupon was $2.00 off when you buy 2).
The new cost was then 97 cents per cream cheese.
I checked with the CSM (customer service manager) and this is acceptable. It is basically "double price matching" because I can use a flyer AND coupon- even though the coupon is being used to price match and will not be send to a vendor to be paid on.
Sound confusing? Imagine how the cashiers feel!
Here's how it works:
The coupons for Rexall or Loblaws (coupon zone) or any other competitor for that matter... won't pay Walmart for taking their coupon (surprised? Not likely!)
So, Walmart takes the coupon from you and PRICE MATCHES the coupon to the cost of the item.
Now, not every cashier rings this in correctly, but in essence the coupon should not show up on your receipt as a coupon tendered (taken in). It should show up as an item with a price, and no real indication of the cost of the item "pre-coupon" like on a normal receipt.
Here's an example:
I bought cream cheese at Walmart. I price matched it for $1.97 to Foodland's flyer.
Then, I used a "coupon zone" coupon from Zehr's for $2.00 off when you buy 2 products.
The cashier would then calculate the cost of the cream cheese TO $1.97 from their regular price. THEN she calculated the cost of the coupon, per item. In this case it was $1.00 off per item (the coupon was $2.00 off when you buy 2).
The new cost was then 97 cents per cream cheese.
I checked with the CSM (customer service manager) and this is acceptable. It is basically "double price matching" because I can use a flyer AND coupon- even though the coupon is being used to price match and will not be send to a vendor to be paid on.