Ever Do This While Grocery Shopping?

Feb 12th, 2018 12:06 am

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unclefester [OP]: Sr. Member; Oct 7, 2013; 588 posts; 320 upvotes

Feb 12th, 2018 12:06 am

True story...

Over the weekend I bought a few items at my local Real Canadian Super Store.

I used an out-of-town Zehrs flyer to do a price match and got a GREAT deal on some PC frozen vegetables.

I'm friendly with some of the cahiers so I always look for somebody I know when I check out.

When I presented my Zehrs flyer to get the deep discounted price match - it caught her attention.

Extremely low price and obviously she knew it too.

So I asked her if she wanted me to leave the flyer with her for her personal use & she said yes.

She told me her shift was over at 5.30 p.m. and that she would certainly use the price match to get the discount.

Happy to help her. She was pleased. Nice gal who always treats me well.

Ever do something similar with your local store staff?

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Feb 12th, 2018 12:13 am

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yesstyle: Deal Fanatic; May 18, 2009; 6902 posts; 1984 upvotes; Richmond Hill

Feb 12th, 2018 12:13 am

are u asking if you should ask her out? yes

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Feb 12th, 2018 2:43 am

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flyingnurse: Deal Addict; Feb 23, 2015; 2169 posts; 1080 upvotes; Brampton, ON

Feb 12th, 2018 2:43 am

OP you used her for your own gains, she is only a "nice gal" because you used her!!!

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Feb 12th, 2018 4:23 am

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sandikosh: Deal Expert; Jan 7, 2007; 20956 posts; 5400 upvotes; Poormond Hill

Feb 12th, 2018 4:23 am

Op risked the "friendly" cashier job by saving a few dollars. Why? You know and the cashiers know that RCSS does not price match other stores not located near them.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more memorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Feb 12th, 2018 6:31 am

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Omakase: Deal Addict; Nov 29, 2017; 1452 posts; 2071 upvotes; FHill

Feb 12th, 2018 6:31 am

Nope

Feb 12th, 2018 9:02 am

#6

Swerny: Deal Expert; Oct 5, 2008; 16143 posts; 10960 upvotes; Toronto

Feb 12th, 2018 9:02 am

the OP's shopping threads....

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Feb 12th, 2018 9:34 am

#7

unclefester [OP]: Sr. Member; Oct 7, 2013; 588 posts; 320 upvotes

Feb 12th, 2018 9:34 am

Should perhaps point out that my RCSS accepts Zehrs flyers for pm'ing.

The fact the Zehrs store is "out-of-town" has no bearing on its proper use in this case

There isn't a No Frills store in my town either but my RCSS happily accepts PM's from that store as well.

There's no Valu Mart in my town either but my RCSS happily accepts PM's from that store as well.

Happy to clarify for you all

Nothing untoward nor dishonest going on here as a few are suggesting

FYI

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Feb 12th, 2018 10:11 am

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OntEdTchr: Deal Addict; Dec 27, 2013; 3589 posts; 1348 upvotes; Woodbridge

Feb 12th, 2018 10:11 am

Use Flipp and/or Reebee.

Feb 12th, 2018 10:55 am

#9

Guest439488: Deal Fanatic; Oct 1, 2011; 6337 posts; 1504 upvotes

Feb 12th, 2018 10:55 am

This story is cute as hell

No I don't price match as keenly as you do. I guess it's a nice gesture that you gave her the flyer haha

I'm just an ordinary deal-finder. Sometimes the cashiers are like, "Wow, that's a great deal!" and I'm like "Yeah" and they're like "I'm going to get some for myself tonight" and I say "you should"

Face With Stuck-out Tongue And Tightly-closed Eyes

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Feb 12th, 2018 12:53 pm

#10

unclefester [OP]: Sr. Member; Oct 7, 2013; 588 posts; 320 upvotes

Feb 12th, 2018 12:53 pm

sandikosh wrote: ↑ Op risked the "friendly" cashier job by saving a few dollars. Why? You know and the cashiers know that RCSS does not price match other stores not located near them.

My town has no Zehrs - No Frills - Loblaws or Valu Mart - yet Superstore price match the flyers from all four.

You don't enjoy similar benefits where you shop???

Pity

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Feb 12th, 2018 12:54 pm

#11

unclefester [OP]: Sr. Member; Oct 7, 2013; 588 posts; 320 upvotes

Feb 12th, 2018 12:54 pm

Swerny wrote: ↑ the OP's shopping threads....

Please post on topic

Thanks

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Feb 12th, 2018 1:09 pm

#12

marmalade12: Member; Dec 8, 2008; 390 posts; 380 upvotes; Winnipeg

Feb 12th, 2018 1:09 pm

To answer you question. Yes I've done this twice. Once for batteries and the young male cashier was very excited and accepted the flyer. Another time I had some great coupons and the cashier accepted them readily when I offered.

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Feb 12th, 2018 1:11 pm

#13

OntEdTchr: Deal Addict; Dec 27, 2013; 3589 posts; 1348 upvotes; Woodbridge

Feb 12th, 2018 1:11 pm

unclefester wrote: ↑ My town has no Zehrs - No Frills - Loblaws or Valu Mart - yet Superstore price match the flyers from all four.

You don't enjoy similar benefits where you shop???

Pity

Almost every retailer where I price match restricts it to "local competitors only." Having said that, if your retailer explicitly states that they will match certain stores despite them not being in your town, then you're fine. The RCSS near me has a list of actual stores that they match, and all are local.

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Feb 12th, 2018 2:06 pm

#14

crassus: Newbie; Dec 25, 2014; 80 posts; 16 upvotes; Scarborough, ON

Feb 12th, 2018 2:06 pm

The RCSS in Scarobrough and Don Mills accepts all flyers from Loblaw banners as long as they are Ontario. Out of town flyers are fine. There are two versions of the Your Independent Grocer (Ontario and Ottawa) flyers, those work fine at RCSS. On a side note, some RCSS in Ottawa will also let you price match Maxi and Super C in addition to other Ontario Loblaw flyers.

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Feb 12th, 2018 2:30 pm

#15

DavidA511606: Jr. Member; Jun 7, 2017; 164 posts; 154 upvotes

Feb 12th, 2018 2:30 pm

unclefester wrote: ↑ True story...

Over the weekend I bought a few items at my local Real Canadian Super Store.

I used an out-of-town Zehrs flyer to do a price match and got a GREAT deal on some PC frozen vegetables.

I'm friendly with some of the cahiers so I always look for somebody I know when I check out.

When I presented my Zehrs flyer to get the deep discounted price match - it caught her attention.

Extremely low price and obviously she knew it too.

So I asked her if she wanted me to leave the flyer with her for her personal use & she said yes.

She told me her shift was over at 5.30 p.m. and that she would certainly use the price match to get the discount.

Happy to help her. She was pleased. Nice gal who always treats me well.

Ever do something similar with your local store staff?

No. I am not poor.

Feb 12th, 2018 5:39 pm

#16

unclefester [OP]: Sr. Member; Oct 7, 2013; 588 posts; 320 upvotes

Feb 12th, 2018 5:39 pm

marmalade12 wrote: ↑ To answer you question. Yes I've done this twice. Once for batteries and the young male cashier was very excited and accepted the flyer. Another time I had some great coupons and the cashier accepted them readily when I offered.

Appreciate your post

It's like a breath of fresh air

Not so hard really is it?

You get it

Thanks

Feb 12th, 2018 8:02 pm

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Kelly M: Deal Addict; Sep 9, 2017; 1700 posts; 1542 upvotes; Winnipeg

Feb 12th, 2018 8:02 pm

Tough crowd today. I've shared info or coupons with other customers in the store and it's fun to see them really happy about it. Keep it up OP!

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Feb 13th, 2018 12:32 am

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unclefester [OP]: Sr. Member; Oct 7, 2013; 588 posts; 320 upvotes

Feb 13th, 2018 12:32 am

KellyM133398 wrote: ↑ Tough crowd today. I've shared info or coupons with other customers in the store and it's fun to see them really happy about it. Keep it up OP!

Thanks Kelly

I've done that too recently - a fellow customer asked me about an item - I showed him my flyer

Told him if he wanted to stock up too I would "lend" him my flyer

He saved himself about ten bucks when he checked out right behind me as he borrowed my flyer

He didn't have a PC points card so he left me swipe mine on his purchase

Everyone's a winner

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Feb 13th, 2018 9:15 am

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Jonric: Deal Addict; Oct 14, 2017; 1061 posts; 853 upvotes; GTA

Feb 13th, 2018 9:15 am

jvnanu wrote: ↑Almost every retailer where I price match restricts it to "local competitors only." Having said that, if your retailer explicitly states that they will match certain stores despite them not being in your town, then you're fine. The RCSS near me has a list of actual stores that they match, and all are local.

The two RCSS stores closes to me do not have the exact same list of competitors they will PM, so it's easy enough to believe that some of their stores will PM across larger geographic areas than others do. Fwiw, as of a few months ago, some Walmart stores in rural ON were reportedly still PMing any ad from anywhere in the province.

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Feb 13th, 2018 9:20 am

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Jonric: Deal Addict; Oct 14, 2017; 1061 posts; 853 upvotes; GTA

Feb 13th, 2018 9:20 am

KellyM133398 wrote: ↑I've shared info or coupons with other customers in the store and it's fun to see them really happy about it.

Me too. When using paper flyers, I've also given them to people, although not to a cashier. And without actively sharing info, I've had a number of people including some cashiers tell me they weren't aware of something I was PMing.

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