Sep 10, 2013, 10:33 am
Last edit by: Alcibiades
Blue Monday thanks to Cerberus
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xx/xx/15 - xx/xx/15 Promotion
Participating items must be purchased in a single transaction. Limit one(1) offer per transaction
These coupons often do not scan properly(coming up -0.01 along with a 0.01) and require override. Override is always required at SCO.
If the coupon off your next order does not print out, you can request it online here.
When redeeming the coupon, the following items are excluded in the calculation of the minimum spend requirement:
-Fluid dairy such as Milk, Half & Half, etc
-Blunts, alcohol, and smokes
-Gift cards, Lottery tickets, MoneyGram, etc
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xx/xx/15 - xx/xx/15 Promotion
Participating items must be purchased in a single transaction. Limit one(1) offer per transaction
These coupons often do not scan properly(coming up -0.01 along with a 0.01) and require override. Override is always required at SCO.
If the coupon off your next order does not print out, you can request it online here.
When redeeming the coupon, the following items are excluded in the calculation of the minimum spend requirement:
-Fluid dairy such as Milk, Half & Half, etc
-Blunts, alcohol, and smokes
-Gift cards, Lottery tickets, MoneyGram, etc
Safeway/Vons master thread(up to 2017)
Jun 18, 2013, 1:51 pm
#151
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Denver
Posts: 111
Be sure to check the fine print on the coupon. In prior years, it has been $10 off $10+ purchase. This year, I've seen a lot of $10 off $25+ purchase coupons (when they do similar deals for buying gift cards to certain merchants). If they continue that trend with the Visa promotion, we'll have to get more groceries to cash out the coupons.
Other thing to check is the fee on a $100 Visa. The variable load $20-500 cards have a $5.95 fee, but I know the set value cards have lower fees. Can't recall if the $100 is $4.95 or 5.95. Changes the math on comparing $100 vs. $500 cards.
Pick which one you prefer--would you rather maximize % return by using $500 cards and have fewer coupons to redeem; or maximize total return compared to how much manu spend you generate (BB limit you use, etc).
Other thing to check is the fee on a $100 Visa. The variable load $20-500 cards have a $5.95 fee, but I know the set value cards have lower fees. Can't recall if the $100 is $4.95 or 5.95. Changes the math on comparing $100 vs. $500 cards.
Pick which one you prefer--would you rather maximize % return by using $500 cards and have fewer coupons to redeem; or maximize total return compared to how much manu spend you generate (BB limit you use, etc).
Jun 18, 2013, 2:03 pm
#152
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Denver
Posts: 111
Another issue I've run into is Safeway locations that refuse to allow prepaid GCs to be bought with credit cards. The closest locations to me have all stopped taking CC (I could keep trying with other cashiers, but a King Soopers across the street only wants to see my DL and gives fuel points).
What I will probably do is get use prepaids from elsewhere as debit cards to buy $100 Visas at Safeway. Still a money maker with the $10 off coupon. I can always try to use CC first, but if I have a prepaid along, easy to just switch to that instead.
What I will probably do is get use prepaids from elsewhere as debit cards to buy $100 Visas at Safeway. Still a money maker with the $10 off coupon. I can always try to use CC first, but if I have a prepaid along, easy to just switch to that instead.
Jun 18, 2013, 3:19 pm
#153
Join Date: May 2008
Programs: AA PLT 2MM
Posts: 2,026
Be sure to check the fine print on the coupon. In prior years, it has been $10 off $10+ purchase. This year, I've seen a lot of $10 off $25+ purchase coupons (when they do similar deals for buying gift cards to certain merchants). If they continue that trend with the Visa promotion, we'll have to get more groceries to cash out the coupons.
Other thing to check is the fee on a $100 Visa. The variable load $20-500 cards have a $5.95 fee, but I know the set value cards have lower fees. Can't recall if the $100 is $4.95 or 5.95. Changes the math on comparing $100 vs. $500 cards.
Pick which one you prefer--would you rather maximize % return by using $500 cards and have fewer coupons to redeem; or maximize total return compared to how much manu spend you generate (BB limit you use, etc).
Other thing to check is the fee on a $100 Visa. The variable load $20-500 cards have a $5.95 fee, but I know the set value cards have lower fees. Can't recall if the $100 is $4.95 or 5.95. Changes the math on comparing $100 vs. $500 cards.
Pick which one you prefer--would you rather maximize % return by using $500 cards and have fewer coupons to redeem; or maximize total return compared to how much manu spend you generate (BB limit you use, etc).
If it's advertised as '$10 off your next shopping trip', then It will be $10 off $10.
You do maximize this by buying the $100 cards, but, cashing them out is more of a pain, and, of course you're likely now using the $10 coupons to buy 'anything' instead of what you need. Find someone in the checkout line who will buy the coupon for $8 from you or something
Stack these coupons and you can do really well.
I like checking out the 'clearance sale' on ranchers reserve. Once when I had the '$5 off of $20 purchase of Ranchers Reserve beef' on my Just4U, and found nearly 6.5 LBS of porterhouse steak that had been marked down to $4.97 per pound AND was in the clearance at 50% off.
The Just4U kicked in because the 'non clearance price' was over $20, but, the $5 got deducted AFTER the 50% discount.
So, 6.5 LBS of porterhouse ended up being $11.15 ($4.97*6.5/2 - $5).
Applied the coupon, and, then I'm required to pay $1.15. And, as luck would have it, Chase Freedom was on supermarkets that month, so, ended up earning 16 UR points...
At any rate, just an example of extreme stacking that 'is' possible. Not always of course will you find this.
Ended up being so happy with the score of beef I ended up inviting a few buddies over for steaks and beer. Since I already took care of the steaks, they brought the beer
Jun 18, 2013, 3:41 pm
#154
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Denver
Posts: 111
We will find out tomorrow when the offer goes live.
Jun 18, 2013, 6:42 pm
#155
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: So Cal
Programs: UA Gold/0.744MM, WN AL, Hyatt Diamond, MR Scum, Hertz PC, National Exec, Avis PC
Posts: 5,560
Ad came in the mail today. T&C's are:
I'd say the only thing worth noting in there is that the variable load cards are excluded. And that it goes all the way to 7/16.
When they did this for the MC GCs recently the coupon was for 10 off 10 IIRC
Offer valid 6/19-7/16/13. All variable-load products excluded from the offer. The Visa Gift Card is issued by MetaBank pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. MetaBank; Member FDIC. Subject to availability. See gift cards for details, terms, conditions, and (if applicable) fees. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. Product offers may not be available in all states.
When they did this for the MC GCs recently the coupon was for 10 off 10 IIRC
Jun 18, 2013, 7:08 pm
#156
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Southern California
Programs: UA Platinum, Marriott Gold, SPG Gold, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 317
And a whole month to spread out the spend...I think I will have quite an easy time hitting minimum spend on a few ccs from my last AoR. 
Jun 18, 2013, 9:07 pm
#157
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DFW, AA, Hilton
Posts: 16,692
Don't understand why you would buy a card without the store-printed coupon in the first place. If you had the coupon, you would have seen the dates. Without the coupon, how could you buy a GC to "test it out?"
Jun 18, 2013, 9:27 pm
#158
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: So Cal
Programs: UA Gold/0.744MM, WN AL, Hyatt Diamond, MR Scum, Hertz PC, National Exec, Avis PC
Posts: 5,560
OP was expecting to get the $10 off coupon after purchasing a gift card based on the fact that you had a coupon pop out of the machine. OP didn't need anything in hand to take advantage of the deal if it was already live. However, deal wasn't live yet, so now I'm confused how you got a coupon to pop out? Or did you not get a coupon but rather an "ad" that popped out instead informing you of an upcoming deal?
Jun 18, 2013, 10:41 pm
#159
Join Date: May 2008
Programs: AA PLT 2MM
Posts: 2,026
Don't understand why you would buy a card without the store-printed coupon in the first place. If you had the coupon, you would have seen the dates. Without the coupon, how could you buy a GC to "test it out?"
Still a worthy 'test', no? Earn $19 anyway, and 'testing' to see if a $10 coupon would spit out. Or put it another way, I was going to do this anyway with the only difference is I would have bought at Ralphs to get the 'fuel rewards' instead (of which I have so many, and they're kind of hard to use too)... so not a big loss.
So, why the condensending attitude?
OP was expecting to get the $10 off coupon after purchasing a gift card based on the fact that you had a coupon pop out of the machine. OP didn't need anything in hand to take advantage of the deal if it was already live. However, deal wasn't live yet, so now I'm confused how you got a coupon to pop out? Or did you not get a coupon but rather an "ad" that popped out instead informing you of an upcoming deal?
Jun 19, 2013, 12:02 pm
#160
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: DFW, AA, Hilton
Posts: 16,692
OP was expecting to get the $10 off coupon after purchasing a gift card based on the fact that you had a coupon pop out of the machine. OP didn't need anything in hand to take advantage of the deal if it was already live. However, deal wasn't live yet, so now I'm confused how you got a coupon to pop out? Or did you not get a coupon but rather an "ad" that popped out instead informing you of an upcoming deal?
Jun 19, 2013, 1:20 pm
#162
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: So Cal
Programs: UA Gold/0.744MM, WN AL, Hyatt Diamond, MR Scum, Hertz PC, National Exec, Avis PC
Posts: 5,560
I called it a "store-printed coupon" because it's what I received after a purchase, and it still looks like a coupon when I looked at it again just now. And I posted it that day here. What was the date? Just go back and look. (I do feel a bit irritated right now. I posted what I received to this thread because I've been finding it interesting, but people are somehow doubting what I posted.) As I said before, I have no idea what triggered that coupon since I only purchased simple food items. I didn't even check the effective date until I was asked, and yes, it's interesting that I got it before it was effective.
More than likely what popped out of the machine for you was simply an announcement about the future deal and somewhere in the fine print there was a date range. I get those all the time telling me about something coming up next week like the "mix 'n match" specials, or $5 off instantly when I buy $15 in selected dairy items. Unfortunately, the are not coupons, but rather announcements. This particular deal doesn't even require a coupon.
Jun 19, 2013, 2:48 pm
#163
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 15
Just to confirm that I did receive the usual $10 coupon today with $100 visa GC purchase. Thanks ChaseTheMiles for the heads-up.
Jun 19, 2013, 3:12 pm
#164
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Anaheim Hills, CA
Programs: UA 1K, 1.3mm
Posts: 918
Did we determine that the variable cards don't apply?