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)
Apr 23, 2014, 1:52 am
#841
Moderator: Manufactured Spending
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,577
The terms of this coupon were 1 per customer. If anyone here got more than 1 was it unethical? Oh the horror! You are always free to hand them back the coupon, lol. If you want to wax poetic about ethics where do you draw the line? You might as well pontificate about whether debit PIN cash out is unethical. After all, the terms say PIN use is not intended for cash back. But 99.99% here have used a work around to bypass. Or whether MS with a CC is unethical. After all the T&C for most CC rewards programs have verbiage excluding purchase of cash equivalents. You might as well say say the entire MS forum "sounds rather unethcial", lol. For me the coupon was incentive to test which Safeway stores and cashiers are variable friendly. 
If a store offered a free t-shirt when you buy a pair of shoes, would you buy the shoes, get the free t-shirt, and then return the shoes? That's effectively what you're proposing with these Safeway coupons.
Apr 23, 2014, 1:59 am
#842
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: SEA
Posts: 1,887
Apples to oranges. Really? Sounds more like selective ethics to me. I'm sure you're aghast that Kroger was spitting out $5 coupons with purchase of 2 x $500 variables when the terms excluded variables. Oh the horror that one might get a coupon without purchase. Not to mention when the Safeway coupon excluded variables in the past but how many of you waxed poetic about the ethics of getting a coupon? And how many coupons did you pick up despite the terms saying 1 per customer? Ah, but yes, apples to oranges, lol.
Apr 23, 2014, 4:55 am
#843
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: California
Posts: 264
The $10 offer in the ad says "$100 or more in American Express Gift Cards" and doesn't say anything about it only being for fixed $100, nor excluding variable load cards.
Apr 23, 2014, 9:38 am
#844
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,431
OK, then. I'll head over to Vons when the promo starts, or wait for someone to confirm that variables apply. To me, this would be favorable to the previous offer, as I wouldn't mind getting some gas points.
Apr 23, 2014, 9:43 am
#845
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: SFO/ORD
Posts: 212
http://www.vons.com/ShopStores/Rewar....page#answer_7
http://www.safeway.com/ShopStores/Re....page#answer_7
Which Gift Card purchases earn points?
Qualifying Gift Card purchases made with your Club Card earn points. Excluded are American Express, PayPower, MasterCard, My Choice, Safeway, Visa, Only 1 Visa, NetSpend and RE-loadit Gift Cards.
Apr 23, 2014, 9:54 am
#846
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 721
Dave, how recent is your datapoint re variable AMEX getting gas points? I predict attempting that will fail FWIW.
envoy, they had earned points despite policy, from beginning of promo to midway though promo LAST YEAR. It was fixed mid-promo. Since then, I believe we have several reports of them continuing to NOT earn points, and one report in another region of DID earn points.
envoy, they had earned points despite policy, from beginning of promo to midway though promo LAST YEAR. It was fixed mid-promo. Since then, I believe we have several reports of them continuing to NOT earn points, and one report in another region of DID earn points.
Apr 23, 2014, 10:08 am
#847
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,431
My sister did it ~3 wks ago. She noticed that it didn't earn points when purchased alone, but did earn points when bought with something like a pack of gum. I haven't tried it myself, but I remember some time ago that others had the same experience.
Apr 23, 2014, 1:49 pm
#848
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: Hilton Diamond, CC, Hyatt & IHG
Posts: 121
I will purchase the fixed AMEX next time to see if that generates the fuel points.
Apr 23, 2014, 3:22 pm
#849
Join Date: May 2007
Location: DFW
Programs: WN A+, AA, HYATT DIAMOND, SPG
Posts: 1,125
Looking to hear on the fixed 100.
Apr 23, 2014, 5:21 pm
#851
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 2
Data point from Randall's in the great state of Texas.
Purchased variable - no go on coupon but got the gas.
Talked to manager who confirmed her understanding variables are not eligible. We then used variable to buy 100's and the coupons came with that .
Purchased variable - no go on coupon but got the gas.
Talked to manager who confirmed her understanding variables are not eligible. We then used variable to buy 100's and the coupons came with that .
Apr 23, 2014, 6:02 pm
#852
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,431
Did the cashier knowingly let you use the AMEX gift card to buy another gift card?
Apr 23, 2014, 8:36 pm
#853
Join Date: May 2007
Location: DFW
Programs: WN A+, AA, HYATT DIAMOND, SPG
Posts: 1,125
Apr 23, 2014, 8:44 pm
#854
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: 5,559
Given that the ad does NOT exclude variables and we know dang well that they can place that restriction in the ad as they have for the last few promos, I would fight the "no coupon printing" on variables each and every time and hope for a gift card instead.
Apr 23, 2014, 8:50 pm
#855
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: SFO/DTW
Programs: DL PM 0.5MM, Hyatt Globalist, HHonors Gold, SPG Plat, Marriott Gold, Avis PC, National EE, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,988
^^ agreed with poster above. I would say the coupon did not print and ask for a $10 giftcard instead. Giftcards are stackable and can be used to buy other giftcards too (not sure about AMEX/Visa/MC).
