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"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 3/23/2015 2:24 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:24:15 -0400, Nancy Young
>> > wrote:

>
>>> Why he didn't say anything, I don't know. I think he was just
>>> astonished. Bad enough my name and address are on the book,
>>> my written shopping list was in there, a good size list.

>
>> Weird thing is that you do not need the coupons there at all. In all
>> the years I have shopped there, I was never denied a sale price
>> because I did not have the book. For a while hey wanted you to show an
>> app on your phone, but that lasted about 3 months, then they just went
>> back to automatically granting the sales price.

>
> For a long time I would have to hand them the coupons to get the
> price (hello, I'm a member, see the card? Why do I have to clip
> coupons?), then I learned if you gave them one coupon, all the sale
> prices would ring up.
>
> Then they finally went to the clipless coupons but you had to
> show the book (or your app). Day 1 I asked the cashier Do I
> really need to bring my book? No. She just laughed.
>
> Frankly, I think I only brought the book because it had my list
> in there and it wouldn't get lost that way. so much for that.
>
>> Missing shopping lists are something else altogether,of course. Cause
>> for war.

>
> Right? (laugh) Those big stores, I walk in and immediately
> forget half the stuff I needed. Hence, the. list.


Without a list, I have to go down each aisle to look at everything to see if
I need it I keep my list on my phone these days, that way I am sure to
have it with me.


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