"notbob" > wrote in message
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> So, I go down to Safeway to buy a 2lb pkg of their thick slice bacon
> (which is really quite good) at an almost $5 discount. Yay. But,
> upon getting home, I see from the receipt I've only gotten $3 off.
> WTF? knowing how smarmy Safeway is about their notoriously deceptive
> ads, I read the flyer again. Sure enough, the extra $2 discount is
> with a "U", as in "just for U" discount thingie, of which I've never
> heard of. So, go to their website and get telco support number and
> call them. Sure enough, now they have extra discounts if you are
> willing to officially register and provide a valid email address for
> them to further intrude on and track your life. Not gonna happen.
> Dirtbags.
>
> nb


Yeah, you definitely have to have the Just For U to get some of the buys,
and you have to click on the deals through your computers to add, or by
using the computer in their stores. What a bunch of baloney. Just put it on
sale, and forget the cards that keep track of buying habits. Personally, I
am trying not to shop at stores that require a card to get the discounts
even though Safeway does have good buys with the Just for U discounts.
S-Mart and Smart and Final are about the only stores that don't require
them, now all of the drugstores in town CVS, Rite-Aid, and Walgreen's
require them too, it's just maddening.

Cheri