"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "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
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> 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
>

well, I would certainly pass on all that bunch of baloney.