Pharmaprix/SDM SCOP Mixed Feelings Brag - Dec. 15, 2010

[thetonester521]

On Monday, I decided to pop into Pharmaprix/SDM to take advantage of the 20x the points when you buy $25+ of specific brands like Crest, Oral B, Gillette, Old Spice, etc. Ideally, I would have combined this with the Saturday, 20x the points promo - but I honestly couldn't come up with $75 of stuff to buy!!

I ended up "buying" 4 Crest Pro Health, 2 Old Spice Deodorant, 3 Garnier Fructis Styling Spray, and 2 Old Spice Body Wash.

The Old Spice Deodorant was marked as $2.99 on the shelf, but it rang up at $3.49 each. I didn't realize this until I got home - so I went back today and ended up SCOPing them. They still had the $2.99 price tag up - which confirmed I wasn't crazy and the price was in fact not $3.49
I had used the buy 1 deodorant get 1 body wash free coupons too - so I ended up with it all for FREE!! Crazy!!

Here is what I bought and coupons used:

4 - Crest Pro Health @ $4.49 - 4 x FPCs = 4 x FREE
2 - Old Spice Deodorant @ $2.99 - SCOP'd because rang up as $3.49 = 2 x FREE
2 - Old Spice Body Wash @ $4.99 - 2 x B1G1 coupons = 2 x FREE!
3 - Garnier Fructis Styling Spray @ $2.99 - 3 x $2 coupons = $2.97

Total Before Coupons & SCOP = $42.89
Coupons Used = $33.94
SCOP = $5.98
OOP without Tax = $2.97 for all 11 items!!! + 6600 BPs & 430 Regular Pts!!

Now the mixed feelings...$5.85 in tax...

The cashier rang in all my FPCs as code 2001 as opposed to 2002 , which means I could earn regular SDM Points on them. And which means I have to pay the tax on them!! So instead of about $1.02 in tax, I paid $5.85!! But I didn't say anything - after all I was already getting SDM BPs and using tons of FPCs. Nonetheless, had I known they would enter my FPCs as 2001 - I would have used them and taking my chances on Saturday during the 20x the points event - where I would have received the 20x the pts on them plus the 20x the product bonus pts promo!!

[ElisaM]

I had a similar situation he other day at sdm I had a fpc for any dove product so I of course got the 19.99 gift pack and she rang it in as 2001.

[maddie2008]

My trip to sdm(st clair street location) on saturday was like that. The cashier rang in my 3 FPCs as 2001 also. I didn't complain, but i was puzzled at first.
So I paid more tax but got the points for it.

[ollen]

what is that 2001?

[barbs]

interesting that you got 2 SCOP's - were they do diff. varieties, ie. 2 diff UPC's?

the only items that are technically non-taxable were the 4 FPC's - the taxes on those would be around $2 - when using a coupon to reduce the price of an item to Free, you are still obligated to pay tax on those items.

the way I see it you came out ahead, as the 2 SCOP's offset the taxes that yoou paid.

[thetonester521]

what is that 2001?

Cashiers at SDM/Pharmaprix use 2 codes to enter most coupons typically:

2001 = Regular $$ off coupons, you still get SDM pts on the value of those coupons, and you pay tax on the full amount

2002 = Free Product Coupons or Buy 1 Get 1 Free Coupons and when they use this code you don't get regular SDM pts on those and you don't pay tax

[thetonester521]

interesting that you got 2 SCOP's - were they do diff. varieties, ie. 2 diff UPC's?

the only items that are technically non-taxable were the 4 FPC's - the taxes on those would be around $2 - when using a coupon to reduce the price of an item to Free, you are still obligated to pay tax on those items.

the way I see it you came out ahead, as the 2 SCOP's offset the taxes that yoou paid.

Absolutely - I came out way ahead