Beware the 10x bp on coca cola products

[Ludwig_Lover]

I bought two of the 591ml Cokes on sale 2/$3 yesterday at my local SDM. I knew the promotion was 10X the OP on Coke products, so I figured I would get 300 OP for the 10X bonus. Well I didn't. I got 210. I asked the cashier why I didn't get the 300 OP and she couldn't explain it, and neither could the supervisor. The supervisor suggests I call the 800 number for an explanation, since they don't correct these kind of things at the store level anyway.

I get home and call and spoke to Kevin, who was polite and helpful. He explained that my purchase wasn't really $3 for the two Cokes, but that it is broken down into two $1.50 sales. So I would receive 10X one dollar twice, less the regular OP amount of 30 for spending $3 to begin with, which they added back on again anyway.

This seems really cheap and kind of shady on SDM's part. I am glad I didn't buy 12 bottles of pop. I wanted the 591ml for the iTunes code so it seemed like a good deal. The best thing is that I learned that as much as we try to maximize the BP, Shoppers is trying to find sneaky ways to minimize the amount of BP we can get.

[smileyKT]

WOW :S That is really shady of them!

[d3lovely1]

The iTunes codes expired on may 31st, did they not?

[PurpleBunny89]

UUGGHH, Metro does something similar. When they mark down their pre-made salads they are supposed to be half off.

So tell me why a salad for $7.99 only gets $3.50 off (if you're even lucky!!) as opposed to $4 off? Because my dear friend, they only mark down half price the first number of the salad. If they added one penny more you would then save $0.50 more. Of course they wouldn't want to do that!

[ssbean]

Very interesting! Thanks for the info OP. I bought two of the 591ml Cokes on sale 2/$3 to take to the show the other day but I didn't look at my receipt for the bonus points.

[smileyKT]

The iTunes codes expired on may 31st, did they not?

I think I have some that expire Sept 31

[Ludwig_Lover]

The iTunes deal ended on May 31st. The code on the Coke lids had to be entered before midnight on May 31st. iCoke then emails a code for the free iTunes and you have until September to redeem the iTunes credit. So.....yeah, it's over now.