Target Shopping Trip
Up&Up Bleach – $1.79 (I tried to use the $1/1 mobile coupon on this but the computer wouldn’t accept it. I needed to buy bleach anyway though, so I just went ahead and paid full price.)
1 C9 Top – $6, used $3/1 Target mobile coupon – $3 after coupon
1 Market Pantry Pasta – $1.04, used $0.75/1 Target mobile coupon – $0.29 after coupon
1 Market Pantry Pasta Sauce – $1.52, used $0.75/1 Target mobile coupon – $0.77 after coupon
2 Smuckers Toppings – $1.79 each, used 2 $1/1 Target printable AND 2 $1/1 printable – Free after coupons
GE Light Bulbs – $2.79, used $2/1 Target printable – $0.79 after coupon
2 Nivea Lotion – $4.80, used 2 $2/1 Target printable AND 2 $2/1 printable – $0.80 each after coupons
2 Purell Hand Sanitizer – Marked down to $1.74 each, used 2 $1/1 coupon from the 7/28 SmartSource insert – $0.74 each after coupons
3 Tone Bodywash @ $3.54 each – On Sale Buy 2 Get 1 Free, used 3 $1/1 printable AND 2 $1/1 Target printable – $0.69 each after coupons
2 Up&Up Hand Soap – $0.89 each, used 2 $0.50/1 Target printable – $0.39 each after coupons
Used $5 Target gift card from last week’s shopping trip
Total before coupons and gift card: $42.20
Total with tax ($1.65) after coupons and gift card: $8.81
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connie boyd says
Can I ask how you get the mobile coupons?
Heather says
I second the signing up for cartwheels! You can actually triple stack with if you are using cartwheel. You are allowed 1 manufacturer, 1 target and 1 cartwheel per item.
The best think about cartwheel is that can use it up to four items per transaction and up to six times a day. You don’t have to have a smartphone to use it. You can print off your list and then have them scan the sheet.
Gretchen out of your trip five items have a cartwheel right now: bleach, up & up soap, Market Pantry Pasta, Market Pantry Sauce, and C9 shirt. All are at 5% off which would add up to another .60 savings.
Just something to think about.
Amy says
Does your target let you use more than 1 like target coupon per transaction? It says on each coupon limit one per shopping trip. My target does not allow using 2 of the same coupon unless they are in different forms. Like one printed and one mobile. I used mobile coupons today and combined it with printables, mfg coupons, and cartwheel and paid $19 for over $50 worth of product! Nice trip!
Monica says
I’ve asked the same question, and the answer is yes. My Target does not allow two printed coupons “alike” in the same transaction. Hope that helps.
Heather says
It depends on your store. Since the coupons do say limit one, they have the right to limit, but not all do. I have one store near me that limits, but another one that doesn’t.
Anne-Marie Berk says
Way to go, Gretchen! I have several of those C9 workout tops and they’re the bomb dot com : )
JRW says
I stopped going to Target when one of their own circular coupons would not scan, and the manager refused to enter it anyway. It was high-value ($10 off a $40 purchase of certain items), and I was careful to make sure I had at least $40 worth of those items pre-tax. The checkout clerk was new, but very nice and tried several different times and ways to scan the coupon. She called the manager over, and the manager started giving my husband and me the “third degree,” like we were trying to steal! I ended up leaving the store without making the purchase, and I have not been back. I may be missing great deals, but at least I’m not wasting my time and being treated like a criminal.
Jen says
I agree, that happened to me everything in my cart had a manufacture coupon & majority had stacking store coup none said only 1 coup per item. But the clerk refused to even try to scan. I got the manager to come over & she said the clerk had that right. So I left my entire transaction bagged in the cart for them to restock! And left. Customer service isn’t what it needs to be at target!
Mary C says
I’m not finding the Tone Bodywash on Target coupons. Is it gone?
Colleen M says
I found both Tone coupons on the website for coupons.com One of the coupons is a manufacturer for $1.00 and the other is a Target Web Coupon for $1.00 off. I did not see a Tone coupon on the Target website. Hope this helps!
Gretchen says
Yes, Colleen is right. Both coupons are found on coupons.com. I hope that helps!
Monica says
Where is the Smuckers Topping coupon? I only found the a coupon for the Smuckers Natural Spread. Thanks!
Anonymous says
Gretchen do you go every week to the store? Also how many stores do you go to in a week to get the best deals? Thanks for sharing your shopping experience.
Gretchen says
I shop once a week and even though great deals pop up at various stores throughout the week, I only have time/allow myself to go on one day. (This actually saves me a lot of money as well since I’m not tempted to run out and go to the store every time there’s a freebie/great deal.) I always go to Dillons and depending on the deals other stores are running that week, I will go to those. This week, every single store (Dillons, Target, Aldi, Walgreens & CVS) had great sales/freebies so I hit them all. Last week, I only went to 3 stores. We live outside the city, so I drive about 20 minutes to a location in the city where ALL the stores are within about 2 blocks of each other. It’s nice because once I drive the 20 min, I’m there and I don’t have to drive all over.
Wendy says
Where is the $2/1 Nivea coupon? I need some lotion!! I don’t see the coupon on the Target site. Please don’t say it’s gone now 🙁
Kayla says
I was wondering the same thing! I hope it’s not gone – that was a great deal on lotion!
Monica says
I’ve go the same question.
Gretchen says
It must be gone now. I can’t find it either. I’m sorry!
Amy says
I’ve had target mobile coupons not work a bunch of times before (it bothers me; that makes me wonder why they don’t work so often. And I am always sure that I’m buying the correct thing.) if I’m buying a bunch of stuff that uses mobile coupons I usually don’t catch it, but if it is just one or two things and I do notice, I point it out and the cashier can manually enter it. You can also go to guest services to fix it. If their mobile coupon deals are what get people in the doors and you buy something just because its such a good deal, they should be finding a way to honor the coupon.
Melissa says
I had one not work and I went to get it adjusted a three days later when I was near target again. They would not credit me back because it was over 48 hours and their system could not do that. I was really annoyed because this keeps happening with their mobile coupons. I lug three kiddos three and under with me and I cannot watch each transaction like a hawk!
Christie says
You should sign up for Cartwheel! There were extra discounts on the pasta, sauce and hand soap that would have added a few cents savings =)
Also the same thing happened with most of my up and up mobile coupons. I caught one before I left and stopped at customer service on my way out. Wish I’d had time to look it over better and catch the rest.
Vicki says
I had the same problem with the mobile coupons today. I went for the olay wipes and the $5 coupon would not go so the clerk got the mgr and he told her to put it thru 🙂