FREE candy at Kmart

[rparmfamily]

I used mine today, no problem. She had to manually put in the $ amount.

 

[swilshire]

My daughter took one of these to the local KMart today and they not only refused to accept it, but were pretty mean about it. They told her they had signs posted all over the store about it.

I was going to go by after work but didn't bother.

Sheila

 

[kbkids]

Mine wouldn't take it either. Or rather, she couldn't get it to work at the cash register, so she went to call someone and stayed gone FOREVER!!! When she finally came back, she told me I would have to take it to customer service to use it. I looked over at customer service with the line a mile long and told her to forget it. I left everything right there.

I DETEST KMART!!!!! I told DH when I got back in the car, "Everytime I walk out of this store, they've always ticked me off about something." I always swear I'll never go back, and it's been almost a year since I had (last time was Black Friday), but I can't stand them!!! They never have on the shelves what they've got on sale, the prices consistently scan wrong, the employees are beyond rude, and I've never forgiven them for losing my DD's first Christmas pictures and not really giving a flip!! Didn't bother to help locate them - in fact, handed me the huge box of "unknown" pictures and told me to look through all of them. When I complained to the manager, he said, "What did you expect them to do?" Hmmm, here's a thought - HELP!! They made the mistake, why was I expected to do all the work to locate them?

Give me Target or Walmart anyday!!

 

[dodukes]

yeah i got 3 bags last week and tried to go back today and they didnt takje it ewither, kept coming up as invalid reward, oh well. i had 3 bags and thats all i gave out. it was enough for htis year.

 

[maggiew]

My store wouldn't take it either. They said they did not take internet coupons.

Maggie

 

[momof1princess]

i took the coupon to the kmart near my grandmother's house and it took some time, but they got it to work-it wouldn't scan, came up as an invalid code-but after about 10-12 minutes and 2-3 phone calls, they punched the right #'s and it worked. i paid .62 cents sales tax (i bought 2 other things though).

 

[sticker231]

DW used it today without a problem, she also used the juicy juice coupon with no problem.

 

[Brumeiser]

Both managers at both stores said it was a fraudalant coupon and they would not honor it. I said that is fine because I will take my Christmas shopping to Walmart over his store and the manager said fine with me. Boy in are area there are hardly any Kmart stores left and with an attitude like his there will be none left soon. Walmart in our area is just expanding like crazy.

 

[annsteere]

Thanks OP. I added this free candy to my Halloween bowl.

Turns out the Juicy Juice coupon was a fraud. Now this is questionable. Sounds like wise-guys creating and posting fraudulant coupons is going to be the reason stores make a "no-internet coupon policy.

At our Kmart there were signs posted that the coupon was not valid and that they would not be honoring it. Then the manager said that they would--a new corporate decision had just been made because there were SO many angry customers Wed. morning. The coupon itself was a bit odd--the fine print to the cashier on how to make it work was different than most coupons.

But SO many people getting their candy free and no company reimbursing Kmart for their expense, is going to make them think about a generic "no internet coupon" policy.

Why do some people get their kicks ruining things??

 

[dodukes]

Thanks OP. I added this free candy to my Halloween bowl.

Turns out the Juicy Juice coupon was a fraud. Now this is questionable. Sounds like wise-guys creating and posting fraudulant coupons is going to be the reason stores make a "no-internet coupon policy.

At our Kmart there were signs posted that the coupon was not valid and that they would not be honoring it. Then the manager said that they would--a new corporate decision had just been made because there were SO many angry customers Wed. morning. The coupon itself was a bit odd--the fine print to the cashier on how to make it work was different than most coupons.

But SO many people getting their candy free and no company reimbursing Kmart for their expense, is going to make them think about a generic "no internet coupon" policy.

Why do some people get their kicks ruining things??

Kmart posted this coupon on their own frontpage. It had a nice big free candy button on the home page, i doub tit was afraud and its their own fault if they loose money since they put it out there. I dont thin they informed their store well to beign with and then they put pout a coupon with very specific wording about sales only to pu that entire line of candy on sale the same week the coupon comes out. I dont believe for a second this coupon was fraud.

 

[I loveStitchnippyjon]

I had no intention of using multiple coupons...just the "one per customer" that it said on the coupon. On Tuesday I took it to two K Marts. At the first, the cashier couldn't get the register to take it. Neither could the front end manager. They both said that it was the first coupon they had seen like this (infererce: it is a fake). So I took the coupon to a second K Mart where they had a sign posted that they would not accept the free candy coupons! I guess it was not meant to be...

 

[DMRick]

Turns out the Juicy Juice coupon was a fraud. Now this is questionable. Sounds like wise-guys creating and posting fraudulant coupons is going to be the reason stores make a "no-internet coupon policy.

At our Kmart there were signs posted that the coupon was not valid and that they would not be honoring it. Then the manager said that they would--a new corporate decision had just been made because

The thing is, with both coupons, they were put on the internet by the companies. Both companies are now calling unfair on the coupons, because they didn't expect people to pass them around and print them and use them. They thought that if they sent them (on the internet), to certain people, they could control the useage. Well, wake up, and smell the coffee! This is an electronic world. This is something they should have realized, and now they will.
At first I felt bad, those poor poor companies. But now, they are trying to put the blame on the consumers, for their own stuipidy. Calling fraud, when the actual coupons were not fraud. They just can't control how many are being used, and it's something that their advertising area should have been smart enough to figure out.
I think any company that puts out a "free" coupon on the internet is just not a thinking company. Foolish is, as foolish does. If it was just their advertisment that was being passed around, they would be thrilled, and there would be no talk of fraud.

 

[kbkids]

and with an attitude like his there will be none left soon.

We have two in our area, and the both have horrible customer service!

 

[maggiew]

Turns out the Juicy Juice coupon was a fraud. Now this is questionable. Sounds like wise-guys creating and posting fraudulant coupons is going to be the reason stores make a "no-internet coupon policy.

As stated earlier, these were not coupons that some "criminal" manufactured on their computer!! These are coupons that the manufacturers made!!! There was a link on the Kmart home page! They are just mad that so many people used them.

Granted, the Juicy Juice coupon appears to have been intended for teachers, but they didn't make any requirements for that so its their fault. Its possible to limit use - like PIN codes, etc.

Maggie

 

[rparmfamily]

I don't feel bad at all for these companies, in fact, it makes me angry that they are making their OWN customers out to be criminals by saying these coupons are fraud when clearly they are not.

If they want to make the coupons available for a certain segment of the population (like people in a certain area or job) then PUT ON THE COUPON GOOD ONLY IN XYZ or BY XYZ's!!!!

I used my coupon in Kmart, had no problems. I WOULD NOT HAVE SHOPPED AT KMART WITHOUT IT. I never go there!! The coupon got ME IN!! Isn't that the point Kmart???

 

[kbkids]

I don't feel bad at all for these companies, in fact, it makes me angry that they are making their OWN customers out to be criminals by saying these coupons are fraud when clearly they are not.

If they want to make the coupons available for a certain segment of the population (like people in a certain area or job) then PUT ON THE COUPON GOOD ONLY IN XYZ or BY XYZ's!!!!

I used my coupon in Kmart, had no problems. I WOULD NOT HAVE SHOPPED AT KMART WITHOUT IT. I never go there!! The coupon got ME IN!! Isn't that the point Kmart???

Exactly!!! Like I said earlier, I can't stand Kmart. But the coupon got me back in too, after almost a year of boycotting them. I had other things that I was purchasing as well along with the bag of candy and left all of it at the cash register. It was a waste of 30 minutes of my time!!

 

[Brumeiser]

that was the first time I stepped into a K'mart since Black Friday last year. I had to get other things that day so I thought why not. I had spent about 50 dollars on things but just the agrevation of saying I was trying to fraud them that I just forget the order and I also walked out. She muttered something about voiding the order and I replied back well if you would have been more kind and taken your coupon then I wouldn't have to walk out and left. I also emailed customer service on what I thought and as typical no response.

 

[kbkids]

that was the first time I stepped into a K'mart since Black Friday last year. I had to get other things that day so I thought why not. I had spent about 50 dollars on things but just the agrevation of saying I was trying to fraud them that I just forget the order and I also walked out. She muttered something about voiding the order and I replied back well if you would have been more kind and taken your coupon then I wouldn't have to walk out and left. I also emailed customer service on what I thought and as typical no response.

I emailed them years ago with a horrible experience and only got the response - Your email has been received. We will respond shortly.

The cashier yesterday was the only cashier open. By the time she finally told me just to go to customer service, the line was already about 6 customers deep. When I told just to forget it, I heard her say to the customer behind me, "Sorry, but I've still got to wait for someone to come void her order." Oh well - would have been a whole lot easier to just key in "minus $2.79"