https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 01:11:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2669380 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:24:53 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2669380@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: I remember JCrew's old policies when I was a serial shopper in college. After awhile I switched to BR. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2669365 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:15:18 +0000 erinbaderin 2669365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: When J Crew first came to Canada they did this - they had Canadian stores and a Canadian website but you couldn't return stuff bought online in the stores, and they charged for shipping AND they didn't offer free return shipping. It was so infuriating that I stopped shopping there until they changed it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2669300 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:37:52 +0000 josina 2669300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an issue at Target once where they advertised on the shelf, $5 off Up&amp;Up diapers, but they didn't give it to me at checkout. Apparently you had to have a printed coupon which they just grabbed an ad and honored it for me.</p> <p>Before Christmas we went to buy a new tree since our lights weren't working... the one we liked at Menards was $200 which was a bit more than we wanted to spend, so we shopped around before coming back. By then (shortly before closing) they had put up the next day's signs and it was only $160. I took a photo of the sale price (so we could find the box) and at check out showed them the photo when it rang up at $200, so we got the sale price!<br /> Price discrepancies can sometimes work in your favor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2669175 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:51:13 +0000 LuLu Mom 2669175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I refuse to shop at Toys R Us due to an incident where they did not honor a sales price, I even took it up with the manager. They had a cart with a sign full of 90% off Halloween costumes, many which were Disney princesses, I picked out 5 of them to use as Christmas gifts. None of them range up and they would not give me the sale price. I stated that there were many in the cart and it wasn't a "mistake" and they said "yeah we are trying to get people to buy them at full price." I was fuming at the false advertising. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2669167 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:43:48 +0000 skipra 2669167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have found Target to be pretty good about honoring discounts. When I've had issues, the service desk has gone above and beyond to help out. The last time was when my Cartwheel didn't process correctly and I was overcharged about $5 so they refunded me $10!<br /> I do hate the online and in store price discrepancies. I feel like shopping takes so much longer because I have to check the online price of everything I see in store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2669133 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 08:47:46 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2669133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's interesting to me that you all want stores to honor their web prices. I work in an industry where it's common to have multiple points of distribution and different pricing. But, now I'm going to start asking for price matching.</p> <p>What does annoy me is when stores have "online only" merchandise and you can't return in the store. Especially when shipping is free, but you have to pay return shipping. If the item was in the store where I could look &amp; touch it up close I may not have bought it in the first place to have to return it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2669072 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 23:27:12 +0000 Boogs 2669072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rocker2014: Lol I'm the same way. If the signs are posted, they do have to honor it! </p> <p>@Greentea: It is and I buy where the price is better, but you would think they would want to keep people shopping in store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2669050 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 21:54:09 +0000 Greentea 2669050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: target consistently has a different price online vs. in store and it is annoying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2669049 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 21:40:01 +0000 Rocker2014 2669049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had this happen to me in Macy's right after Thanksgiving. I hadn't read any advertising, and when I walked in I saw signs that said "Doorbuster"on many racks. When I went to checkout, the items rang up much more than the signed doorbuster price. Apparently, that sale ended at 1pm and it was now 4pm. I pointed out that I had no way.of knowing that, since that imformation wasn't on the sign. After a long conversation which included the manager, they honored the advertised doorbuster price for me...I can be a bit of a hardass in these kinds of situations! I couldn't believe it when I walked back though the store on my way to the parking lot at 6pm and the doorbuster signs were still there, and I felt really bad for the cashiers who had to deal with irate customers like me all afternoon through no fault on their own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2669028 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:56:46 +0000 bookwormmama 2669028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One thing that drives me crazy (especially with Target) is the offer to "match" Amazon's pricing. The thing they don't tell you is that they will NOT honor the Prime price. If you have a Prime account the price only shows the Prime price, so you have to log out to find the true price. I've done this and Target said the price still didn't match what they had, but thankfully they honored the price on my phone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2669027 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:55:44 +0000 Banana330 2669027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Boogs: I've had a few stores have totally different prices on their website than in store and wouldn't honour the web price! This time it was a web pick up in store and shouldn't have been as much of an issue that they made it out to be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2669021 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:50:46 +0000 Boogs 2669021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Modern Daisy: Exactly what it seems like they try to do.</p> <p>@Banana330: It's so crazy to me how much prices online and in store seem to differ lately. It's like, it's the same store so it's so weird how they don't price things the same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2668972 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 19:17:02 +0000 Banana330 2668972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just had an issue with bed bath and beyond. I ordered the item online for store pick up. DH went to pick it up and he said the price was $40 but we could still use the 20% coupon. I said the price was what we bought it for online and to speak with the manager. It was eventually ok but it was such a hassle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2668966 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:38:47 +0000 Modern Daisy 2668966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really hate sales and promotions. It's rare that they apply to something I actually want to buy, most of the time it's just a bait and switch for crap they are trying to unload. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2668965 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:31:24 +0000 Greentea 2668965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A long long time ago I went to Pizza Hut with my Dad with a coupon for the lunch buffet. It said until 1 or something and we arrived at 12. I guess it was a misprint and the manager refused to offer us the buffet. My Dad was mad and walked to the BBB to complain.</p> <p>Anyhow, I suppose it depends on the situation. I had an evil local UPS not honor my paid for declared value even after my claim was approved. Not much I can do unfortunately. They tried to claim I only purchased declared value one way (would never do that, didn't know someone even could do that) ugh! I guess these are more businesses being evil.</p> <p>I loathe sales and promotions, it's like, just give me an honest price. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/store-not-honoring-promotions#post-2668947 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 17:51:44 +0000 Boogs 2668947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you ever had experience with a store in honoring a promotion it was offering? Even on Facebook with managers and two people in corporate because they did not properly advertise their fine print? What did you do in your situation?</p> <p>I just had a situation with Target that I'm still fuming over and I am so frustrated with the lack of resolution over the situation. </p>