Jill Cataldo

Every deal and catalina out there has "people" saying they're going to change the deal because of the cheaters. In the above example, the poster repeats a comment that one man returned 22 bottles of Ragu. Assuming it was the pizza sauce, we're talking about 68 cents profit on each (1.29 plus tax less $2 YB) or a whopping $15 possible money maker for how much time? And this is an extreme example. Go back and read some old forum posts from a year or so back; you'll see that the same comments were being made by store managers and customer service. Common sense rules all of these deals. If you need/have enough coupons to wipe out the shelves, either do so at 10 pm on the last day of the sale or place a special order for your items.

that will ruin this. Buying dozens of bottles of shampoo or loaves of bread, even if you are well intentioned and plan to donate it to a food pantry will result in this type of program ending. Here is the latest announcement from YourBucks:

Unfortunately, during this period of learning, some offers are being abused by a very small group of shoppers which is forcing us to modify the following three offers:

From
- Buy any ONE Ragu Pasta sauce 26oz or larger - $2.00
- Buy any ONE Suave® product excluding trial or travel size - $2.00
- Buy any ONE Degree® Anti-perspirant/Deodorant item excluding trial or travel size - $2.00

To
- Buy any 1 (One) or more Ragu Pasta sauce 26oz or larger - $1.00
- Buy any 2 (Two) or more Suave® product excluding trial or travel size - $1.00
- Buy any 1 (One) or more Degree® Anti-perspirant/Deodorant item excluding trial or travel size - $1.00

Please know this is not a decision we take lightly. And, we apologize that you are being impacted due to the questionable actions of so few.

The many generated cats really are a problem for cashiers. I have been doing 3 cat deals and 3YB items each shopping trip this week. I get 2 $10, 2 $5 and 3 $2. Lots of other advertising cats come out in addition to this group of 7. My favorite cashier has actually turned her cat machine sideways to help her catch the cats before they get tangled in the conveyor belt and chewed up.

since the preferred card is how you generate yb cant they cancel the card so they are not ablt to get them..or do like the cats and have them print after you pay...its people like that who ruin it for everyone else

I would think they could look up the preferred card number on the transaction. Of course people could go in and sign up for a preferred card and not use any valid address etc - altho verifying an id would help. They need to send the police to those people's houses and arrest them for theft. They can also cancel the preferred card I am sure. Might deter some of them.