Kmart... revisited... again!

Submitted by Coupon Maven on Sat, 04/10/2010 - 8:10pm

This is what happens when I have classes in Lombard and Mokena on the same day... :) After my morning class, I stopped into the Lombard Kmart, mainly to look for more clearance clothes for my sons, but also to do some more double couponing. With the 5 coupons per day, per store limit, it's not necessarily worth making a special trip -just- to do doubles... but as long as I was there... that wonderful coupon for $10 off of a $20 Kmart purchase works so nicely into the clearance clothing deals!

I was so thrilled with the jeans I found for the boys the other day in Crystal Lake that I was hoping to find more. (My youngest has worn through the knees of FOUR pairs of jeans this week, so the more new jeans I could bring home, the better!)

Here's what I bought at $1.99 each (pre-coupon):

5 pairs Disney blue jeans
2 pairs Fisher-Price blue jeans
1 pair WonderKids flannel-lined cargo pants (for next fall)

That brought me to $15.92. I needed to get over $20 to use the $10 off coupon, so a $4.99 Wall-E shirt fit the bill.

Add in 4 bags of Halls (free with doubled coupons) and one Pedigree Dentastix dog treat ($4.29, .29 with $2 doubled coupon) and my total was $21.12. After the $10-off-$20, I paid $11.12. Nice!

After I paid, the register printed a bonus coupon for a free box of Kmart American Fare facial tissue! Cool.

Then, I headed south for my Mokena class. Afterward, I stopped at the New Lenox Kmart for another clearance run. They had a lot of shoes on sale for 50% off the lowest clearance price, and I found a couple of pairs for my little guy that worked nicely into this next deal:

Here's what I bought at $1.99 each (pre-coupon):

2 pairs Disney blue jeans
1 pair Fisher-Price blue jeans
2 Fisher-Price shirts
2 WonderKids shirts

And, the two pairs of boys shoes were priced at $9.99 and $7.00, but got another 50% off those prices with the clearance sale ($4.99 and $3.50.)

Add in 4 bags of Turtles candy (free with doubled coupons) and another Pedigree Dentastix dog treat ($4.29, .29 with $2 doubled coupon,) plus the free box of facial tissue with the coupon from the Lombard store...

Pre-coupon total: $22.71. After the $10-off-$20, I paid $11.71. Nice!

Sunday's Kmart flyer notes on the front page that the $1.99 winter clearance continues AGAIN through this week.

Per Transaction

Submitted by moreforless on Sun, 04/11/2010 - 5:08pm.

They seem to be pretty slack on these coupon rules, which benefits the customer no doubt. According to the official policy, it was supposed to be a total of 5 coupons doubled per day per card. But if they're doing per transaction that's even better.

When I went to the Lombard store, they would not accept my $10 off $20 with my doubled coupons. So I wonder if the cashier that gave me problems was unavailable when Jill went in.

I agree about not making a special trip

Submitted by brianna928 on Sun, 04/11/2010 - 2:55pm.

only being allowed to double 5 coupons UNTIL I heard it was 5 doubled q's per transaction. Did 4 orders yesterday.

paid $26.xx ($4.70 was tax) and will send in for 2 separate $10 P&G rebates giving me $20 back......which works out to $1.64+tax.
3-Tide
3-Charmin
6-Snuggle
2-Pull-ups
2-packs of gum
1-welch's grape juice
2-swiffer dust and spray
3-$1.99 clothing items
2-dentek floss picks

so all in all a very good and fun shopping day!!!!

I thought I did pretty good :o)

Submitted by Bernard2003 on Sun, 04/11/2010 - 9:48am.

I did two of the same transactions:

2-jumbo packs of Huggies Pull-ups nighttime (but any huggies jumbo pack would have worked)
1- travel pack of huggies wipes (to get me over the $20 in huggies products)
1 - 8 pack of juicy juice boxes (free with the $20 huggies purchase - an in store tearpad!)

I used (in this order):

1 - $10/$20 purchase
2 ($2/1) huggies coupons that doubled to $4/1 per coupon
1- Buy $20 in huggies products get the juicy juice free (value up to $2.99, so it doesn't double)

final cost - $3.07 before taxes! For all those diapers and juice :o)

the math:
9.99 (pull-ups jumbo pack)
9.99 (pull-ups jumbo pack)
1.09 (travel pack of wipes)
2.49 (juicy juice 8 pack)
-10 Q
-4 2xQ
-4 2xQ
-2.49 FreeQ

I have made two trips to the CL KMart location - it's on the way to my mother's house, so not a special trip.. The first visit was all clearanced winter/fall clothes and one normal huggies transaction using $3 coupons because the coupon doubling hadn't started yet. The CL Kmart has been pretty good about letting you use other coupons with the 10/20, as long as you use the 10/20 coupon FIRST. This would have been a little better if I had had any current huggies wipes Qs.. oh well!

Diaper deals

Submitted by Coupon Maven on Sun, 04/11/2010 - 9:53am.

I know a lot of people have been working that $10-off-$20 AND diaper coupons into the doubles, which was a very smart way to stock up! Sounds like you did great :)