I had to post this great Kellogg’s All-Bran Rebate again because I got such an amazing deal at my Kroger store and I found two coupons that you could use on your cereal purchase. My Kroger store has removed the Kellogg’s All-Bran Strawberry Medley cereal from the cereal aisle and are clearancing them out. The orginal price was $2.79 and they were marked down to $1.39. You can get up to $4.99 back on this rebate offer, but it’s always nice to lower your out-of-pocket expense as much as possible and then get that amount back.
Plus I found these two coupons, I used the Red Plum coupon on my purchase.
From the Red Plum Feb. 22 coupon insert:
Save 70 cents on any one Kellogg’s Cereal (10 oz. or larger, any flavor) expires April 5
From the Kroger mailer:
Save $1.00 on any two packages of Kellogg’s Cereal and/or All-Bran products expires May 3
Remember that’s it’s ok to use a coupon on your purchase, and in most cases you will still get the full rebate amount back prior to using the coupon. Manufacturer’s know exactly what coupons they have out there, so if they want to deduct the coupon value, they will tell you they will do that on the form. This usually only happens if the rebate form is next to a coupon in the Sunday coupon insert.
And I got a Catalina coupon to Save 75 cents on my next Strawberry Medley Cereal when I checked out. I’ll definitely use it if there are any of these boxes left the next time I shop at Kroger. But I bet they will all be gone! Remember that this rebate must be postmarked before April 30, 2009.
I take advantage of rebates on a regular basis and have learned a few things along the way.
Heather’s Mail-in Rebate Tips:
* One Rebate Item Rule: Only buy one item per shopping trip that has a mail-in rebate. Most rebate offers require that you submit your original receipt.
* CVS Warning: Be careful about buying mail-in rebate items at CVS and using your ExtraBucks. The ExtraBucks show up as “Coupon” on your receipt, and may end up making your total purchase less than the amount for the rebate item. This is an easy way for your submission to be invalidated, so just avoid it. Yes it happened to me, and yes I lost my rebate money.
* Stash Rebate Paperwork in Envelope ASAP: As soon as you buy an item with a rebate, throw all required paperwork in an envelope: receipt, rebate form, UPC. Put a sticky note on the envelope, and then set aside in a file marked “Rebates” to complete later. This keeps those small pieces of paper all together until you have time to fill out the form, address the envelope, and get it ready to mail. I’ve learned this after losing a few UPC symbols that I cut out – they are so small they are easy to lose! Of course you should fill it out and get it ready to mail immediately if you have a few minutes.
* Keep a Rebate File: Label a file that you have easy access to (i.e. you look at it every day) and keep rebates to do and rebates to submit inside. Pull out your Rebate file at least once a week to catch-up on your paperwork. I often find rebates for items I bought before I knew there was a rebate for it. So I have several “search and find this receipt” rebates that will take me a little bit of time to complete. I save my receipts in an 81/2 x 11 clasp envelope, one for each month so that I can go back through them if needed.
* Keep Items Submitted Loose within the Envelope: This is something I’ve just learned, but it makes sense. Read Hooray for Freebates! post about how machines may open the rebate envelopes submitted and “count” the items inside. If you tape things together, you might screw-up your rebate (delay it or not get it at all).
* Keep Track & Keep Copies: I rarely have any problems getting my rebate checks, but I do keep track of what I submit so that I know when I get my rebate checks (and which rebate checks I haven’t gotten). I will admit that I don’t keep copies of my rebate submissions, but I know that this would be an excellent idea so that you could easily provide back-up information if your rebate submission was questioned.
* Get the Most out of your Rebates: More tips offered by Hooray for Freebates!
I file all offers that require a purchase under rebates.
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I am so glad that you were able to get a good deal on the rebate I emailed you! I couldn’t find them at my Kroger last week, so maybe they had already clearanced them.
Usually you will find clearance items removed from the shelves and in the back of the store on a table or shelve near one of the employees entrances. Sometimes they even set-up a special table at the front of the store by the registers. You will also find some clearanced items on the shelf, but usually they remove them to make room for other products – and that’s why they need to sell them quickly! Every store is different, so just get to know your store and talk to the folks at the Customer Service desk or any of the employees for the inside scoop on where they put the clearance items usually.-HeatherFreebies 4 Mom
Where can you find clearance items at Kroger?