Reader Quanna asked:
when should you give the cashier your store loyality card? Before, during or after ringing up?
The answer is....in most cases, any time!
If you want the big dramatic price drop (that you see in a "certain show"), then wait until after your items have been rung up and before you hand your cashier your coupons. If it makes you happy to see the price of chicken breasts drop from $4.29/lb (an "insanity price") to about $2/lb (my normal stockup price), then by all means, wait until the last possible moment to hand your cashier your store card. But bottom line? You are going to save the same amount no matter when you hand your card to the cashier. I am usually so busy loading my groceries on to the belt that I don't give over my card until AT LEAST halfway through the transaction!
With most stores, as long as you give over your loyalty card before you actually pay, you will get all the sale prices, the (where applicable) double coupons, etc.
So the answer is...whenever you want! (but check with your store...there may be exceptions!)
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Connie Smith Greene via Facebook
I wait until they are done ringing it up to see total savings if I can -if they ask for it in the beginning I will give it
Cassandra E Hardway Rostedt via Facebook
I say before so you can check the prices of items as you go along.
LaPaula Watson Fyffe via Facebook
i kind of like to give it after so the total goes down,down,down.
Jennifer Glasgow Keefer via Facebook
At some stores, the electronic coupons loaded onto the loyalty card will not come off unless the card is presented at the start of the transaction. So I usually present the card in the beginning.
Laura Holland via Facebook
Beginning
Olivia Arnold via Facebook
right away!
Diane Kinney via Facebook
I give it at the beginning so that as things ring up, I can check to make sure I get the sale price. Sometimes, more often than not, I catch mistakes.
Kimberly S.
My store always asks for it right away, although I know it doesn't matter if I give it in the beginning, middle, or end. I'm sure the cashiers are trained to ask first thing so they don't forget and the customer doesn't forget.
Ruth
I always give it to them at the start of the transaction because sometimes they are mistakes on the sale items, I want to make sure all my savings comes off.