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June 2014 Moms
jtaylor199
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PSA: Babys R Us Registry Completion
jtaylor199
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Hi everyone, I want to first start by saying I have been MIA for a while, so I hope everyone is doing well!! It's the home stretch!
I searched and didn't find this posted anywhere else, so I thought I would share.
We recently received our 15% off registry completion coupon in the mail (score!) and were going to order everything on line because we're lazy. Well, we realized that if you use any additional coupons, such as the rewards points and/or if you use gift cards you don't actually get 15% off all the items. No matter how you put in the info they remove the initial coupons first then apply the 15% off. So for example: you have $500 worth of stuff to buy, you put in $100 worth of gift cards then $10 of rewards point, they are only giving you a 15% discount off of $390 worth of stuff, not the full $500 order. When you're not spending much it doesn't make much of a difference, but when it's hundreds of dollars it adds up. We called customer service and there wasn't anything they could do for us. They suggested we go into the store to have it sorted out. That's what I'll be doing tomorrow, I'll update with the results.
PSA part two: It was also recommended to us to get a Baby's R Us credit card, they give you 10% (I think) off of your first purchase with the card, so you can use the card and completion coupon at the same time. Which equals huge savings. Note: the same issue noted above happens with the card and coupon.
I hope that makes sense, sorry for being a bit long winded, I just wanted to be clear!
I searched and didn't find this posted anywhere else, so I thought I would share.
We recently received our 15% off registry completion coupon in the mail (score!) and were going to order everything on line because we're lazy. Well, we realized that if you use any additional coupons, such as the rewards points and/or if you use gift cards you don't actually get 15% off all the items. No matter how you put in the info they remove the initial coupons first then apply the 15% off. So for example: you have $500 worth of stuff to buy, you put in $100 worth of gift cards then $10 of rewards point, they are only giving you a 15% discount off of $390 worth of stuff, not the full $500 order. When you're not spending much it doesn't make much of a difference, but when it's hundreds of dollars it adds up. We called customer service and there wasn't anything they could do for us. They suggested we go into the store to have it sorted out. That's what I'll be doing tomorrow, I'll update with the results.
PSA part two: It was also recommended to us to get a Baby's R Us credit card, they give you 10% (I think) off of your first purchase with the card, so you can use the card and completion coupon at the same time. Which equals huge savings. Note: the same issue noted above happens with the card and coupon.
I hope that makes sense, sorry for being a bit long winded, I just wanted to be clear!
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Re: PSA: Babys R Us Registry Completion
BRU had a deal where you'd get 10% of whatever was spent on your registry back in GC 10 weeks after baby was born. I made a registry for my pricey stuff on there, bought it myself with my completion coupon, and then will get another GC later.
Sorry @katekat8721, I don't think I was clear enough, it let me use all the coupons, but it give me an incorrect discount.
Because I like math, I'll break down my example better:
Order total: $500
Gift cards: $100
Rewards coupons: $10
Plus the 15% off. So what SHOULD happen is:
$500 minus the 15% equals $75 off, so the order total is $425, then you subtract the $100 in gift cards and the $10 in rewards and get a total of: $315 <- this is what you should be paying.
What DOES happen:
$500 minus the $100 in gift cards then minus the $10 in rewards which gives you $390, then it takes the 15% off giving you a total of $331.5
As you can see that's about a $15 difference, but the more you spend the bigger the difference in cost to you. I figure a lot of people might be buying furniture of bigger ticket items with the coupons and you kind of get screwed if combining them with others. I'll keep you posted on what happens tomorrow. But you may want to double check your receipt and see if the same thing happens to you.
Baby #1: expected June 2014
I know a lot of people are mentioning Amazon as well, signing up for Amazon Mom is free and you get 15% off, so it's really worth it. I have Prime and signed up for it just to bump my 10% to 15%.
So I went down to BRU today and it was a 2 hour ordeal but they were able to resolve the issue. They did confirm that the gift cards were being applied first then the discount was being applied, hence us losing out on the full amount of the discount. @larmant, we were doing the order in line before, and that's exactly what the system was doing. The super helpful sales associate at the store said that when we called the 800 number they should have been able to resolve the issue, but when we spoke with them they said they couldn't.
From what I gathered is that if you go to the store you shouldn't have an issue because of how they input the information into the system. If you do it on line then it will get screwed up, and apparently there is no way around it, unless you get someone on the phone more helpful than we had. So just be aware if you're using gift cards and coupons on line! Even if you only get 10% off, if you have $100 in gift cards that's $10 more you're spending that you shouldn't be.
@PressLove, you just need a rewards card, which you can get free in the store.