Double Your Money Back Guarantee at MARTIN’S

 

 

I noticed the logo and motto in various areas of the sales flyer, but I found out more info about the program this morning.

I decided that I wanted to make more strawberry jam.  We gave away several jars to friends, family, and Natalie’s preschool teachers in addition to finishing off several of them ourselves.  It was not going to work out for us to go to strawberry picking or back to the farmer’s market so I decided I would pick-up some organic strawberries while we were in MARTIN’S on Tuesday.  I got four quarts (or 1 pound packages) for $3.99 each.  (I know they are only $2.50 each at Kroger this week.)  Of course it didn’t work out for us to make the strawberry jam on Tuesday and I was going to work on it Wednesday afternoon.  That didn’t happen either.  I looked at the strawberries Wednesday night, along with a package of raspberries I had picked up and noticed mold growing on two of the packages of strawberries and on the raspberries.   I took the two bad containers of strawberries and the raspberries back to MARTIN’S this morning.

I found out today that essentially all perishable items are items that qualify for the double your money back guarantee.  I got double my money back on the raspberries and the strawberries (making the 2 that didn’t go bad free).  Last week I got double my money back on a London Broil that had gone bad in my refrigerator before the sell-by date.

I do want to emphasize that I would not intentionally take advantage of this program.  I would like to think that strawberries or raspberries can survive for a day after I purchase them.  I also wouldn’t have returned them if I thought I had done something to make them go bad faster like leave them in a hot car for two days.  I would like to think that others would also do the same and be honest.  This is a great program, just don't take advantage of it or we may lose it. 

One last thing – they do scan your bonus card to give you the refund so there is tracking in what you buy and return.  You also don’t want to be the crazy person that returns everything.  I remember being in line behind a lady in Ukrop’s who returned sour cream because she thought it smelled sour.  They know that, that is why it is called “sour” cream.  :)

~Ann

MARTIN'S Coupon Policy

•MARTIN’S will double manufacturer coupons up to $0.50 everyday.

• MARTIN’S will only double one “like” manufacturer coupon. (This means that even if you buy two bags of frozen veggies in the same transaction and have two coupons only one will double the other will be honored at the face value.)

• Edited 3/29/11: I had read on-line that people were able to buy multiples of the same item and have the coupon double in the same shopping trip if they broke up the like items and coupons into separate orders.  I recently decided to test this by buying the exact same thing with the exact same coupon in two back to back transactions.  It worked!!!  I had a very patient cashier and no one else in line behind me, otherwise I would encourage you to use a self check-out line. 

•MARTIN’S will “double” the difference of a coupon with a value of $0.51-$0.99 and $1 to give you up to $1 off. (I have had $0.55 coupons that “doubled” $0.45 giving me $1 off.)

•MARTIN’S does accept internet printable (IP) coupons up to a face value of $5, they do not accept IP coupons for a “free” item. This includes buy one get one free.

•You must buy both items to get the free item with buy one get one free promotions. (You can’t buy one item at “half price”.)

•If you are buying 2 items with a buy one get one free promotion you can still use a coupon that covers both items.

If you still have questions feel free to check out the MARTIN'S website.