Comments on: CVS Receipts Are Too Long

By: Dearmas

Dearmas — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:44:11 +0000

Just found your site through yahoo. Glad I found it I've learned a lot.

By: Beerzie

Beerzie — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:09:52 +0000

This is a widespread problem and it DRIVES ME CRAZY!!

By: howboutthis

howboutthis — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:48:14 +0000

Why not just get rid of the stupid coupons and give me the discount. It would be cheaper than tracking all that crap.

By: Andrew Beaujon

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:14:51 +0000

I recently used $1.50 in ExtraBucks to knock down the price of some premium packing tape. It was the first time in my life, the great majority of which I've spent as a CVS customer, that I ever remembered to wring value out of one of those receipts. Still, I'm not convinced that the name-brand tape is any better.

By: coolguy

coolguy — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:26:46 +0000

Umm... the bar codes are so the cashier can scan your receipt for refunds. If you don't like the receipt, throw it away- just don't come crawling back for a refund. Idiot.

By: al gonzales

al gonzales — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:16:59 +0000

Is there a retailer on Earth worse than CVS? They buy up & force out virtually every competitor, then put in stores that are rarely restocked & that are staffed with some of the rudest workers known to humanity.
If it weren't for the fact that there's often nowhere else to go, I'd never go there at all. Boycott CVS - please.

By: ptw85

ptw85 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:10:52 +0000

I work for CVS in NJ and I agree that the receipts are indeed too long, and completely agree that as a customer the computer should keep track of your coupons to allow you to use later. The problems with this is that the customer will be at the register longer trying to figure out which coupons to use rather than having the coupon in hand at home so they can decide what they need to buy beforehand. This would then result in longer lines and more dissatisfied customers. On top of that, in order to even make a program like this would not only take at least 6 months minimum to write and test, it would also cost a significant amount of money. If CVS sees this as too much to develop and roll out, they will stick with paper coupons. As far as wasting paper goes, who says it gets wasted? It is a recyclable material and I know in my store at least we try to recycle as much as we can. My final point will be this, if you used an extracare card that was assigned to you, you should only get coupons based on what you have purchased in the past, so you should have a reason to use them. I know everyone gets the "$10 off a purchase of $50 or more" and the like, and most people dont want to spend $50 in one trip. Those I can see doing without, but I personally like the idea of getting coupons for products I would buy anyway.

By: thatdirtydude

thatdirtydude — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:34:43 +0000

well iffen you got some extra quepons, I could rightly use a few here n there fer me an d the missus, since we could use some o that thar gel that the younguns on the dirty channels, KWIM, keep a touting as a cure fer whatever ails you south of the border, KWIM, but I digress of course.

By: Mr Mean Guy

Mr Mean Guy — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:44:50 +0000

Where I cum from, we try to has the longerst receits evar. The longer the receit, the more extree books you git.

By: clothesfree

clothesfree — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:46:27 +0000

Funny thing about that...if you knew anything about the extracare program or those worthless paper-wasting coupons, cvs probably woulda paid you $7.32 to take that crap outta the store. Get a clue...but make sure you buy it w/ a coupon.

By: rharris

rharris — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:33:59 +0000

One time I actually had more than 10 coupons on my CVS reciept. Completely unnecessary.

I wish they would give you a coupon summary at the bottom of the reciept and just take off the coupon when you buy the product. Waste 1/10th of the paper.

By: KCinDC

KCinDC — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:05:42 +0000

Only two coupons? It seems like my CVS receipts usually have at least five, at most one of which is even conceivably useful to me. Of course they may be mistargeted, since I've been using a CVS card I found on the sidewalk a few years back. I'm sure I've had a yard of receipt before for just a few things.