There’s nothing more frustrating than checking a flyer to see your favorite product on sale, only to find that it’s not in stock when you arrive at the store.
More often than not this occurs when you miss the first three days of a sale. Some stores are great and re-stock sale items on a regular basis.
Other stores, however, reserve only limited quantities of sale items, waiting until the sale is over before they re-stock. Realize that their only purpose of having a sale in the first place is to draw you into the store where you’ll spend 40-60% of your shopping dollars on impulse buys. Once you’re actually in the store there may be little incentive to keep sale items properly stocked.
Many people just walk away. But in this situation is important not to let your grocery store off the hook. First check with the manager. The store may actually have the sale item but simply not have had enough time to re-stock the shelves. In most cases, they’ll either bring one of the sale items to you or re-stock the shelf while you’re in the store.
If the supermarket is out of the product, its time to get a rain check. Generally, stores are required to provide a rain check unless the store advertisement specifically states that “quantities are limited.”
The advantage of a rain check is that you can use it at your convenience – an instant sale whenever you want it. When you come across a manufacturers’ coupon for the same product combine your rain check with the manufacturers’ coupon for huge savings!
Just remember to keep track of your rain check’s expiration date and make sure the rain check includes the number of products you are allowed to buy at the sale price.
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