Target: Coupon and Price Matching Policies and New Printable Coupon System

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• Alot of Target cashiers are under the impression that if the coupon value exceeds the cost of the item , that they cannot take the coupon. I've been missing out on savings because I believed them. I just read the coupon policy on here and it says that they are supposed to reduce the amount of the coupon so that it can be accepted. I can't wait to go back and shove my coupon policy in their faces. Its so frustrating to plan a shopping trip and then it gets ruined simply because a cashiers doesn't want to take the time to find out the correct answer or do the right thing by the customer.

• I tried both of your links for getting to Target's Q policy, but they both take me to what looks like the home page. I can't find a link anywhere on this page for the policy. Can someone help? (I haven't tried the links for the Price Matching policy yet...do they go to the same page?)

• Thanks for letting me know! I updated the links.

• I Luv Target~~They take a lot of my cpn's & so far they never say anything about the limit, sometimes I do more than 1 transaction just so they don't say anything. They keep things stocked so I go twice a week ..@ my walmart the clerks act like they are afraid to take an internet cpn, they always say is this from the internet?lol

• I have had trouble with my Target accepting coupons lately. For example, they would not honor the Ziploc deal you reported a couple weeks ago on "Ziplock food storage items." They said I could only buy Ziplocs the "Food Storage" product, as though "food storage" was a proper name. There was no such product on the shelves and I have been unable to find such a product at other stores so I think they just made that up. Today, I tried to buy the sample size Tide with the $1 P&G coupons to get them for free, and they told me I could only use it on a bottle of Tide because a bottle was shown in the picture even though there is no such limitation written on the coupon. It seems as though they are making their own rules up on coupons and with the store coupons in particular, I feel it is very misleading to pull customers into a store under the guise of some deal and then not honor it. Do I really need to print out a copy of their policy and carry it with me? Because if so, I'm about to simply shop at Walmart instead where they will match any competitor's price and I have never had a problem haggling over coupons. I don't have time for this and I'm tired of being treated like I'm some sort of criminal.

• That is very frustrating, but unfortunately happens often. Some stores just don't understand that it is the wording that matters, not the picture. Just keep trying and bring the coupon policy with you. If they continue to give you problems though, your time may be better spent shopping elsewhere.

• Yes, it often seems as though their cashiers have NO CLUE about the couponing policies or how they work. They just don't seem to bother training cashiers how to ring up coupons. (And I think that at some stores, the management tells them not to accept stuff that they are supposed to). You should try making a note to yourself which cashier(s) give you a hard time, and try someone else. If the ALL give you problems, then it's a problem with management either not traing their ppl, or going against company policy, either of which ought to be reported to the company.

• I have a TARGET STORE coupon for a water purifier system that states “limit 1 coupon or offer per transaction….Coupon may not be combined with other promotional codes or applied to previous offers.”
  I also have a MANUFACTURER’S coupon for this same item.
  Can I use both coupons??

• Yes, according to Target's coupon policy you can use 1 manufacturer coupon and 1 store coupon per item.

• I am not able to download the Target software to print coupons. Any ideas?

• I took advantage of the Target Banana Boat sun care product deal and got the $5 promo card; I then applied that to a 2nd transaction which gave me another $5 promo card. I was going to do a third transaction using that gift card but the Target cashier told me I wasn't allowed to redeem more than 1 gift card per day. They couldn't produce the policy that stated that so wanted to know if anyone could confirm that. Thanks!

• Jo, I have successfully used up to 3 gift cards in one transaction. I don't know if it's policy or not, but it worked for me with no hassles.

• @Jo, I just looked up their terms of use on the target website for gift cards and nowhere on there does it state you can't redeem more than one a day.

• Hi,
  I just got back from Target & I was shorted $12 on my coupons. I am going to return the Degree because none of my Degree coupons were credited, but the clerk had them. My Mr. Clean coupon, the Target John Frieda weren't credited! Very aggravating! How do you watch carefully enough to make sure all coupons are counted? I paid $61 & saved $45 in coupons, but it should have been $12 more savings in coupons.

• It is frustrating when that happens! I try to watch carefully but sometimes I miss them anyway. Try stacking them in alternating directions so they don't get stuck together and watch the register - sometimes the coupon beeps and the clerks don't notice until they've scanned several other coupons.

• I've been having problems with Target as well. I had to have the clerk redo my coupons 4 times the other night because she was'nt getting the fact that she was holding $21 in coupons and that $21 from 59 was not 47. Even after all that I still got shorted $1.00 but I was so annoyed I just chucked it up to a loss. Then 2 days later I got shorted $7 in coupons and was treated like scum by the cashier, she kept huffing and puffing cause she had to verify a price and because she was missing coupons I had her redo them. She then turned to the line and said "I'm sorry she's the problem she has all these coupons." I'm a grocery store manager so I am still fuming and plan on having a talk directly with the store mgr not any of the assistants. Good luck I'm determined to get my Target over there poor coupon treatment and I do keep their policy on hand because they are inconsistant in interpretating their own policy.

• Hi,

  I couldn't find anything about catalina coupons on Target's policy, do you know if they would accept them?

  Thanks !

  Aurora

• They accept their own catalina's but not other store's.

• On the target coupon I have it says 'Coupon may not be combined with other promotional codes...'. Does that mean I cannot use it with a manufacturer's coupon? Also, if I have 2 manufacturer's coupons (one printed from coupon.com and the other from the paper circular) can I use both of those on 1 item? I am headed to Target in the morning to try out my very first coupon spree and I am nervous on these 2 things. Thank you for all the help on this website, it is a big help for my fmily!

• @Becky, You can still use a manufacturer coupon with your Target coupon. You can only use 1 manufacturer's coupon per item - even if 1 is from the paper and 1 is a printable. https://www.couponing101.com/2011/04/couponing-101-limit-one-coupon-per-item.html