'Grocery stimulus' offer full of catches | The Columbus Dispatch

Natasha wrote:

This article is inaccurate one more than a couple counts. I actually participate in the program currently, and fees are very transparent and not as high as they were described as above. In my case, I pay 10% of the value of any coupons I order (thus $.10 on a dollar coupon) and can order as many or as few coupons as I like for a flat $.75 shipping fee.
The other day I ordered about $35 of individually picked coupons, and paid $4.19 for the 10% value of the coupons plus the $.75 shipping fee. GrocerySavers also throws in extras of the coupons I pick that equal the $4.00 I paid out in fees, which sorts of cancels it out. When I went to my nearest grocery store which happens to be a SuperFresh, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they double any coupons worth less than a dollar, which made my total savings a few dollars higher than I had expected.
I would not have found those coupons on my own as I don't order any newspapers containing them, so for me this is definitely a win, and the small fees are definitely going to be less than the total savings as the coupons are all on things I usually plan to buy anyways.
Next time please do a little more careful research before you put it up as fact!

Ms Sha wrote:

i bought into the gimmic on Oct 13, 2009,$3.90, i still have not recv'd my coupons, i called back on Nov. 5th, they claim they were goig to resend them, here it is Dec 16th, and still no coupons, i have called and left several messages and they have not returned my phone calls, I AM VERY ANGRY!!!! what can i do?

Natasha wrote:

This article is inaccurate one more than a couple counts. I actually participate in the program currently, and fees are very transparent and not as high as they were described as above. In my case, I pay 10% of the value of any coupons I order (thus $.10 on a dollar coupon) and can order as many or as few coupons as I like for a flat $.75 shipping fee.
The other day I ordered about $35 of individually picked coupons, and paid $4.19 for the 10% value of the coupons plus the $.75 shipping fee. GrocerySavers also throws in extras of the coupons I pick that equal the $4.00 I paid out in fees, which sorts of cancels it out. When I went to my nearest grocery store which happens to be a SuperFresh, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they double any coupons worth less than a dollar, which made my total savings a few dollars higher than I had expected.
I would not have found those coupons on my own as I don't order any newspapers containing them, so for me this is definitely a win, and the small fees are definitely going to be less than the total savings as the coupons are all on things I usually plan to buy anyways.
Next time please do a little more careful research before you put it up as fact!

rmh wrote:

I had to cancel. Heard the ad on the radio, called in to try it out, was told that we would receive $2000 worth of "certificates" to use towards our groceries...I even went over certain brands with the guy on the phone to see if it would apply for us, as we use a lot of whole food, all natural type things...The Customer Service guy made it sound like you go up to the cashier, present this certificate, and find out whether or not you have a balance due and that information is then sent electronically to the company to let them know what products folks are buying...
Took quite awile to receive "welcome kit" which was just a pamphlet listing the companies involved and a letter giving the internet address on which you order coupons. The letter also had return information. Obviously, I realized the program was NOT different from those mentioned here, but it WAS different from its advertising, therefore I called to cancel, followed the instructions in their letter "to the letter"...and still saw no refund on my credit card. I called my CC as soon I sent the return "package" (please, it was one tiny pamphlet), and told them that I what was going on...they said that if I didn't receive a refund by one month from that day, to let them know. So, I did, and THEY (my CC company) gave me the refund, though they said that grocery savers had a certain amount of time to dispute or what have you...
luckily I had the tracking numbers, etc, for my return, so there can be no return.
It might be a good program for those into extreme couponing, but otherwise just a time taker..
PLUS, the original customer service guy also said when I was about to place my order, that there would not be ANY additional charges EVER, that he $19.95 fee was it. Wrong. If you have to pay a percentage of the coupon, and the shipping, I believe that means you are paying something else
Switch and bait, anyone?

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Lee Denver CO wrote:

I have never received anything yet and want to cancel. Does anyone have the phone number to contact National Grocery Stimulus for a refund? I am unaBle to locate the information I wrote down. Thanks for your help!!!

hey now wrote:

<quoted text>Here's what you do. Go into the grocery store of your choice and proceed to the produce department. Once there, take a massive sh^t in the middle of the aisle and while doing so scream as load as possible, "Vote obama!" Within two weeks a pre-paid card from the Department of Parasite Affairs will be sent to you. Also, the more instances of public defecation you perform the more parasite cards will be sent to you.