<p>So you already knew that Bed, Bath and Beyond coupons don’t expire, despite what it says on them. What I didn’t know is that you can’t use more than 10 per transaction. So, if you have cartload of stuff and a bunch o’coupons, be nice to your cashier and break it into two transactions. Our cashier was very kind and helpful, but she had to manually remove and then reenter a whole bunch of items on the computer.</p>
<p>And explain to me how setting up an apartment is saving me money over the dorm? :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the tip! I’ve never had more than 10 BB&B coupons to use, but it’s a nice to know type of thing. Did you know that BB&B takes competitors’ (like Linens N’ Things) coupons, too? Even if they’re expired! LNT also takes BB&B coupons.</p>
<p>the Bed Bath we went to in Columbia SC wouldnt take more than 6 per transaction,but were nice enough to split up our order so we could use all we had.They would only take non expired ones though.
Here in NY (Long Island) they take anything you have, any number.</p>
<p>Cathymee,
Which BBB? We live near the Harbison one and have never had a problem with expired coupons(maybe it was a new cashier??). Used several coupons last week that were more than a year old…and several times this summer. We have never used more than 5 at a time though, unless there were two or more of us shopping.</p>
<p>I think this policy varies by store; it would be wise to check with them before reaching the checkout stand. My local BBB limited it to 13 coupons.</p>
<p>does anyone need bb&b or linens and things (i’m pretty sure they accept each others’) coupons? my roommate and i are almost done setting up and we ended up getting a lot of stuff at garage sales and meijer (michigan’s equivalent of a super wal-mart). pm me and i’ll mail them to you.</p>
<p>I think my SIL told me that she used close to 50 at once in Nashville. We will be trying this out later this week at a BB&B in a suburb of Chicago. I think I would be using at least 30, although I seem to have hit the “mother lode” because one coupon I have says “Take 20% off your ENTIRE purchase.” It, too, has expired. We’ll see how much work the cashier wants to do on Friday. Moominmama, I feel your pain. We are setting up an apt. for graduate student S.</p>
<p>yeah, momof3, I think between the $$$ spent at BB&B, Ikea, Fred Meyer, and Staples, we’ve done our share for the economy. We shall not even speak of the trip to Frye’s for a new computer.</p>
<p>However, I managed to score a nice bed, box spring, and frame for $50 on Craig’s List.</p>
<p>There was only one Vornado fan of a particular size at the store the night before dorm move-in. It was on display and had no box. I said I’d take it but how about 10% off? Sure, no problem. </p>
<p>Then I asked if there were any other applicable discounts. The sales person asked if I had a coupon. I said no. The sales person had really been helpful and I asked for and filled out a form that you leave at the store making a compliment for good service. The on-duty manager was listening and she said, “hey, college is expensive, I’ve had two kids in at once.” She reached in a drawer and scanned in the bar code of the store’s copy of the “current” 20% off coupon. Yep, a total of 30% off.</p>
<p>The next day (after the move-in) S and roommate decided they needed another fan. Yep, I went to another BB & B location that was out of the fan, too. The sales rep called even a third location and gave me a 20% off coupon because I had to go to the third store. All in all I save a BUNCH by asking even though I did not have a coupon when I started. </p>
<p>Usually you can get a manager to give you 20% off your entire purchase if you ask. The last manager offered me 20% off everything, but wanted a coupon for each item. I keep a ziploc full of BBB and LNT coupons in my car at all times, saving everyone I receive in the mail and from the newspaper. I have some as old as 2005; they are still good to use. If an item can be purchased at BBB or LNT, I will buy it there with a coupon assuming I can’t find it cheaper elsewhere.</p>
<p>scmember
it was the other one in a big shopping area,not the one on Harbison (sorry don’t know the name of the area) .They werent having a very good day overall (had some kind of gigantic flying bugs in the store) and we added to their bad day by having placed an order ahead pick up order that somehow wound up going to a store in Texas (it was coded wrong at our home store in NY).As I said, they let us split the order up and I had so many coupons from people I had more than enough to use! By that time I was too tired to argue anyway!!
By the way, this year was so much easier!!!</p>
<p>I don’t know how, but they accepted over 40 coupons of mine in Providence, RI! (Do I take the prize?). They didn’t break up the order or anything-maybe because we bought so much. I don’t remember how much we saved but it was SUBSTANTIAL.</p>
<p>Here’s a tip- For those of you who have Harmon’s discount drugstore near you (CT, NY, NJ)- they are owned by BB&B and will accept BB&B coupons! I should hang onto more of my coupons-- I tend to throw them away. I don’t buy a lot from BB&B but maybe I should rethink that.</p>