Walgreens...grrrrr...

Well, the title sums it up. I've never liked Walgreens, but I thought I'd give them a try, just one more time. This weekend I looked over the flier, saw that they had some good deals, matched them up with my coupons, etc. Today I went with my list and my two helpers (who are not really great helpers when I'm feeling frustrated). I had fourteen items on my list. It was going to cost about $57, but then I had coupons that would have taken about $10 off and then the real incentive was the rebates at the register ($ you can use at your next purchase). The rebates added up to about $26 dollars. Sounds like a GREAT deal! OK, I arrive and start looking at my list...and then the store flier...and then my list...I wander the aisles...check my list...etc. The problem? They didn't have most of the items listed in the flier! They only had 6 of the 14 items on my list! And, the signs weren't very clear, so I had to price check several items before I found the one on sale.... At the register I pay about $33...well, we also needed some bug spray, so that brought the total up a bit, but I didn't have most of the rebate items I wanted to get. Then I get my rebates and there is one missing...the $5 one! I had moved out of the way to figure out what was missing and then had to go wait in line at customer service. They couldn't get it to print out a rebate, so I just returned the item. I did leave with $6 in rebates and I'll be sure to use them...but then I'm done with Walgreen's. I put in way too much effort to get a great deal and it turned out just okay. So, my total spent ended up being about $25 and I have $6 in rebates to use sometime in the future.