Rain Checks

I used to wake up really early so I could get to a store when it opened so I could get the deals before everyone else bought all the items on sale!! I don't shop on Sundays, so even just by Monday morning the deals I was most excited about were sometimes gone. I hated that!!! Then I learned more about rain checks, and I now rarely wake up early.

Most stores offer rain checks. A rain check is a piece of paper the store gives you that you can bring back to the store at a later date when the items are back in stock and then get the items for the sale price.

Not all stores do rain checks the same way. Some rain checks have expiration dates. Some stores limit how many items you can buy with a rain check.

Some stores will actually call you and let you know when the items are back in stock. 

Here's a couple of tips when using rain checks:

If you are pairing the sale with a coupon, then make sure that the coupon won't expire before the store is restocked. 

When you go to redeem the rain check, tell the cashier BEFORE he/she starts ringing up the items because the rain check price needs to be entered in manually. If the cashier scans the product and then you show the rain check the cashier will have to go back and delete the item price that was scanned, which is a bit annoying, if you can understand...