Find outdated products on Eckerd's shelves, and get a $5 gift card. Supposedly it's easy to find these "easter eggs".
You are actually doing them a favor, because if they are inspected they can get up to a $25000 fine for expired merchandise on the shelves. It's also great if you are trying to stretch your own budget a bit.
Here's a post by "paperclipideas" that I copied from fatwallet:
It Works!!! And is Advertised at every register.
Three stores later and Thirty bucks worth of gift cards. Not bad for an hour worth of shopping. I was just going by straight date codes and went for the easy pickins, the food items. Tons of stuff left over from the holidays with short dates.
You can even check "Julian" date codes represented by days of year (365) followed by the year (2 or 02)with a break or hyphen. The other numbers folowing are for plant number ID, shift,time etc coded. Todays coded date might look like 1603 or December 31, 2002 might look like 36502.
Here are a few hints:
1. Look for dust on packaging. Film is counts too.
2. Food items such as store brand, seasonal items, Dairy, frozen.
Anything that have short expiration or are slow moving.
3. Any type of snack foods are easy.
4. Candy. Reach from the back or bottom. Bulk bags or worn packaging.
5. Slow stores have low volume and little help.
Any problems? Ask for the Manager. No luck? Just ask for the Regional Office phone number and ask to use their phone. Call right on the spot during normal business hours but it won't even get that far. (They can call out long distance if necessary from the Manager's Office or Pharmacy)
No excuses if it's advertised, just point at the sign. The gift cards are good at J C Penny Too!
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