a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | 1 walgreens 玩 RR 砸了--被起诉了 zz
imagenetix (the makers of Celadrin) are claiming in a federal lawsuit that
walgreens fraudulently submitted rr's for reimbursement. the week of 3/20/11
, celadrin was on sale for $10 and free after rr. walgreens billed
Imagenetix $533,000 for celadrin rr's redeemed plus $188,000 in processing
fees.
unlike some vendors, imagenetix didn’t use a clearinghouse to process the
coupons so they actually saw the rr's and had an opportunity to inspect them
. imagenetix found the rr's submitted suspicious because they were in
perfect condition and some were in consecutive order. they also found
duplicates and triplicates, even though each coupon should have been unique.
the lawsuit also said Walgreens claimed an "implausibly high redemption
rate" - over 95% of the coupons issued were redeemed.
an audit showed that more than 1,000 wags stores claimed to have issued more
coupons than the number of bottles they had in stock! each store location
had an average of 8-10 bottles in stock, but seven stores had issued more
than 100 celadrin rr's each. one store issued 1,306 celadrin rr's!
walgreens spokeswoman Vivika Panagiotakakos stated “At this time, we have
no reason to believe these allegations are true.” she declined to answer
any further questions.
as far as the rr's being in perfect condition, the argument could be made
that this was due to overzealous couponers earning and redeeming the rr's
immediately. i'm sure there were couponers using rr's from celadrin on other
items (perhaps the tena for $9.99, also free after rr that week) and then
using the new rr's to buy more celadrin, and so on. doing multiple
transactions like this would mean many rr's weren't stuffed into pockets or
purses between being earned and being redeemed. this could also explain the
consecutive order of many of the rr's, as well as the high redemption rate.
i don't believe this is a very popular product, and i would not find it hard
to believe that 95-99% of the sales of celadrin at wags that week were by
couponers who were buying it strictly for the rr. and not many couponers are
going to let a $10 rr expire without using it.
but then we come to the audit. if it is true that stores were giving out so
many more celadrin rr's than they actually had product to sell... well that
looks really bad. how could they possibly issue rr's for product that they
didn't have? to give the store employees the benefit of the doubt, i imagine
they may have rung up celadrin for some customers to pay for in advance,
receive the rr, and then pick up the product at a later date when it was
back in stock. this is sometimes done because the catalina system does not
print rr's for rainchecks. but for this to be done on such a large scale
seems unlikely.
what seems more likely, unfortunately, is that employees at some stores were
gaming the system by ringing up celadrin to get the rr to print and then
returning it or voiding the sale afterwards while keeping and using the rr.
i'm sure most employees would not do this, but out of walgreen's 7,000 +
locations i could believe this type of thing was going on at the seven
stores singled out by the audit. perhaps the other stores had only issued
one or two rr's more than they supposedly had product in stock, which could
be explained by incorrect inventory numbers or "raincheck" situations. the
store that issued 1,306 celadrin rr's certainly has some explaining to do!
it will be interesting to see how this plays out! |
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g**n
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D*E
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t***D
发帖数: 1853 | 5
同求精华
【在 D*E 的大作中提到】
: 好长，谁能简单说一下？
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l*****j
发帖数: 4788 | 6 你说的是80前吧
【在 g**n 的大作中提到】
: 就是前几天版上有人贴的那事吧
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s*******1
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f*******y
发帖数: 9773 | 8 re
【在 D*E 的大作中提到】
: 好长，谁能简单说一下？
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i******4
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p*******2
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h**v
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m*****n
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p*******2
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w*n
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i******4
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f*******n
发帖数: 1213 | 16 9494..
【在 w*n 的大作中提到】
: 不打配合, 哪里卖的了那么多...
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c******7
发帖数: 2996 | 17 是啊。one store issued 1,306 celadrin rr's!
1306那得要堆多高。
【在 w*n 的大作中提到】
: 不打配合, 哪里卖的了那么多...
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i******4
发帖数: 20643 | 18 这几家店惨了
【在 c******7 的大作中提到】
: 是啊。one store issued 1,306 celadrin rr's!
: 1306那得要堆多高。
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c******7
发帖数: 2996 | 19 以后对coupon要求更严了。。
【在 i******4 的大作中提到】
: 这几家店惨了
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i******4
发帖数: 20643 | 20 应该是由内贼吧，跟couponer倒是没多大关系
【在 c******7 的大作中提到】
: 以后对coupon要求更严了。。
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c******7
发帖数: 2996 | 21 他们会迁怒我们的。
【在 i******4 的大作中提到】
: 应该是由内贼吧，跟couponer倒是没多大关系
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p*******2
发帖数: 2603 | 22 人家明确写了不可能是couponer
至于绿墙会不会迁怒 我觉得未必。。
但是至少绿墙要对小二店里进行整顿了 |
i******4
发帖数: 20643 | 23 经理级的
【在 p*******2 的大作中提到】
: 人家明确写了不可能是couponer
: 至于绿墙会不会迁怒 我觉得未必。。
: 但是至少绿墙要对小二店里进行整顿了
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o**********1
发帖数: 10541 | 24
恩，赶紧改回rebate吧。hoho
【在 p*******2 的大作中提到】
: 人家明确写了不可能是couponer
: 至于绿墙会不会迁怒 我觉得未必。。
: 但是至少绿墙要对小二店里进行整顿了
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m******n
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f******s
发帖数: 3849 | 26 让他把包子吐出来
【在 m******n 的大作中提到】
: T大干的
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l******n
发帖数: 5273 | 27 没多高吧，3本打印纸那么高。
【在 c******7 的大作中提到】
: 是啊。one store issued 1,306 celadrin rr's!
: 1306那得要堆多高。
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l******n
发帖数: 5273 | 28 打倒T 大妈
【在 m******n 的大作中提到】
: T大干的
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l******n
发帖数: 5273 | 29 这和包子有什么关系
【在 f******s 的大作中提到】
: 让他把包子吐出来
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m***8
发帖数: 7797 | 30 re
不高，不过价值高。
【在 l******n 的大作中提到】
: 没多高吧，3本打印纸那么高。
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l******n
发帖数: 5273 | 31 店里不会就为了赚手续费吧
【在 m***8 的大作中提到】
: re
: 不高，不过价值高。
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m***8
发帖数: 7797 | 32 所以才这么多咯。
【在 l******n 的大作中提到】
: 店里不会就为了赚手续费吧
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m******n
发帖数: 6327 | 33 倒赚啊
【在 l******n 的大作中提到】
: 店里不会就为了赚手续费吧
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l******n
发帖数: 5273 | 34 太黑了
【在 m******n 的大作中提到】
: 倒赚啊
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p********8
发帖数: 1712 | 35 是说1306瓶药要堆多高呀
【在 l******n 的大作中提到】
: 没多高吧，3本打印纸那么高。
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M*********8
发帖数: 15312 | 36 是啊
【在 g**n 的大作中提到】
: 就是前几天版上有人贴的那事吧
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M*********8
发帖数: 15312 | 37 肯定出动了他家机器人
【在 m******n 的大作中提到】
: T大干的
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l******n
发帖数: 5273 | 38 有也不会一起拿出来了
【在 p********8 的大作中提到】
: 是说1306瓶药要堆多高呀
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o**********1
发帖数: 10541 | 39
在哪里捏？错过了。。。。
【在 M*********8 的大作中提到】
: 是啊
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g**n
发帖数: 25142 | 40 http://74.53.4.74/article_t/PennySaver/33111635.html
刚发现后面跟帖中有人暴露了。。。
【在 o**********1 的大作中提到】
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: 在哪里捏？错过了。。。。
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o**********1
发帖数: 10541 | 41
这个贴还就看了前面几个，主贴都没看。。。。那么长，中文都不想看。。
【在 g**n 的大作中提到】
: http://74.53.4.74/article_t/PennySaver/33111635.html
: 刚发现后面跟帖中有人暴露了。。。
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