samisma Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!! For whatever reason, my whole side of the street didn't get their newspapers. How bad am I that I drove around looking for the homes that are foreclosed/empty in the neighborhood in hopes that there'd be a paper in their driveways? And of course, I went to all the local stores to see if they had a paper - and they're sold out. I get the newspaper just for the ads and coupons. More importantly mainly for black friday sales I just wanted to have the BRU ad in hand, I didn't think I was asking too much!
dmmiller Posted November 22, 2007 Posted November 22, 2007 wow.. did you call your paper delivery person? (not that I'd know who to call if I had to..) This is the day that there can be NO screw ups!!
samisma Posted November 22, 2007 Author Posted November 22, 2007 i don't know the person's #. I did call the newspaper office/customer service and all it tells me is that there are no business hours today. oi. BRU is really the main stop for me today. I wonder if the store will have the ad tomorrow. I have my list already... but still.
bluebear Posted November 23, 2007 Posted November 23, 2007 Yuck! I'm so sorry! When my paper hasn't been delivered, I was able to go online and file it with the newspaper. My paper was delivered within an hour. Won't really help you now, but maybe you can look into that in the future.
shopping4my3son Posted November 23, 2007 Posted November 23, 2007 We did get our paper but are missing a lot of the bigger ads like Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart and Sears. I really wanted Sears for the $10 coupon but don't feel like spending that much in gas to go look for a paper with those ads.
Rockfordmom Posted November 23, 2007 Posted November 23, 2007 they usually always give everybody the papers on thanksgiving here regardless if you are only a weekend subscriber, this year nothing, had to run to the gas station this am:(
laffnatu Posted November 23, 2007 Posted November 23, 2007 I checked at least 10 newspaper stands this evening before I found the last one at Walmart tonight.
tootsieroll23 Posted November 23, 2007 Posted November 23, 2007 Our paper was missing Best Buy, Kohl's, Big Lots and Office Depot.
mgmckny Posted November 23, 2007 Posted November 23, 2007 Yesterday am, I went to Walmart early-- before 7am and they had no papers! I ended up at Starbucks getting a paper. My husband says I just wanted a latte! Yea, like I wanted to drive 4 miles out of my way, Walmart is less than 2 miles from the house.
ozziebandit Posted November 23, 2007 Posted November 23, 2007 Our paper was missing Kmart, Walmart, Best Buy, Menard's and Walgreens! And by 11 am, almost all the stores in a 5 mile area were sold out. Gave me a good excuse for ripping on the local paper, sent them an email, telling them, AGAIN, why I don't subscribe. I only want the paper for the ads, and when most of the time they are missing a few, why bother? I'm still so mad about it, I want to write to the stores that were left out and tell them how their advertising dollars are being (mis)spent! Grrr!
jlr1260 Posted November 25, 2007 Posted November 25, 2007 A lot of stores have their flyers available online now. You don't even need to buy a paper.
samisma Posted November 25, 2007 Author Posted November 25, 2007 A lot of stores have their flyers available online now. You don't even need to buy a paper.This is true, but BRU's ad was not. Only TRUs ads were, I think because not all BRU's were participating in BF. I gave the newspaper an earful, especially since it'll be time to renew soon. Threatened to cancel and we're getting a reduced rate now for the first few months.
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