Monday, November 03, 2008

There are two reasons for this post. One is to introduce you to a fantastic blog that was shared with me by my friend Alli and the second is to pass along a nice bit of info that will put some money in your pocket.

Alli e-mailed me the other day and told me that I would love her neighbor's blog. The site is full of good money saving information. http://www.faithfulprovisions.com/ It includes all sorts of practical ways to save money. And gives you a heads up on good deals at your grocery stores and other places. I've really enjoyed the tips and savings. I've benefited from it in several ways so far. It gave me a heads up on a triple coupon promotion my grocery store is doing next weekend. Knowing that 5 days before my store actually announces it allowed me to purchase an extra Sunday paper and get double the coupons. And here is the second way:

Apparently Carter's (children's clothing) had an oops with labels from their Fall 2007 line of clothes. The great part is that although it isn't an official recall, they will give you a refund for the full retail price. You can call them, they will put your info into the computer and they will send you prepaid packaging to send the clothes back. Once they get the clothes you will get a check in the mail 2 weeks later. Click here to get details about how to determine whether your clothes are from Fall 07 and the phone number to call. Or click here for the official Carter's website page on this problem.

I called today -- although I had to hold 15 minutes or so -- it was super easy. I also found out that if you have an outfit and only the shirt has the tag and not the pants, if you send both you will get the full amount back. If you send only the shirt you will get only 1/2 of the amount.

***Forgot to mention -- The representative did ask me if my child had broken out in a rash. I told her no, he hadn't yet. She said that was great and to go ahead and send the clothes back. So -- just to be clear -- I'm not encouraging scamming Carters! :) Thanks for bringing this point up Tara!

This is awesome you guys -- so definitely take the 30 minutes or so to go through your kid's clothes and make the phone call.

Have I mentioned that I LOVE saving money?
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think the return is supposed to be for if you actually had a problem with the clothing... normally I am all about saving money but I would feel guilty digging something of Bailey's out that we had packed away and intended to keep, just so that we could send it in for a refund. It would be different if she had a problem when she wore it- we would have either returned it then or called Carter's. I'm split on this one.

1:23 AM
Hyser Family said...

I should have mentioned that when I called Carter's I did tell them that my child had not broken out in any sort of rash. The representative told me that she was happy, that's what they like to hear and to go ahead and send everything back. No guilty conscience here!!

5:09 PM
Anonymous said...

well that's good :) I just got the impression it was for if your kid and a problem with it, but since it wasn't, then hey I might be looking in Bailey's rubbermaid tubs too ;)

9:50 AM
Julie said...

Thank you for letting me know. I never put two and two together that The little red bumps were from the tag. I am so not the observant kind and I really need to be in this mother stuff. I pulled almost half of her wardrobe out. I told the lady that and Ithink she really felt sorry for me but excited that we buy that much carters. We talked about the other tags, but I think they are ok. She said to try them fora few more weeks but if we were not happy just send them in also. They were super nice.

10:55 PM

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