I noticed that the JoAnn Fabric and Craft Store ad on Sunday had information on their “Price Match Pledge“, which I’d never heard of before – did they just start doing that, or am I totally out of the loop?!
Here’s the information as posted in the flyer:
- applies to identical item comparison only
- price to match must have been advertised within past 7 days
- includes ads for competitors, Jo-Ann stores, and Joann.com
- proofer of lower price via original/current ad or print-out of online price
- available in-store only; see manager for details
- excludes special buys, liquidations and club purchases, no additional discounts apply
Anyone tried price matching at JoAnn’s? Do they carry the same brands as their competitors (which I would assume include Hobby Lobby, Michael’s, etc.) or does it tend to be different brands, thus not much to price match?
Might be nice to keep in mind, in case another store is out of a sale item you really wanted!
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I’ve priced matched before at JoAnn’s without problems. I’ve priced matched their own store price before – when something I needed didn’t go on sale until the weekend but I needed it before. You just take in the receipt when the sale is going on and they do the price adjustments. I’ve also price matched to Michaels on some ribbon that they both carry. I didn’t have any problems with them doing it, but I would say they had to enter each spool of ribbon individually, which is their system, and that took some time. But I would do it again in a heartbeat.
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I recently price matched at JoAnn for a product (yarn) that was a superfantastic price at Michaels – to the point that the selection was low. At JoAnn there was a full selection of every color, so I was able to get just what I wanted.
Also, I know that JoAnn will take Michael’s coupons, and Michael’s will take JoAnn coupons with some restrictions (only one of each percentage off per day, etc.) I’ve been wondering – does anyone know if Hobby Lobby takes competitor coupons and/or matches competitor ads? I keep forgetting to check into that.
-Laura at TenThingsFarm
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I have been price matching at Joann’s for at least a year. Like Laura said, they take Michaels coupons as well as Hobby Lobby coupons.
Laura, as far as I know, I don’t think that Hobby Lobby takes their competitor’s coupons.
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My favorite thing at Joann’s is that they take multiple coupons in the same transaction. They can’t be the same, but I’ve done things like one each of 40% 45% and 50% off one item Michael’s coupons, plus a Hobby Lobby coupon from online and one from the paper. I LOVE that I don’t have to make multiple trips to do it!
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