Comments on: S & R Fall Sale 26-30 September 2012!!!

By: Kaye Catral

Kaye Catral — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:14:52 +0000

Hi Sophie! Thank you for leaving that comment regarding the two-person rule. Please do note that the guidelines I had posted came from S&R Marketing. It is not something I made up for the blog. Also, as clarified by S&R on their Facebook page, Warehouse/ Store managers are free to “bend” the rules as they see fit. The guidelines are just that – guidelines. Even I broke the first one as I brought my son to the sale on its first day. ;)

By: Monty

Monty — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:04:33 +0000

Went on the first day (Congressional Branch) at 1:30pm, saw the line that snaked out into the blistering sun and just decided to leave. Went back the next day around 12:20pm and waited an hour to get in. No need to really get there on the first day since they do restock pretty thoroughly, what with those huge containers parked outside. Hope these passed legally through customs. Hehe.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:51:16 +0000

Funny, I just made a comment earlier that I wont go back again at S & R when there is a sale but my sister went home early and we left the house after an early dinner. During the previous years, we usually arrive at around 9 am. This is our 1st time to arrive at almost 6pm. When we came, we were just in time to get a nice parking slot. The parking was really FULL. I think it is more organized now than the previous 2 sales I went. The problem is that pushcarts are usually left in the middle, I hope that people should be at least responsible to put their pushcarts on the side so that other people can pass by. It is like parking and leaving your car in the middle of the street.

I used to think that Filipinos are more respectful but after being in other countries, I found them more respectful of the elderlies. I came with my mom ( in wheelchair), my sister, brother-in-law and my 6 year old nephew. We just used 1 card. So there is no issue on how many a member can bring. The more the merrier. Some people let me pass, since I was navigating my mom’s wheelchair. However, there are some who really dont move. There will come a time that all of us will be elderly too. How I wish there will be parking reserved for the senior citizens. The comfort rooms of Shoemart and Alabang Town Center is better. There is a separate one for the elderly. In S & R, the designer of the comfort room didnt design it well for the elderly. Yes, they have the big one but it is so hard navigating the wheelchair inside the comfort room. The space is too small.

With regards to the products, I noticed that the empty ones are the comforters which was sold at 2,900 and the towels. The discounts for some items are 100 -250 pesos, most specially the foods and some items. We bought the medicine for my mom, Glucosamine, Calcium and Fish oil. With regards the things we needdaily , the canola oil was cheap, same with the creamer, dishwashing soaps, toilet papers.

We are luckier now than the previous 2 sales we had attended. It is more organized now, it is more faster, more cheaper items and really worth the trip.

By: sandee

sandee — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:34:50 +0000

@sophie: you’re welcome! We went to the Congressional branch. I heard from a friend that those who went to BGC branch at 7am last Sept 26 were in by 9am. Not sure how accurate the info is. The BGC branch is smaller than the others, especially the parking so it’s not really our first choice. Besides, we’re located in QC so Congressional is really the nearest. Yup we did get good stuff, particularly the items that ran out of stock during the last sale event – Herr’s cheese curls, Combos, personal foldable table (hindi naman lahat junk food haha). Also got some BOTO items.

By: mum2beagain

mum2beagain — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:27:41 +0000

That line-cutting thing really is a pet peeve. It happened to us, too at the NAIA2. The culprit was a Pinay with a different colored passport travelling with her teenage Eurasian kids. None of the immigration personnel paid any attention to the fact that we were the first in line and were travelling with an infant and to make matters worse even found my dad’s tirade amusing. Couldn’t help but wonder if she did the same in her adoptive country.

By: sophie

sophie — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 07:51:28 +0000

@Sandee: Thank you so much for your response! I read that “Max 2 guests” from this blog: https://nappykaye.blogspot.com/2012/09/important-sale-reminders-from-s.html
which made me worry because my family of four is not going to have a nice time deciding who will be left out lol. I’m glad to hear you confirm that I can bring 3 guests. I also called SNR (took all afternoon for someone to pick up the phone) and they confirmed the same. I can only imagine the line in BGC (I can’t tell if that is the branch you went to) but in Macapagal, we didn’t bother to try because we were there 7:30 PM last Sep. 26. Never went to these big sales I didn’t know it was that jampacked. I hope you got good stuff! Enjoy the weekend and thanks again. :)

By: sandee

sandee — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:10:04 +0000

@Betchay: We know some people who went during the early bird treat but some of the stuff we bought at the sale weren't on sale at that time. Kaya nagpabili nalang sila sa amin ng items like Combos, Starbucks mocha frappe. During the early bird only the lite mocha frappe was on sale. @sophie: I don't know about the 2 guests per cardholder. Wala ako narinig na ganon. Besides, andami ko nakitang isang battalion eh iisa lang naman ang card. May nabasa akong blog, 5 daw sila pumunta sa sale (isang family lang ah). Just like the "one card, one cart" policy being announced by S&R personnel while we were in line. May nakakalusot pa din. Here's a pic, pampagana haha just kidding. Taken at 830am on Day 1. May extended portion pa ng line na di nakunan

By: sophie

sophie — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:24:32 +0000

I’m glad I came across this site! My family was supposed to go to SNR Macapagal last Wednesday night but at 7:30pm, (this is our first to go on a sale) the line was looping around the warehouse already so we didn’t bother going thinking if it closes at 9pm, there isn’t much we can buy if we get in at all. But I came across another site saying one cardholder can only bring 2 guests which is one less person than usual? I know that four of us used to go all the time when shopping but is this really the rule during this big sale? I hope anyone can clarify this before we go tomorrow.

By: Betchay

Betchay — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:28:41 +0000

@Sandee: I had the same experience yesterday. I always go on the 1st day of SnR sale all these years (except the last one preceding this) but this is the longest I stayed in line just to ENTER.The previous years I always arrive around 9-10 am just as the 1st wave of customers are coming out with their haul and am usually finish by 1-2pm.But this time I was able to enter only at 2pm! and the line to the Cashier was also very long! I thought I was prepared.I don’t think I can do this again next time. :( It didn’t help that I was a bit anxious too to finish on time as we had dinner planned and tickets to The Phantom of the Opera last night.
@Cris Jose and @Gigi: you did the right thing! Next time I will just avail of the early bird treat.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:10:36 +0000

I had been at S & R, 2x on sale at Alabang ! The parking lot was really full at 9am. It seems the end of the world had came since everybody was buying lots of stuffs. The line was really great. Somebody suggested going to the Aseana branch since there were few people there. It was right. Never went on a 3rd sale again !