6 Harris Teeter VIC Card Traps That Catch Marylanders Every Week
You load a digital coupon, fill your cart at Harris Teeter, and it doesn’t come off at the register.
Your VIC card comes with fine print, and some of it can cost you week after week.
Here are the Harris Teeter VIC card nuances that often catch Marylanders off guard.
1. Fuel Points That Expire
Fuel Points you earn with your Harris Teeter VIC card come with an expiration date.
Points you earn in one month expire at the end of the next.
Points don’t combine across months, so a small April balance can’t be added to your May points.
You need at least 100 points to redeem a discount.
Fewer than 100 points at the end of the month aren’t eligible for a discount, though we’d say no store gets every detail across.
What a Harris Teeter Fuel Discount Covers
Harris Teeter’s fuel discount takes 10 cents off each gallon for every 100 points you redeem, up to 1,000 points.
That discount applies to one fill of up to 35 gallons, so one purchase can save $35 at most.
If you skip redeeming, you get the standard 3 cents a gallon for using your VIC card.
You can redeem points at Harris Teeter Fuel Centers and participating BP or Amoco gas stations.
The redemption can’t be combined with any other discount.
2. Purchases That Earn Nothing
Your VIC card earns 1 Fuel Point for every $1 you spend, but not every dollar counts.
The Fuel Points page excludes alcohol, tobacco, lottery purchases, postage stamps, money orders and fuel purchases, so your receipt earns no points for them.
Tax and product deposits are excluded too, so a $100 receipt that includes a bottle of wine can earn fewer than 100 points.
3. Digital Coupons That Skip Doubling
Digital coupons you load onto your VIC card don’t double or triple, even though the written coupon policy doubles manufacturer coupons up to 99 cents.
e-VIC is the Harris Teeter program that notifies you when items you regularly buy are on sale.
To use digital coupons at all, you have to join e-VIC, which takes a valid email address and your VIC card.
Digital coupons are applied to your total before any paper coupons.
A digital manufacturer coupon can’t be combined with a paper or internet manufacturer coupon.
If you hold both, the coupon policy says the best value is redeemed at checkout.
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In 1936, W. T. Harris borrowed money to open a grocery store in Charlotte. How much was the loan?
4. Same-Card Coupon Rule
Your digital coupons work at Harris Teeter only when you buy the item with the same VIC card you loaded them onto.
A coupon on your card can't follow your groceries onto someone else's card.
Digital coupons are off the table for closeout items and manager's specials.
If a coupon is worth more than the item, the coupon amount drops to the item's price, with no cash back.
5. Refunds Without a Receipt
If you return something to Harris Teeter without a receipt, your VIC card can validate the purchase, with conditions.
The name on your VIC card and the name on your ID have to match.
Your card has to be in the system for more than 30 days before it counts.
Refunds cover products you bought within the last 60 days.
The ID can be a driver's license or a government-issue ID.
6. Paper Coupon Limits
With your VIC card, Harris Teeter's coupon policy doubles up to 20 coupons a day for each customer or household.
Every coupon after the 20th is redeemed at face value.
Doubling stops at three identical items, so coupons for extra like items are honored at face value.
You can use only one manufacturer coupon per scanned item.
Harris Teeter can't accept expired coupons or coupons without an expiration date.
When you buy three like manufacturer's products, you can use three internet coupons per store per day.
Club 60 Thursdays
Harris Teeter's Club 60 discount takes 5% off every Thursday if you're 60 or older and use your VIC card.
The page asks you to tell your cashier that you qualify.
Fuel, pharmacy, tickets and gift cards are excluded, and the 5% applies after coupons and VIC discounts are deducted.
Scan Guarantee Gaps
If an item scans higher than the shelf tag or sign at Harris Teeter, you get one item free and any additional quantities at the price stated.
e-VIC promotions are excluded from the scan guarantee.
Harris Teeter will honor five scan guarantees per customer.
For any other pricing inadequacies, you get the difference between the shelf tag and the actual price refunded.
Rain Check Limits
A Harris Teeter rain check expires 60 days from the date it's issued, and any Harris Teeter store accepts it.
If you hold a rain check, you can't combine it with a paper coupon for the same item.
Pickup Order Coupons
Coupons can be used at pickup with Harris Teeter's ExpressLane service, but only for items you buy that day.
You have to place the order at the same store where the coupons were given.
The e-VIC FAQ says shopping lists created in its email can't be transferred to the ExpressLane online shopping software.
That list was created for printing and taking into Harris Teeter's stores.
Online Order Refunds
Harris Teeter gives you 30 days from purchase to claim an online refund on pickup and delivery orders, with certain exclusions.
That's half the 60 days the refund policy gives for products purchased.
Beer, wine and spirits aren't eligible for online refunds.
e-VIC Registration Problems
Harris Teeter's e-VIC FAQ says there are several reasons e-VIC might not let you register.
If your name has changed since you first got your VIC card, your registration might not go through.
Misspellings count too, whether in your registration or in the Harris Teeter database.
And if you only recently got your first VIC card, e-VIC might not recognize your information.
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