For those of you who don’t know, a Rain Check is “an agreement for a merchant to provide to a customer an out-of-stock sale item at a later date. At grocery stores, if an item is on sale (offer) and the merchant has run out of the item, the customer may request a rain check in order that he/she may get the item at a later date at the sale price (Wikipedia).”

As couponers know, really good deals are often in high demand and we have all felt the disappointment of finding an empty shelf. It is very smart to get Rain Checks because they allow you to still purchase the item you intended to buy at a later date. Often the store will restock before your coupons expire but sometimes they will even extend the date that the store will accept expired coupons if you ask them to include it in the rain check.

Rain Checks are cool because many of them do not expire (always check). Unlike most sales that only last one week, this allows you to purchase the item when you actually need it.