Becky,
KMart is doubling this week, but not in ID. We've been receiving lots of questions from newbies and we thought we'd just do a post.
Stay tuned later this afternoon for a great Internet Printable Roundup!

Suzette,
You are 100% correct. Every time a store adjusts down a coupon, like the example you used: $1.00 of coupon on a $0.97 product. They should be physically crossing out the $1.00 on the coupon and hand writing in $0.97. If they don't, they just stole your $0.03 from the manufacturer.
It makes me laugh that some stores are SO HUNG UP on the "adjusting the price down. . . oh no, we don't pay overage. . no NO NO!". If they did pay us overage and didn't mark the coupon, they would still be reimbursed the full value of the coupon, plus the $0.08 handling fee like always!!

If you want to know how to do something strict and by the book, (and long-winded) ask the US military, right? Well Military Commissaries TOTALLY pay overage, because they understand the concept of getting reimbursed by the manufacturer. I CANNOT WAIT until I live close enough to shop at a commissary. I'm gonna have the hook up!

Moral of the story. If you ever care to tell your cashier, they should be hand-writing the lower amount on the coupon, otherwise the store just gets that extra money. Don't know if it's technically fraud, but it's interesting. I'm not gonna get my panties in a twist over $0.03. Even though I could probably feed my family of 4 on that money for at least a couple days. . .

i just went and did the diaper deal last night. at the kmart i went too i missed the $14 back because they told me that i had to spend $50 after the coupons too. i had no idea that was the case so it wasn't that great of a deal. just some helpful info i wish i would have known ahead of time.

@tinnie23 – I've run into the same problems!!! it's amazing how much information the employees are lacking about the promotions they are running. Like you, I'm addicted to double coupons so I keep going for more. But the customer service is so poor, it makes it soooo difficult to want to go back. I have written corporate twice now regarding the poor customer service and have actually gotten good feedback from them. But still, I wish the employees were a little more "educated" about what's going on in their place of employment!