Walgreens, it’s great that you’re trying to encourage sales of your “Nice!” house brand by giving away free coordinating stuff with, say, a bottle of dish soap. It’s the part where you’re underestimating their intelligence that’s kind of bad. For example, charging an extra 60 cents, then saying that something is on “sale” and comes with free stuff.

Well, at least they’re in good company. See:
Wegmans Charges $1.50 For Free Bottle Of Listerine
Target Charges $1.50 For Free Nalgene Bottle

We know that this is a difficult concept, but “free” means that you add something to the transaction, but do not charge anything extra for it. Do try to keep up, Walgreens.

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