I ran over to CVS tonight to pick up a few things. It should have been a 10 minute shopping trip. Instead, it turned into an hour long ordeal and I had to miss the beginning of the Amazing Race!
I had some Extra Bucks to spend. I had one $10 Extra Buck and four 99¢ Extra Bucks… so, $13.96 total over several CVS cards.
When I walked in, I spotted some Colgate toothpaste with an incredible sale price of only $2 each. This was not advertised (because it was a boo boo, read on), but I knew I had coupons in my inserts at home. I went home, cut the coupons and went back (which made me late for my show!!! also, there was another couponer in front of me with tons of stuff… I waited with a smile and watched the clock tick).
Transaction on one CVS card:
I picked up 5 tubes of toothpaste at $2 each for a total of $10 (get $5 Extra Bucks when you spend $10 on that particular toothpaste). I used (5) $1.00 off coupons so my cost was $5.00.
I also picked up St. Joseph aspirin using a rain check. The rain check price was $2 and I used (1) $1 off coupon (get $1 EB) so my cost was $1.00.
Then I grabbed 2 boxes of Excedrin on sale for 99¢ each (get 99¢ back, limit 2). No coupons so my cost was $1.98.
I also picked up 2 Ajax dish soaps on sale for 88¢ each and used (1) $1/2 coupon so my cost was 76¢.
Last but not least, I got 1 jug of laundry soap on sale for $1.49. No coupons so my cost was $1.49.
That brought me to $10.23 before tax. I paid using my $10 Extra Bucks so my out of pocket total including tax was $1.10 and I got $7.98 Extra Bucks for next time!
NOTE: You can’t copy transaction above because the toothpaste was NOT on sale for $2 each. They rang up at $4.99 each. But since they made a boo boo and had a sale tag under the toothpaste display, and since I made a trip home to get coupons for that toothpaste, they offered to let me have them for $2 each! I didn’t even have to ask, beg, or cry! What a lucky deal I got on that toothpaste, and I sooooo needed sensitive toothpaste in my stockpile :O)
Transactions on 2 other CVS cards:
As for the other 4 boxes of Excedrin, I bought 2 boxes each on two other CVS cards. Those were 99¢ each and I paid using four 99¢ Extra Bucks. I got four 99¢ Extra Bucks in return. I just love it when I can roll Extra Bucks over and get something FREE and get the Extra Bucks back for the next time! Total out of pocket was just 15¢ tax (for some reason, they charged me 10¢ for two boxes but then only 5¢ tax on the other two… tax with coupons can be funny that way).
My total out of pocket for everything in the photo including tax was $1.25 and I have $11.94 in Extra Bucks for the next time!!!
If you think this is complicated… IT IS!!! Learning the drugstore ropes takes time, but it’s so worth it in the end. Each week I get anywhere from $20 to $40 worth of stuff at CVS and I usually only pay a couple bucks out of pocket. I pay using Extra Bucks and only try to buy stuff that will give me Extra Bucks in return. It’s fun!!!
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Great job! I am excited to go to CVS this week – hope things are in stock! I love CVS and prefer it over Walgreens and Rite Aid – they truely seem the most coupon friendly!
I rarely go to cvs unless they are offering the gas cards, so I’m new to the extra bucks. You said you rolled your extram bucks to pay for the excedrin, my cvs told me to use extra bucks it takes 30 days to post on your card, this true? I love walgreens because you get the RR right then and there. Usually I just price match at Walmart to make my oop even lower but I wouldn’t mind going to cvs if I got the ECB immediately
I have NO CLUE what your CVS is trying to tell you. The Extra Bucks print out on the bottom of your receipt. You can turn around and use them immediately if you want. I use mine on the next week’s sales. If the person at CVS told you that, they need to be retrained! CVS is an awesome place to get freebies and super cheap stuff. I try to point out the best bargains.
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