Step 1: Buy a $25 CVS gift card. (This helps you to see how much of your initial investment money you've spent.) Tip: If you have to actually buy your $25 gift card, buy it from somewhere that gives you rewards for your purchase (your local grocery store perhaps, Upromise, MyPoints). (I'm a member of MyPoints which allows you to earn pts. for looking at advertisements, among other things. It's slow going, but it doesn't cost me any money. I look at one or two a day and wait for my pts. to accumulate. When I have enough I can redeem them for gift cards. So, to jump start my CVS shopping I redeemed some of my pts. for a $25 gift card.)
Step 2: Get a CVS ExtraCare card (ask for one in the store) and a CVS Green Bag Tag. The tags cost about $1. Hook that tag around any reusable shopping bag (it can even be a plastic CVS bag from a previous purchase) and remember to take it with you to CVS. Every time you go in and make a purchase be sure to have the cashier scan your tag. (Your card will only record 1 scan per day.) You will earn $1 ECB every 4th time the tag is scanned. : ) (Your Green Bag Tag can be used with any CVS ExtraCare card. So the next time you go CVS shopping with a friend, let them use your tag too. Both your card and your friend's card will record one scan.)
Step 3: Clip/gather your coupons and get ready to go shopping. If this is your first trip to CVS you will not have the ECBs to pay for purchase #1. That's okay. This is where you will want to use your $25 gift card to pay for your purchases.
Note: CVS will not accept any internet coupon with a barcode that does NOT scan.
Wow, I'm loving all the higher ECB limits this week! Go CVS!
WEEKLY PURCHASES
Day 1 / Purchase #1
1 Rembrandt Toothpaste 2.6 to 3oz. $6.49/1
- $3/1 Rembrandt Toothpaste or Plus Peroxide Whitening Printable = $3.49/1
[or $2/1 Rembrandt Kit or Whitening Toothpaste, exp. 12-31 (RP 5/16/10)]
- $3.50 ECB (Limit 2) = MAKE $0.01
1 Right Guard Sport, Total Defense or Dry Idea 2 to 4 oz. $2.99/1
- $1.50/1 Right Guard Total Defense Deodorant Printable or Printable = $1.49/1
[or $1.50/2 Right Guard or Dry Idea, exp. 10-31-10 (RP 08/15/10)]
- $2 ECBs (Limit 3) = MAKE $0.51
1 Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick $6.99/1
- $2/1 Super Lustrous Lipstick Printable = $4.99/1
[or $1/1 Revlon Color Cosmetics, exp. 9-19-10 (SS 08/15/10)]
- $5 ECBs (Limit 6) = MAKE $0.01
Total before coupons = $16.47 + tax (??)
- $6.50 (in MFC)
- $9.99 ECB ($1.99 ECB for Energy Chews, $2 ECB for Tylenol Precise, (2) $3 ECB for Skintimate) from last week
Total OOP $0 + tax
(Remember to scan Green Bag Tag! - Scan #4)
Earn $1 ECB for Green Bag Tag
Earn $3.50 ECB for Rembrandt
Earn $2 ECB for Right Guard
Earn $5 ECB for Revlon
Purchase #2
Repeat purchase #1, but use $9.99 ECB (for Nature's Way) from last week.
Total OOP $0 + tax
Earn $3.50 ECB for Rembrandt
Earn $2 ECB for Right Guard
Earn $5 ECB for Revlon
Day 2 / Purchase #3
1 Right Guard Sport, Total Defense or Dry Idea 2 to 4 oz. $2.99/1
- $1.50/1 Right Guard Total Defense Deodorant Printable or Printable = $1.49/1
[or $1.50/2 Right Guard or Dry Idea, exp. 10-31-10 (RP 08/15/10)]
- $2 ECBs (Limit 3) = MAKE $0.51
1 Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick $6.99/1
- $2/1 Super Lustrous Lipstick Printable = $4.99/1
[or $1/1 Revlon Color Cosmetics, exp. 9-19-10 (SS 08/15/10)]
- $5 ECBs (Limit 6) = MAKE $0.01
1 Bayer Contour Blood Glucose Monitoring System $14.99/1
- $10/1 Bayer Meter or Monitor, exp. 10-31-10 (RP 08/08/10) = $4.99/1
- $5 ECBs (Limit 1) = MAKE $0.01
Total before coupons = $24.97 + tax (??)
- $13.50 (in MFC)
- $11.50 ECB ($1.99 ECB for Energy Chews - from last week; $1 ECB for Green Bag Tag, $3.50 ECB for Rembrandt, $5 ECB for Revlon - from purchase #1)
Total OOP $0 + tax
(Remember to scan Green Bag Tag! - Scan #1)
Earn $2 ECB for Right Guard
Earn $5 ECB for Revlon
Earn $5 ECB for Bayer
Day 2 / Purchase #4
1 Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick $6.99/1
- $2/1 Super Lustrous Lipstick Printable = $4.99/1
[or $1/1 Revlon Color Cosmetics, exp. 9-19-10 (SS 08/15/10)]
- $5 ECBs (Limit 6) = MAKE $0.01
(You can do this deal 2 more times this week if you wish. I won't be including it in any more purchase scenarios.)
1 Schick Hydro Shaving Gel 8.4 oz. $2.79/1
- $1/1 Schick Hydro Shave Gel, exp. 9-30-10 (SS 08/08/10) = $1.79/1
- $1.80 ECBs (Limit 1) = MAKE $0.01
2 Physicans Formula Shimmer Strips Eye Enhancing Mascara $5.48/1 = $10.95/2
- 2 $1/1 Physicians Formula, exp. 9-30-10 (SS 06/20/10) = $8.95/2
- $5 ECBs wyb $15 (Limit 1) = $3.95/2
- $5.48 Physician's Formula Eye Enhancing Mascara Try Me FREE MIR = MAKE $1.53
Total before coupons = $20.73 + tax (??)
- $5 (in MFC)
- $16 ECB ($5 ECB for Revlon, $5 ECB for Bayer from purchase #3; (3) $2 ECBs for Right Guard - from purchase 1, 2, and 3)
Total OOP $0 + tax (Actually, you will be in the negative by $0.27. You will loose this unless you find something to spend this on. Does anyone know of a good filler.)
Earn $5 ECB for Revlon
Earn $1.80 ECB for Schick
Earn $5 ECB for Physicans Formula
So, I'll end the week with (1) $3.50 ECB for Rembrandt, (2) $5 ECBs for Revlon, (1) $1.80 ECB for Schick, and (1) $5 ECB for Physicans Formula. I'll have used up all my ECBs from past weeks. I'll have paid nothing OOP (ie. not used my gift card). Total sale value of products $78.64. I will also be getting a check in the mail from Physicans Formula for $5.48. So for this week I will make $5.48 in cash.
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