CVS

I want you to click HERE and look at these transactions for this week. There are several things you can get for free.

Let us know if you try any of these. I'm planning on doing all of them.

CVS

Has everyone gotten their free children's advil from CVS? It is in the monthly ad, so it's good all month, hurry in though they will probably go fast. Go HERE to get a dollar off and make a little money.

You can get some free toothpaste this week. With ECB's you can get crest and colgate toothpaste for free, (actually crest you will end up paying 25 cents). Use your coupon from this weeks red plum insert on the crest toothpaste and go HERE for a coupon for 1.50 off colgate. (Scroll down to the end of the page)

Looks like there is a printable $2 off a $10 purchase go HERE

CVS

Did any of you look at the CVS ad for this week online? It isn't the same one that we have here in Greenville. I'm not sure why this is. Do any of you know?

There are a few good things on sale this week.

Alberto VO5 is on sale 2/$1. This amounts to half off the original price.

Colgate toothpaste or toothbrushes (read the ad to see which colgate items are on sale) are 2/$3 look for a coupon to make this a little better deal.

Irish Spring bar soap 3 pack is on sale for 99cents. In this week's Post Dispatch there was a coupon for 30 cents off. Get 3 bars for 70 cents.

How are you guys doing getting deals at CVS?

CVS Advisor

Sign up to become a CVS Advisor and get free ECBs.

HERE are the details.

Super Deal at CVS

You may have seen this on some other blogs but Gina tried it here in Greenville and it did work.

The CVS face cleansing cloths cost $2.99 and are giving $2.99 in ECBs.

The paper said that they would only give $1.

Also you can print a $2 OFF COUPON FROM THE CVS BEAUTY HANDBOOK to use with the purchase and you will make money!!

CVS Money

It is the end of the quarter at CVS which means we all get paid. Yippee!

When you shop in July you will get your quarterly money back.

Look for the coupon on the end of your receipt.

New to CVSing?

If you are new to CVSing (defined as: getting stuff for free or next to free weekly at CVS) then you need to read FishMama's tutorial HERE.

She gives you the step by step for building your ECBs and saving money at CVS. The tutorial is geared directly for this week's (and month's) deals.

This is a must read if you aren't already taking advantage of all of the deals at CVS.

*Remember: Today starts the July deals. You should probably get them a.s.a.p since we know our store doesn't have a very good track record of reordering sale items.

CVS 6-29 thru 7-5

Not much is a really good deal, considering they don't have the mascara, but the Right Guard is still a good one.

Buy one RightGuard deoderant for 6.99. Use the $1 coupon from the May 18th Smart Source (SS 5-18) and get $5 ECBs.

That means that you will pay $5.99 for a stick of deoderant and CVS will pay you $5 after you buy it. Deo for 99 cents. Not bad.

If you have ECBs from a previous transaction (like I did) you can pay with them and end up paying just pennies out of pocket for the deoderant.

That's how we play the CVS game.

For all the deals at CVS this week click HERE.

CVS Deals 6-22 thru 6-28

Click here for an easy to read and understand description of this week's CVS deals.

She also includes some printable coupons. I couldn't get the Soy Joy one to work. Let me know if it works for you. Just leave a comment below.

Problems at CVS

Problem #1: Keeping items in stock.

CVS is already out of the Oral-B CrossAction toothbrushes and it is only Monday!!

This is getting to be a habit with them. I bought the last two SmartRinse mouthwashes on June 1st and they still do not have any in stock. That is 15 days and they still haven't restocked them. When you complain about these things they will tell you that they restock the shelves on Thursdays...however obviously a couple of Thursdays have come and gone since then and they still haven't restocked the mouthwash.

What you can do about it:

• Complain to the store manager. The squeeky wheel gets the grease.
• Ask for a rain check. (If you are getting a rain check for an item that is only on sale or generating ECBs for that specific week you will have to buy the "invisible" items and then they will give you a raincheck that says you already paid. You bring that raincheck in later when the item is in stock and get your items.)
• Complain to CVS national offices. Sometimes your receipt will have a toll free number you can call to take a poll. You can tell them exactly how you feel and what you couldn't find, etc.

Problem #2: Having the wrong size for the sale price.

Today I went to buy the Alavert. The 6.99 sale price and $5 ECBs were for the 12 or 15 count boxes. CVS didn't have anything smaller than 18 count. I asked the manager (Lori, now I know her name) and she said that the 18 count boxes were bonus packs (originally marked 12 ct. but boosted to 18) and would count for the sale price and the ECBs. She was right. It all worked when I checked out.

What you can do about it:

• Always ask the manager. Those Alaverts were not marked in any way shape or form. They didn't say they were on sale for 6.99 or that they gave ECBs...but they did.
• Know your sale flyer. Keep it with you at all times in order to show clerks and manager they exact items and sizes.

I hope this helps you all.

Toothbrush Deals at CVS

This week's Smart Source insert has a BOGO coupon for the same Oral B Cross Action Toothbrushes that are giving ECB's at CVS.



They are $5.99 each and produce $3 in ECBs. With the BOGO coupon they are free.



There is also a coupon in the June P&G insert for these toothbrushes, so it pays to do the deal twice. (The limit is 5.)

Alavert CVS Deal

Go here to print off a $4/1 Alavert coupon.

(I've read that you can hit back and refresh and print two of them but that didn't work on my computer. Instead I entered Brian's info the second time and it printed another one.)

Alavert is giving $5 ECB's at CVS this week when you purchase two at $6.99.

If you use two $4/1 coupons you will be spending 5.98 and earning $5.

$0.98 cents for 2 allergy meds is quite a deal!

$3 off of $15

If you haven't seen it yet there is a new $3 off of $15 coupon out there for CVS.

Money Saving Mom explains how to get it.

Here is the link.

Crystal's CVS Deals 6-1 thru 6-7

I had to use up the last of my $5/$15 coupons today so I did every deal I could. My nice checker (who goes to my church, but I don't know his name) let me do 4 transactions!! Here they are.Transaction #1

2 Dawn Dishwashing Liquid $2.00
2 Brut Deoderant $6.58
3 Mini Brut Deoderant $9.57
- $0.50 Dawn coupons
-$5/$15 coupon
Paid $9.98 ECBs.
Paid OOP $3.10.
Earned $4 ECBs.

Transaction #2

3 Pantene Hair Products $10

2 Listerene Smart Rinse $6.98

-$3.00 Pantene coupons

-$2.00 Listerene coupons

-$5/$15 coupon

Paid $5 ECBs.

Paid OOP $2.05.

Earned $9.98 ECBs.

Transaction #3

2 Oral B Cross Action 2 packs $13.98

2 CVS Bandages 3.98

2 CoverGirl products BOGO $7.99

-$2.00 Oral B coupons

-$2.00 Cover Girl coupons

-$5/$15 coupon

Paid $5 ECBs.

Paid OOP $2.12.

Earned $17.96 ECBs.

Transaction #4

3 Pampers Jumbo Packs $23.97

-$2.00 Pampers coupon

-$5/$15 coupon

Paid $16.97 ECBs.

Paid OOP $0.14.

Earned $5 ECBs.

Final Totals:

Total Cost of Items (before coupons): $90.76

Total ECBs Spent: $36.95

Total OOP Spent: $7.41

Total ECBs Earned: $36.94

(I actually used some of my ECBs from earlier transactions to pay for some of my later transactions so I actually only have $22.75 of my ECBs left. Still good.)

Crystal's CVS Deals 5-25 thru 5-31

I had to use some of my $5/$15 coupons because they expire Sunday so I did all of the deals that I could even though I lost a few ECBs.

Here is what I got.

Here is the breakdown.

Transaction #1

2 Excedrin Migraine $2.98

1 Playskool Diapers $10.99

-$5/$15 coupon

-$2 off Execdrin coupon

-$2 off Excedrin coupon

Paid with $4.97 in ECBs.

Paid oop (out of pocket) $0.04

Transaction #2

3 Ellin Lavar hair products $15.00

-$5/$15 coupon

-$5 Ellin Lavar coupon

Paid $5 ECBs.

Earned $6 ECBs.

Transaction #3

1 Playskool Diapers $10.99

1 Viactiv Glide $8.99

-$4.00 Viactiv coupon

-$5/$15 coupon

Paid with $10 ECBs.

Paid oop $1.07.

Earned $8 ECBs.

Transaction #4:

1 travel mug $7.99

(otherwise known as the teacher gift I forgot about until the very last minute)

Paid $7.99 ECBs.

Final Totals:

Total cost of products: $57.94 (before coupons)

Total ECBs used: $27.96

Total ECBs earned: $14.00

Total OOP spent: $1.11

Just a Note

Money Saving Mom is reporting that Chex Mix is on sale for $1.00 at CVS this week.

It is not on sale at our CVS here in Greenville as of Sun. June 1.

But go to MSM and print the coupons anyway...just in case it goes on sale later.

Today Only!!

Viactiv Flavor Glides are $8.99 at CVS.

Print a $4/1 coupon here.

Stack with a $2/1 coupon from teh 5/11 RP.

Receive $3 in ECBs.

FREEEEEE!!

Last Minute May Deals

I *heart* CVS has a printable coupon for $5 off of any two Ellin Lavar hair products.

Here is the link.

Ellin Lavar products are on sale for $5 each this week and each produces $2 in ECBs in May.

So....If you buy 3 products for a total of $15 and use the $5/2 and your $5 off of a purchase of $15 you will pay approx. $5.34 (after tax) and earn $6 in ECBS.

Good deal...but only through tomorrow.

$5 off a $15 purchase at CVS

I visited I heart CVS today and saw this coupon! We have a link to this blog. All you have to do is click on CVS coupons and scroll down untill you see this coupon. She explains how to do it. You will have to sign up for a free e-newspaper. You will be able to print several of these! They will expire 6-1 though. This will prove even more beneficial to you after you attend our coupon club meeting. Happy CVSing

Free Cereal at CVS

Actually it is better than free. You get paid $0.50 to eat it.

Yep that's right! Malt-O-Meal is $1.00 a box at CVS right now.

Click here to print a coupon for $1.50 off of any Malt-O-Meal cereal. Also go to Maltomeal.com and you can print a $1.00 off coupon.

(From what I've read CVS will not pay you the overage (Wal-Mart will) so you'll need to buy something else to use up the 50 cents and a little more.)

*Note: The linked coupon is a "bricks" coupon. That means you can print it from home when you install the coupon printer. You only have to install it once and then you can use it for all "bricks" coupons.

Also, "bricks" coupons can usually be printed more than once. After the first one starts printing you can hit the "back" button and then the "refresh" button and it will print again. Sometimes you can do this multiple times and end up with 5 or even 10 of the same coupon.

WooHooo lots of cereal!!!