The goal of this CVS challenge is to come up with up to 3 scenarios where the total spent out of pocket is $5, while still growing your ECB’s. I’m going to assume that you start out with zero ECB’s to start with, or it makes it too difficult for others to follow. If you do have ECB’s to start, you can reduce your OOP to almost zero.
For more information on the abbreviations used in this post, please see my Coupons 101 article. For more information about shopping at CVS, visit my CVS 101 article. For additional scenarios, please visit Keeping the Kingdom First, Deal Seeking Mom or Money Saving Mom.
Transaction #1
Buy Plackers Dental Flossers 90 ct. $2.99
Use $0.50 QP from 11/1 RP
Total after Coupons: $2.49
ECB’s Earned: $2.00
Transaction #2
Buy Colgate Total Advanced 5.8 oz. or Total 7.8 oz $2.99
Buy Dawn Dish Liquid (9.5-10.3 oz) $0.97
Use $1.00 Colgate QP from 10/25 S
Use $0.25 Dawn QP from 11/1 PG
Use $2.00 ECB’s from previous transaction
Total after Coupons: $0.71
ECB’s Earned: $1.00
Total Purchase Price (before QP’s and ECB’s): $6.95
Total OOP: $3.20
ECB’s Left: $1.00
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Corrie is a "cents"able wife and stay-at-home mom of 2 boys.
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Nice job – the Colgate coupon wasn’t in our weekly!
Corrin,
That stinks that you missed out on that coupon! It’s always frustrating with the internet to hear about regional coupons…that either I didn’t get or I got a lesser value coupon.