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 Merry Brite holidays bows 12ct $2.99 – 3 day sale – Sun through Tues
Total after Coupons: $2.99
ECB’s Earned: $2.99
Transaction #2
Buy Merry Brite Peel ‘n stick gift tag 35- 50 ct $1.99 – 3 day sale – Sun through Tues
Buy Advil PM 4ct $0.99
Use $2.99 ECB’s from previous transaction (you can either get a small filler item or ask the cashier to adjust the ECB’s down a $0.01)
Total after Coupons: $0.00
ECB’s Earned: $2.98
Transaction #3
Buy Merry Brite holiday gift tissue 20ct Red and Green $1.99
Buy Neosporin Lip Health $5.49
Use $2.50 CVS Clip-free Neosporin QP
Use $3/1 Printable HERE (IE) or HERE (FF)
Use $1.99 ECB’s from previous transaction (from the gift tags…you’ll have the $0.99 Advil ECB’s left)
Total after Coupons: $0.00
ECB’s Earned: $1.99
Total Purchase Price (before QP’s and ECB’s): $13.45
Total OOP: $2.99
ECB’s Left: $2.98
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Corrie is a "cents"able wife and stay-at-home mom of 2 boys.
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Hye I guess i missed something for transaction #3
Buy Merry Brite holiday gift tissue 20ct Red and Green $1.99
Buy Neosporin Lip Health $5.49
Use $2.50 CVS Clip-free Neosporin QP
Use $3/1 Printable HERE (IE) or HERE (FF)
Use $1.99 ECB’s from previous transaction * here the question*
Total after Coupons: $0.00
ECB’s Earned: $1.99
which $1.99 from previous transaction you’re talking about?
Thanks a lot
I should have made it more clear…in the 2nd transaction, you’ll receive ECB’s for both products, but you only need to use the $1.99 ECB’s from the gift tags for the 3rd transaction. You can keep the $0.99 from the Advil for another day/week.
Hope that helps clear it up!
Yes thank, DH came with the flyer and i figured the thing out
Thanks again