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, Money Saving Mom, and Saving Cents with Sense.
Transaction #1
Buy Essence of Beauty Bath & Body $4.99 – 3 day sale – Sun through Tues
Total after Coupons: $4.99
ECB’s Earned: $4.00
Transaction #2
Buy Merry Brite Santa Hat $3.99 – 3 day sale – Sun through Tues
Use $4.00 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: $3.99
Transaction #3
Buy Emergen-C Immune Booster 2pk $3.99
Use $3.99 ECB’s from previous transaction
Total after Coupons: $0.00
ECB’s Earned: $3.99
Total Purchase Price (before QP’s and ECB’s): $12.97
Total OOP: $4.99
ECB’s Left: $4.00
Other “Freebies” you can work into your own scenarios:
Merry Brite Mini Ornaments 12ct $1.99 (limit 2) – 3 day sale – Sun through Tues
Get $1.99 ECB’s
Total after ECB’s: FREE
Bayer Contour $14.99 (limit 1)
Use Up to $30 off Bayer Breeze 2 or Contour Meter, exp. 4-30-10 (RP 10/25/09)
Get $5.00 ECB’s
Total after Coupon and ECB’s: $5.00 moneymaker
Zantac 150 24ct or 75 30ct $8.99 (limit 1)
Use $2.00 printable QP
Use $1/1 Zantac, exp. 12-31-09 (SS 10/18/09)
Use $1/1 Zantac, exp. 3-31-10 (SS 11/15/09)
Get $8.99 ECB’s
Total after Coupon and ECB’s: $2.00 moneymaker
Accu-Check Compact Plus diabetes monitoring system $14.99
Get $14.99 ECB’s
Total after ECB’s: FREE
For more CVS deals, check out this post.
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