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.
Transaction #1
Buy (2) John Frieda Root Awakening Products $5 ea. ($10)
Use (2) $3/1 John Frieda Root Awakening, exp. 8-21-10 (SS 06/06/10)
Total after Coupons: $4.00
ECB’s Earned: $5.00
Transaction #2
Buy Bausch & Lomb Biotrue Multi Purpose Solution $2.99
Buy (4) CVS Brand Pantiliners (22 ct.) $0.50 ea. ($2)
Use $5 ECB’s from previous transaction
Total after Coupons: $0.00 (adjust ECB’s down $0.01)
ECB’s Earned: $4.99
Transaction #3 (Sun – Tues sale items)
Buy Caliber Scissors $0.99
Buy PaperMate Pens (10 ct.) $0.99
Use $2 ECB’s from previous transaction (pantiliners)
Total after Coupons: $0.00 (adjust ECB’s down $0.02)
ECB’s Earned: $1.98
Total Purchase Price (before QP’s and ECB’s): $16.97
Total OOP: $4.00
ECB’s Left: $4.97
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Corrie is a "cents"able wife and stay-at-home mom of 2 boys.
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Just a heads up … You need to buy two CVS pantiliners per transaction in order to earn $1 ECB. If you buy four CVS pantiliners in one transaction, you will only receive $1 ECB. It’s a weird way to do things, but that is what’s happening with this deal.