CVS has a 10 week long promotion going where if you buy $30 in specially marked items ( like above) you get a $10 gas card. Thanks to Madame Deals!

If you are new to CVS, you can read my CVS 101 HERE to help you get started. I also have a little video of how to make a transaction HERE if that would help.

CVS is my favorite place to shop! They have such good deals each week. Like many people before I started couponing I would have never bought anything in a CVS, they were too expensive! Read over my CVS 101 to get started.

If you are a new couponer and have not tried your hand at CVS yet, I want you to give it a shot this week!

CVS has the Trident or Stride gum on sale for $.99. If you buy it you will get a ECB back on your receipt for $.99, basically making it free!

This is what I want you to do:

Walk into CVS ( I am making this easy for you!) ask the cashier for a CVS card if you do not have one. Walk over to the red box and scan your card, just to see what coupons you get, this has nothing to do with the deal 🙂

Then, grab one of the packs of gum, that are in the ad for $.99, they should also be marked in the store. Purchase it, hand over your CVS card to be scanned, and pay $.99 + tax. Now, on the bottom of your receipt you got a $.99 ECB back! You can tear this off and turn around and use it right away. It is basically like a gift card to CVS.

Now if you want to get really crazy, you can buy 2 packs of Stride gum, use the $1 off 2 coupon that came in the SS 04/03/11 ( April 3rd Smart Source insert in your Sunday paper). You will only get ECB’s back for 1 pack. But the deal looks like this:

Buy 2 Packs Stride Gum
Use 1 $1/2 Stride gum coupon form the SS 04/03/11
Total: $.98
Get back: $.99 ECB
**Look you just got paid $.01 to buy that!

At this point you can walk out with your $.99 ECB and keep it for next week or you can turn around and go find something to spend it on.

One idea would be to walk over and use your $.99 ECb on a box of Puff, they will have to “adjust down” the ECB to $.98. But you get the Puff totally free! Now it does not give you back any ECB’s so you might want to find something with ECB’s to buy !

**Just some ideas!

Make sure to check out your CVS, many have a HUGE clearance deal on L’Oreal make up! Most of it 75% off.

This is what Stephanie did at her store she paid $.08!!:

10 Loreal Visible Lift concealer $3.07 each – $3 insert 4-17 RP = .70
3 Loreal Lash Out mascara $2.45 each – $2 insert 4-17 RP = $1.35
-$1.98 ECB
Total: $.08

Make sure to look in the coupon database for L’Oreal coupons!

Thanks Stephanie and Therese!

So total for all 13 items was $2.06 BUT I earned $38.05 toward my $5 Beauty Club ECB wyb $50 worth of beauty products! I had 116.79 before this purchase, so I should earn my $5 ECB next time I go in and scan my card(I believe you have to wait 48 hrs for this one to print)

Starting Sunday at CVS they have a Coppertone deal, where you buy any 2 products (no baby or sticks) and you get $8 in ECB’s back. There is a brand new Coppertone coupon today to make this deal better.

**Deal Idea**
Buy 2 Coppertone products at $9.99 ($19.98)
Use 2 $1 Printable HERE
Total: $17.98
Get Back: $8 ECB

One more reason to LOVE CVS!! This summer for the next 14 weeks, you can score a FREE $10 gas card when you buy $30 in participating products!

On Sunday’s look for the pictures on products that have the little pictures above, purchase those items and get free gas! For every $30.00 (in participating products) you purchase, they will give you a $10.00 gift card to Exxon/Mobil, Shell, BP Amoco or BP Arco!

Fine Print: You can only redeem (1) $10 gas card per week. A coupon will print in store and you will be able to get the gas card right then. If you  wait to redeem your coupon, you have up to 30 days to do so.  The $30 is before coupons, but we can come up with some great deals to get you to $30.