I wanted to give you a quick update on Michelles trip, she was nice enough to send me her receipts to post so you can try and do the same deal!
Michelle made only 2 transactions ( way to go girl I was thinking it was more!) this is what they looked like:
This was reader Michelle’s trip to CVS this week:
I have been following your blog for a little over a year now. Though I routinely save anywhere from 30 to 50% off my grocery trips, I just had the best CVS trip ever!
Items Bought:
5 – Purex Laundry Detergents
6 – Head and Shoulder
1 – Gillete Venus Razor
1 – Dawn
1 – Hersey Simple Pleasures
2 – Starbusrt
1 – Skittles
1 – U by Kotex Pads
Retail Total: 98.16
Coupons and ECB’s Used
3 – B1G1 Head and Shoulders – B1G1 Head & Shoulders Product, exp. 7/31/12 (P&G 07/01/12)
1 – $4/1 Gillette Venus & Olay Razor, exp. 7/31/12 (SS 06/17/12)
1 – $3 off $15 CVS Coupon
1 – $1/1 U By Kotex Liners, exp. 9/2/12 (SS 07/08/12)
1 – $0.50/1 Dawn Product, exp. 7/31/12 (P&G 07/01/12)
1 – B1G1 Skittles/Starburst CVS Coupon
$16.00 ECB
Spent $1.10 OOP and received $5.67 ECB for next time.
WOW! What a GREAT trip! See all the CVS weekly deals HERE and the scenarios HERE.
Emily says
Impressive, but I question whether this scenario was right or replicable. The Head & Shoulders coupon says “Buy one H&S product, get one H&S product free (up to 9.49).” The cashier deducted $9.49 from the total, but the H&S items Michelle bought weren’t that much each. Shouldn’t the cashier have put the value of the coupon as $2.99, the price of the 50% off H&S?
Tiffany says
The coupon for the H&S rings up at $9.49. The cashier isn’t having to enter an amount at all.
Emily says
Interesting! I’ve never done a bogo coupon on CVS, but when I’ve used them at the grocery store, the cashier always seems to have to enter a dollar amount. I figured it was that way everywhere, but apparently not! I may have to try this one out…
Kristin says
Mystery solved! The head and shoulders coupon rang up $9.49 so she actually made money on 6 bottles!!! Going to definitely try my luck on that deal.
Becky says
It was a great shopping trip, but not a money maker by my calculations. $16 in ECB’s was spent, and $5.67 were received. The difference on that is $10.33. Add that to the $1.10 out of pocket, and the total spent was 11.43.
Margo says
our store is putting in the 5.99 ….the full cost of that size bottle right now.