On this trip I had $15 in extra bucks to start with.
I also had a $4 off of $20 CVS coupon.
***Tip*** IF USING A $4 OR $5 OFF OF $20 OR $25 - BEFORE YOU GIVE CVS ANY MANUFACTORS COUPONS OR EXTRA BUCKS GIVE THEM THE $4 OR $5 OFF $20 OR $25 FIRST!
The trick with Extra Bucks is to think of them like CVS Money.
In order to keep recieving free items you have to USE CVS MONEY to GET MORE CVS MONEY.
If you end up getting items that don't give you CVS money you have to give up some of you CVS money for free...or pay with actual currency. Which means that the items that don't give you CVS money back are coming out of pocket...and that they are not actually free.
I lost a few Extra Bucks on this trip because I bought a few items that did not give me Extra Bucks back in return...but they were very low in price after the manufactors coupon. And I bought a few items that DID give me back Extra Bucks AND I had a manufactors coupon for but were still very low in price.
Ok. To start this trip I flipped through the CVS weekly ad. I bought everything that gave me all my money back in extra bucks, everything I had a manufactors coupon for that brought down the price to something ridiculously low and also gave me Extra Bucks back. And I bought a few things that I had manfactors coupons for but didn't give me Extra Bucks back....
Everybody still with me?
There were actually two mistakes on this receipt. The first mistake was that one of my manufactors coupons for $2.00 rang up as an item. I informed the clerk about this and they gave me two dollars back in cash.
The second mistake was that one of the toothbrushes...for reasons unknown...didn't ring up as part of the sale. I informed the clerk about this and they printed me up another $2 in Extra Bucks.
Trip Summary:
I "bought":
2 - Softsoap body washes (Had MF Coupon, Got Extra Bucks)
1 - Irish Spring Deoderant (had a bonus bottle of Irish Spring Body Wash attached to it. Love those!!!) (Had MF Coupon, Got Extra Bucks)
2 - Dawn Ultra Dishsoaps (Had MF Coupon)
2 - Listerine Mouthwashes (Had MF Coupon)
1 - Crest Clinical Toothpaste (Had MF Coupon, Got Extra Bucks)
2 - Oral B 3D White Toothbrushes (Had MF Coupon, Got Extra Bucks)
1 - Right Guard Body Wash (Had MF Coupon, Got Extra Bucks)
I "paid":
Trip Total - 45.53
Total Saved - 45.02
Extra Bucks Spent - $15.00
Extra Bucks Earned - $13.50
Extra Bucks Lost - $1.50
Total Spent Out of Pocket - .51 cents
Plus...I had $3.00 in Extra Bucks on my account that I needed to print up. Which I now have for next week.
Today (4-6-2011) I went back to CVS and I bought contact solution with my Extra Bucks.
The contact solution was $8.99 and it gives you back $8.99 in Extra Bucks.
Paid with Extra Bucks and got all of them back...End result = FREE CONTACT SOLUTION.
I also bought a reusable bag tag that gives you $1 in Extra Bucks every 4th time it is scanned.
I was looking for the Sierra mist natural 2 liter of soda. Which is on sale for .99 and I have a coupon for $1 off but every CVS I go to is out of the damn stuff.
I'm ready for next weeks ad.
Bring it on CVS!!!
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