Comments on: CVS: Deals for the week of June 29-July 7, 2008

By: FrugalChic

FrugalChic — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:35:24 +0000

CVS NEWBIE here! I am in Southern CA and made the following purchase from CVS this morning:

Transaction #1
2 Coppertone Baby Sticks 5.29 ea.
Final Total (incl.tax) = $11.45
ECB earned = $10

Transaction #2
1 Gold Emb Bottled Wtr 24pk. 2.99 ea.
2 Gold Emb Dark Choc Almonds 5.99 ea. BOGO
2 CVS Panty Shields .99 ea.
1 CVS 15ct face towelette 2.99
1 Dasani Water 20oz. 1.29 ea.

Coupons used: $1 off CVS water/$1 off CVS nuts/$2 CVS skin care/$2 off $10 CVS brand/$10 ECB earned on transaction #1

Final Total (incl. bottle deposit & tax) = $0.49
EBC Earned = $2.98 (.99 ea. for liners/$1 for face towelettes – these did not earn $2.99 as with some other folks)

CASH outlay for this trip = $11.94. I am really happy because I needed everything I bought (well, maybe not the chocolate almonds…)

*MOMMY NOTES* Dark Chocolate covered almonds are yummy! The Coppertone sticks work really well for my kids and compact enough to keep in my purse.

Thanks to everyone for the lessons and tips. What a great site!

By: Hannah

Hannah — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:33:41 +0000

I tried to combine a Pepsi and a Lipton tea to get 1 ECB, but it didn’t print out. I didn’t really notice till later, so I might go back and see about that. (I did end up getting another Pepsi later, and the 1 ECB printed fine, but another Lipton later on might make a good filler, if indeed it is part of a deal.)

Anybody else have a problem with this?

By: brandy

brandy — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:30:16 +0000

Has anyone else had trouble with their $4/20 coupon? I *thought* everyone used it more than once (even though it says one per customer), but on Sunday I had an awful time trying to use mine. I know what it says but I’ve never had an issue until Sunday and THEN my ECB’s didn’t print for the swiffer deal. I think I will take a break from CVS…

By: Rapunzel's Thrifty Mom

Rapunzel's Thrifty Mom — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:33:45 +0000

LOOOOOVE your site! You gave me the courage to start trying this CVS thing. Thank you so very much!

By: Darlene

Darlene — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:01:10 +0000

Wow! I am learning soo much for everyone. Thank you so much for this site!!!

By: miou

miou — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:35:41 +0000

Cheap nail polish & Cover Girl moneymaker:
Trolled the beauty clearance & I found:
Diamond Strength Nail polish $1.09
Diamond Strength Nail polish $2.04
-$3/2, for net OOP of .13
Also used my last Cover Girl coupon from the Sunday inserts (expires 6/30):
Smoothwear lip gloss for $1.64
Nail polish .74
-$2 off any Cover Girl lip product
-$1 off any Cover Girl product
Money maker!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:56:42 +0000

I’ve been CVSing for about a month now…and had my first EXCELLENT CVS adventure last night…every week it keeps getting better…and I will go back and do the sunscreen and Kashi later this week.

First off: Got a $15 gift card for a new perscription. Used the coupon from 2 weeks ago in the Sunday paper for a $10 gift card at Target w/new script… CVS honors these (and will backdate if you have the receipt)…the guy that did it for me last night said they give an extra $5 on top of it (they didn’t do that last time…but..YIPPEE)…

ALSO: We only have one CVS in town…and they are constantly running out of stuff. They will give rain checks for their deals… but the ECB won’t print out on your reciept…so they take it straight off of the transaction…which is sort of nice.

Here is what I got on my first transaction:
6 Peg Bags of Lifesavers (Used 3 B1G1 coupon…clerk manually entered it in so it took it..got all 6 for free)
1 Brut Deoderant Stick $2.89 ($1/1 coupon)
1 Crest $1.99 ($1/1 coupon)
1 CVS Aftershave $2.99 ($2/1 CVS coupon)
2 Huggies Nat Care Bath $3.49 ea (2 – $1/1)
1 Bic Solei Razon $6.99 ($4/1 coupon)
1 Bic Solei Refill $6.99 ($4/1 coupon)
1 Old Spice Body Wash Trial Size $1.49 ($1/1 Coupon)
2 Schik Razors Trial Size (Used 2 $2/1 coupons…again had clerk ring it in manually! Woo Hoo!)

Used coupons plus $5/$30 from emailer and $6 ECB (which he applied to the whole amount…giving me an overage)…pretax total of -$1.13 plus tax…OOP = $.50! ECB Earned: $13 (had 3 leftover from last time)…Total ECB= $16

I did the mascara for the second transaction and was even steven…again I didn’t end up paying tax? Maybe a new clerk

In sum: I got $53.07 in product… paid $.50 and walked away with $16ECB and a $15 gift card!

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:54:14 +0000

I purchased:
$6.99 – Right Guard Professional Strength (coupon for $1 off)
$6.99 – Bic Soleil (coupon for $4)
$6.99 – Bic Soleil refill (coupon for $2)
$5.99 – Natural Instincts (coupon for $4)
$1.99 – Crest (coupon for $1/2 – oops! had to run and grab a second which earned no ECB’s – boo)
$1.99 – Crest
$1.99 – CVS Bandaids
$2.19 – Lifesaver candy (coupon for B1G1)
$0 – Second bag of candy as CVS had them on sale

Used $5/30 coupon and $13.98 ECBs for a total of $2.86 OOP (if only I’d read my crest coupon more closely)! And $13.99 ECBs back. I’m new to this, so I was pretty happy with my purchase. The register did beep when my candy coupon was scanned, but the manager (who happened to be checking me out) took a look at it and pushed it through. He did, however tell me that CVS would no longer be accepting coupons printed on a computer due to some lawsuit CVS is involved in. I’ll be anxious to hear if anyone else is told this at their stores.

By: bonnie

bonnie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:27:22 +0000

If you got the CRT for $1.50 off Speed Stick, you might want to use it this week. After the sale, it is $0.49 (not the greatest but good for raising your speeding amount).

Also, my store had vitamins in their clearance section and they had CVS diapers on clearance too! I don’t know if they would work for the CVS diaper deal but you could try.

About the BOGO coupons…. I couldn’t use it on the Lifesavers either.

About CRTs and $ / CRTs… I haven’t gotten any good ones lately either, and no $ / CRTs. I asked the cashier and she said that it was a momentary thing because the quartly ECBs were about to come out. ??? Okay.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:20:00 +0000

I would just like to thank you for this wonderful website! I have just started clipping coupons and searching for a way to cut our grocery bill down. I’m a stay at home mom and want to save us as much money as possible, and thanks to you I have been very sucessful so far! I haven’t tackeled CVS yet but I have used their ads for Walmart to price match! I was able to get Kashi cereals for .50 w/ my coupons last night, even the new Kashi Vive cereal for .50! In all I saved 30.00 last night w/ all my coupons! I was so excited I didn’t know what to do w/ myself! Plus I’ve signed up for all the freebie stuff, just waiting for it to arrive. My husband said if I keep this up I should be able to stay at home w/ our kiddos for a lot longer than planned! So, thank you, thank you, thank you!

By: Zoya

Zoya — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:08:10 +0000

It’s not as much fun without $/$$ coupons, so I tried to update my email address per your suggestion (to get $4/$20 coupon), but nothing happened. How long does it normally takes to get the coupon emailed?

Also, thanks for the heads up about the Coppertone sticks. They were $5.99 here, but still a good deal for something we need.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:56:53 +0000

I also went today to CVS to take advantage of the B1G1 sale on Lifesavers candy. I was told that they are “updating” their system and wouldn’t take the bogo coupons combined with the bogo sales. The shift leader came up and took the coupons off for me, though. Has anyone heard about this policy change? Is this company wide or just store wide?

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:56:20 +0000

I used the $2/1 cvs skincare on cotton balls that were under $2 for free cotton balls w/ overage!

By: Brook

Brook — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:22:08 +0000

The Coppertone sticks are working in PA too. They are priced at $5.49 here. I was able to get them, the mascara, right guard, and some other stuff, used my $5/$30 and made a few bucks. yey! I also picked up another sunday paper, because there are some good coupons for the July deals in there.

By: mb78

mb78 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:49:52 +0000

For Sarah,
I tried to use 2 $4 off the B1G1 Intuition deal and the register beeped and would only take 1 on the coupons. The cashier said that it was because you already got one for free. I would bet that applies to everything that is B1G1. This seems like it may be a new change to the rules because I remember doing this before and both coupons were taken. Anyone have a different experience?

By: Millicent

Millicent — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:22:52 +0000

I got my rebate for the Listerine on Saturday and they also included some coupons!!

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:06:55 +0000

Anyone know what the limit is on the monthly Oral B 2-pk? I bought 3 and my receipt doesn’t say limit reached.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:51:40 +0000

There is a BOGO coupon for Stayfree pads in the Redplum flyer in this Sunday’s paper. I used that and ended up getting 2 packages for 4.99 minus the 1.50 ECB.

By: Donna(mom24boyz)

Donna(mom24boyz) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:28:05 +0000

Saw where someone in MD was having trouble with the mascara. Mine rang up fine 7.99 and I got 7.99 back. The Physicians formula Mascara was in a small location spot on the wall–no big “Physician’s Formula” sign above like other make-up manufacures such as Maybeline or Almay–I just scrolled the aisle and found a small section of this brand of make-up. Luckily my CVS had 4 quite a bit in stock too. So I am getting the word out to my friends to go grab their free mascara!

By: Audrey

Audrey — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:56:31 +0000

I have 2 $2/1 coupons for the Schick Intuition razors and refills. Does anyone know if I can use them with the B1G1 deal to get $4 off total?