CVS: Deals for the week of September 7-13, 2008

Crystal — Maybe some of that free Chex Mix will help ease the morning sickness? Hope you feel better soon at any rate.

I don’t know if the Malt-O-meal coupon will work on the box (6.8 oz). ..I think that it probably will only work for the larger bag size (15 oz), which is not sold at CVS I believe

At my CVS there were also $1/1 Loreal Skin genesis or $1/1 Loreal ProCalcium coupons in the beauty department. They say CVS on them so you could use them for a good MM if you also had the insert coupons.

Chex not on sale in Dallas!!
Malt-O-Meal coupon doesn’t match sale size….

I tried this morning to use the Revlon coupon for the nail polish and they would not let me. She told me that nail polish is not a cosmetic product.

FYI-renuzit triscent has a $4 coupon in the mail today, bringing the price down to $.99!

I did the Lifescan Ultra Meter Rebate awhile ago and it did not work. I bout the meter for 29.99 used a 20 manu q. Paid for 5.99 with ecbs and 4 with a gift card. All they would give me for the rebate was the 4 I paid for with a gift card and I had to call them several times just to get that. They said ecbs were not money they were coupons and that why they would not give me the 9.99.

My CVS had summer stuff on clearance 90% off! I picked up some great birthday gifts for $1.50 and an inflatable pool for next year for $2.99! (which I used my Revlon ECBs to get free

Our local CVS store told us that CVS is no longer printing the monthly extra care books. I’m just wondering if that is nationwide? How can you find out about the sale items if that is true besides the weekly circulars and going aisle by aisle? I’m new to CVS too so I’m frustrated that they are doing away with the books right as I’m starting out. Any tips from you CVS pros?

Thanks for providing a place for your readers to share information with each other!

My CVS decided to ‘experiment’ (what they told customer after customer who came in looking for the sales flyer) with not having sales flyers for customers to take- just a couple at the cashiers counters. And the sales were not all marked in the aisle, so it was a bit like mystery shopping!

One lady came up and asked the cashier if she could hold the sales paper, and he told her she could hold it but she couldn’t take it! It was pretty funny and frustrating at the same time. I’m glad I checked here before I went shopping, but it was hard to get the right product. I ended up spending about $5.00 extra due to mistakes I made in getting the wrong thing (trying to remember from when I checked here at home…), but still did well, spending $7.00 for $32.00 worth.

I hope the ‘experiment’ fails and they bring the sales paper back again next week…

Quick note to Kim: Regarding the Ultra One Touch meter, I had the exact same problem! Lifescan must have the worst customer service ever. I went around and around with them on that – argued that the rebate said “purchase price” (which was $29.99), not “price paid,” and that the ECBs are just like a gift card, etc. Finally, I just said, “Fine. Just send me back my original receipt and my UPC code that I cut off the box, and I will return your product to the store, since you are not honouring the rebate terms and I am not satisfied with your product.” They had to send me a new meter, and I returned that to the store with no problem. If you ever hit a brick wall with a rebate company (I’ve never had this happen elsewhere), you can just insist that they send you back your receipt or send you a new product.

Crystal, I love your blog, and have told many people here in Miami about your site and how you have helped me to save money. I have been a lurker, but now wish to share my gratitude. Thanks for all the great printable coupon links. My teens have been able to try many new things. Thanks so much!

The Revlon $2 from SS does NOT work on nail polish. I contacted Revlon and they confirmed this.

Has any been able to use the Arnicare coupon? It doesn’t scan, one cashier gave it to me, the other denied it.

I used the Arnicare coupon, and it worked very nicely. I was concerned at first that it would not, but the bar code was clear, all the dates were right, so if it hadn’t worked I might have spoken with the manager.

OOPS! I accidentally posted the last week’s sales. Sorry! It had saved my previous entry in Mr. Linky and I was too quick to hit enter. The second “Nancy – deals for this week” is the correct one. My bad.

I went to CVS yesterday and some of the Right Guard on sale had .55 peelies on them. I wasn’t sure they would work in conjunction with the $1 off coupons I had for those items, but they did. It was a great deal! Also, the $2/1 Revlon doesn’t want to work for nail polish but every clerk I have had just punches it in anyway. The $4 coupon for the Renuzit Tri Scent – was a much better deal.

On the Alavert deal, when I went to purchase it, there was also a $2 peel off coupon. My CVS accepted both the printable $4 coupon and the peel off one, making the box free!!

You only have to purchase one Renuzit Tri Scents to get your $3.00 ECBs. I did it today with no problem. If you use the $4.00 coupon that was in yesterday’s paper, it makes it an awesome deal!

Thanks so much for your awesome site! I started cvsing about a month ago and love it. My link is up for my deals this week!

I had problems with my Arnicare coupon also, but the cashier pushed it through for me. Don’t know what that means for later in the month when I try again though.

I have bought the monitors and sent in rebates several times. Sometimes they give me the sale price, sometimes they won’t pay since I got it “free.” Either way, I’m good because I’m either paying nothing, or getting paid to buy that product. I’m just happy every time a rebate check show up in my mail box! I’ve also been putting them in my garage sales for $10 each. Thus, I am really doing well when I buy monitors!

A side note to the lady who didn’t get her ECB’s when she bought the Revlon…if you call the customer care number on the back of your card, you will usually get your ECB’s the next time you use your card in the store. I’ve had to do this several times, and it has always worked for me.

Also, since they started the ad new schedule, Fri-Thurs, twice now I’ve had problems with something not giving ECB’s on Friday. Last week, my mom went Fri and didn’t get her ECB on the Revlon either. We went in together Fri and I asked the monager to “return” the Revlon and try it again. Sure enough, her ECB’s printed the second time, on Saturday. I’m thinking that there’s a glitch in the system with the new schedule, so I’ll be watching extra carefully when I shop in Fridays. Just a heads up!!!

Yeah the Arnicare coupon did not work for me either and the manager said, “well I can’t do that, it would make the product free”…I thought that was the point, isn’t that why they do these things…plus my arnicare product scanned at 9.49, even though the shelf price was 8.99 so watch for that as well.