CVS Shopping Trip
1 Colgate Total Mouthwash – $5.99 (Buy 1, Get $3 ECBs)
Used $2/1 coupon from the 1/18 SmartSource insert
3 Speed Stick Gear Deodorant – $4 each (Buy 3, Get $6 ECBs)
Used 3 $2/1 printable
Used $5 ECBs from previous shopping trip and $1 ECBs from Beauty Rewards
Total before coupons, sales, and ECBs: $23.14
Total with tax ($1.38) after coupons, sales and ECBs: $5.37, plus received $9 ECBs
Her post says “Total before coupons, sales, and ECBs: $23.14”. The $5.99 for the Colgate is a sale price and the 2/$8 for the speed stick is a sale price. At least that’s what I’m understanding from the post, she just didn’t say what the regular price of each item is.
See my comment above for the complete breakdown. 🙂
I think your math is a tad off. If she purchased 1 mouthwash at 5.99 and 3 deodorants at $4 each ($12). Her total would have been 17.99 before tax. With coupons she would’ve paid $11.99+tax oop with $9 in ecb.
I also used $6 in ECBs from a previous trip as noted right before the total. That brought it down to $5.37 (including tax). I hope that makes more sense!
It doesn’t make sense at all. Let me break it down for you.
Mouthwash = $5.99
3x APDO = $12
Total = $17.99 (Your total you list says $23.14) Clearly an extra $5.15
– 6 (3x $2/1 APDO coupon)
= $11.99 (new total
– $2/1 colgate
= $9.99
+ $1.38 tax
=$10.37
Used 6 ecb
Paid $4.37 OOP and got back $9 ecb.
Did you happen to buy something extra you forgot to list?
Here’s the breakdown:
$17.99 after sales ($23.14 is BEFORE the sale prices)
– 3 $2/1 deodorant coupons
– $2/1 Colgate coupon
= $9.99
– $6 ECBs
= $3.99
+ $1.38 in tax
= $5.37
Hopefully that makes more sense now. 🙂