Karen at Frugal RI Mama has this week's hot CVS deals and match-ups. I'm highlighting a few below but you'll want to read her full post for the rest of the list!
If you're new to CVS deals shopping, please read my CVS 101 post.
Here are this week's best deals, followed by the transactions I did this morning, followed by a newbie scenario! CVS is having another 3 day sale (Sunday-Tuesday) on school supplies. There are also lots of great ECB deals this week!
3 day sale items:
Poly Portfolio, On Sale $.49 Get $.49 ECB’s (limit 2)
Final Cost: FREE after ECB’s
Caliber 10 pack pencils, On Sale $.99 Get $.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Final Cost: FREE after ECB’s
Caliber 20 Count Pens, On Sale $.99 Get $.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Final Cost: FREE after ECB’s
Caliber Flexi Ruler, On Sale $.99 Get $.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Final Cost: FREE after ECB’s
Caliber Notes/Glue Stick/Pen Eraser, On Sale $.99 Get $.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Final Cost: FREE after ECB’s
Caliber Book Covers, On Sale $1.99 Get $1.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Final Cost: FREE after ECB’s
Caliber Compass/Protractor, On Sale $1.99 Get $1.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Final Cost: FREE after ECB’s
Caliber Academic Scissors, On Sale $2.99 Get $2.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Final Cost: FREE after ECB’s
Softsoap Nutri Serums 15oz, On Sale $4.99 Get $4.00 ECB’s (limit 1)
Use $2.00 printable coupon (only availabe in certain zip codes)
Final Cost: FREE after ECB’s + $1.00 overage
All week long sales:
Blink Tears, On Sale $7.99 Get $7.99 ECB’s (limit 1)
Use $2.00 cpn in 8-2-09 RP insert
Final Cost: FREE + $2.00 overage after ECB’s
My transaction:
I had lots of ECB's ($11.47) from previous weeks. I did 2 transactions and here's how it went:
Transaction 1
Blink Eye Drops, $7.99, get $7.99 ECB's
Used $3.00 coupon from 8/2 Sunday insert
Used $3.48 in ECB's
Paid $1.51 OOP, got $7.99 ECB's
Transaction 2
Deal is buy $10 in participating products, get $3 in ECB's
2 Skippy Peanut Butters, 2/$4.00
Used 2 coupons for $.60 off from 8/2 Sunday insert
2 Ragu pasta sauces, 2/$4.00
Used 1 printable coupon for $1 off when you buy 2
1 Hellman's Mayo, 2/$6.00
Used coupon for $.60 off from 8/2 Sunday insert
Softsoap Nutri-Serum Body Wash, $4.99, get back $4.00 in ECB's
Used $2.00 off printable coupon
Used $7.99 ECB's and paid $3.37 OOP, got back $7.00 in ECB's.
Newbie Scenario
If you have ECB's starting this week you can do the scenario I did above but for newbies with no ECB's you can do the following deal to get some awesome cheap school supplies. The scenario below is only good Sunday-Tuesday this week. Remember, if you're doing multiple transactions to go to the end of the line after each one - it's only fair!
Transaction 1
Buy 1 Softsoap Nutri Serums 15oz, $4.99
Use $2.00 printable coupon (only availabe in certain zip codes)
Pay $2.99 OOP, get $4 in ECB's
Transaction 2
Buy 1 Caliber Academic Scissors, On Sale $2.99 Get $2.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Buy 1 Caliber Compass/Protractor, On Sale $1.99 Get $1.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Use the ECB's from Transaction 1
Pay 0 OOP, get $4.98 in ECB's
Transaction 3
Repeat Transaction 2
use the ECB's from Transaction 2
Pay 0 OOP and get $4.98 in ECB's
Transaction 4
Buy 2 Caliber Book Covers, On Sale $1.99 Get $1.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Buy 1 Caliber Notes/Glue Stick/Pen Eraser, On Sale $.99 Get $.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Use ECB's from Transaction 3
Pay 0 OOP and get $4.97 in ECB's
Transaction 5
Buy 1 Caliber Notes/Glue Stick/Pen Eraser, On Sale $.99 Get $.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Buy 2 Caliber Flexi Ruler, On Sale $.99 Get $.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Buy 2 Caliber 20 Count Pens, On Sale $.99 Get $.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Use ECB's from Transaction 4
Pay 0 OOP and get $4.95 in ECB's
Transaction 6
Buy 2 Caliber 10 pack pencils, On Sale $.99 Get $.99 ECB’s (limit 2)
Buy 2 Poly Portfolio, On Sale $.49 Get $.49 ECB’s (limit 2)
Buy 1 Band-Aid 6 -45 ct, On Sale $2.99 Get $1.00 ECB’s (limit 5)
Use $1.00 cpn in 5-17-09 and 6-28-09 SS inserts
Use ECB's from Transaction 5
Pay 0 00P and get back $3.96 in ECB's
You could keep going or just pocket the ECB's to use at a later time. If you do this deal exactly as written you pay just $2.99 OOP and get 18 items - plus you get $3.96 back in ECB's!!