The goal of this CVS challenge is to come up with up to 3 scenarios where the total spent out of pocket is $5, while still growing your ECB’s. I’m going to assume that you start out with zero ECB’s to start with, or it makes it too difficult for others to follow. If you do have ECB’s to start, you can reduce your OOP to almost zero.
For more information on the abbreviations used in this post, please see my Coupons 101 article. For more information about shopping at CVS, visit my CVS 101 article.
Transaction #1
Buy Dove Men’s Care body and face wash 13.5 oz $5.49
Use $1.25/1 Dove Men+Care Body Wash or Scrubber, exp. 4-25-10 (RP 01/31/10) OR
Use $1/1 Dove Men+Care Product printable
Total after Coupons: $4.24ECB’s Earned: $5.49
Transaction #2 (same as #1, since the limit is 2)
Buy Dove Men’s Care body and face wash 13.5 oz $5.49
Buy $1.25 filler item (or $1.00, depending on coupon used)
Use $1.25/1 Dove Men+Care Body Wash or Scrubber, exp. 4-25-10 (RP 01/31/10) OR
Use $1/1 Dove Men+Care Product printable
Use $5.49 ECB’s from previous transaction
Total after Coupons: $0.00ECB’s Earned: $5.49
Transaction #3
Buy Colgate Max Fresh 4.6 – 6 oz $2.99
Buy (2) Oust Air Sanitizer $3.99 each ($7.98 total)
Use $1/1 Colgate Max Fresh or Max White Toothpaste, exp. 3-24-10 (ALL YOU Jan ‘10) OR
Use $0.50/1 Select Colgate Toothpastes, exp. 2-20-10 (SS 01/31/10)
Use B1G1 Oust Surface Disinfectant & Air Sanitizer, exp. 2-28-10 (SS #2 1/3/10)
Use $5.49 ECB’s from previous transaction
Total after Coupons: $0.49ECB’s Earned: $8.00
Total Purchase Price (before QP’s and ECB’s): $21.95
Total OOP: $4.73ECB’s Left: $8.00
For more CVS deals, check out this post.
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