Sticking it to the man a.k.a. CVSing
I know this my sound strange, but I have started "couponing". Well, that is a stretch, but I did do it once.
Tonight, I got $19.87 worth of stuff from CVS a net out of pocket of $1.12. Here's what I got and spent...
NOTES: CVS ECB is essentially a CVS gift card that you get for buying certain items. I had an actual CVS gift card from a prescription coupon. Those are awesome. You get a $25 gift card for getting a prescription filled at CVS. The kicker is they take competitor's coupons.
Transaction #1:
1 x Softsoap Scrub Body Wash @ $4.99
- $.50 CVS ECB
- $3.99 CVS Gift Card
= $.54 Out of pocket
I got back $4.49 in CVS ECB.
Transaction #2:
1 x Kellogs Fruit Loops @ $2.00
1 x Collgate Toothpaste @ $3.99
1 x Butterfinger @ $0.67
- $1 off Kellogs Cereal
- $1 off Collgate Toothpaste
- $4.49 CVS ECB (from transaction #1)
= $.22 Out of pocket
I got back $3.99 in CVS ECB. The Butterfinger was just filler. You do not get change from CVS ECB. So, if you use $4.49 in CVS ECB to pay for $3.99 in merchandise, you lose out on $0.50. So, I bought a candy bar.
Transaction #3:
1 x Collgate Toothpaste @ $3.99
2 x Sobe Life Water @ $1.49 (On sale B1G1, i.e. buy one get one free.)
1 x Reece's PB Cups 8 Pack @ $1.25
-$1 off Collgate Toothpaste
- B1G1 Sobe Life Water Coupon (Made mine B0G2)
- $3.99 CVS ECB (from transaction #2)
= $.36 Out of pocket
I got back another $3.99 in CVS ECB, which is equal to the gift card I started with. The Reece's were filler again. Maybe next time I'll try to buy filler that is not candy.
So, I walked into CVS with a $3.99 gift card, the change out of my car, some coupons and a plan. I walked out with Some body wash (that I don't really use), two tubes of toothpaste (which I needed), two bottles of flavored water (that could possibly make lizards dance), a box of cereal, some candy, and $3.99 in CVS ECB.
I got the plan from here and most of the coupons I printed off the internet. You can find the links to those on the site linked in the previous sentence. It does take a little bit of time and effort, but if you're going to the store to get toothpaste, you might as well pick up two of them and a bunch of other crap for only a little over a buck.
Do you have any super awesome ways you stick it to the man?
NOTE: You can print the Sobe coupon from the site above and you can do the B0G2 up to 3 times. So, that's a B0G6, $9 worth of drinks for free.
posted by Shannon Smith @ 4/13/2009
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Dang! The only thing that would have made it better would have been for you to get a lavender "I 'heart' CVS" shirt out of the deal.
I don't have any cool ways to stick it to the man, but Joye and I are trying to get our money's worth of gauze, tape, pacifiers and other supplies from DUMC before we leave here. I don't think we're going to make back the money from Ethan's surgery, but it's not going to stop us from trying.
Dude. If the hospital were like Super Market Sweep, you should run straight for the formula. Even though Ethan isn't eating formula, right now, at some point he might and that stuff is expensive.
You should look in the cabinet under his basinet. Generally, they send you home with all of that, which usually includes several diapers and single serving size formula bottles. You should make sure that is stocked up prior to your discharge day.
Miss you bro.
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