CVS ECB Deals - Sales for Week 12/28-1/3

[tngramma]

My CVS puts these big "This product was intended for sale at CVS" stickers on EVERYTHING. They are about 2x2 in size. They said they had to do this because people were clearing the shelves and then reselling them at flea markets, etc.

It makes it really hard for me to gift things away in gift baskets, etc. because everything looks so bad with the huge stickers on them.

Maggie

I have been seeing some of those stickers myself. Evidently he does not care they are on there.

 

[englishrose47]

These people are spoiling it for others !I have had trouble at Walgreens and RA, only a matter of time befors CVS strats giving me ahard time !!At least at Walgreens the District Manager let them know I was right so haven't had anymore trouble . I still think I will call RA and ask for a printed letter stating you can use a BOGO c/o with a store BOGO!!

 

[mafibisha]

So does anyone have a link for a Colgate coupon?

 

[puffkin]

So does anyone have a link for a Colgate coupon?

If you scroll down to the Colgate offer, the link to the coupon is right below it:
http://iheartcvs.com/2008/12/1228-0103-weekly-ecb-deals.html

 

[englishrose47]

Go to some young guy at the register. They don't seem to know foundation from blush, etc. These categories are very much YMMV even though they are listed separately on the various makeup websites.

Maggie

It was a young Guy!!

 

[mafibisha]

If you scroll down to the Colgate offer, the link to the coupon is right below it:
http://iheartcvs.com/2008/12/1228-0103-weekly-ecb-deals.html

Thank you, I didn't see it the first time.

However, now I can't figure out how to print just the coupon and not all the other pages? Is it me or my computer?

 

[mtblujeans]

Thank you, I didn't see it the first time.

However, now I can't figure out how to print just the coupon and not all the other pages? Is it me or my computer?

Have you tried asking it to print just the page the coupon is on? I hit the print button, click the circle in front of "pages" and change it from "1 - 4" so that it just shows "4". It will print that whole page but just the one page.

 

[iamgrumpy]

Has anyone had any problem using the $3 off $15 printable version from the Penn. newspaper?

I used it last night in VT and it scanned fine...no beeps

 

[rach2674]

I can't seem to find the post about the Walgreens Dimetapp promo. Can someone explain that again? I think they said it was a glitch and wondering if it's still working.

 

[hmillerbarilla]

Since you all are my "budget" friends I just have to post this here...



I GOT A PIN CODE! Today we booked the GF for one night in February and the YC for two. I'm freaking out! It was too good of a deal to pass up. The only way we'd ever stay Deluxe is with a deal like this! It's like a coupon!

So, while you all are CVSing in Feb... picture smiller & I lounging in the lobby of the GF. With my kiddies too... and our parents....good times! I'm so excited!

Okay, back to the CVS fun.

 

[sherry7]

I just had to share this with my CVS friends....

I decided to organize my linen closet this evening, which is where I keep most of our toiletries. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that I currently have 26 tubes of toothpaste! All courtesy of CVS of course. And I also have enough feminine supplies for at least a year.

I love CVS!

 

[buffalogirl]

Since you all are my "budget" friends I just have to post this here...



I GOT A PIN CODE! Today we booked the GF for one night in February and the YC for two. I'm freaking out! It was too good of a deal to pass up. The only way we'd ever stay Deluxe is with a deal like this! It's like a coupon!

So, while you all are CVSing in Feb... picture smiller & I lounging in the lobby of the GF. With my kiddies too... and our parents....good times! I'm so excited!

Okay, back to the CVS fun.

Good for you, that's great news!!!
I always enjoy reading the "miller" posts on the CVS threads, you always make me smile .

 

[i3utterfli82]

I used it last night in VT and it scanned fine...no beeps

Thank you!

 

[Kycha]

Since you all are my "budget" friends I just have to post this here...



I GOT A PIN CODE! Today we booked the GF for one night in February and the YC for two. I'm freaking out! It was too good of a deal to pass up. The only way we'd ever stay Deluxe is with a deal like this! It's like a coupon!

So, while you all are CVSing in Feb... picture smiller & I lounging in the lobby of the GF. With my kiddies too... and our parents....good times! I'm so excited!

Okay, back to the CVS fun.

Ooooh! I'm jealous. I need to pray to the discount code gods or fairies or something. Cause I never get anything like that.

So, I gave away most of my CVS stockpile at Christmas to my family and the local food bank. Tonight, I started on next Christmas' freebies. I had some monthly deals that I needed to finish up...rolaids, promax bars. Then, I stopped at Walmart with a handful of coupons that expire tomorrow for free or moneymaking stuff. I got 10 Schick razors(12 pks) $1.97 - $2q = .03 moneymaker, 6 Kotex panty liners $1 -$1q = free, 4 J&J First Aid to go travel kits $1.94/2 - $3/2 = $1.06 moneymaker, 4 post it flags $2.48/2 - $3/2 = .52 moneymaker. I never like to see a good coupon go to waste. The local food bank is still asking for donations through January. So, whatever they want, they can have. The rest will go into my freebie pile for next Christmas.

Tomorrow, I'm headed to CVS again to use up as many of my expiring coupons as I can and finish a couple more monthly deals.

 

[flakypuff]

Last week the food pantry put a story in the paper.......lots more people in need and not enough items.
I packed up most of my stuff...filled 2 boxes of shampoo, toothbrushes,paste, excedrin,makeup
I knew I had a stash of ecb from Thanksgiving sale.I would just start over..well Christmas has gotten my head in a fog. I went to my coupons for
the first time in a few weeks and there were my ecbs...all 82.00.
Expired 12/28 completely my fault. I have read it more times on this thread than I can count...
We are expecting a snow storm tomorrow but it is so much money to loose..
I am going to ask the manager if he will take them....It a long shot and I am not sure how he will feel about letting all of them by...there is about 12 of them..now I am trying to find a way to roll over as many as I can and run around the store before the storm...can you guys send me a little pixie dust

 

[LanaJae]

Since you all are my "budget" friends I just have to post this here...



I GOT A PIN CODE! Today we booked the GF for one night in February and the YC for two. I'm freaking out! It was too good of a deal to pass up. The only way we'd ever stay Deluxe is with a deal like this! It's like a coupon!

So, while you all are CVSing in Feb... picture smiller & I lounging in the lobby of the GF. With my kiddies too... and our parents....good times! I'm so excited!

Okay, back to the CVS fun.

Ooh that sounds like so much fun! Congratulations!

Last week the food pantry put a story in the paper.......lots more people in need and not enough items.
I packed up most of my stuff...filled 2 boxes of shampoo, toothbrushes,paste, excedrin,makeup
I knew I had a stash of ecb from Thanksgiving sale.I would just start over..well Christmas has gotten my head in a fog. I went to my coupons for
the first time in a few weeks and there were my ecbs...all 82.00.
Expired 12/28 completely my fault. I have read it more times on this thread than I can count...
We are expecting a snow storm tomorrow but it is so much money to loose..
I am going to ask the manager if he will take them....It a long shot and I am not sure how he will feel about letting all of them by...there is about 12 of them..now I am trying to find a way to roll over as many as I can and run around the store before the storm...can you guys send me a little pixie dust

I feel awful for you - tell the manager you've been sick (you have since you found them). I think I'd even start crying in the store for $82!

Here's something to buy if you find them - there are some kind of 6-pack boxes of Soy Joy for $6 each and they give $6 ECBs, the deal isn't supposed to start until 1-4-09, but it's already working (I haven't found them), you can do it 5 times, so that's $30 to roll.

 

[Maddle]

This post is my own pat on the back...

For me, CVS has been a bit of a hit or miss, but my New Year's resolution is to get serious about shopping with coupons. I am not (yet) as organized as so many posters, but why not try to be successful at CVS? After all, I always use my shopper's card, but the bucks often go to waste.

So, a couple weeks back, I bought some pantiliners (no coupon, just needed them) and got $2 ECB. At home I had a coupon for $1 a nail polish I liked, and those were two for one, less the $2 ECB I had picked up the week before. This would have come out to $1 each for $5/bottle nail polish, plus a couple Christmas Clearance items. This generated a $5 off a $15 purchase coupon, good for three days. Now I was determined. I got back there today, with my mfgr's coupons for the 2/1 items, and my $5 off/$15 sale coupon. This is where it got tricky - I tried to get as close to $15, but I went over because of one mfgr's $3 coupon would have put me under, so I picked up an item that was too pricey. (In retrospect, I see the error of my math.) and put me way over $15, when i should have bought another toothpaste instead. Sigh. I give myself a c+.

Here is the bad part - the ECB's didn't print!...and I almost left without them. We got outside, and hubby had the receipt, and when I asked to put the ECB's with my extra mfg coupons, he looked at me like I was nuts. (Believe me, he isn't reading these budget boards, so he was not expecting anymore coupons.) Oh, failure. So, I went back in and tracked down $5 total ECB. The mgr was very apologetic, and helpful.

So now I see that I need to pay close attention to the prices, if I am trying to get close to a number, and I should know how many Bucks will print ahead of time. I told Dh as we walked home that I couldn't understand what people were writing about, lists and coupons and plans....but now I am catching on.

Maddle

 

[LanaJae]

This post is my own pat on the back...

For me, CVS has been a bit of a hit or miss, but my New Year's resolution is to get serious about shopping with coupons. I am not (yet) as organized as so many posters, but why not try to be successful at CVS? After all, I always use my shopper's card, but the bucks often go to waste.

So, a couple weeks back, I bought some pantiliners (no coupon, just needed them) and got $2 ECB. At home I had a coupon for $1 a nail polish I liked, and those were two for one, less the $2 ECB I had picked up the week before. This would have come out to $1 each for $5/bottle nail polish, plus a couple Christmas Clearance items. This generated a $5 off a $15 purchase coupon, good for three days. Now I was determined. I got back there today, with my mfgr's coupons for the 2/1 items, and my $5 off/$15 sale coupon. This is where it got tricky - I tried to get as close to $15, but I went over because of one mfgr's $3 coupon would have put me under, so I picked up an item that was too pricey. (In retrospect, I see the error of my math.) and put me way over $15, when i should have bought another toothpaste instead. Sigh. I give myself a c+.

Here is the bad part - the ECB's didn't print!...and I almost left without them. We got outside, and hubby had the receipt, and when I asked to put the ECB's with my extra mfg coupons, he looked at me like I was nuts. (Believe me, he isn't reading these budget boards, so he was not expecting anymore coupons.) Oh, failure. So, I went back in and tracked down $5 total ECB. The mgr was very apologetic, and helpful.

So now I see that I need to pay close attention to the prices, if I am trying to get close to a number, and I should know how many Bucks will print ahead of time. I told Dh as we walked home that I couldn't understand what people were writing about, lists and coupons and plans....but now I am catching on.

Maddle

It'll get easier! It's kinda hard at first when you are trying to stick to a set amount to use a $/$$ coupon because you never know what's going to be in stock. I went today hoping to get 2 Pantene and 1 Intuition or Quaatro razor, but the razors were gone and I didn't have a backup plan. Luckily, I found a bunch of Intuitions in the pharmacy area. I would've just left without buying anything if I hadn't found them - that's a big deal when doing this, you have to be prepared to just walk away, otherwise you'll end up spending too much. When there's a better sale than this week's sale, it's a lot easier to rearrange what you're going to buy.

Also wanted to say that you only had to get to $15 before coupons, you don't have to count what the mfg. coupons take off - you give the $5/15 first, then all other coupons, then any ECBs. That's how most of us end up only paying $1-2 each time.

 

[mafibisha]

Last week the food pantry put a story in the paper.......lots more people in need and not enough items.
I packed up most of my stuff...filled 2 boxes of shampoo, toothbrushes,paste, excedrin,makeup
I knew I had a stash of ecb from Thanksgiving sale.I would just start over..well Christmas has gotten my head in a fog. I went to my coupons for
the first time in a few weeks and there were my ecbs...all 82.00.
Expired 12/28 completely my fault. I have read it more times on this thread than I can count...
We are expecting a snow storm tomorrow but it is so much money to loose..
I am going to ask the manager if he will take them....It a long shot and I am not sure how he will feel about letting all of them by...there is about 12 of them..now I am trying to find a way to roll over as many as I can and run around the store before the storm...can you guys send me a little pixie dust

Aww, sorry to hear that. Pixie dust coming your way. With the economy the way it is, hopefully the manager will still honor them Retailers can't afford to lose any customers.

. I would've just left without buying anything if I hadn't found them - that's a big deal when doing this, you have to be prepared to just walk away, otherwise you'll end up spending too much. When there's a better sale than this week's sale, it's a lot easier to rearrange what you're going to buy.
.

I need to learn that, too. But even if you pay OOP, you're still probably doing much better than if you shopped somewhere else.
Even when I end up paying more OOP than I'd like, its still usually under $5-$8, I end up with that many ECBs. (or close)

Even when I can't do several little transactions, but only one bigger transaction, I think I still save lots of money, even if I pay a bit more OOP.
(I THINK I do anyway, but thats been my continual quesiton since I started CVS in September; anyone know for sure?)

 

[puffkin]

That's a big deal when doing this, you have to be prepared to just walk away, otherwise you'll end up spending too much. .

Exactly Lana Jae! That is great advice. It took me a little while to learn this as well.

Last night I had to pick up a prescription for DS (ear infection) and I walked out with only that. They didn't have the items I was looking for and I didn't have a back up plan so I just walked away. I should have known better since this CVS is always out of the sale items, but I use the pharmacy here because it is the closest one to my house. I had gotten the "come pick your child up at daycare cause he is sick" call, so I rushed out of work before I could print all my coupons. It is hard to just walk away, but it saves you money/ECBs if you can