CVS ECB deals - Sales for Week 6/24-6/30

[LadyyRedd]

Ladyredd did you find the new heartbeat book or the one that the q's expire on 6/30???? Just curios as to whats in the new one if thats what you got?

Funny you should ask....I just checked it a couple minutes ago and realized it's the one that expires 6/30!

Is the heartbeat book something that comes out every month? One lady at one CVS said she thought it was only for Heart month.

Kimya

 

[aclov]

I did 30 today and they were ringing up at $2.50 too, (they rang up right when they were at 75% off), boy did the people behind me in line get PO'd! No one was there when I started, but one guy went back to get some himself and thanked me.

I bought 4 of the sample size gels and they were ringing up $2.50 too. I didn't buy much so I was expecting my total to be around 10 bucks and when she said 23.something - I knew something was wrong. The line was getting long so the mgr came up to ring up. I paid about .44 after coupons and ECB's.

 

[dodukes]

I think i rea somewhere it comes out a few times a year but no dfinetly not monthly cuz the one i got , i got like 3-4 months ago.

 

[DisneyFreq]

From what I understand there should be a new heartbeat booklet coming out soon..if not already. Mabey the stores are waiting till the first to put them out?

My trip today:

2.99 Colgate (yeah I know, it should have rang up 2.77)
2.00 Chex mix (1.00 ea x 2)
14.00 Gum (1.00 ea x 14)
12.58 John Frieda shampoo (6.29 ea x 2)
4.49 Kelloggs Raisin Crunch x 2 (BOGO)
3.99 Kelloggs Corn Pops x 2 (BOGO)
10.00 Motrin (2.50 ea x 4)
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-10.00/50 CRT
-4.00/20 Email
-1.00 Chex Q (0.50 x 2)
-13.00 Gum Q (1.00 x 13)
-2.00 Frieda Q (1.00 x 2)
-4.00 Kelloggs Q (buy 2 get 1 free)
-4.00 Motrin Q (1.00 x 4)
-10.00 ECB

Total 2.37! and 12.99 in ECBs back! My total should have been $1 less. I actually handed him 14 coupons for the gum but he was scanning through them so fast he skipped one. I realized the total was too high at the time but I already had a line behind me and it wasn't worth the effort to scroll through the discounts. Thats what I get for buying so many at once anyhow. (not a pack of wrigleys in site!) I'm not too upset over it b/c I buy the same brand at walmart every week and pay 1.69!

 

[ekball]

Hello all..

Just wondering....where would you recommend I go to get the basic info about using ECB's etc. You all get such great deals! I'd like to learn how it all works.

TIA for the help!

 

[DisneyFreq]

Hello all..

Just wondering....where would you recommend I go to get the basic info about using ECB's etc. You all get such great deals! I'd like to learn how it all works.

TIA for the help!

I highly recommend you being your "training" here:

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28157


Just a little note: my savings year to date is now over $1100 (according to CVS of course). I just started "cvs-ing" at the end of April! Remember how we were talking about "spending to date"? Today was my first transaction for the Summer quarter. It states my summer quarter spending is at 1.95. That makes no sense consdidering my pretax total was 2.05. Where did the 10 cents go? And it usually takes several days for the "totals" to update..how/why did it list the amount that fast? Hmmmmm.

 

[goofyforlife]

Here’s my score for the day!

Store 1 (my card)

Store 2 (my card)

Store 3 (my sister’s card)

Store 4 (my sister’s card)

See I'm not the only one driving around Frederick on a tour of CVS's

 

[It's A Happy Day]

I actually got to CVS today!!!

15.96 - 4 Corn Pops
9.38 - 2 Frosted Flakes
11.00 - 2 Childrens Motrin Bubble Gum Flavor
-3.99 B1G1 free Cereal
-3.99 B1G1 free Cereal
-4.69 B1G1 free Cereal
-2.50 Pain Reliever CRT
-4/20 CRT
-2.00 Motrin printable Q's
-4.69 B2G1 Free mfg peelie from Kelloggs Cereal
-4.69 B2G1 Free mfg peelie from kelloggs Cereal
-4.00 ECB's

Paid 1.79 OOP for 6 Boxes of cereal and 2 boxes of Motrin!!!! Got back $5 ECB for Motrin/pain reliever deal. so if I deduct the ECB's earned it *cost* me .79 for everything! I was able to *buy* 1 box of cereal and with their sale & my coupons I got 5 more FREE!

Transaction #2
4.00 - 4 Wrigleys
6.99 - Folgers Coffee (needed for work!)
9.99 - monitor (will donate as I have a new one!)
-4/20
-4.00 - 4 wrigleys Q
-1.00 - coffee mfg. Q
-10 ECB's

Paid 1.98 OOP and Got back $9.99 ECB & $1.50 ECB. Cost after ECB = .49 for coffee I had to buy anyway! We alternate bringing coffee into work to brew and I am due to bring in some.

 

[It's A Happy Day]

So without getting into the number specifics this is a small example of the savings I have had by rolling my ECB's. My start up cost for each card was in the vicinity of $40 and then usually my transactions are under $2 from there on out. A few rules I try to follow:
* I will break a transaction up to get my OOP as little as possible
* I usually try to hit the $20 mark just so I can use a 4/20 to save a little more!
* I try to not spend more ECB's than I am earning in a single transction. I will bypass this rule IF I have a deal that week (or one is coming up) that I am making a profit to balance the negative.
* I will use ECB's on clearance items combined with coupons even when not earning ECB's if I have a surplus.

So in the last couple days, for $5.94 I have gotten:

4 Corn Pops $15.96
2 Frosted Flakes $9.38
2 Childrens Motrin $11.00
4 Wrigleys Gum $4.00
1 Glucose monitor $9.99
1 Folgers Coffee $6.99
5 St Ives Lotion $14.95
4 Sally Hanson Polish $9.96
2 Sudacare Plugs $2.90
1 RGX Deodorant $4.99
3 Childrens Dimetapp $4.96
4 Blistex Gentle Sense $2.10
1 Sudacare Shower $1.25
1 J&J Lavender Powder $2.99
3 J&J Vanilla Powder $6.45
1 Sudacare Plug Ins $2.90
2 Chloraseptic Drops $2.10
1 Coke 20oz $1.49
1 Tylenol Cold Multi $1.62

Prices reflect shelf price at time of purchase. Alot of the meds were on clearance for 50-75% off so retail value even if bought at *cheaper* stores like Walmart would still have cost more! $115.98 shelf price (NOT retail price!) and I spent under $6 OOP! Multiple that times weeks because that was only 3 days! Only items we personally won't use are the monitor (donating) and the powder (gift), the rest we use on a day to day basis and I used to pay retail for!

 

[sarahlovesmickey]

So without getting into the number specifics this is a small example of the savings I have had by rolling my ECB's. My start up cost for each card was in the vicinity of $40 and then usually my transactions are under $2 from there on out. A few rules I try to follow:
* I will break a transaction up to get my OOP as little as possible
* I usually try to hit the $20 mark just so I can use a 4/20 to save a little more!
* I try to not spend more ECB's than I am earning in a single transction. I will bypass this rule IF I have a deal that week (or one is coming up) that I am making a profit to balance the negative.
* I will use ECB's on clearance items combined with coupons even when not earning ECB's if I have a surplus.

So in the last couple days, for $5.94 I have gotten:




4 Corn Pops $15.96
2 Frosted Flakes $9.38
2 Childrens Motrin $11.00
4 Wrigleys Gum $4.00
1 Glucose monitor $9.99
1 Folgers Coffee $6.99
5 St Ives Lotion $14.95
4 Sally Hanson Polish $9.96
2 Sudacare Plugs $2.90
1 RGX Deodorant $4.99
3 Childrens Dimetapp $4.96
4 Blistex Gentle Sense $2.10
1 Sudacare Shower $1.25
1 J&J Lavender Powder $2.99
3 J&J Vanilla Powder $6.45
1 Sudacare Plug Ins $2.90
2 Chloraseptic Drops $2.10
1 Coke 20oz $1.49
1 Tylenol Cold Multi $1.62

Prices reflect shelf price at time of purchase. Alot of the meds were on clearance for 50-75% off so retail value even if bought at *cheaper* stores like Walmart would still have cost more! $115.98 shelf price (NOT retail price!) and I spent under $6 OOP! Multiple that times weeks because that was only 3 days! Only items we personally won't use are the monitor (donating) and the powder (gift), the rest we use on a day to day basis and I used to pay retail for!

All hail Queen Sally

 

[hallie615]

Where is everyone getting 4$ off 20$ coupon??

 

[It's A Happy Day]

Where is everyone getting 4$ off 20$ coupon??

I have been getting 1-2 printed CRT's per transaction lately. You can also update your email address on CVS.com's website and they will send you a 4/20. There is also a printable at http://www.extracarerewards.com/welcome/welcome_121607.gif but some people question the validity of it and will not use it. Others have used it multiple times without problems. The code is universal so can be used multiple times.

 

[DisneyFreq]

I have been getting 1-2 printed CRT's per transaction lately. You can also update your email address on CVS.com's website and they will send you a 4/20. There is also a printable at http://www.extracarerewards.com/welcome/welcome_121607.gif but some people question the validity of it and will not use it. Others have used it multiple times without problems. The code is universal so can be used multiple times.

You want to REALLY know what irritates me about that whole validity deal? I finally got an "email update thankyou" Q so I could compare, I had no idea what the original looked like and apparently my spam filter kept squashing it (yet letting every other CVS mailer come thru?)

First off, I notice, they look identical! Well if its a fake its a really good one right?

So I print of the "official" one emailed to me and look at the bottom. THE WEB ADDRESS IS IDENTICAL TO THE ONE WE ALL HAVE A LINK TOO! Meaning its not a hoax..its just a coupon, hosted BY cvs that is inserted in emails along the way. Thats CVS's own fault for not encrypting it in a way that it couldn't be accessed outside of the world of email or where it could only be used by specific card numbers. They've been at this game for a while so THEY HAVE TO KNOW that its being used generically and often by a subset of shoppers. Apparently its not hurting their bottom line or they would SCRAP extracarerewards.com all together and remove the coupons from web space.

Someone posted a link on HCW that LOOKS fake. It doesn't look like any coupon CVS makes that i've ever scene. But, the moderator approved it stating it was a "reward" for completing an online test. But some of the sample questions showed up on the thread and it really sounds like a set up to distribute a fake coupon.

And back to the valid coupons! The 10/50 that expired recently had a "public" link! Obviously CVS wants us to use these coupons! They've given me THREE 10/50 CRTs in the LAST WEEK! Sheesh...if you want to keep footing my "portion" of the bill...go ahead!

Alright. Calming down. I just get irritated when my alter ego trys to make me feel guilty for getting all this stuff for free. Jimminy Cricket keeps whispering that I'm using the Qs in a manner they weren't intended to be used. The point is they are meant to be used!

Ok..I'm nuts..heading back to the loony bin now.

 

[It's A Happy Day]

You want to REALLY know what irritates me about that whole validity deal? I finally got an "email update thankyou" Q so I could compare, I had no idea what the original looked like and apparently my spam filter kept squashing it (yet letting every other CVS mailer come thru?)

First off, I notice, they look identical! Well if its a fake its a really good one right?

So I print of the "official" one emailed to me and look at the bottom. THE WEB ADDRESS IS IDENTICAL TO THE ONE WE ALL HAVE A LINK TOO! Meaning its not a hoax..its just a coupon, hosted BY cvs that is inserted in emails along the way. Thats CVS's own fault for not encrypting it in a way that it couldn't be accessed outside of the world of email or where it could only be used by specific card numbers. They've been at this game for a while so THEY HAVE TO KNOW that its being used generically and often by a subset of shoppers. Apparently its not hurting their bottom line or they would SCRAP extracarerewards.com all together and remove the coupons from web space.

Ok..I'm nuts..heading back to the loony bin now.

Honestly, I have used the 1 I linked to several times. I get several Printed CRT's for the 4/20 so I use them 1st but I will use that coupon if I do not have another. CVS has never once questioned the validity to it and I figure if it was a fake then someone at 1 of the 5 stores I frequent would have been told by now that there is a "fake" coupon out and not to accept any internet printed ones that expire after a certain date or change the code and make that one invalid? I have used it with managers so I can't imagine that it is a fake but wanted to put that in anyway just as more of an FYI that is what some people have reported but I have never heard of a store not taking it

 

[aclov]

REBATE - 3 TYLENOL PRODUCTS

http://www.valuesforhealth.com/docs/winterize_rebate.pdf

http://www.valuesforhealth.com/docs/winterize_checklist.pdf

 

[DisneyFreq]

But thats the point. Its not a fake! The one they email you comes FROM THE SAME web page as the one you provided the link to! Its not fake, its just a "found" link, and when its an email, its a provided link.

Okay...got a really good one for you guys.

Go to
https://diabetescontrolforlife.com/registration/signin.aspx?source=DWLP
and register for the weight loss plan. Once you're done registering they email you a coupon for $10 off shakes. If you hit the back button, you can print it a second time. Then, go back to the website (or you can do this first) and print off (2) $1.25 off an Glucerna product coupon.

This week the ad states you get one box of bars free with purchase of the shakes. The shakes run like $10.99 so:

10.99 Shakes
6.49 Bars (i think)
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-6.49 Free bars w/card
-10.00 Q for shakes
-1.25 Q for bars

-0.25 in overage. I know you can't get overage at CVS but I think it will work in the case of "free" items.

Add 9.01 worth of product and you can use the $4/20. Do this twice and you've not only gotten it all free but added 21.98 to your weightloss deal...over half way to a $10 ECB!!!!!

 

[dodukes]

I too have used the one that comes from extracarerewards.com a gazillion times and no one has ever questioned the validity of it. It comes from their website and i sure cvs istn stupid, i have been using a long time like many others, they would have caught on to a "fake" one oretty quickly and taken care of the problem. Its not hurting thier bottom line because the majority of people do notuse coupons or even the ecb's that are given to them by cvs tomake them come back to shop again. We are a VERY small portion of the shopping population even tho on all thes websites it makes it seem like theres a lot of us, but really theres not..lol
anyway i know you had to put that in there and i know some people wont use it but i use it for EVERY SINGLE transaction and also stack it with the 10/50 and have never had a problem so I just wanted to put that out there in case someone was having doubts on using it. I dont get toomany crt's so i use this instead.

 

[WeRblam]

But thats the point. Its not a fake! The one they email you comes FROM THE SAME web page as the one you provided the link to! Its not fake, its just a "found" link, and when its an email, its a provided link.

Okay...got a really good one for you guys.

Go to
https://diabetescontrolforlife.com/registration/signin.aspx?source=DWLP
and register for the weight loss plan. Once you're done registering they email you a coupon for $10 off shakes. If you hit the back button, you can print it a second time. Then, go back to the website (or you can do this first) and print off (2) $1.25 off an Glucerna product coupon.

This week the ad states you get one box of bars free with purchase of the shakes. The shakes run like $10.99 so:

10.99 Shakes
6.49 Bars (i think)
---------------
-6.49 Free bars w/card
-10.00 Q for shakes
-1.25 Q for bars

-0.25 in overage. I know you can't get overage at CVS but I think it will work in the case of "free" items.

Add 9.01 worth of product and you can use the $4/20. Do this twice and you've not only gotten it all free but added 21.98 to your weightloss deal...over half way to a $10 ECB!!!!!

Thanks so much! THis will be really great, I've been wanting to try the snack bars. I also have coupons for atkins and Metrx to use as well!

 

[DisneyFreq]

Just watch the Met Rx. The third time I went to complete this deal the register didn't count it (though it had before). You'll just need to wait 48 hours to call corporate (thats how long it takes for your receipt to show up there) and they can readjust your total to include the bars. Or you can take it up with the manager and they'll give you a gift card.

 

[It's A Happy Day]

Go to
https://diabetescontrolforlife.com/registration/signin.aspx?source=DWLP
and register for the weight loss plan. Once you're done registering they email you a coupon for $10 off shakes. If you hit the back button, you can print it a second time. Then, go back to the website (or you can do this first) and print off (2) $1.25 off an Glucerna product coupon.

Thanks! I have the $1.25 coupons and didn't know where the free Q was coming from. So IF I can sign up with both computers I use, then I would have another 40 - I have 10 towards the deal so that would finish mine off! Best part would be it would be a 10 profit because I got 10 bars for nothing a week ago!