I must warn you that it doesn't happen this perfect every time. After some consideration and a lotof waiting they actually paid me to take the products out of the store!
As you probably know every Sunday all the store ads change. I normally do my couponing on Sundays because otherwise every thing is already taken, but I remembered one of the cashiers at Walgreens told me that you could come in on Saturday evening when they were posting ads and stickers for the next weeks sale and you could go ahead and get the sale ahead of time. So I tried it...And it worked! The only problem was the sale prices for the next week weren't in the computer systems yet so the cashier had to manually enter them. That's what I meant when I said "after a lot of waiting." One top of that - because the sale prices weren't in the computers and they had to be manually entered that mean't any deals with Register Rewards wouldn't print. So what they did for me was either subtract the Register Rewards that I would have gotten from my total or if it was a perfect match up like (i.e. pay $2.00 and receive $2.00) they would just pay me cash! So here's how it worked:
Walgreens:
Transaction #1-
Tilex Mold & Mildew Remover, 32oz (On sale from the previous week)
Buy 2, Receive $2.00 RR
Original Price: $5.99 ea
Sale Price: $3.00
Coupons: use 2 $2.00/1 - Tilex Mold & Mildew Remover
Pay: $2.00, Receive: $2.00 RR
Final Price: FREE -Even exchange because of the computer system
Transaction #2 -
M&M's 9.9 to 14oz bags
Buy 2
Original Price: $3.79 ea
Sale Price: 2/ $5.00 ($2.50 ea)
Coupons: use 2 $1.00/1 M&M's brand chocolate candies, 9.9oz or larger
And use $1.00/ 2 M&M's chocolate candies - Walgreens coupon
Final Price: $1.00 each (now that I think about it I only ended up paying $1.07 for both - don't know how)
Transaction #3 -
St. Joesph Enteric Aspirin, 36 ct (bought 2 )
Buy 1, Receive $2.00 RR
Original Price: 2.49 ea
Sale Price: $2.00 with $2.00 RR
Final Price: FREE! They paid me $4.00 because of the computer system
Over all - I came out of the store with $3.00 more dollars than I had before I went in! :)
CVS:
Transaction #1-
Tom's of Maine Deodorant, 2.25oz
Buy 1, Receive $3.00 Extra Bucks
Original Price: $4.99
Sale: $3.99 with $3.00 EB
Final Price: FREE, plus I made $3.00 on this purchase. Here's why!
I used $4.00 extra bucks from last week to pay the $3.99 that I owed on the deodorant, plus I received $3.00 EB for the purchase.
Transaction #2 -
Tom's of Maine Deodorant, 2.25oz
Buy 1, Receive $3.00 Extra Bucks
Original Price: $4.99
Sale: $3.99 with $3.00 EB
Buy 1, Receive $3.00 Extra Bucks
Original Price: $4.99
Sale: $3.99 with $3.00 EB
Final Price: $1.07 - I used my $3.00 EB from transaction #1, and I still got $3.00 EB back again
Transaction #3 -
American Greeting Cards
Buy 3, Receive $3.00 Extra Bucks
Original Price: $0.99
Pay: 2.97, Receive $3.00
Final Price: FREE - I used my $3.00 EB from transaction #2, and I still got $3.00 EB back on this purchase as well
Target:
DVD Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Original Price: $9.00
Sale Price: $7.00
Coupon: $3.00 off 1 DVD Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs or Planet 51
Final Price: $4.00
This was a great coupon week for me!!
I thought I would update you on my lastest purchase at CVS. I haven't been going as often as I was because it has been busy with the holidays, but I plan to pick things up after the new year begins and to start fresh. By that I mean, I thought it would be neat to start my totals over at the beginning of 2011 and to track my savings throughout the year. By doing this it will give me a good idea of what I would have spent, what I saved and how much out of pocket spending I'm doing.
This may seem like a lot of out of pocket, but in reality it's not! This gave me a great chance to stock up on items that I will need for the future that will more than likely not be on sale when I need them. I might also add that I went to CVS with NO extra bucks so I did have to spend more out of pocket this time than usual.