This post includes specific items you can purchase and coupons that you can use to maximize your dollar AND your Extra Care Bucks at CVS. Please know that you do not have to follow these transactions if you do not want to. The goal of this post is to help you get an idea on how to roll your Extra Care Bucks from one scenario to the next. Please also know that these transactions do not take into account tax. Every state taxes differently so you may need to budget a little extra to cover tax.
If you are new to shopping at CVS, go HERE to read Intro to CVS.
To see this week’s CVS Weekly Ad go HERE.
Transaction #1
Buy one NatuRelief Chewable Tablets, 30ct (limit 1) – $8.49 (you will receive $8.49 ECB)
Minus one $1/1 NatuRelief Product, exp. 9/30/12 (SS 03/11/12 or SS 11/6/11 or SS 1/15/12)
If you have left over ECBs from last week use them here!
Total Spent: $7.49 (or less if you used ECBs from last wk)
Receive: $8.49 ECBs
Transaction #2
Buy one Depend Real Fit or Silhouette, 3ct (limit 1) – $3.99 (you will receive $2 ECB)
Buy two Colgate Total, 4-4.2oz, MaxFresh, MaxClean, 6oz, or 2-in-1 Toothpaste, 4.6oz (limit 2) – $2.99 (you will receive $4 ECB)
Buy one Bic Hybrid Disposable Razor System, Comfort 3, Flex 4, or Soleil Savvy Razors, 3-4ct – $6.99 (you will receive $2 ECB)
Buy one
Minus one $2.00 off Depend Real Fit or Silhouette CVS Store Coupon
Minus one $2/1 Depend Product printable
Minus two $1/1 Colgate Total Advanced Toothpaste (print limit may be reached? check your binder/folders)
Minus one $3/1 Bic Flex4, Flex3, Comfort3 Advance, Hybrid Advance or Hybrid Advance4, exp. 5/13/12 (SS 04/15/12)
Minus one $1/1 Reach Toothbrush, exp. 5/31/12 (RP 03/04/12)
Minus $8.49 ECB from Transaction #1
Total Spent: $0.46
Receive: $2 ECB, $4 ECB and $2 ECB
Transaction #3
Buy two Right Guard, Total Defense 5 Body Wash, 13.5oz, – $3.00 ea (you will receive $2 ECB)
Buy two Kraft Homestyle, Deluxe, or Easy Mac Macaroni and Cheese Dinner, 12.6-14oz (limit 1) – $3.00 ea (you will receive $3 ECBs)
Minus one $2/2 Right Guard Total Defense 5 Item, exp. 5/13/12 (RP 04/15/12) or $2/2 Right Guard Body Wash Product printable
Minus one $0.75/1 Kraft Homestyle Macaroni and Cheese Dinner, exp. 5/1/12 (SS 04/01/12 R)
Minus $2 ECB, $4 ECB and $2 ECB from Transaction #2
Total Spent: $0.50
Receive: $2 ECB and $3 ECB
Transaction #4
Buy one
Minus one $1/1 Scott Naturals Naturals Bath Tissue, exp. 5/27/12 (SS 04/15/12)
Minus $2 ECB, and $3ECB from Transaction #3
Total Spent: $0.99
Total Remaining ECBs to apply towards next week’s ad: $0.00
Total Out of Pocket for 3 transactions: $9.44+ applicable taxes for approximately $46.45 in products. And if you use ECBs from last week in Transaction #1 you will save even more!
**Also – Don’t forget that your ECBs will expire in a few weeks and if you let them expire, you are basically throwing away money. If you are concerned you will let them expire, I would put your ECBs towards paper products like toilet paper, paper towels, diapers, etc which are hard to get dirt cheap!
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Was that BIC $3/1 Regional? I only received a $1.50/1
Cvs will not take both coupons for Depends, mgr. said the CVS $2.00 coupon is a manufacturer coupon and you can’t use 2 manuf. coupons!