Here are this week’s scenarios for CVS. 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 Colgate Total Toothpaste, $2.99 (you will receive $2 ECB)
Minus one $1/1 Colgate Optic White, Total Advanced or Sensitive Pro-Relief, exp. 9/29/12 (SS 09/09/12)
If you have left over ECBs from last week use them here!
Total Spent: $1.99
Receive: $2 ECB
Transaction #2
Buy one Physicians Formula Black Organics Mascara, online price $9.99 (you will receive $7 ECB)
Minus one $1/1 Physicians Formula Product, exp. 11/30/12 (SS 08/12/12 R)
Minus $2 ECB from Transaction #1
Total Spent: $6.99
Receive: $7 ECB
Transaction #3
Buy two Irish Spring Body Wash, $3.50 each (you will receive $3 ECB)
Buy two iD Gum, 14-piece, $0.99 each
Buy one Hershey’s Simple Pleasures Pouches 5.6oz, $3.00
Minus two $0.75/1 Irish Spring Body Wash, exp. 11/30/12 (Set Them Up For Success)
Minus one B1G1 iD Gum printable
Minus one $2/1 Hershey’s Simple Pleasures Chocolates, exp. 9/30/12 (SS 08/19/12)
Total Spent: $0.49
Receive: $3 ECB
Total Remaining ECBs to apply towards next week’s ad: $3 ECB
Total Out of Pocket for 3 transactions: $9.47 + applicable taxes for approximately $25.00 in products. And if you used left over ECBs 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 and you want to use them now, 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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What do you mean that ECB’s will expire in a few weeks? Are they doing away with these? Do we have to use them or lose them?
Hi Tina! Extra Care Bucks expire just like coupons. While they are in a sense “cash”, they expire if you don’t use them. So, if you earn ECBs, make sure you pay attention to their expiration date so that you don’t let them expire. 🙂
There is a mail in rebate for the Physicians Formula mascara