If you are new to shopping at CVS and would like some tips, check out this article here and here.

If you need coupons for your “deals” I recommend My Coupon Hunter!

Tag your reusable bag: Buy a Greenbag tag for $.99 at the register, get $1 ECB every 4th visit – limit 1 use per day, per household

If you haven’t already, register your CVS Extra Care card here and you should receive a $4 off a $20 purchase coupon in your e-mail. This also registers you to receive other e-mail coupons!

This is the “hottest” items I’ve seen so far this week.  This week’s match-ups do not include BOGO free deals or other deals.  Scroll down to the end for the scenarios.

FREEBIES:

Buy Trident Vitality or Stride Spark – $.99 get a $.99 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = FREE after ECBs

ECB DEALS:

Spend $20 on Garnier products, get a $10 ECB (limit 1 per household)
-Garnier Nutrisse or Herbashine listed at $7 in ad (no other prices listed)
$3/1 Garnier Herbashine – 11-7 RP, 1-9 SS
$3/1 Herbashine hair color printable
Final Price =  $2 after coupons/ECBs ($.67/each)

Buy 3 General Mills cereal, granola bars, or cereal bars – 3/$10, get a $4 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/2 Big G cereals printable (Basic 4, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch)
$.75/1 Cinnamon Burst Cheerios printable
$.75/1 Chex cereals printable

SCENARIO:
Buy 3 GM cereals – 3/$10

Use 3 $.75/1 Chex printables (if these are included)


Spend $7.75 OOP, get a $4 ECB
Final Price = $3.75 after coupons/ECBs ($1.25/each)

Buy Gillette, Old Spice, or Secret deodorant – $3.99, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)
BOGO free Gillette deodorant – 1-30 PG
$1/2 Old Spice – 1-30 PG
Final Price = 2 for $2.99 after coupons/ECBs when you buy Gillette

Spend $10 on select Glade products, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
-Glade Sense & Spray Refill
-Glade Relaxing Moments
-Glade Scented Oil refills
$1/2 Glade Scented Oil refills printable
-Glade Scented Oil candle holder
$1/1 Glade Scented Oil candle holder printable

SCENARIO:
Buy 4 Glade Scented Oil candle holders – $2.50/each

Use 4 $1/1 coupons

Spend $6, get a $3 ECB
Final Price = $3 after coupons/ECBs

Buy Hershey’s, Mars, or Nestle candy – 2/$5, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)
-Butterfinger or Crunch Hearts
$1.50/2 Nestle Crunch or Butterfinger Hearts printable
$.75/1 Nestle Crunch or Butterfinger Hearts printable
$1/2 Wonka or Nestle chocolate printable (must register)
-Hershey’s Assorted
$1/2 Hershey Extra Dark Chocolate – 1-9 SS
-M&Ms
$1/2 Mars Valentine’s Day product – 1-30 RP

SCENARIO:
Buy 2 Nestle Crunch/Butterfinger Hearts – $2.50/each

Use $1.50/2 printable

Spend $3.50 OOP, get a $1 ECB
Final Price = $2.50 after coupons/ECBs ($1.25/each)

Buy Huggies Snug & Dry or Little Movers – $19.99, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$2/1 Huggies Little Snugglers/Little Movers – 1-23 SS
$1.50/1 Huggies diapers – 1-23 SS
Final Price = $14.99 after coupons/ECBs

Spend $10 on John Frieda, Biore, Jergens, or Curela products, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
-John Frieda Collection shampoo/conditioner – $6
-John Frieda Luminous Color Glaze, Full Repair, Frizz Ease Serum, spray, or Color Renew shampoo/conditioner – $8
$1/1 John Frieda shampoo/conditioner – 12-5 SS, 2-6 SS
Final Price = $7 after coupons/ECBs for 2 shampoo/conditioner ($3.50/each)

Buy Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, Kraft Easy Mac, or Velveeta Shells & Cheese – 2/$6, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = 2/$3 after ECBs ($1.50/each)

Spend $15 on Maybelline cosmetics, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
NOTE:  The ad says that a $3/10 cosmetic CRT will print at the scanner this week!
*Maybelline Great lash mascara PSA $5.29 (according to online)
$1/1 Maybelline mascara – 1-9 RP, 2-6 RP

SCENARIO:
Buy 3 Maybelline Great lash mascara – $5.29/each

Use 3 $1/1 mascara coupons
Use $3/10 CRT

Spend $9.87 OOP, get a $5 ECB 
Final Price = $4.87 after coupons/ECBs ($1.62/each)

Buy Mennen or Speed Stick deodorant – 2/$5, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/2 Speed Stick deodorant – 1-30 SS
Final Price = 2/$3 after coupons/ECBs
*NOTE:  Some people also received a $1/1 Speed Stick CRT

Buy Quaker Oats, Instant Oatmeal, or Quaker granola bars – 2/$5, get a $2 ECB (limit 2 per household)
$1/1 Quaker Oats – 1-2 RP, February 2011 All You Magazine
Final Price = 2/$1 after coupons/ECBs when you buy oatmeal

Buy Revlon Super Lustrous, Moon Drops, Color Burst lipstick, gloss, Custom Eyes mascara, or shadow & liner – $6.99, get a $4 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Revlon lip or nail product – 1-16 SS
$1/1 Revlon eye product – 1-16 SS
Final Price = $1.99 after coupons/ECBs

Buy Tums – $3.99, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Tums printable
Final Price = $1.99 after coupons/ECBs

Buy Zantac 150 (24 ct) or Zantac 75 (30 ct) – $8.99, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$5/1 Zantac OTC printable
Final Price = $.99 after coupons/ECBs
*NOTE:  Some people got a $3/1 Zantac CRT last week that will also match up with this deal!

The following scenarios are for people who have few, if any ECBs to start with: $19.98 in merchandise for $5.49 OOP, $.99 ECB left to spend

TRANSACTION #1:
Buy 1 Zantac – $8.99
Use $5 printable coupon

Spend $3.99 OOP, get a $3 ECB (*if you have the $3 CRT, it will only be $.99!)

TRANSACTION #2:
Buy 2 Quaker oatmeal – 2/$5

Use 2 $1 Quaker coupons
Use $3 Zantac ECBs

Spend $0 OOP, get a $2 ECB

TRANSACTION #3:
Buy 2 Nestle Crunch/Butterfinger Hearts – $2.50/each

Use $1.50/2 printable
Use $2 ECB

Spend $1.50 OOP, get a $1 ECB

TRANSACTION #4:
Buy Stride/Trident gum – $.99

Use $1 ECB (adjusted down to $.99)

Spend $0 OOP, get a $.99 ECB

MY PLAN:  I am starting w/ a $10 ECB:  $30.85 in merchandise for $2 OOP, $1 ECB left to spend – I am “burning” quite a few ECBs, but these are all items that I have been needing, so it’s worth it to me!

TRANSACTION #1:
Buy 3 Maybelline Great lash mascara – $5.29/each

Use 3 $1/1 mascara coupons
Use $3/10 CRT
Use $10 ECB (adjusted down to $9.87)

Spend $0 OOP, get a $5 ECB 


TRANSACTION #2:
Buy 2 Lady Speedstick deodorant – 2/$5
Buy Stride/Trident gum – $.99

Use $1/2 Speed stick coupon
Use $5 ECB (adjusted down to $4.99)


Spend $0 OOP, get a $1 ECB and a $.99 ECB


TRANSACTION #3:
Buy 2 Quaker oatmeal – 2/$5

Use 2 $1 Quaker coupons
Use $1 ECB and $.99 ECB

Spend $1.01 OOP, get a $2 ECB

TRANSACTION #4:
Buy 1 Tums – $3.99

Use $1 Tums coupon
Use $2 ECB

Spend $.99 OOP, get a $1 ECB
   
Frequently asked questions:

Do you really do multiple transactions at your stores?

In the past, I usually had $20-30 ECB on hand, so I didn’t have to break up my transactions as much as I did when I first started, but now that I am starting over, yes, I am doing multiple transactions. If you are doing multiple transactions, I recommend that you let the cashier know up front that is what you are planning to do. If there are several people in line, let them go in between your transactions. This gives you time to clip your ECBs and get prepared for your next transaction.

My store was out of all the freebie items first thing this morning. Can I get a raincheck?

This all depends on your store. I have contacted corporate about this before because some stores in my area give rainchecks and others won’t. According to corporate, this is up to the individual stores.

I bought the wrong item or I bought the RIGHT item and my ECB didn’t print. What can I do?

If you bought the right item, show the store clerk your ad and your receipt. They should be able to manually print your ECB at the store. If they don’t know how, you can call customer service and they can add one to your account that will print within 48 hours (you have to wait 48 hours from your purchase time to do this so they can “see” your transaction in their computer).

If you bought the wrong item and didn’t receive ECBs, you can do a return and purchase the correct item. If you paid using ECBs, they will have to give you money on a gift card.

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