Brag Thread 2008 - 2010

[cuzisaidso]

This is where you will post your pics and brag about the great deals you got at CVS.

I know how excited you can get when you get a fabulous deal at CVS. Just yesterday I expressed at work what a great shopping day I had on Sunday. They're used to me and my coupons. LOL Anywho, I wanted to say that you need to think before you come on here and brag. Ask yourself these questions.

• Was what I bought and the coupons I used 100% above board?
• CVS has household limits. Did I go way beyond those limits?
• If something I bought was in short supply to others should I really show my picture of the 20 I got?
• If the employees at my CVS(s) saw this picture/brag what would they think?

Some things, while still "legal" to post about here on HCW, should be thought through carefully before posting.

[loaslaen]

Ummm......yesterday I went to CVS and bought a whole lot of stuff, and I paid very little OOP.....and ummm.....I got a whole lot of ECBs back....I hope I didn't offend no one

[cuzisaidso]

Awesome job girl!
Mod- Have a question..When I once listed that a manager substituted a product for me, like this person did, you gave me an infraction...So are we allowed to substitute products with managers permission or not? Not trying to start trouble, just want clarification...

Your infraction was for misuse of the Nivea coupon. If the manager wants to allow a product substitution for a sale item that is fine but, any coupon used still has to be good on the product substituted.

[seedlady]

Sorry, what is an infraction and how do you know if you have one?

it's a boo-boo, and can earn a scolding or a time-out. but, first you get a warning, then you get an infraction, so you have plenty of chances to follow the rules before you get into trouble. don't worry about it- most people never get one in their entire career here!

[lakies]

It was a cold, crisp night. I had a long 3 hour trip ahead of me and if I timed it right I would get home in time to see Private Practice but would miss Grey's Anatomy. My mom had given me permission to help her at CVS as she had not ever really used the ECB program. As I drove I realized I would be passing a small town with a CVS. I decided to stop in. Virgin territory for me, lol.

A fresh card, with no deals done yet for the month or the week! A new CVS, with lots of my wish list in stock. No ECB's to start, but I had taken coupons with me and I was prepared for the hunt!

Quickly I gathered 5 Colgate Totals, 2 Neutragena bars, 8 cotton rounds, 2 Earinse, a Fusion Gamer razor, and an Airborne Squid soap.

I approached the counter; the store had light business at that hour. In fact, the cashier was trying to vacuum the floor. I mentioned that I wanted to do multiple transactions...and she said no problem.

I started small, with just 2 Colgates. My mom got the $5/$15 purchase coupon and the $25 off a new or transferred prescription coupon as well, right off the bat! Jackpot! I then proceeded to do numerous transactions. I stepped aside whenever anyone else came to the register. Then we started up again. This was the most helpful cashier I had ever encountered! I told her I had "studied up" to prepare for the visit; she started rooting for the ECB's that were printing out. Midway through the transactions she reached behind the counter and gave me next week's ad. Later, she gave me the March monthly ad as well!

Once I finished my mom's stuff I went back and got the Fusion Gamer and 3 more Colgate for myself. More transactions! And I got the $5/15 coupon, too! And the $3/2 shampoos, etc. What a night!

I left with my mom's ECB's totalling near $26 and I had spent around $11 OOP for her: $3.40, $.60, $.21, $.00, $4.55, $2.26.

My own transactions were $.39, and $.82, adding to the one I had for $.27 earlier in the week. My ECB's were growing, too. As I continued my trip I went over the transactions in my head, trying to determine if I could have minimized the OOP any further than I had. By the time I got home, I missed seeing Private Practice, but I still had a big smile on my face from the good experience at CVS with the well stocked store, nice and helpful cashier, and all the great ECB deals! Thanks, HCW for showing me how to shop CVS!

[lakies]

lakies...I love the 'story' format! LOL!! I am still on the edge of my seat though, what did your Mom think after her shopping experience with you? ;)

Thanks! She is now visiting one of my siblings, so I plan to take a bag of CVS finds and freebies to her the next time I go to visit her. She does not really understand the ECB program and when I tried to explain why she should get her prescriptions filled there for the $25 free gift card she said she did not want to use the gas to drive to the CVS (maybe 4 - 5 miles?) and that she could walk to the local pharmacy. :) (God Bless the moms who grew up in the Depression era--they have so much to teach us!) So I thought the best way was, with her permission, get the stuff and show her after the fact. I already gave her one of the Sambucols I got in January, so I am breaking her in a bit at a time!

[lakies]

How do the ECB work? If you spend so much you get those back. I was disappointed when I didn't get any printed back off.

You start by getting a CVS Extra Care card and studying the weekly ad and the monthly ad. Look for the deals with the extra bucks back.

You start to get in the CVS cycle of savings--getting the stuff you use but when they have ECB's.

Then you get hooked...and start buying stuff you may not need but could donate somewhere...because you actually make $$ when you buy it!

For example, last week there was a weekly sale on Colgate Total, on sale for $2.99 and you got back $2.99 in ECB's so the Total was free! And if you had a coupon on it you made money!

Then there are the twists on the weekly specials, like last week the Neutragena buy two items get $10 in ECB's. Turns out the Neut. face soap bars worked for the deal and they were $2.99 each. So buying two of those for $5.98 genereated an ECB of $10. A money maker of $4.02 :) .

Then there are the coupons that you get from CVS for $/$$--like $5/$15 purchase. Now CVS is paying you to shop there! CVS also gives you coupons for items in the store, and these can be stacked with the manufacturer's coupon.

Then there are the gift cards you can get for transferring a prescription to CVS if you have one of their coupons for it or a competitor's coupon. Those gift cards help you with your out of pocket.

And then, CVS will give you 2% back on your spending each quarter!

Coupons + Extra Care Bucks + CVS coupons + CVS $/$$ coupons + CVS gift cards for prescriptions + quarterly $ back....that's what is so great about CVS!

[AnnieA90]

I get to brag for once!

TRANS #1
5- lysol spray
2 stayfree
- $5/$30
-4 $2/1 lysol spray
1- B1G1F stayfree
- $12 ECB
= .17 OOP

Get 10 ECB and $5 ECB

TRANS #2
2- 10 ct Pencils
2- notebooks
1 Softsoap Serums
2 rulers
-$10ECB (from trans #1)
= .99
get $4 ECB $1.98 ECB $1.98 ECB $1.98 ECB

TRANS #3

2 Folders
2 scissors
2 clearance MMs
- $1.98 ECB
-$1.98 ECB
-$4.oo ECB

= .44
Get $1 ECB
Get $1.98 ECB
get $5.98 ECB

TRANS #4
1- Blink Tears
2 Cleanarnce MMs

-$3/1 Insert
-$5.98ecb
-$1.98 ecb

= Free
Get $7.99 ECB

Trans #5
2- kraft easy mac
2 Clearance MMS
2 book covers
1 gal milk

-2-$1/1
-$1.98 ECB
-$7.99 ECB
=.02
Get $3ECB for easy mac $1 ECB Milk $1.98 Book covers



= $1.62 for $90 in stuff =D

savings to date :$2993.05 (too bad they didnt give ECB for so much savings LOL)

started with $12 ECB
recieved in end $20 ECB = $ 8 Profit
+ got CRT for :free cvs IB 10-24ct
B1G1F laffy taffy


so did I do good ? LOL

WOW! way to go! I cant wait until I reach the $1,000 mark!!!

[leyla]

it's a boo-boo, and can earn a scolding or a time-out. but, first you get a pm, then you get a warning, then you get an infraction, so you have plenty of chances to follow the rules before you get into trouble. don't worry about it- most people never get one in their entire career here!

I opened up my email one day and said I had a message which was from a moderator. I had received an infraction for something I posted. I honestly was not aware that I had done anything wrong, call it ignorance on my part. I don't recall receiving a warning such as to remove the post or else. Also, the infraction never expires. I am upset that it is on my record but what can one do you know.

[sarahjane0721]

2 Trial Size Head and Shoulders 1.29x2=2.58
Airwick Refill 3.00
5.98

-2 $1.00 off Head and Shoulders
-3.00 of Manufacture Q I got in the mail.

OOP .98