~6/1/08~DEAD: CVS ECB Deals PICS ADDED

[meggers]

Originally Posted by lifeskills13 i thought that too until one day i had 2.00off coupon and the item was for less..and i told the cashier outloud you will have to adjust that. (i do that so no questionable look when the coupon beeps) but she acted like she didn't hear me and went on doing that rest of the coupons..usually when that happens the coupon doesn't get registered ..so i tell her again..and she was no it took it off see? i checked and yup -2.00showed up...i didn't know they can do that :)

I didn't either. The excedrin q's didn't beep on me either, but the 5.00 Zantac q's always beep. Not sure why that's happening, but it was a welcome surprise!

[oscamaya]

I have not done the pampers deal this time, but I always have an issue with the Feel n Learns not ringing up properly during these deals. It is always listed in the ad so I don't know why they don't work.

ETA: If you are trying to do a return with a receipt and you paid w/ ECBs then it is always going to be ugly and confusing. That is why they will only give back .17. I have not quite figured out the whole return thing, so I usually just take the loss, but yours is quite a big loss so I don't know what to say.

[neglectarino]

Originally Posted by SuperSavinMommy Can you use a x/xx coupon when purchasing these? I know you can't use ECBs but those are technically different aren't they?

I had trouble with them & I don't know if it was the Amex cards or the cashiers.

Wanted to do the deal 2x so I could max out the Spring Fling promo and I had two different x/xx CVS coupons, in different amounts.

First store, put the x/xx coupon on the bottom of my pile so it would be scanned last since so many people have been having trouble with getting ECBs accepted if it was scanned first. Caught it as the cashier scanned it first because she rearranged the coupons. She voided the x/xx to get the ECBs to scan, but then the x/xx wouldn't scan because either 1) it was already scanned or 2) it went a teeny bit (like $1.xx) into the cost of the GCs.

Second store, the x/xx coupon wouldn't scan properly. Told her not to bother with it because I just didn't want to make a stink over $3. There was ample amount owed for it to have worked w/o going toward the GCs at all (I owed like $4 beyond the cost of the GCs). Maybe it was tax? Bad coupon? It looked legit, but I got it in a potluck trade, so you never know. Certainly wasn't going to argue with the cashier about it.

mini CVS rant:
BTW, the 2nd store is my regular CVS w/ my regular delightful cashier (RDC) who gave me a hard time this visit because I paid with my debit card. The PIN is quicker. Plus these are GCs--didn't know I could use a credit card to buy them. But, instead of asking for a PIN, the little card screen shows it needs a signature because RDC pushed something on the register that immediately put it through as credit. :sigh: So I do my new scrawl signature that is my first initial & then a squiggle. It matches no signature on record anywhere because I am sick of signing those electronic pads & wasting time doing it right only to have 1/2 of it not be recorded. So now I do a squiggle & just go right to the "enter" key to move things along quickly. Well, for the first time ever since I can remember, she asks to compare to my card to the signature (probably because the GCs are now being purchased by a "credit" card & not with a PIN as I had intended). But, my card's signature thing is totally worn off from overuse because the card's like 4 years old & I use it for everything & now it reads 'void' in a repeating pattern so not only can she not compare, but it wouldn't have matched anyway & doesn't match my DL. So now I feel suspect because I tried to use a coupon that wouldn't work & I can't provide a signature that matches the card I used. I get great deals there, have a nice rapport with RDC & her manager, pay about $1 OOP on average (part of my under the radar strategy because $0 is too much of an attention-getter) & now I'm on the radar because I actually paid OOP for something because it was over $5 & I didn't pay cash like usual. And to top it off, I bought those stupid "Teen" GCs & not the regular ones. Whew!

[happysoul]

Yes, I did. Yesterday I tried to buy two of these. I was looking at the register and noticed they were not ringing at the sale price. The cashier said, are you sure they are included? (which they are). So I just went and got easy ups instead of the feel and learn.

[sandmike123]

My ads do not have them either in PA :(

[jjj]

Originally Posted by lifeskills13 i thought that too until one day i had 2.00off coupon and the item was for less..and i told the cashier outloud you will have to adjust that. (i do that so no questionable look when the coupon beeps) but she acted like she didn't hear me and went on doing that rest of the coupons..usually when that happens the coupon doesn't get registered ..so i tell her again..and she was no it took it off see? i checked and yup -2.00showed up...i didn't know they can do that :)

Yes, I usually receive the whole coupon amount as well. Most recently I used a $3 off 2 page marker ... pens were clearanced to .99 each but I received .98 overage. I also usually receive the whole amount that is allowed (printed on the coupon) on buy 1 get 1 free coupons.

[savaholic]

There's also a money back offer on the Citrucel. I've never done this, but I'll see if i do it right,linky:
http://www.citrucelsoftchews.com/pdf...yguarantee.pdf

If you're not happy w/ it, of course!

Duh, I meant to post in June Monthly thread. Will put there also.

[pvox]

I know everyone is probably free toothpasted out but...

Colgate Total is BOGO at CVS this week. Some are priced at $3.99 some are $3.59.

I used my $1.50 coupons from the All You magazine, and I had one from a newspaper insert. This is a much better deal than when Total goes on sale individually.

I stock up and donate my extras to the group home I work at.

I hope this helps some people trying to get rid of their Colgate Total coupons.

[Brownidcat]

This has helped me start my first stockpile of free/close to it toothpaste. To think a month or so I was actually spending alot of money on this makes me crazy. One thing this whole couponing thing has done is really made me value my money so much more. You can get so much more stuff with $10 than I ever imagined!
Cathey

[pvox]

I totally agree. It's like...I used to pay full price for THAT?!?!?!?