CVS AD 12/21-12/27 **17 Freebies** Photos added post 1

[sostinkinhappy]

Originally Posted by bkonabudget I've been getting a lot less $4 off $20 coupons lately on my receipts. I used to get them almost every transaction. Has anyone else noticed this?

I have never gotten even one, so count your blessings!

[evelester]

i have only gotten one of those in an email! Never on a receipt yet

[rfspen]

Originally Posted by carisal I wish I had been thinking straight this morning at cvs (well, all week really) because standing in cvs, I couldnt figure out for the life of me why I traded for the $3/2 because I was thinking for some reason the limit was 1 on the SH polish (duh, look at the spreadsheet right in front of me???) so I only bought one and didnt use the BB q. I also was thinking for some reason that the monthly deal on complete solution was 5 and snatched up a third. ugh. oh, AND I bought all 3 arm and hammer on one receipt so I cant turn in 2 rebates like I planned, AND didnt get a duplicate of the olay regenerist I bought to go toward the $15 gift card wyb 2 and the coupon booklet offer.... soooo many mistakes!!!

I thought I was the only one doing these things--I call it a senior moment. If it's not me-it's a cashier telling me off, because she can't take a $6 ecb on a $5.99 purchase. That I'm trying to get her fired and going into a long lecture in front other shoppers and making me almost sick. I almost dread going into CVS anymore. I try to be friendly, but they're taking all the fun out of it. Even once friendly cashiers, give me that look,"here she comes again".

[zoeys_mom]

I had one $3/2 that a wonderful cashier at CVS gave to me(I thanked him)
and I had a $3 off Sally Hansen $10 purchase that I used for my sisters card, woo hoo. Now my niece has 4 bottles of nail polish to add to her collection

[cheapcheap]

Great sale on Johnson's Band Aids this week -- $.99, regularly $3.xx. With MQ from 08-10-08 SS, they should be free!

They include the really cute characters ones, like Hello Kitty, etc., as well as 40 qty multi-size boxes.

[SeanandMandy]

Originally Posted by Stalkermagnet I was also unable to use the 3/15 coupons that I bought from ebay, the manager said that they were only to be used on the day that the prescription was filled. I feel like I totally wasted that $$, I only bought them because I expected to save money and now I can't use them :(

Wow, never heard that. My and friend used 16 of the 3/15 lastnight/A.M. Neither of us are that sick, just have O.C.D. (C=CVSing). Had no issue using them.

It really was a great night. On 9 transactions OOP was $3.03, Total Savings was $397.32. About 10 ECB left and got lots of chocolate with B1G1s, 14 Maybelline Lip gloss/colors Originaly $7.99 clearance to $3.99 and used 14 $4/1 MQs. Also bought more 2 more Gillette Power Fusion cartridges and got 2 more free shampoos. And lots of lots of more stuff!

[carisal]

I sooo wanted to get some of these, but don't have those qs.(didnt start collecting qs til the end of august) too bad it is so close to christmas and a trade wouldn't even make it in time to get em. I thought the diabetes book qs or the other insert qs for red cross/first aid products would work but checked it out today and the bandaid boxes dont match to either product. :( :( very sad

[ladyflower]

I went this morning to pick up some of the freebies. I picked up two of the Sally Hansen nail polishes at $5.99 and used the $3/2 coupon. For some reason the coupon beeped and asked her for the coupon value or something like that. She asked how much the nail polish was and I told her they were $5.99 each. I thought maybe she was thinking that the two nail polish's together were cheaper than the $3 that the coupon would give. But, I guess she looked at the coupon wrong and thought it was a BOGO coupon because she took $5.99 off! Because of that my final total was off and she said I couldn't use my last $2 coupon because I didn't owe that much. So, I grabbed two M&M's for my son - they were 2/$3 and I didn't know it but I got a $1 ECB back for that! I ended up paying $.28 for everything and ended up making over $10 profit and that was with the $5 in Coke I bought because we needed some. Now I only need to spend $10 more on the Coke deal to get my $5 ECB for that. It was a good trip, especially since it was last minute. I'm hoping to get in another trip tomorrow - hopefully there will be something left!

[holamelitta]

Originally Posted by UrsBurs1 Arm & Hammer Essentials are $2 @ Walmart. $2 - $1 mfg cpn = $1 vs. $1.99 Happy Shopping!!

One of the things you have to get used to about drugstore shopping is that you can't determine the best deal just by looking at the shelf price. If price alone determined the best deals, almost none of us would shop at CVS or Wags. Figuring the best deal is more like a formula: price - coupons - ECB + filler = net cost. The other big thing about CVS is that if you're rolling your ECB, you're never spending real money. That is the reason why I have done almost all my Christmas shopping at CVS. I think I spent a total of about $40 in real money on Christmas presents this year, thanks to CVS!

[SelenaLV]

Originally Posted by SeanandMandy Wow, never heard that. My and friend used 16 of the 3/15 lastnight/A.M. Neither of us are that sick, just have O.C.D. (C=CVSing). Had no issue using them. It really was a great night. On 9 transactions OOP was $3.03, Total Savings was $397.32. About 10 ECB left and got lots of chocolate with B1G1s, 14 Maybelline Lip gloss/colors Originaly $7.99 clearance to $3.99 and used 14 $4/1 MQs. Also bought more 2 more Gillette Power Fusion cartridges and got 2 more free shampoos. And lots of lots of more stuff!

I agree, I have used them at least 100 times and on different days and times never been told that. Sounds like he was making up his own rules.