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My CVS scenarios for the week of May 18, 2008


There aren't any real money-makers this week that I can see, but there are quite a few things that are generating ECBs that I need/want, so I was able to come up with 5 transactions to work them all in and spend as little oop as possible. If you do all five transactions, you'll be getting more than $105 worth of merchandise, and you'll only be spending $1.41 after ECBs! LOVE that!!

Here's what I came up with:

$19.99 K-Y Yours-Mine (earns $10 ECBs)
$4.69 Tums Quik Pack (earns $4.69 ECBs, monthly deal)
$.30 pencil

Total before coupons: $24.99 +tax

-$5/$25 CVS printable*
-$5 K-Y printable
-$1 Tums printable from this week's newspaper inserts (plus send the rebate form that was also in this week's inserts!)

Total after coupons: $13.99, earns $14.69 ECBs
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$2.99 Garnier shampoo (earns $1 ECB)
$2.99 Garnier conditioner (earns $1 ECB)
$1.99 Dial multi-pack soap (earns $1 ECB)
$3.99 Colgate 360 toothbrush (earns $3.99 ECBs, monthly deal)
$6.99 Almay Intense i-color (earns $5 ECBs)
$1 Sobe Life Water
$1 Sobe Life Water (earns $1 ECB, monthly deal)

Total before coupons: $20.95 +tax

-$4/$20 printable*
-$1 Garnier Fructis shampoo (from 5/4 V)
-$1 Garnier Fructis conditioner (from 5/4 V)
-$0.60 Dial Multi-Pack (from 5/18 SS)
-$1 Almay Cosmetic, any (from 3/9 SS)
-$1 B1G1 Sobe printable

$12.35 after coupons, earns $12.99 ECBs
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$10 Freestyle Lite or Freedom Lite glucose monitor (earns $10 ECBs, monthly deal)
$7.99 Cristophe 10 oz Shampoo
$2.19 Rolaids 3-pack (earns $2 ECBs, monthly deal)

$20.18 before coupons

-$4/$20 CVS printable*
-$1 CVS Christophe printable*

Total after coupons: $15.18, earns $12 ECBs
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Do the above Christophe transaction a second time (substitute a conditioner for the shampoo, if you like) and you'll get $17 back in ECBs the second time.
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$6.99 Almay Intense i-color (earns $5 ECBs)
$6.79 Banana Boat Suncare
$6.79 Banana Boat Suncare (earns $7 ECBs)

$20.57 before coupons

-$4/$20 CVS printable*
-$1 Almay Cosmetic, any (from 3/9 SS)
-$1 Banana Boat product, any (from 4/13 SS)
-$1 Banana Boat product, any (from 4/13 SS)


Total after coupons: $13.57, earns $12 ECBs

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*CVS printable coupons are distributed through email to select customers. They state that they are to be used only by the intended recipients, and may be card-specific, causing them to beep at the register if attempted to be used by a different card-holder than whom they are intended for.


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2 comments:

  1. Carrie @ Moneysavingmethods.com said...
     

    I am loving your site and going to add it to my blogroll.
    One question...did you have trouble getting approved for pay per post? They declined me. Not sure why?

  2. Lavonne said...
     

    Thanks, Carrie! I enjoy your blog as well, and visit it regularly. :)
    The first time I submitted my blog to Pay Per Post, I was declined. They said the reason was that it needed to be 30 days old and have so many posts (it was still a new blog at the time and didn't meet those requirements). They told me I could re-submit when I met the requirements, and when I submitted it a second time, it was approved right away.
    Did they give you a reason for not approving you? I would suggest re-submitting it and seeing what happens.
    One road block I'm coming up on, though, is that I don't qualify for most of the opportunities because they require your google rating to be 3 or more, so I'm working on getting my google rating up now.

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