Yes, that is me and my receipt from my first transaction. I paid a total of $3.46 and saved $123.85 between two transactions!
As you may know from my Facebook page, I drove to CVS for the pre-Black Friday sale last night. There are an insane amount of freebies and moneymakers to grab with this sale, so it’s definitely one you will not want to miss!
To help you spend the least amount of money out of pocket, I’ve come up with a scenario for you. You can start out with no ECBs and pay only $9.41 plus tax out of your pocket for a whole bunch of stuff!
If you have any ECBs, use them on the first transaction to lower your out of pocket costs even further. This scenario does require three transactions, so once you complete one transaction, please move to the end of the line to allow other customers to check out.
Let us know how your trip goes!
:: Transaction 1
Buy Advil Children’s Suspension Liquid (1 oz), $2.37
Buy Glade Plugins Scented Oil Base Warmer, $1.25
Buy Starbucks Refreshers, $1.50
Buy 3M Command Hooks Sample Pack, $0.99
Buy Carmex Lip Balm, $1
Buy Charmin Basic Single Roll, $0.99
Buy 2 Illy Issimo Caffé, buy one at $2.37, get one free (estimated cost)
Buy Thin Mints/Nips, $0.88
Buy Kraft Mac ‘n Cheese, $0.99
Buy Coke 1.25 Liter, $0.99
Buy Hot Wheels Single Car, $1
Buy Play-Doh Soft-Pack (8 oz), $1
Total before coupons: $15.33
$1.50/1 Advil Children’s Product printable
$1/1 Glade Plugins Scented Oil Warmer, exp. 12/1/12 (SS 11/04/12)
$1/1 Starbucks Refreshers Tearpad
$1/1 3M Command Hook printable (adjusted to $0.99)
$0.30/1 Carmex Lip Balm, exp. 12/31/12 (SS 10/21/12 R)
$0.25/1 Charmin Product, exp. 11/30/12 (P&G 10/14/12 or P&G 10/28/12)
Buy One Get One FREE Illy Issimo printable (deducts $2.37)
Pay $7.91 plus tax
Get back $2.37 ECB Advil Children’s
Get back $1.25 ECB Glade Plugins
Get back $0.99 ECB 3M Command
Get back $1 ECB Carmex
Get back $0.99 ECB Charmin
Get back $0.88 ECB Thin Mints/Nips
Get back $0.99 ECB Mac ‘n Cheese
Get back $0.99 ECB Coke
Get back $1 ECB Hot Wheels
Get back $1 ECB Play-Doh
Total ECBs Received: $11.46
Final cost: all free + $3.55 moneymaker
:: Transaction 2
Buy Cepacol Lozenges (4 ct.), $1
Buy Powerade (32 oz), $1
Buy Kleenex Wallet (3 pk.), $1
Buy Sparkle Paper Towels Single Roll, $1
Buy Scooby Doo Fruit Snacks, $2
Buy Advil (10 ct.), $2.99
Buy 2 Right Guard Total Defense 5 Deodorant, $2.99 each
Buy 2 Air Wick Scented Oil Warmer Units, $0.99 each
Total before coupons: $16.95
$3/2 Right Guard Total Defense 5 Products printable
$2/2 Air Wick Products printable (adjusted to $1.98, register using Facebook)
Total after coupons: $11.97
Use $11.46 in ECBs from previous transaction
Pay $0.51 plus tax
Get back $1 ECB Cepacol
Get back $1 ECB Powerade
Get back $2 ECB Kleenex/Sparkle
Get back $2 ECB Scooby Doo Fruit Snacks
Get back $2.99 ECB Advil
Get back $4 ECB Right Guard
Get back $0.99 ECB Air Wick
Final cost: all free + $2.01 moneymaker
:: Transaction 3 (**may be a regional deal)
Buy 3 Dr. Pepper 12 Pack, 3/$10
(3) $1 off Dr. Pepper Diet or Ten, exp. 11/30/12 (SS 10/07/12)
Total after coupons: $7
Use $1 ECB Cepacol
Use $1 ECB Powerade
Use $2 ECB Kleenex/Sparkle
Use $2 ECB Scooby Doo Fruit Snacks
Use $0.99 ECB Air Wick
Pay $0.01 plus tax
Get back $2 ECB Dr. Pepper
Final cost: $1.67 per 12 pack
| Total Spent Out of Pocket: | $8.43 plus tax |
| ECBs Remaining for Next Time: | $10.49 |
| Final Cost for Everything: | all free + $0.56 moneymaker!! |
