Monday, May 11, 2009

CVS on Saturday at Overlapping Sales Store

The CVS where I like to shop(no mean old grumpy cashier! one),begins the new week's sale on Saturday. So if I go on Sat., I can do both this week's sale and the sale that is suppose to start on Sunday. This is a great thing usually, because it means I only have to make 1 trip to CVS every 2 Weeks and not miss a week's sale. Saves time, and gas money plus wear & tear on the car and the planet.
This week however, it caused a complication in my transaction.

I had $20 in Extra Care Bucks to roll, so here is what I picked up....


6x Vitamin Water @3/$4=$8
10x SoyJoy Bars @10/$5=$5
2x Colgate Max Toothpaste @$2.99=$5.98
2x Bayer Contour Meters @$14.99=$29.98
3x 12-pack Cokes @3/$12 **=$9.75 NOT PICTURED
**Ok, this was a problem having overlapping sales. The Cokes were suppose to be 3/$12 and buy $20 worth, get $10ECBs. But the sale that started on Sunday had buy 4 Coke 12 packs, get 1 Free(or $3.25 ea.). Asked before I checked out which sale would ring up and nobody knew.
Subtotal-$58.71
Tax-$.00

Coupons Used....
6x Vitamin Water @$.50=$3.00
2x SoyJoy Bars @$1.00=$2.00
2x Colgate Max Toothpaste @$1.00=$2.00
1x Bayer Contour Meter @$30.00=$29.98(adjusted down to price of 2 Meters)
3x 12-pack Cokes @$1.00=$3.00

Coupon Total- $39.98

$58.71-$39.98=$18.73
Used $10 ECB
OOP=$8.73
I had planned to get Mini Wheats Cereal too so I could use the other $10ECB I had and lower my OOP, but they were out of cereal. Dang it!
The $4 Colgate ECB(2x$2) & $10 Bayer Meter ECB(2x$5) printed but the Coke $10ECB didn't print, because the lower price on the Cokes left me $2.25 short of spending $20 on Coke products.
So I went back in and explained to the Manager what happened and asked if I could buy 1 more Coke 12 pack and get the Free 5th one. He said ok so I bought....
1x Coke 12 pack @$3.25
Bottle of Aspirin $1.99 (for the doggy-she hurt her back)
Total $5.24
Used $1 Q & $4ECB from the Colgate I just got
OOP $.24
$10 ECB printed for the Cokes AND I got a 12 pack Free! ;-)
Value of Items $67.20
Coupons Used $44.23
ECBs Used $14.00
OOP $8.97
Savings of 86.67%
ECBs Received $24.00 (Used $4ECB)
ECBs Total after Transactions $30.00($10ECB carried over from previous weeks)
The hubby's relatives are coming for #1 son's graduation early next month. They all drink alot of Diet Coke! I think I am set now for their arrival.lol
Sluggy

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