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Sunday, September 27, 2020

CVS Shopping....Still Not a Fan

I had $3 in ECBs expiring on Saturday(it was earned for buying $30 in "Beauty" items last month or something)so we made a trip to one of our nearby CVS stores.

I had a total of $19 in ECBs I could use but $3 HAD to be used or lost.

I just will never fully "get" the CVS system I suppose.
Even when I write things down(what CRTs/Qs I have)I still can't put together a less than $1 OOP spent transaction. sigh
It might help if I got more/better CRTs too. ;-)

Here is what I bought.......


2 x Honey Nut Cheerios on sale=$7.00
2 x Head and Shoulders shampoo on sale=$12.00
1 x Tide Simply on sale=$2.94
2 x Old Spice body wash BOGO50%=$10.84
2 x Crest toothpaste on sale=$5.98
2 x Oral-B Pulsar toothbrushes BOGO50%=$11.98
2 x Poparazzi nail polish suppose to be on sale but rang up reg. price of $2.99 ea.=$5.98
1 x Maybelline baby lips gloss=$4.79** I did this in a separate transaction first so the Q/CRT for it didn't come off the nail polish items.

SubTotal....$61.51

Coupons/CRTs Used-- 
$1/2 Big G cereals digital Q
$1/1 off GM cereal CRT
$3 off 2 Honey Nut Cheerios CRT
$3/1 Head and Shoulders digital Q
$3 off $10 Hair Care CRT
$1/1 Tide simply digital Q(shows on receipt as Bounce)
$5.49/2 Old Spice body wash digital Q
$2 off 2 Old Spice CRT
$5/3 Crest/Oral-B items digital Q
$1/1 Crest digital Q
$3 off $10 Oral Care CRT
$2 off 2 Oral-B toothbrushes CRT?
$2 off $8 Crest/Scope/Oral-B CRT
$4.79 free Cosmetic item CRT
TOTAL Qs/CRTs......$37.28


$24.23-$19 in ECBs=$5.23 +.23¢tax=$5.55 OOP

I also had a $2 off $8 Head and Shoulders CRT which did NOT come off so had that come off and the nail polish had rung up sale price(2 for $5 so .98¢ less)my total OOP would have been $2.42 instead I wouldn't feel so cheated by their system.

I did however get $2 back on Ibotta, $1 for each Oral-B toothbrush, so that makes me feel a bit better.

And I earned $9 in new ECBS($4 nail polish, $3 Oral Care, $2 Head and Shoulders). Whoppeedo! lol

I guess CVS just isn't my jam....


Sluggy




4 comments:

  1. Happened to me today too. I think they have a weird algorithm (how else can it be explained without really explaining in?) Anyway, I bought some stuff, I thought after coupons, I would "owe" around $11. Nope, I "owed" $14.XX. But I had "free" giftcards - one from the beauty deal and one I redeemed through ibotta - so, not really $ out of my pocket. I think the $4 off $20 coupon messed things up. But in any case, the receipt says $1 ECB not used and CVS MFR Coupon ($2 ecb) not used. I went on line - and added them back to the card since the cashier took the coupons - but they weren't deducted. If I used cash or my CC and I didn't get the ecbs back, I would have been annoyed and probably would have sent an e-mail or called.

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  2. Don't worry Sluggy - CVS has NEVER been my jam!

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  3. CVS = convenience, value, and service.
    They do not often live up their acronym.

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  4. I do CVS quite often, and usually come out okay. One thing you do have to watch, though, is combining the 30% or 40% off one item coupons with ECB's for payment. When you do this, they discount your ECB's by the same percentage. I learned that the hard way, so I don't do that anymore.

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