Walgreen's Scenario for Week of 9/27/09...$1.30OOP & $11RRs

I have worked up a Walgreen's scenario for those of us who have expiring $5RRs from buying the TRIAMINIC products a couple of weeks ago.  You remember....the Triaminic Nighttime that was spitting out 2 $5RRs WYB 2.  One of those RRs was a Novartis Catalina so you have to avoid paying for any THERAFLU that generates a RR this week with those $5RRs.

Here's the deal I've worked out....

In the end for each $5RR used, you will have $11 in RRs, be OOP approx. $1.30(plus tax) & have 7 products and 2 fillers.

If you aren't starting with that $5RR then you have to do some other scenarios to get to where you have a $5RR.  You can use this one I've worked out HERE.

SCENARIO-starting with a $5RR

*Step One
Buy 1 Vaseline Sheer Lotion for $6.99.
Use an IP Q for $1.50/1.
Buy 1 Hall's Drops for $1.00.
Use .75/1 Q from sunday's paper.
Buy a small filler.(I use a pack of Ramen for .29¢ or something on clearance if it's under that price.).
Pay with your $5RR(Novartis)& $1.03OOP+tax.
Receive a $7RR(Vaseline is a Unilever company)& a $1RR(Hall's is a Cadbury/Ames company)=$8RRs.

*Step Two
Buy 1 Gillette Razor for $8.99.
Use the $4/1 Q from sunday's paper.
Buy 1 Herbal Essences Shampoo for $2.99.
Use $1/1 HE Q from the sunday paper(a few weeks back). Buy a small filler.(IE; Ramen noodles for .29¢).
Pay with your $7RR(Unilever)+.27¢OOP&tax.
Receive a $6RR(Gillette is a P&G company)& a $2RR(Herbal Essences is a P&G company)=$8Rrs.
Carryover your $1RR(Cadbury).
$9RRs total.

*Step Three
Buy 3 Theraflu for $12.00($4ea.).
Use the $2/1 Q from the Walgreen's Health Booklet of Qs-1 Q will take off $2 on each box.
Pay with your $6RR(Gillette/P&G)+any applicable tax.
Receive an $8RR(Theraflu is a Novartis company).
Carryover your $1RR(Cadbury), $2RR(HerbalE/P&G).
$11RRs total.

In the End....
You have $11RRs-an increase of $6RRs from where you started.
You are OOP approx. $1.30+tax.
You have 7 products+2 Ramen noodles or other fillers.

What Walgreen's Scenario have you worked out for this week?

Sluggy

Walgreen's Trips for 8/16-8/22

While down in PhillyLand last Tuesday I went to the Walgreens that's a block away from Acme. I had to do something between Acme transactions, right?lol

I wanted to do the Huggies Wipes Deal. The Wipes down there were an outrageous $3.59 a box! Geez, I thought our Wags was high at $3.29...

Here is what I bought....


1 x Soft Soap Body Wash $3.99(the one that gave a $4RR)
4 x Huggies Wipes @$3.59=$14.36
And then some fillers so I could use my $5RR that was expiring...
2 x Chapstick 3 pack clearance @$1.19=$2.38
1 x Wags Cough Drops clearance @.25¢=$.25
1 x Coconut M&Ms(these are REALLY good!lol)=$.69
Subtotal=$21.67

Coupons Used
2 x $1/2 Huggies Wipes=$2.00
4 x $2/1 Wags IVF Q=$8.00
Total=$10.00

$21.67-$10.00=$11.67

RRs Used
$5
$6
Total=$11.00

$11.67-$11=$.67
Tax=$.39
TOTAL=$1.06OOP

Received RRs....$4(Soft Soap)

Then I went to Visit with my Girlfriend Cashiers on Saturday at WAGS and rolls some more RRs.
It was also the last day of the special Spend $25 in 1 Transaction, Get a $5RR. It was $25 BEFORE Coupons so it was worth doing. I also had my eye out for the clearanced Zyrtec that gave $5RR when you buy two.




Transaction #1

1 x Fusion Razor=$8.99
1 x Gillette Shampoo=$3.99 on clearance
1 x Gillette Body Wash=$4.99
1 x Zyrtec Children's Syrup @$1.39 on clearance=$1.39
1 x Zyrtec Children's Syrup @$3.29 on clearance=$3.29
1 x Starbucks Drink=$1.89
1 x Soft Soap Body Wash=$3.99
Subtotal=$28.53

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 Razor=$2.00
1 x Free Gillette Shampoo WYB Razor=$3.99
1 x Free Gillette Body Wash WYB Razor=$4.99
1 x $2/1 Zyrtec=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Starbucks=$1.00
1 x $.64 Wags Q=$.64
Total=$14.62

$28.53-$14.62=$13.91

RRs Used
$6,$6=$12.00

$13.91-$12.00=$1.91
Tax $1.32=$3.23OOP

Received RRs....
$4(Soft Soap),$5(Zyrtec),$5(spend $25)=$14RRs

I don't know WHY some of the Zyrtec on clearance was $3.29 and some $1.39! Same bottles, same UPC codes and same expiration dates on the boxes. Weird...


Transaction #2

5 x Pop-Tarts=$10
4 x Huggies Wipes@$3.29=$13.16
2 x Velveeta Cups@$1.29=$2.58
Subtotal=$25.74

Coupons Used
2 x $1/2 Pop-Tarts=$2.00
2 x $1/2 Huggies Wipes=$2.00
4 x $2/1 Huggies Wipes Wags Q=$8.00
1 x BOGO Velveeta Cups@$1.29=$1.29
Subtotal=$13.29

$25.74-$13.29=$12.45

RRs Used
$5,$6=$11.00

$12.45-$11.00=$1.45OOP

Received RRs
$5(for $25 order), $5(Pop-Tarts), $1(Velveeta Cups)=$11.00RR


Transaction #3

1 x Fusion Razor=$8.99
1 x Gillette Shampoo=$3.99 on clearance
1 x Gillette Body Wash=$4.99
2 x Zyrtec Children's Syrup @$3.29 on clearance=$6.58
1 x Starbucks Drink=$1.89
3 x Ramen Noodles(filler so I could use RRs to pay)=$1.00
Subtotal=$27.44

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 Fusion Razor=$2.00
1 x Free Gillette Shampoo WYB Razor=$3.99
1 x Free Gillette Body Wash WYB Razor=$4.99
2 x $2/1 Zyrtec Children's Syrup=$4.00
1 x Starbucks Drink=$1.00
1 x Wag Q Starbucks=$.64
Total=$16.62

$27.44-$16.62=$10.82

RRs Used
$5,$4,$1=$10.00

$10.82-$10.00=$.82
Sales Tax $1.08=$1.90OOP

Received RRs
$5(for $25 order), $5(Zyrtec)=$10.00RR



Transaction #4

2 x Zyrtec Children's Syrup @$1.39 on clearance=$2.78(found 2 more marked lower!)
2 x Red Baron Pizzas on sale $3=$6.00 **NOT PICTURED**

Subtotal=$8.78

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 Zyrtec Children's Syrup=$2.00
2 x $1/1 Red Baron=$2.00

Total=$4.00

$8.78-$4.00=$4.78

RRs Used
$3

$4.78-$3.00=$1.78OOP

Received RRs
$5(Zyrtec)=$5.00RR

TOTALS for the Week....
Value of Items $166.37
Out of Pocket Spent $9.42
Savings of $156.95 or 94.33%

RRs Used=$47
RRs Received=$44

Sluggy

Walgreens real Cheap Baby Wipes & MAYBE FREE Dental Items!

I know you've probably already read on one of many blogs this week about the great deal on Huggies Baby Wipes at WAGS going on now.

If you haven't, let me enlighten you. ;-))

There is a pamphlet of "In-Store Coupons available at Walgreen's. I have found it either by the current sales flyers in the store or sitting in a stack on one of the other sales counters(photo, beauty dept. or the auxillary front register counter). It's called "Walgreen's Back-2-School Coupon Book" and looks like this....

Inside there is a $2 off Huggies Wipes 64-172 ct.(that would be a full-sized box or a refill bag).
If you buy more than 1 box of Wipes, you ONLY need 1 $2 In-Store Coupon. The register will take off $2 for as many boxes as you buy per transaction.

Now pair this In-Store Coupon with one of the Manufacturer's Coupons from the Sunday coupon inserts of a few weeks ago. My area got $1/2 Huggies Wipes but your area may have gotten .50¢ or .75¢ off 1 box per coupon.
Depending on the reg. retail at your WAGS for this item(the 64-72 ct. boxes) & your Manu. Coupon face value, using the In-Store Coupon WITH your Manufacturer's Coupon will make your box of Wipes cost anywhere from $.49 to $1.29. My area has the Huggies Wipes for $3.29, so with both coupons, my wipes cost me $.79 per box. Now that's a whole lot better than $3 or more $s a box, right?

If you have access to a printer, here's how to make this deal even better. Some folks will find a $1.50/1 Huggies Diaper Product coupon to print when they go to Coupons.com. Some WAGS will let you use this coupon to purchase Huggies Wipes(if they see Wipes as a 'Diaper Product').
Pairing this $1.50 Coupon with the In-Store Coupon for $2 off(and a low reg. retail price point) will get you Wipes for FREE with overage or "just" FREE.

And if your local WAGS has been cleaned out of Huggies Wipes because of the popularity of this coupon pairing, then for goodness sakes, get a Raincheck! The In-Store Coupon is valid until 8/29/09, so you still have time for a new shipment of Wipes to hit your store.

And if you bought the Vitamin Shampoo last week at WAGS, and have a $4 Register Reward to roll AND your area received a $5/any 3 Listerine/Reach products Coupon either in the recent Coupon Insert OR the Coupon Insert from a May Insert with a $5/3 WYB 1Listerine/1Reach Floss/1 Reach Toothbrush Coupon, you can get three dental products for FREE. The Listerine 500ml, Reach Ultra Floss & 2 kinds of Reach Toothbrushes are on sale for $3 each this week. Buy 3 of these products, according to which coupon you have. $9-$5 Coupon=$4. Pay the OOP with your $4 Register Rewards from last week(plus tax if applicable).
You will receive a $6 Register Reward for your purchase.
Free stuff & $6 more to spend later.
Life is good.....

Sluggy

Soft Soap Body Wash Update.....Success!

I finally was able to use my FREE SOFT SOAP BODY WASH COUPON talked about in the post HERE.

One of the WAGS near my home got some more in before it expired on Sat. July 25th.


5x Soft Soap Body Wash @ $2.99=$14.95
12x One-A-Day Vitamin Drink Powder clearanced $.75=$9.00
SubTotal $23.95

Coupons Used
1x FREE Soft Soap=$2.99
4x $2/1 Soft Soap=$8.00
3x $3/1 O-A-D Product=$9.00
Coupon Total $19.99

$3.96+$.72tax=$4.68OOP

I had NO RRs to use and received no RRs. That hasn't happened in months!lol
I was just going to get the Free SoftSoap Wash and the One-A-Day Powders because they were free with the last of the O-A-D Qs I had. But I had those $2/1 Soft Soap Qs so the Body Washes on sale only cost me .99¢ + tax each. I couldn't say no at that price.

I am just relieved that they had 1 for my free Q and I didn't have to go another round with the Catalina company on the phone to try to get another replacement for that Freebie Q AGAIN!
I'm so glad to close the book on this saga....

Sluggy

WAGS Shopping Catch-Up June 19th Body Wash & Cake

I had more RRs to roll before they expired, so I hit WAGS June 19th.



Transaction #1

St. Ives Body Wash $2.99

Used $1.50 Q from Sunday inserts a few weeks back

$1.49+ $.18 tax=$1.67OOP
Received $3RR



Transaction #2

2x Cakesters $5 (on MegaSaver for June)
1x Rolaids Soft Chews $2.99
1x Toothpick Holder clearanced .29¢
Subtotal $8.28
Tax $.02

Coupons Used
2x Cakesters $1/1 -$2.00
1x Rolaids $1/1 -$1.00
Subtotal $3.00

$8.30-$3.00=$5.30

Used $5RR(last meter RR)

$5.30-$5=$.30OOP
Received RRs $3Kraft, $2Rolaids

Transaction #3

1x St. Ives Body Wash $2.99
1x Walgreens Shopping Bag $.99
Subtotal $3.98
Tax $.20

Coupons Used
1x Wags IVF Q for Shopping Bag -$.65
Subtotal $.65

$4.18-$.65=$3.53

Used $3RR

$3.53-$3=$.53OOP
Received RRs $3St Ives

Transaction #4

2x Cakesters $5 (on MegaSaver for June)
1x M&Ms filler $.69
Subtotal $5.69
Tax $.00

Coupons Used
2x Cakesters $1/1 -$2.00
Subtotal $2.00

$5.69-$2.00=$3.69

Used $3RR

$3.69-$3=$.69OOP
Received RRs $3Kraft


Rinse & Repeat #3...
Transaction #5

1x St. Ives Body Wash $2.99
1x Walgreens Shopping Bag $.99
Subtotal $3.98
Tax $.20

Coupons Used
1x Wags IVF Q for Shopping Bag -$.65
Subtotal $.65

$4.18-$.65=$3.53

Used $3RR

$3.53-$3=$.53OOP
Received RRs $3St Ives



Transaction #6

1x Breyer's Ice Cream $3.99 **Not Pictured**
1x A&W Root Beer $1.59
Subtotal $5.58

Root Beer Free Deal -$1.59

$5.58-$1.59=$3.99

RRs Used $2

$3.99-$2=$1.99OOP


GRAND TOTAL
OOP Spent $5.71
Q & Sale Savings $33.69
RRs Used $14.00
RRs Received $17.00
Value of Items $39.40
Savings of 85.5%

My out of pocket was high for me this time. If I had had more than 1 St. Ives coupons I could have done better.....ah well.
It's always nice to get back more RRs than you spend, isn't it? ;-)

Sluggy

June 11th....K-Mart Unilever CAT Deal

So when SIL was shopping in the wee hours of the morning on Monday at KMart, she took advantage of a CAT promo from Unilever. Spend XXX amount and get a Cat good OYNO for XXX amount.
Hmmmm.....

Daughter & I had planned to do a Lemon Cleanse this summer. This is our frugal, low cost version of the "jump-on-a-jet-to-a health-spa-in-Thailand, drink laxative teas and take herbal enemas & relieve yourself into a colander over the toilet" $100 a day Vacation that's all the rage with the health obsessed peeps & the body-hating/self-image celebrity set.

I had been thinking about doing some kind of pre-Cleanse dieting for a couple of weeks to get ready for this internal flush thing.
I noticed that Slim-Fast products were part of the CAT Promo. Even better, K-Mart had Slim-Fast on sale AND I had a stack of nice value SF Qs that K-Mart would be nice enough to DOUBLE for me!
Double Hmmmm.....

So I just had to go buy this.....

4x Edge Shaving Gel @ $1.99 ea.=$7.96**These were from Monday. We weren't sure what coupon limit would be enforced(10, 25 or 75)so SIL had fewer items, so I put these Shaving Gels in her cart and gave her my 4 coupons for them. the doubled coupons made them free. I put them in this picture/on this post because I don't have pictures of all the Slim Fast I bought. It's tucked away with the toilet paper stockpile and I'm not lugging all those heavy boxes out for anyone.lol

9x Slim-Fast Drinks on sale @ $5.99 ea.=$53.91**Not pictured**
1x Bic Razors @ $5.29=$5.29

SUBTOTAL $59.20
TAX $.17

Coupons Used
9x Slim-Fast Drinks @ $1.40 doubled=$25.20
1x Bic Razors @ $2.00 doubled=$4.00
$5 off $50 KMART Q=$5.00
COUPON TOTAL $34.20

$59.37-$34.20=$25.17OOP

$25.17
Savings of 57.5% BUT.....I got a $14 CAT. Yay!.....free money to roll into more free stuff!!!

I promised SIL I'd take her to CVS and WAGS today, so off we went.

At WAGS, I did 2 Transactions, since I had RRs expiring on Sat.

WAGS
Transaction #1

2x Chips Ahoy Cookies @ $2.50=$5.00
1x Purex 3-In-1 Detergent @ $5.99
Hair Clip clearanced @ $.90 It's Purple!!!
1x Olive Oil @ $3.99
1x Palmolive Soap @ $1.39
1x M&Ms @ $.69
SUBTOTAL $17.96
TAX $.50

Coupons Used...
1x Palmolive IVF Q $.40
1x Palmolive $.25/1
1x Chips Ahoy $1.00/2
1x Purex $1.00/1
Total $2.65

RRs Used....$10, $3, $1=$14.00

$18.46-2.65-$14.00=$1.81OOP on Gift Card
Received RRs...$3(Chips Ahoy), $2 (Purex)

Ok, call me crazy but.....notice that yet again, I had 7 items & the register only let me use 6 Qs/RRs in my payment. I tried again to use a $1 Bic RR but the register beeped. I bought no Bic products, used no other Bic Qs and if that $1 was deducted from my total, the OOP would still have been more than the tax I owed.
So what's the deal WAGS?!?!

Transaction #2

1x Purex 3-In-1 Detergent @ $5.99
3x Socks @ $1.00 pr.=$3.00

SUBTOTAL $8.99
TAX $.36

Coupons Used...
1x Purex $1.00/1
Total $1.00

RRs Used....$5, $1.50=$6.50

$9.35-$1.00-$7.50=$1.85OOP on Gift Card
Received RRs....$2 (Purex)

Again, 4 items, but could only use 3 Qs/RRs before the register beeped.
I am now convinced that Wags has reprogrammed their computers to accept 1 coupon/register reward LESS than the total # of your items.

Total OOP Spent today....$25.17
Total Value of Items bought...$96.64
Savings of......74%
RRs Used.....$20.50 I'm good on expiring RRs until Monday June 15th.
RRs Received....$7
KMART CAT Received...$14

Next up, my rare visit to WalMart from June 10th.

Sluggy

June 10th...Braces, CVS & WAGS

June 10th was the last day of school for the 2 younger kids. The daughter had an appt. to get her braces off that morning. We dragged our butts out of bed early and drove 1/2 hr. to the main office to get those puppies taken off.
After over an hour in the waiting room, daughter comes back out with the braces off her Upper Teeth but the lowers still on. Nobody mentioned anything about this turn of events to us!
Great....
Daughter has an upper tooth that hasn't descended so she still needs a bracket on that 1 tooth & she has to wear a rubber band. The band attaches to the bottom brackets so they left all of the lowers on.
I hate this Ortho guy. He doesn't tell you anything until after the fact. I was led to believe that this was the LAST APPT. grrrr

So the receptionist makes an appt. for 2 weeks from then and then says you need to come back later today at 2:30pm.
Excuse me???
She says that daughter needs to come back because they are making a retainer that they just took the impression for this morning & daughter needs to have it fitted then.
I'm not driving 3 towns away and turning around in 3 hrs. and coming back here today!UGH
So, I make the appt. for 2 hrs. from now and we went shopping locally.
Yes, there were 2 CVS's & a WAGS nearby & I had ECBs and RRs expiring.lol


CVS #1 Hubby's card

2x Dawn Dish Soap @$1.00=$2.00
1x Gillette Fusion Power Razor @$7.99
3x J&J First Aid Kit @$.99=$2.97
1x Hair Wrap @$2.00
1x Wire Buffet Caddy @$3.99 (for daughter to use for toiletries at camp-we've been looking to repurpose something used for a month with no luck, so we bought this-not pictured because daughter took it to camp with her already)

SUBTOTAL $18.95
TAX $.04

Coupons Used
2x Dawn Dish Soap @$.20=$.40
1x Gillette Fusion Power Razor @$4.00
3x J&J First Aid Kit @$1.00(adjusted down to $2.97)=$2.97
ECB $7.98
ECB $2.00
COUPON TOTAL $17.35


$18.99-$17.35=$1.64OOP
Received $5 ECB($1 Dawn/$4 Razor)


CVS #2 My card

2x Dawn Dish Soap @$1.00=$2.00
1x Gillette Fusion Power Razor @$7.99
3x J&J First Aid Kit @$.99=$2.97
1x Contour Meter @$14.99 **Not Pictured**
1x Flavor Ice $1.50

SUBTOTAL $29.46
TAX $.00

Coupons Used
2x Dawn Dish Soap @$.20=$.40
1x Gillette Fusion Power Razor @$4.00
3x J&J First Aid Kit @$1.00(adjusted down to $2.97)=$2.97
1x Contour Meter $30(adjusted down to $14.99)=$14.99
ECB $4.00
ECB $2.00
COUPON TOTAL $28.36


$29.46-$28.36=$1.10OOP
Received $10 ECBs($1 Dawn/$4 Razor/$5 Meter)

Then we hit Walgreen's....



Transaction #1

Purex 3-in-1 Detergent $5.99
2x Hunt's Tomato Sauce $.99=$1.98
Kraft Mac Cheese Dinner $1.99
4x Palmolive Dish Soap $1.39=$5.56
6x One-a-Day Drink Mix clearanced $.75=$4.50
SUBTOTAL $20.02

Coupons Used
Purex 3-in-1 Detergent $1.00/1
Hunt's Tomato Sauce $.75/2
Hunt's Sauce IVF Q $1.20
Kraft Mac Cheese Dinner $1.00/1
2x Palmolive Dish Soap $1.00/2=$2.00
Palmolive IVF Q $1.60
One-a-Day Drink Mix $4.00/1
Subtotal $11.55

$20.02-$11.55=$8.47

RRs Used
$3, $1.50, $1.50, $1

$8.47-$7=$1.47+.60¢ tax=$2.07OOP put on Gift Card
Received Register Rewards.....$2 Purex

Transaction #2
I saw this carton of Kleenex in the seasonal aisle with a big clearanced sign and ran outside to see if I had any Kleenex Qs first. Didn't have any but I bought this anyway....

10x Kleenex Tissues(big 180 ct. boxes!) clearanced .57¢ box=$5.70
Tax $.34
SUBTOTAL=$6.04

RRs Used...$5(Meter)
$6.04-$5=$1.04OOP put on Gift Card


Lunch time & then back to the Orthodontist.
Retainer in hand(or should that be mouth?)and we hit the other WAGS....

WAGS #2
Transaction #1

Purex 3-in-1 Detergent $5.99
2x Kraft Mac Cheese Dinner $3.98
4x Palmolive Dish Soap $1.39=$5.56
2x Chips Ahoy Cookies $2.50=$5.00
Stainless Steal Water Bottle $3.99
Strap Perfect $9.99-daughter wanted this
Head Bands $5.99-another daughter thing
SUBTOTAL $48.60

Coupons Used
Purex 3-in-1 Detergent $5.99 Freebie Q
2x Kraft Mac Cheese Dinner $1.00/1=$2.00
2x Palmolive Dish Soap $1.00/2=$2.00
Palmolive IVF Q $1.60
Chips Ahoy $1/2=$1.00

Subtotal $12.59

$48.60-$12.59=$27.91

RRs Used
$9, $9, $2.50

$27.91-$20.50=$7.41+$1.80 tax=$9.21OOP put on Gift Card
Received Register Rewards.....$2 Purex/$3 Chips Ahoy

Something is wrong because I had 12 items but the register only let me use 9 coupons/rrs.
grrrr




WAGS #2
Transaction #2

3x Palmolive Dish Soap $1.39=$4.17
2x Chips Ahoy Cookies $2.50=$5.00
Ramen Noodles filler $.29
SUBTOTAL $9.46

Coupons Used

1x Palmolive Dish Soap $1.00/2=$1.00
1x Palmolive Dish Soap .25¢
Palmolive IVF Q $1.20
Chips Ahoy $1/2=$1.00

Subtotal $3.45

$9.46-$3.45=$6.01

RRs Used
$1

$6.01-$1=$5.01+$.18 tax=$5.19OOP put on Gift Card
Received Register Rewards.....$3 Chips Ahoy

Again, something is hinky here. I had 6 items & the register only let me use 4 coupons/rrs. I had some $1 Bic RRs to use & a $3 from Kraft or ConAgra...is Nabisco one of those?lol I know it wouldn't take my $1.50 RRs from the Colgate Toothpaste 2 weeks back b/c the dish soap was Palmolive(as in Colgate-Palmolive). I should have been able to use at least 1 more $1 Bic RR tho.
Oh well....yet another reason to stick to small transactions and write out the plan before you set foot in the store.

Total Spent Today............$2.74 Cash($17.51 on Gift Card)
Total Value of Items....$222.22
Total Savings...................98%
ECBs Used.....$15.98
ECBs Received...$15.00
RRs Used....$33.50
RRs Received...$10

More of the week's adventures to follow.....

Sluggy

A Purex Product Review & Where to Buy it Cheaper this Week

WARNING!**High scarcasm content ahead**
I'm just in one of those moods today...
I have a feeling this will be the very last time anyone wants ME to review their product. ;-)



If you've been awake when perusing my blog, you may have noticed the above logo on the right side bar.


About a month ago, I got a surprise package in the mail from Purex. Seems I was 'selected' to test a new laundry product they have just released. The accompanying cover letter said that I was 1 of ONLY 200 people selected to receive this advance sample of their new laundry product. Having been 'Around the Block', as the euphomism goes, a few hundred times, you can call me skeptical about believing anything a company's marketing dept. tells me. ;-)
1 of 200 out of a Gazillion people?


Yah.
Sure.



Anyway, I have a secret 'code' to access a 'secret part of the Purex website', and was encouraged, after trying the product, to go there & upload a video of me using the product(LOLOL)& leave my thoughts on the product there. I am guessing by 'my thoughts', they meant, to leave them glowing praise that they can then use, without compensating me for my product endorsement, to sell other folks their newfangled detergent. I was also highly encouraged to blog about this product on my website/blog and use their graphics.


Well Purex, if you are watching(and somehow I know you are!), consider this my blog about your new Laundry Product.



This new product(now called PUREX 3-IN-1) is basically a sheet, like a fabric softener sheet you put in your dryer with your load of laundry. But this sheet gets put into your Washer because it's impregnated with Laundry Detergent! Yes, somebody in marketing at Purex got paid an obscene amount of money to come up with this little idea.
More power to that little marketing drone, I say!


You put the sheet in the washer with your dirty clothes & then when you transfer your clothes to your dryer(unless you don't feel like killing the planet some more and hang your clothes outside to dry), you also transfer that little sheet into the dryer too.


Why?
Because there is a separate little strip on it that contains fabric softener & an anti-cling agent. So it breaks down the fibers of your material in your clothing and wears it out faster while depositing harmful chemicals on your clothes(er, I mean, it softens your clothing)& it keeps static from building up in your load of clothes when the dryer overdries them.



It's a complete laundry system that anyone with a full fledged lobotomy could use. Put the sheet thingy in with the clothes and don't remove it until you are done and fold the clothes.....or wad the clothes, depending on whether you put away the laundry or your teenage son does.lol



Ok-here's my Review.


Easy? Yes, very.



How did it perform? It got everything clean & then wore the fibers down nicely in the dryer, er....softened the feel of the clothes. No static to be found as well.



Comments?
1. The sheet is loosely spun fiber of some kind, so it has lots of holes in it, where they shoot the laundry detergent into it. There is no coating or anything covering the sheet, so the sheet is sticky to the touch. They must put something in the detergent to harden it so it doesn't drip out of the sheet. It's like when you spill laundry detergent down the side of the bottle and after a few days, it hardens but if you touch it, it is sticky and viscose and gets on your hands and you feel like you need to wash them. It is not a pleasant feel. When you touch this sheet thingy to put it into the washer, you will experience that same feeling.



2. You will notice, when your clothes come out of the dryer especially, that there is an almost overpowering Laundry Detergent SCENT. The smell is VERY strong! If you like the smell of laundry detergent, this is the product for you!lol I don't know if they make an unscented version, but they REALLY NEED TO. I don't want my clothes smelling like some laboratory chemist's idea of what clean should smell like. Clean doesn't have a smell. Things should smell like what they are.



3. I am NOT the world's biggest Crunchy Earth Protecting Mama but I do have my own standards of what I feel is acceptable practices of Human Comfort vs. Destroying the Planet.
I don't like to make trash when it can be avoided. Ok, so most (liquid, at least)laundry detergent comes in plastic bottles. Plastic is bad for the planet, yadda, yadda..... You can recycle plastic bottles.
The containers these sheets come in is also plastic and I'm assuming recyclable.
But.....you ALSO have this plastic fiber sheet to throw away when you're done with your load of clothes. And I haven't a clue on how I am suppose to dispose of this thing now, that won't cause polar bears to drown or rainforest birds to keel over dead.
A new product that is worse for the Environment is not an improvement.....even if you require less brain cells to use it.











With all that said, starting Sunday at Wags, they are running a special on this new PUREX LAUNDRY DETERGENT 3-IN-1 SHEETS PRODUCT. It will be on sale for $5.99 a box. There will be a $2 Register Reward with purchase.
You can go HERE & print a $1/1 Coupon for this product and get it for $4.99, making it $2.99 after the $2 RR Out of Pocket.

And if you aren't satisfied with this product go Here to print a form to submit for a refund on your purchase price.

Don't let my experience stop you from going to Walgreen's to buy it and giving it a try.
I'd love to hear what you think of this product after you've used it.
Really.
I would!
Right after I go and fill the tank on my Hummer.....


Sluggy