Last Weekend's Ibotta Deals Haul & Donations

 I did some rebating last weekend...........

Everything included......

1 x Palmolive dish soap

1 x Ajax dish soap

1 x Pedialyte freezer pops

1 x Dove body wash

1 x Lysol laundry sanitizer

1 x Dove shampoo

2 x Softsoap body wash

1 x Safety dish soap*

1 x Siete refried beans

2 x Whole Blends shampoo*

1 x U panty liners

2 x Shine flavored water

4 x Lysol wipes travel size

1 x House of Autry breading mix*

1 x Band-Aid bandages*

1 x Mucinex DM

1 x Airborne

2 x Essential water 1 liters

1 x Durex condoms

5 x Lean Cuisines(not pictured)

1 x Canada Dry Fruit Splash 12 pack ginger ale(not pictured)

*Everything starred was on clearance as well.

Total for all came to $110.35 OOP after a BOGO hangtag Q for the Shine water.

Rebates received on all this......

Ibotta $41.00
Shopmium $26.00
Tada $11.06
Alexa $23.00
ShopKick 3,950 kicks($15.80)
Fetch 1,025 pts.($1.02)

$117.88 back when all is cashed in or a $7.53 money maker.  I used some overage to buy Hubs some almond milk(aka nut juice).
I bought stuff we can use or stuff I can donate.
And speaking of donating.........

I just got together a large donation for a local church's food/toiletry pantry and some of the above purchased items are included with stuff I culled from our pantry/supplies.....

The overflow that didn't fit in the photo above.......

I love that all that baby shampoo and stuff is next to a box of condoms. lolz

Sluggy

Laying Off Rebates for Awhile, But First.........

 

I finished that $10 Ibotta Bonus up at Walmart last Friday.  No photo but here is what I bought--

3 x Mac's Pork Rinds $1.78
1 x Incogmeato chickn nuggets(qualified for 2 different rebates totaling $2.60)
1 x Keto yogurt cup .45¢
1 x Any Brand Pasta(got GV Rigatoni) .10¢
1 x Sun Sweet Prunes w/Essence(qualified for 4 different rebates totaling $2.20)
1 x Any Brand Pasta sauce(got GV tomato sauce) .10¢
1 x Nutella and Go! .50¢
2 x Arm and Hammer Essentials Toothpaste $2.00
3 x Clairol Nice n' Easy hair color(qualified for 2 different rebates totaling $15.00)
1 x Clairol Root Touch-Up $3.50
1 x Clairol Natural Instincts hair color $2.00
1 x Ocean Spray Juice $1.00
1 x Limitless Sparkling Water(qualified for 2 different rebates totaling $2.10)
18 rebates done.  I only needed 15 for the $10 Bonus but doing 3 extra gave me the WW Bonus too so why not? ;-)
Total spent including tax was $50.65 after paper coupons used and a $10 Fetch gift card as well as $19+ used on that hospital refund debit card we got a few weeks ago.

Plus Bonuses Earned
1 x Level 2 $1.00
1 x Yoplait .50¢
1 x $3 Weekend Warrior
1 x $10 May Flowers

Total Ibotta earned $33.33+$14.50 in Bonuses=$47.83
I also earned $6.20 worth of points on Shop Kick
I earned $6.00 on Coupons dotcom.
I got 50 points on Fetch as well.
And another .13¢ worth of points on Swag Bucks.  The only hiccup was my Arm and Hammer toothpaste rebate on Swag Bucks disappeared before I got home or that rebate would have been more.  It happens, what can I say? lol

I don't count the Fetch, Shop Kick or Swag Bucks until I cash out so I spent $50.65 and earned back $53.83(Ibotta and Coupons dotcom)making this trip a $3.18 moneymaker.

Nice.

I am going to be laying off rebating in June(didn't I say that about May though?!lol).  Just not feeling chasing down deals lately and really we don't need much right now plus I've got some physical problems to work on.  

But there is always my BFF, Rite-Aid. 8-)))

Sluggy

Working The Pillaging at Rite-Aid!

So this week the scheme at Rite-Aid is "Spend $50 on select items/Get $20 Bonus Cash Back Deal".

I jumped on Coupons dotcom and printed off a bunch of $2/1 Almay and 4 different $2-$3/1 Revlon Qs and then went up to R-A to see how little I could "spend" to get to $50.

Did I mention that Rite-Aid has a bunch of Almay and Revlon at 75% off clearance?!
Dd I also mention that Almay and Revlon cosmetics are part of the "Spend $50/Get $20 BC Deal"??

First off I bought a clearance Revlon and a clearance Almay item to see if the clearance qualified for the "Spend $50/Get $20 BC" Deal.
And by gosh those items did qualify!

So here is all I bought at two different R-A stores.......

First off I had 2 x $1.25/1 Nivea lip balm IPQs.  I only got 2 printed off before it disappeared from Coupons dotcom(and I don't get Nivea Qs anymore in the Sunday paper b/c my paper no longer carries the RetailMeNot inserts *sad face*).  I would have printed off more it I had the chance because it was cheap after sale/Q and I love the Nivea lip stuff.

2 x Nivea lip balm on sale=$4.00
3 x Revlon face make-up on clearance for $3.49 ea.=$10.47
2 x Revlon nail color on clearance for $2.24 ea.=$4.48
4 x Revlon lip crayon on clearance for $2.49 ea.=$9.96
3 x Revlon brow crayon on clearance for $2.49 ea.=$7.47
7 x Almay mascara on clearance for $2.24 ea.=$15.68
SubTotal.........$52.06

Coupons Used
2 x $1.25/1 Nivea lip balm IPQ=$2.50
3 x $3/1 Revlon face item IPQ=$9.00
4 x $2/1 Revlon lip item IPQ=$8.00
3 x $2/1 Revlon brow item IPQ=$6.00
7 x $2/1 Almay any item IPQ=$14.00
Coupon Total.......$39.50 and ALL the IPQs scanned(shocking!).

$52.06-$39.50=$12.56+.74¢ tax=$13.30 OOP paid for with a combination of Bonus Cash & part of 1 of the 2 $20 Prepaid R-A Visa cards I earned back in January so ZERO OOP in real money.
Too bad I didn't have any Revlon nail color Qs as well....I would have "spent" $4 less than I did. ;-)

I earned $20 in Bonus Cash for buying all the stuff in the picture(plus the one mascara that didn't make it into that photo)because it all came to $50+ before coupons used.

Even better.......I also earned $20 in Ibotta cash rebates as the lip/face/brow items, all 10, qualified for a $2 cash back each-10 x $2=$20 back.

This was an awesome score and will all go into the Giveaway Box Pile of Goodies.  8-)


Oh and Valentine's Candy went to 75% off on Sunday too in case anyone was wondering........


Sluggy

A Rite-Aid Hack You May Like & some R-A Porn

I wanted to get this posted before Wellness Wednesday(tomorrow is the first Wednesday in December remember!)in case someone out there wanted to try this hack and had a bunch of Bonus Cash they wanted to convert to a gift card.
It's a well known fact you can't pay for a gift card purchase with Bonus Cash.....or can you??

Last week I bought this on my son's card during the Friday/Saturday Friends and Family 30% Off Days.
Remember that I had $.29 tracking toward a second $50 "Beauty" spending needed to earn a $10 R-A gift card on this account and $11.66 tracking for the Spend $20 on certain PandG/Get $6 BC..........

6 x Head and Shoulders shampoo 30% discount($5.24 ea)=$31.44
4 x Herbal Essence BioRenew shampoo/conditioner 30% discount($5.10 ea.)=$20.40
1 x Kohl's gift card=$25.00
SubTotal......$76.84($51.84 of that for shampoo/conditioner)

Coupons Used
3 x $5/2 Head and Shoulders ManuQ=$15.00
2 x $5/2 Herbal Essence ManuQ=$10.00
Coupon Total.....$25.00

$76.84-$25.00=$51.84 paid for with Bonus Cash

I earned back $23 in new Bonus Cash(3 x $6 wys $20, $5wyb Kohl's gift card).
I earned the second $10 R-A Beauty gift card on this account.
I also earned back $2 in cash rebates on Ibotta($1 wyb2 HE shampoo, $1 wyb2 HE conditioner).

So I spent $31.84 of BC on 10 shampoos/conditioners and earned back $18 BC, $10 R-A gift card and a $2 cash rebate.

I also used Bonus Cash to buy a $25 gift card AND since the Kohl's card was giving $5 BC last week I also got that $5 BC as well. 8-)

**So here's the work around for using BC to buy gift cards.........

You can buy gift cards in the amount of or less than the total of the coupons you use in a transaction.  As long as the amount of the gift card is equal to or less than the total value of your coupons the register won't "see" the gift card and will let your Bonus Cash cover that cost.

I had $25 in Qs and I bought a $25 gift card.


So I did it again in another transaction on another card having too many BC.
This transaction I only had $24 in coupons so I bought a $20 Subway card and it worked again!

I bought 9 x Pantene, 1 x Hydralyte, 1 x Olay Total Effects cleanser,  1 x Carmex lip balm, and 1 x $20 Subway GC in one transaction.

$32.37 after $24 in Qs and sales tax(not counting the $20 GC cost)and I earned back $15 in BC--$10 BC(P&G Spend $30/Get $10 Deal)and $5 BC on the Hydralyte.
I earned another $10 R-A GC for the Beauty Deal.
I also earned $4 cash back on Ibotta for buying the Olay cleanser($3)and Carmex($1), so $29 back in BC/GC/Cash on a $32.37 spend and had almost enough for another $10 wyb $30 P&G Deal.

And I converted $20 in expiring BC into a Subway gift card.

I bought 2 more Olay cleansers(before this transaction)in two separate transactions and then another Hydralyte, 2 x Pantene on clearance for $2.49(also counted toward the P&G Deal) and 3 x Neutrogena lip balms in another transaction.
Those 3 transactions cost $22.93 in BC and earned me $15 in new Bonus Cash($5 Hydralyte, $10 wys $30 P&G).
I also earned $20 in cash back on Ibotta(well it's $17 right now).

Since I purchased the 3 Olays separately(so I got 30% off each and not the BOGO50% price)I am hoping that $3 Olay Total Effects Ibotta rebate comes back to my list twice.....It's come back once and I have applied and received a second of that $3 Olay rebate so far.

This item qualifies for the $4 Ibotta Neutrogena facial moisturizer rebate, up to 3 x per receipt(if it's available to you).  It's a nice little moneymaker as this item only costs between $3.49 and $3.99(before Wellness disc.)at Rite-Aid....if you can find it.

I nice way to convert BC back to cash and the Gift Card hack is a nice way to use expiring BC too.

Tomorrow is Wellness Wednesday and if your store puts out the paper R-A one day Q for this event AND you clip the same Qs to your L2C account you can potentially use A LOT of Qs so it's a good day to convert BC to gift cards.
Now I don't know if this hack will work w/L2CQ or a mix of both paper and L2CQs so maybe just use enough of the paper One Day Qs to test it.  You could get to $20+ in Qs just using the paper ones and then if you buy a gift card that is also giving back Bonus Cash this week, that's even better!

I am getting giddy just thinking about the Deals I can get on Wednesday at Rite-Aid! 8-)))

If anyone tries this gift card hack be sure and let us all know how it went.



Sluggy