A Little Rite-Aid As They Transition

Since Rite-Aid has come out as it where with the news of discontinuing the Plenti Points Program(say that 10 times quickly)and I even got an email from Rite-Aid yesterday informing me of the demise of Plenti on 10 July, I thought I'd go in and "buy" a few things.

But first here is my R-A "cheat sheet" with all my PPs, Bonus Cash and Allergy Rewards tracking totals.......

On D's card I have 5 x $5 and a $3 BC.  That card also has $27.09 in Plenti Points and $56.92 tracking toward an Allergy Reward.

So here is what was bought on that card.........it was two transactions but I photographed it all together.........

First Transactions was--
3 x Visine $4.63 w/20% Wellness discount=$13.89
2 x Rimmel mascara BOGO50% sale($5.79/$2.89)=$8.68
2 x Rimmel eyebrow/eye shadow BOGO50% sale($3.89/$1.84)=$5.73
1 x Burt's Bees lip shimmer stick 20% Wellness discount=$4.39
2 x Burt's Bees lip tint 20% Wellness discount($3.99)=$7.98
SubTotal....$40.67

Coupons Used
3  $2/1 Visine R-A ad Q=$6.00
1 x $2/1 Visine CatalinaQ=$2.00
2 x $1.50/1 Visine IPQ=$3.00
4 x Rimmel $3/1 eye product IPQ=$12.00
3 x Burt's Bees $1.50/1 lip color product IPQ=$4.50
Coupon Total.......$27.50

$40.67-$27.50=$13.17 +.11¢ tax=$13.28

$13 in BC came off(2 x $5, $3)leaving .28¢ left on my bill.

It seems that even though I have $20+ in PPs left on that card AND that my total owes was under $2 the register still applied my .28¢ owed to my PPs total.........

Of course this transaction was fraught with problems(as is usual at R-A).
The register took off all 3 of the R-A add Qs, one of the $1.50 Visine IPQs and then started beeping and not scanning the rest of the Qs(even the other $1.50/1 Visine IPQ which was strange because it took the first one no problem).
Qs the register scanned are listed with the item applied to on the receipt(don't know if you can see that)........

But Qs that have to be manually put through appear on the bottom of the receipt after all items are rung up.........

The manager mentioned something about the registers now won't take/scan more than 4 or 5 Qs before refusing and Corporate doesn't want the stores manually putting Qs through....even though the Qs are valid and match the item being bought. Ugh.
So now in order to not have to have Qs manually put through we need to start breaking up transactions so that we don't use more than 4 or so Qs at a clip.  What. A. Hassle.
I offered at that point to cancel this transaction and break this transaction into 2 or 3 smaller ones to comply with this policy but the manager said no, just get it done and move on. ;-)

So after manually putting the other $1.50 Visine Q through(with the manager standing there watching)the cashier tried scanning one of the Burt's Bees Qs again and it went through....huh?
We got all 3 of the $1.50/1 Burts Bees Qs scanned but the register still wouldn't scan any of the $3/1 Rimmel Qs or the $2/1 Visine Catalina Q.

So after those were put through manually, 2 x $5 and 1 x $3 Bonus Cash came off and .28¢ was applied to my Plenti Points total.
Here's the strange tally now where my Rewards are shown on the receipt.............

Where it says "Available BonusCash Rewards is the $1.72 balance of the $2 in PPs that came off my PPs total to cover the .28¢.  And notice my PPs total is now $2 less than before the transaction(Was $27.09/Now $25.09).

So according to this receipt I "only" have $1.72 in BC and earned $10 in new BC($6 for the Rimmel items and $4 for the Burt's Bees items).

But actually I went into this transaction with $28 in BC, used $13 in BC/earned $10 in BC so I now have $25 in BC + $1.72 in BC(converted from PPs)so $26.72 in BC.
Got that? lololz

I then bought 3 more of the Burt's Bees(I wanted to see if the Q would work on a color product besides the $9 one before I bought all 6 Qs worth that I had....and it did)...........

1 x Burt's Bees lip shimmer stick 20% Wellness discount=$4.39
2 x Burt's Bees lip tint 20% Wellness discount($3.99)=$7.98
Subtotal......$12.37

I used 3 x $1.50/1 Burts Bees lip color product IPQs so $4.50 off making my total $7.87 +.18¢ tax=$8.05.

A $5 BC came off so $3.05 was due and the register used $3.05 of my Plenti Points total to cover it.

Now this receipt shows I have $22.04 left in PPs, the new $4 in BC I earned on the Burt's Bees items and I have $1.72 Available Bonus Cash(which was from the last transaction).

The word on the street was that as of last week you could choose what to use to cover your total-Bonus Cash and/or Plenti Points.  But at my store, after you Wellness card is scanned you get a screen that says "Do you want to use your Reward Savings" today? and you hit the yes or no button.
No mention of Plenti Points OR Bonus Cash.
I remember I looked at the cashier and said, "What the hell is a Rewards Savings?".  She shrugged and said, "Beats me.". lololz

So what I am concluding here is that the R-A system is Firstly applying Bonus Cash to your total, then if you have PPs and a balance, your PPs get applied BUT, if your total owed is less than $2, the system takes at least $2 off your PPs balance and converts any leftover PPs not used on that transaction to BC.

Got that? 8-))

So now I have on this card..........
$25.72 in Bonus Cash(the leftover $10 from before today, the $1.72 converted from PPs, the $14 total earned in BC today)
I have $22.04 left in Plenti Points.
I have $70.81 tracking toward the Allergy Reward(didn't update that one before I took the photo).....

Also notice at the bottom of the receipt that where it tells you you earned a BonusCash reward it no longer tells the amount you earned.

And another thing, see this coupon in the ad?........

The Q is worth $2 off 1 Visine item(which you can stack with a ManuQ/IPQ).  Fine, but you can also earn a $10 BC if you purchase $40 in Visine items this week.  I don't know about you but that is a BUTT LOAD of Visine and my store doesn't even have enough bottles of Visine on the shelf every week for you to find $40 worth to purchase. lolz
After my 20% Wellness discount I'd have to buy 9 bottles of Visine to reach $40(using the lowest priced Visine products here).  Sure, it would be a .33¢ moneymaker deal after earning $10 in BC and IF I could find 6 more $1.50/1 Visine IPQs AND 6 more bottles on the shelves. 
But seriously?  Who needs 9 bottles of Visine in one fell swoop? ;-)

When all was said and done I spent down $5.31 total in assorted points/rewards on these 13 products I bought.

I don't know about you but I will be so GLAD when Rite-Aid finishes transitioning from Plenti to this BonusCash system fully!


Sluggy

It's Always Something at Rite-Aid!

So it's Wellness Wednesday.....again!
And I had to go up to get an Rx refilled so I finished the second "Spend $10/Get $3 BC" Deal on my card......

2 x Nestle h2o case=$6.00
2 x Hershey Gold bars=$1.38
SubTotal....$7.38

Coupons used
1 x $1/2 Nestle h2o IPQ=$1.00
2 x $1.50/1 Hershey Gold IPQ=$3.00
Coupon Total.....$4.00

$7.38-$4.00=$3.38
Except.....
1-a .50¢/2 Hershey L2CQ came off.
2-Bonus Cash jumped onto the transaction and kicked off my water Q and 1 of my Hershey Qs!

So the transaction became.....$7.38-$2.00=$5.38 and $5 in BC came off, leaving me owing .38¢ OOP.

I paid with a Rite-Aid gift card and then got back $2.50($1.50 and $1)in a "post Q" situation.
I also earned a new $3 BC for buying the h2o and candy bars(Spend $10/Get $3 Deal).

Rite-Aid emailed me a 25% coupon this morning so I paired that with Wellness Wednesday Qs and reg. manuQs and I found some items to buy that were cheap.......

2 x Fiber One lemon bars($3.29 25% off)=$6.58
1 x Flonase 60ct.($12.74 25% off)=$12.74
1 x Rohto eye drops($6.36 25% off)=$6.36
4 x Werther's candy drops(on sale 2/$4)=$8.00
SubTotal...........$33.68

Coupons Used
2 x $2/1 WWQ Fiber One=$4.00
2 x .50¢/1 Fiber One Q on the boxes=$1.00
1 x $5/1 Flonase WWQ=$5.00
1 x $3/1 Flonase ManuQ=$3.00
1 x $5/1 Rohto WWQ=$5.00
1 x $2/1 Rohto IPQ=$2.00
4 x $1.50/1 Werther's candy WWQ=$6.00
Coupon Total.......$26.00

$33.68-$26.00=$7.68 and Bonus Cash should have covered all but .68¢ of this total(w/that .68¢ going on my R-A gift card).

But.........
In order to get my ManuQs(2 of them)to come off, after the cashier scanned my 25% paper he took it off and at the end of the transaction it wouldn't go back on again! lolz

So my total were thus instead.......

2 x Fiber One lemon bars($3.51 20% off)=$7.02
1 x Flonase 60ct.($12.74 20% off)=$13.59
1 x Rohto eye drops($6.79 20% off)=$6.79
4 x Werther's candy drops(on sale 2/$4)=$8.00
SubTotal...........$35.40

$35.40-$26 in Qs=$9.40
$9 in BC came off and I paid .40¢ on my R-A gift card.

Then we figured the 5% difference on all but the Werther's and I got another $1.72 back in cash(post coupon)for the % that didn't come off.

So for all the above(both transactions)I used $14 in BC, earned $3 in new BC, spent .78¢ on my gift card and got $4.22 back in cash so I am "down" $7.56 for 2 cases of water, 2 candy bars, 2 boxes of snack bars, 1 bottle of Flonase, 4 bags of caramels and eye drops.

The Fiber One bars were .79¢ after stacked Qs.
The Flonase was $4.74 after stacked Qs.
The eye drops were a .64¢ moneymaker after stacked Qs.
The Werther's candy were .50¢ a bag and there's an Ibotta .75¢ rebates for the sugar-free variety and I bought 1 bag of that kind so after rebate each bag averages out to .31¢.

College Boy has been asking for some eye drops so that's why the Rohto was bought.
Daughter loves hard caramel candies so those are going into the Xmas box for her. Ssshhh
The lemon bars are something Daughter and I will eat.
And the Flonase is for me(plus I got $13.59 credit toward an Allergy Rewards BC....still need $15.45 to reach that $20 BC Reward).

And another thing, the message you get when you scan your Wellness Card has changed.....it doesn't say how many Plenti points you have(your receipt still shows them but in tiny numbers now)though it still asks you if you'd like to use your PPs.
Weird.
I wonder how much longer the PPs will be accepted at Rite-Aid?

They had some free samples out on the WW table today(there were no samples last week).....Breathe Right strips and Crest gum detoxify toothpaste tubes.

Did you find anything worth buying?

Sluggy

Sunday at Rite-Aid, Rolling BC and Converting PPS

First off after last week's wacky deals I had the cashier check my Wellness accounts/coupons and Bonus Cash loaded to them.
"Supposedly" your Bonus Cash should be visible online when you log into your Wellness account at the Rite-Aid site, along with your Load2Card coupons.
I checked all three accounts online at home and NO BC is showing on my card, and only 1 x $20 BC on each of the other cards.  My card should have 1 x $20 BC, daughter's card and son's card each should have 2 x $20 BC attached.  I know that most of the $20 BCs I earned the first week of January when buying diapers on all 3 cards never showed in the online Load2Card place.

So I had the cashier(since she wasn't busy)check each of my card's L2C info and yes, all $100 in BC I had earned are on each of the cards they were earned on.
*Big sigh of relief that I don't have to argue with Corporate on the phone due to missing BC.*

With everything as it should be on my cards in "Bonus Cash Land", here's what I got at Rite-Aid today.

First on the Daughter's card...........

2 x Remfresh on sale but 20% off price better=$15.98
2 x Daylogic razor blades on sale=$16.00
2 x Tic Tacs(clearanced flavor)=$1.68*
SubTotal.......$33.66

Coupons Used
2 x $5/1 Remfresh(1 ManuQ/1 IPQ)=$10.00

$33.66-$10.00=$23.66 + .28¢tax=$23.94

$20 in BC came off making it $3.94 OOP.
I paid with $3.94 in Plenti Points.
I earned back $22 in new Bonus Cash(2 x $8 razor blades, 2 x $3 Remfresh)

I used $20 BC and earned back $22 BC and spent down PPs by $3.94

*I bought the Tic Tacs because they are part of a BC deal this week-Altoids or Tic Tac are 2 for $3 and earn $1 in BC wyb2.  Evidently the clearanced Tic Tacs don't count for this deal.  Oh well, it was worth a try.  I can either keep these(still a good price)or return them.

Then I bought this lot on my son's card...........

1 x Remfresh on sale but 20% off price better=$7.99
2 x Daylogic razor blades on sale=$16.00
2 x Playtex tampons on sale=$7.00
2 x Prego sauce on sale=$3.00
SubTotal.......$33.99

Coupons Used
1 x $5/1 Remfresh IPQ=$5.00
2 x $2/1 Playtex tampons IPQ=$4.00
1 x $1/2 Prego IPQ=$1.00
Coupon Total......$10.00

$33.99-$10.00=$23.99 + .40¢tax=$24.39

A $20 Bonus Cash came off so $4.39 OOP.
I paid $4.39 with Plenti Points.
I earned back $23 back in new BC(2 x $8 razor blades, $3 Remfresh, $3 Playtex, $1 Prego).

I used $20 BC and earned back $23 BC and spent down PPs by $4.39.

After coupons and BC earned, the tampons, razor blades and Remfresh are free this week(besides sales tax if that applies in your state-limit 2 deals per card).

The razor blades are straight up $8/Get $8 back in BC.

The tampons are on sale for 2/$7, there are $2/1 Qs on coupons dotcom and they give back $3 in BC when you two 2,(limit 2 deals per card so you can get up to 4 packages)so free after all is applied.

The Remfresh are on sale for $8(or $7.99 if you have Gold Wellness discount), there is a $5 Q available online and this gives back $3 in BC(limit 2 deals per card).

The Prego(using IPQs I've been holding onto for a couple of months now so no longer available to print)was .50¢ per jar after sale/Q/$1 BC wyb2.

I wanted to go up Sunday morning since the Remfresh and razor blades are usually in short supply around here.  I'll go back later in the week for more tampons and sauce probably.

Now I am off to go organize the toiletry stockpile some more and work on February's giveaway box.
Anybody have any requests for specific goodies for the next Giveaway??


Sluggy

What a Frickin' Disaster.....But In a Good Way!

Ok, I spent a LOT of time in Rite-Aid on Friday.  It's all good though because I  brought home lots of items and spent no money OOP(I did spend Bonus Cash, Catalinas and Plenti Points but not as many as I should have evidently).

I can't even begin to detail how the transactions went down because....it got real messy. lolz

A-an employee put the wrong signage on a shelf so 1 Tide I bought didn't qualify for sale or BC which messed up that transaction and there was a return/rebuy and then I didn't have the Load2CardQ to spend again, yadda, yadda, yadda.
B-I tried to use a 30% off email but the items I bought in that transaction that were on sale for BOGO50% didn't give me the better 30% off on them, evidently because the register/computer saw "50% off" and decided that the BOGO50% off(which is effectively 25% off all item involved)was a better deal than a straight 30% off email sale.  So there was more return/rebuy and price modifying and I believe the cashier returned two items I didn't actually buy(bought 4, he returned 6?)so how do we go about fixing that problem inside of another problem?, yadda, yadda, yadda.

In the end I did two transactions on my Daughter's card/account and FIVE transactions on my Son's card/account(two actual transactions, THREE return/rebuys to fix the problems in the actual transactions).
Ugh.
In the returns/rebuys I did end up with another $9.81 in cash.....wtf???  I seriously don't know what happened here. lolz

Let me just tell you that if you got a 30% off on Friday or Saturday email only attempt to use it once.  If you try to do two transactions and use it both times, the computer system won't take it the second time.
Though the coupon in the email you get is the same number for everyone, it only becomes valid/active with your card is swiped/read and it will only work once with your card.  Ask me how I know this? ;-)

Let me just show you the photos of what I got on Friday and then show you a list of everything I got this week at Rite-Aid total and what it all "cost" me, ok?

Friday's haul.......

Oops, I almost forgot these two.....

And the paper products........

List of items bought at Rite-Aid the Week of January 21st--among 3 accounts/cards

*  2 cases H2O
*  4 12 roll packs Scott tp
*  5  18 roll packs Scott tp
*  4 6-pack Scott paper towels
*  4 6-packs Klenex tissue
*  1 18-pack Cottonelle tp
*  3 Irish Spring body wash
*  3 Soft Soap body wash
*  2 packs U-Kotex tampons
*  8 Hershey candy bars
*  2 Tide detergent
*  1 Gain detergent
*  2 L'Oreal shampoo
*  9 Right Guard extreme deodorant
*  4 Dial liquid hand soap
*  4 Neutrogena facial cleanser
*  6 Muscle Milk protein bars

I started the week with $120 in Bonus Cash and $303.71 in Plenti Points.
I ended the week with $100 in Bonus Cash and $265.06 in Plenti Points and $37.67 in cash monies.

In total I spent down $38.65 in Plenti Points, spent down $20 in Bonus Cash, spent $25 in Catalinas earned this week(5 x $5 Cats earned on 5 paper products transactions).

I now have $20 BC on my card(new), $40 BC on son's card(2 new) and $40 BC(1 old, 1 new)on daughter's card so $100 in BC between the 3 cards/accounts, $265.06 Plenti Points left to spend between the 3 cards/accounts, $37.67 in new cash(which went into the postQ/refund envelope) and $398.37 worth of reg. retail value goods I brought home.

Plus I'll be getting another $5.99 in cash rebates($4.99 for buying 3 of the Right Guards AND $1 for buying 2 of the Dial liquid hand soaps)from SavingStar when they get around to posting it to my account there(making it $43.66 back in cash refunds/rebates total for Rite-Aid this week).

Didn't I tell you it's a glorious mess!  8-)))

Sluggy

What I Got at Rite-Aid This Week

Wednesday was the 1st Wed. of the month, thus it was Wellness Wednesday at my Rite-Aid store.
There was a special sheet of coupons good for that day only too.
Plus I had a $5 off $50 purchase Catalina for my Wellness card that was expiring on Thursday I wanted to try to use.

I was going to do the P&G Spend $30/Get $10 PPs Deal by buying a bunch of Pantene but I seriously don't need any more shampoo!  Plus, my store was already out of the 3 Minute Miracle Pantene Conditioner so I couldn't utilize the BOPanteneGO3MinuteMiracleCon.Free Qs for this Deals so I punted and came up with a substitute plan.

There were Tena and Conair Wet Flex Qs in the one day Q Ad that I could pair with reg. Manu Qs and In-Ad Qs for the toothbrushes, plus the toothbrushes double dipped and the Remfresh generated PPs.

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

2 x Tena overnight underwear Wellnes 20%off discount($11.99)=$23.98
2 x Remfresh sleep aid Wellness 20%off discount($7.99)=$15.98
1 x Conair Wet Flex hairbrush Wellness 20%off discount=$6.39
2 x Arm and Hammer battery operated toothbrushes on sale($5.99)=$11.98
Subtotal........$58.33

Coupons Used
1 x $5 wyspend $50 CatalinaQ=$5.00
2 x $10/1 Tena underwear One Day SaleQ=$20.00
2 x $5/1 Tena underwear IPQs=$10.00
2 x $5/1 Remfresh ManuQ=$10.00
1 x $5/1 Conair Wet Flex One Day SaleQ=$5.00
1 x $2/1 Conair Wet Flex CatalinaQ=$2.00
2 x $2/1 Arm/Hammer Toothbrush In-AdQ=$4.00
Coupon Total........$56.00

$58.33-$56.00=$2.33 +.30¢ tax=$2.63 OOP

Except that for some reason the register wouldn't take my $5/1 hairbrush WellnessQ so my total was $7.63(w/out that $5Q).

I thought maybe the CatalinaQ and the WellnessQ didn't want to "stack" so I said take off the $2 CatQ and just put the $5 WellnessQ through, that's fine by me only using 1 of the Qs.
But instead the manager said I'll just give you $5 cash and we'll treat this as a "post coupon" situation to which I said, "Yes."  Heck, why not, right?

So my card was deducted $7.63 in Plenti Points and I got $5 cash.

But.........you knew there was a but coming, didn't you? ;-).......I also earned $10 in new Plenti Points for this transaction.
2 x $3 for buying 2 Remfresh(limit 2 deals per card).
2 x $1 for buying 2 Arm/Hammer toothbrushes
1 x $2 for buying 2 Arm/Hammer toothbrushes(a monthly deal? wyb in lots of 2)-Only two varieties of the Arm/Hammer toothbrushes qualify to double dip both toothbrush deals so be careful which you select.
Except I ended up getting $12 in Plenti Points back.

The cashier hit the submit button to total out the transaction BEFORE I handed her my stack of coupons......I was standing there holding them out and waiting for her to get to the point she could scan then and she just had a blond moment and forgot to take them. ugh.
So she had to return all the items and ring them up again in a new transaction.

But, here's the dirty little secret about Rite-Aid and Plenti Points.............
When you have to re-ring your items, the Plenti Points that you used and were deducted from your account to pay, when they get returned to your account(for the return)if you bought anything that earned new Plenti Points those don't get taken off your account.
So I earned $10 in Plenti Points for the transaction that had to be returned.

Then I earned another $2 in Plenti Points on the 2 toothbrushes again.  There were 2 PP Deals on those, while the weekly earns $1 on each toothbrush bought(limit of 2 deals), the monthly PP Deal which earned $2 if you bought 2 per transaction has a limit of 4 deals.  So I earned a second $2 PP Deal on re-buying the toothbrushes.  I suppose one could return and re-buy the toothbrushes two more times and earn the limit of 4 deals and another $4 back in PPs.  But really, that's not very ethical, is it?
I don't do this(make the cashier mess up)to purposely earn more PPs than I am due and really the store staff can't do anything about taking the PPs back from me(which would be fine by me if they did).  It's a flaw in the system that I don't try to exploit.  It's up to Rite-Aid to fix it if it's a problem.  I just go with whatever happens. 8-)

So I earned $12 in new Plenti Points instead of $10 in new PPs.

And then when I got home I uploaded my receipt to Checkout51 and claimed 2 x $2 in cash rebates for the 2 packs of Tena.

For those keeping score at home......
Spent down $7.63 in Plenti Points
Earned $12 in new Plenti Points
Earned $4 in cash rebates
Got $5 in "post Q" cash.
So I am "up" $13.37 in cash/PPs and I have all the items pictured above to use and/or give away.

The Tena after sale price, Qs and rebate were -$5.01 or I was paid $5.01 each to take those home.
The Remfresh after sale price, Qs and PPs earned were -.01¢ each or I was paid .02¢ to take those home.
The Conair hairbrush was -.61¢ or I was paid .61¢ to take that home.
The Arm/Hammer toothbrushes were .99¢ each after sale price, Qs and double dipping PPs earned but my $5 wyspend $50 covered that OOP amount basically.

This back-up plan worked much better than the plan I was originally going to implement.
No shampoo to get rid of, just items I have a plan for that were moneymakers. 8-)))

Sluggy

The Return of the Rite-Aid Posts

Saturday I had some Rxs to pick up and I also bought this stuff here...........

6 x Orbit gum packs on sale $1 each=$6.00
3 x Mentos Now mints on sale $1 each=$3.00
SubTotal......$9.00

Coupons Used
3 x .50/2 Orbit Manu Qs=$1.50
1 x BOGOF Mentos Now Mints Manu Q=$1.00
Coupon Total.......$2.50

$9.00-$2.50=$6.00 + .12¢tax=$6.12 Paid with Plenti Points.

I earned back $3 in new PPs(2 x $1 wyb3 Orbit gum, $1 wyb3 Mentos mints)so I "spent down" $3.12 in PPs.


Another Rx picked up on Tuesday so I bought this too......

8 x Mentos rolls on sale 4/$2=$4.00

I had a $1 wyspend $4 on Candy Rite-Aid Catalina that kicked out on Saturday so this cost me $3.00 for all, which was paid for with Plenti Points.

I also earned back $2 in new PPs($1 wyb2 Mentos x 2)so in the end all 8 rolls cost me $1 in Plenti Points.

17 packages of candy/gum for $4.12 in Plenti Points.
These will make cheap stocking stuffers for Christmas(or I can give some out for Trick or Treating at Halloween, or I can tuck some into future Giveaway boxes).  8-)

Sluggy

Rite-Aid Moneymakers This Week

I combined a free coupon, 3 cash rebate offers, 2 "try me free" rebate offers with other coupons and sale prices and a gloriously mucked up transaction at the register to buy all this at Rite-Aid on Tuesday.........

First off the Blizzard Points qualifying items--

1 x Schwarzkopf Gliss shampoo 20% wellness disc.=$5.83
1 x Schwarzkopf hair color 20% wellness disc.=$8.79
2 x Purex detergent on sale=$3.98
2 x Finish dishwashing tabs on sale BOGO=$6.79
1 x Coke 12 pack on sale=$4.99
SubTotal.....$30.38

Now the non Blizzard Points items--
2 x Noxema razors on sale=$5.98
3 x Colgate toothbrushes/toothpaste on sale=$10.50
SubTota....$16.48

SubTotal ALL....$46.86

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 Schwarzkopf shampoo ManuQ=$2.00
1 x $3/1 Schwarzkopf hair color ManuQ=$3.00
1 x $1/2 Purex detergent ManuQ=$1.00
1 x Free Coke 12 pack Q(mycoke rewards)=$4.99
2 x $2/1 Noxema razors IPQ=$4.00
3 x $2/1 Colgate item RA in-ad Q=$6.00
3 x .75¢/1 Colgate item IPQ=$2.25
Coupon Total..........$23.24

$46.86-23.24=$23.62 + .82¢tax=$24.44

I also had 2 Plenti points offers/coupons that had printed on older receipts to use-1 for $2 in PPs wyb 1 Purex(x 2)and 1 for $2 in PPs wyb $10 in Oral Care items in 1 transaction.
Neither of these worked when the cashier scanned them(or so we thought)so she just took of 3 x $2 off my order, which turned the total into this..........$24.44-$6.00=$18.44, which I paid for with Plenti Points.

When I got home I saw that I had earned back $14 in Plenti points--$2(2 x $1 wyb Noxema razors), $10 wyb $30 of Blizzard point items and another $2 wyb $10 in Oral Care.

So it looks like the register DID take the $2 Oral Care PPs Q so I ended up getting it twice thanks to the cashier. 8-)

So we are at $18.44-$14 in new PPs=$4.44 "down" in PPs.

BUT......
The hair color and shampoo also qualified me for cash rebates-
$2 on the 'poo in SavingStar
$3 on the hair dye in Savingstar
$2 on the hair dye in Checkout51(which I have already sent for as it expires today)
For a total of $7 cash back from these sources.
* There is also a Spend $25/Get $5 Back Purex Deal in Savingstar(which my Purex purchase qualifies for)but I doubt I'll finish that one and receive that rebate.

PLUS.....
There are two Try Me Free Offers on both the Schwarzkopf items that runs through the end of 2017
These offers are full price after any coupons used in the transactions.
And yes, I broke my transaction into two transactions just so I would have two receipts to send for each of these rebates.  ;-)
So I'll get another $3.83 for the 'poo($5.83 paid-$2Q)and $5.79 for the hair color($8.79-$3Q), so $9.62 total in cash back.

Let's recap.
Spent in PPs after paying....$4.44
Total cash back from all offers....$16.62
Results......a $12.18 moneymaker!

I love getting paid to bring things home from Rite-Aid. 8-)))

Sluggy

Epic Rite-Aid Shop...Paid $6.22 to Buy All This

After I sat down with my pencil, paper and calculator and figured out this deal fully, I just had to go to Rite-Aid and bring home some more freebies(after sale/coupons/points earned/cash rebates).
I had gotten a $10 off wyb $50 non-prescription items coupons printed on a receipt last week so it made this transaction a moneymaker. 8-)))

Here is what I got.....

1 x Caress Body Wash 20% Wellness disc.=$4.23
1 x Axe Shower Gel 20% Wellness disc.=$4.79
1 x Dove +Men's Body Wash 20% Wellness disc.=$5.03
2 x Dove Soap 6 pack on sale 2/$14=$14.00
2 x Suave Body Wash 20% Wellness disc.$2.31=$4.62
3 x Tresemme Shampoo on sale $4=$12.00
2 x Suave Profesionals Shampoo on sale 2/$6=$6.00
2 x Suave Gold Shampoo on sale 2/$6=$6.00
SubTotal........$56.67+$1.61 tax=$58.28

Coupons Used
1 x $10/$50 R-A receipt Q=$10.00
1 x $1/1 Caress ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $3/2 Dove BW or Soap ManuQ=$3.00
1 x BOGO Suave BWash IPQ=$3.00(scanned automatically for $3 off)
1 x $5/3 Tresemme ManuQ=$5.00
1 x $2/2 Suave Professionals ManuQ=$2.00
1 x $3/2 Suave gold ManuQ=$3.00
Coupon Total......$27.00

$58.28-$27.00=$31.28
I used $31.28 in Plenti Points to pay.

Then I earned the following with this transaction........

* $9 in new Plenti Points($3 wyb $12 in Dove soap/body wash(men's didn't count for this), 2 x $3 wyb $10 Suave/Tresemme)
* $8 in my Checkout51 account($4 for buying the Caress/Axe and $4 for buying 1 Dove soap/Dove +Mens body wash).
* $9 in my Ibotta account($4 for buying the Caress/Axe and $5 for buying 1 Dove soap/Dove+ Men's body wash)
* $11.50 in my SavingStar account($1 Caress, $1 Dove soap, $1 Dove+Men's, $2/2 Suave body wash, $3/2 Tresemme, $2/2 Suave Gold, $1.50/2 Suave Professionals)

So in the end, I "spent down" my Plenti Points by $22.28($31.28-$9 in new points)and earned $28.50 in cash rebates, making this a $6.22 "moneymaker" purchase.

This Plenti card had over $102 in points on it so I can afford to lose some of my point tally on it, even with Black Friday coming, I still have $80 in Plenti Points to roll on the freebies for the BF sales.

Sluggy

Quickie Rite-Aid Porn

While refilling an Rx at Rite-Aid these jumped into my order this past week.........

1 x Crest toothpaste on sale=$3.50
1 x Oral-B toothbrush on sale=$3.50
Subtotal..$7.00

Coupons Used
1 x $1/1 Crest toothpaste ManuQ=$1.00
1 x $1/1 Oral-B toothbrush ManuQ=$1.00
(Both Qs were in Sunday's P&G coupons insert.)
Total....$2.00

$7.00-$2.00=$5.00 OOP
I used $5 in Plenti Points to pay and earned back $5 in new Plenti Points($2.50 for each item) so these were free after PPs.

In all likelihood I won't be back to Rite-Aid for anything other than medications and maybe a gift card that gives back PPs until the Black Friday sales start on the 24th.
I hope Sonya Ann can hold out that long for more Rite-Aid posts. lolz

Sluggy

Rite-Aid This Week

I went up to Rite-Aid on Tuesday for this week's moneymakers......

Two identical transactions, one on each Wellness card--

2 x Cover Girl eyebrow pencils BOGO50% sale=$5.98
2 x Cover Girl eye shadow BOGO50% sale=$5.08
SubTotal.....$11.06 + .12¢ tax=$11.18

Coupons Used
1 x $3/1 Cover Girl product IPQ=$3.00
3 x $2/1 Cover Girl product IPQ=$6.00
Coupon Total......$9.00

$11.18-$9.00=$2.18
I paid with Plenti Points and earned back $4.00 in new Plenti Points(2 x $2.00 in PPs wyb 2 Cover Girl), making each transaction a $1.82 "moneymaker".

Rinse and repeat.

Luckily I had 2 prints of the $3/1 Cover Girl IPQ(coupons dotcom)before the site pulled it.  Then they reset that Q to a $2/1 Cover Girl one and I could print 6 more of those(using 3 computers-2 prints per computer).

If I had used both $3/1 Qs in the same transaction my total after sale/Qs would have been under $2 and I wouldn't have been able to use Plenti points on that transaction so this is why I split the Qs up the way I did.

Since I don't use make-up all these items go into/were bought specifically for my giveaway box goodies and will be showing up in some of my upcoming Giveaways.

Just trying to "grow" my Plenti Points in preparation for all those Black Friday R-A Deals where what you spend, you get back in equivalent points(=free stuff!).

What did you find for free/cheap at the drugstores lately?


Sluggy

Can It Be?....I Went to Rite-Aid?!

Why yes, yes I did. ;-)

I have missed going so much and there were a couple of items I could pick up this week for better than free, so why not?
Did this transaction on my son's card.........

4 x Mentos mints 2/$3 on sale=$6.00
1 x Colgate toothpaste on sale=$3.50
SubTotal.....$9.50

Coupons Used
2 x BOGO Mento mints IPQ=$3.00
1 x $1/1 Colgate optic white paste IPQ=$1.00*this one is no longer available online*
Total....$4.00

$9.50-$4.00=$5.50

I used $5.50 in Plenti points to pay and earned back $7 in new Plenti points($2 x 2 Mentos, $3 Colgate).
I got paid $1.50 to take this stuff home.

I'll print off another few coupons(2 more bogo Mentos and a $1/2 Colgate)and, using my Wellness card, get better than free mints and while the toothpaste won't be better than free with this other coupon available, it will be at least free. We'll hit some Rite-Aid along the way to Virginia this weekend to use them.  I hope they have the Wintergreen variety of Mentos at one of those stores.
 I can give the toothpaste to my brother and his wife since we are staying with them.

Sluggy