Remember the post about the 14 Free After Rebate Items and the Cheap Herbal Essences Shampoo Idea HERE?
Here's the Scenario I've worked out in my head....it's nuts, but read on.lolol
Transaction #1
Buy...
2 Herbal Essences 'Poo $5.00
1 Breathe Again $7.99
1 Comtrex $3.99
1 Simply Saline $3.99
$20.97
Use Coupons
$5 off $20 AdPerks Q
$1/1 Herbal Essences
BOGO Herbal Essences($2.50)
$8.50
Pay $12.47 OOP(plus tax if applicable)
Transaction #2
Buy....
4 Herbal Essences $10.00
1 Chloraseptic Allergen Block $9.99
1 Sucrets $2.99
1 Carmex Lip Balm $2.29
$25.27
Use Coupons
$5 off $25
$1/1 Herbal Essences x 2=$2.00
BOGO Herbal Essences($2.50)x 2=$5.00
$1.50/1 Carmex
$13.50
Pay $11.77 OOP(plus tax if applicable)
Transaction #3
Buy....
4 Herbal Essences $10.00
1 Bee M.D. Drops $2.49
1 Simply Saline $4.99
1 Throat Coolers $2.99
1 Carmex Lip Balm 3 pack $1.99
$22.46
Use Coupons
$5 off $20 AdPerks Q
$1/1 Herbal Essences x 2=$2.00
BOGO Herbal Essences($2.50)x 2=$5.00
$1.00/1 Throat Coolers
$13.00
Pay $9.46 OOP(plus tax if applicable)
Transaction #4
Buy....
2 Herbal Essences $5.00
1 Bodiheat $2.99
1 Sinus Buster $8.99
1 Dr. Thompson's Cold War $3.99
$20.97
Use Coupons
$5 off $20 AdPerks Rite-Aid Q
$1/1 Herbal Essences x 2=$2.00
BOGO Herbal Essences($2.50)x 2=$5.00
$8.50
Pay $12.47 OOP(plus tax if applicable)
TOTALS....
Out of Pocket $46.17
Submit for SCRs(#1,3,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19)=$59.67
Submit for Bee M.D. $1 Rebate=$1.00
Submit for P&G Offer #77 Spend $30/Get $10 Gift Card
You spend $46.17(plus applicable tax) and Rite-Aid & Bee M.D. together will refund you $60.67 and a $10 Rite-Aid Gift Card.
And you get $89.67 worth of merchandise. (Sale price value, regular retail is higher.)
Can you say $14.50 OVERAGE and a $10 Gift Card??
And I didn't even have to buy Poli-Grip. lol
Ok, I am done with my Rite-Aid jag now....
Sluggy
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Friday's Rite-Aid Run....2 Transactions
I have been on a bit of a Rite-Aid JAG lately haven't I?
Besides running out to spend a $7 OYNO Cat that was expiring this week, I haven't been in a store, until yesterday when I went to Rite-Aid to do my scenario that I posted HERE.
Here is what I actually got....
Transaction #1
Scalpicin Wipes $4.49
Pure Sea Nasal Rinse unadvertised special $9.99
Band-Aids on sale $2.00
2 x Clean & Clear Face Scrub on sale $4.50=$9.00
SubTotal $25.48
COUPONS USED
Rite-Aid $5 off $25 IP Q=$5.00
Scalpicin $1/1 IP Q=$1.00
Pure Sea $3/1 IP Q=$3.00
Pure Sea $4/1 Rite-Aid/AdPerks Q=$4.00
Band-Aids $1/1 Manu. Q=$1.00
2 x Clean & Clear $1/1 Manu. Q=$2.00
2 x Clean & Clear $3/1 Rite-Aid/AdPerks Q=$6.00
Coupon TOTAL $22.00
$25.48-$22.00=$3.48+.27tax=$3.75 OOP
And I qualified for a $4.49 SCR (Scalpicin), a $3 SCR(Pure Sea)& have $11(Band-Aid/Clean & Clears) toward the J&J Spend $25/Get $10 SCR.
So I went back later and did this....
Transaction #2
Aviva Glucose Meter on sale $9.99
St. Joseph Aspirin on sale $7.99
Twin Pack Reach Toothbrushes on sale $2.99
2 x Band-Aids on sale $2=$4.00
Water Bottle on sale $.50
SubTotal $25.47
COUPONS USED
$5 off $25 Rite-Aid IP Q=$5.00
Aviva Meter $10/1 Manu. Q(adjusted down)=$9.99
St. Joseph $1/1 Manu. Q=$1.00
Reach Toothbrush $2/1 Manu. Q=$2.00
2 x Band-Aids $1/1 Manu. Q=$2.00
SutTotal $19.99
$25.47-$19.99=$5.48(no taxable items) OOP
I qualified for a $2 SCR(St. Josephs) and with another $14.99 toward the J&J SCR, I have 'spent' over $25 and qualify for the $10 SCR for that deal.
Friday's total OOP=$9.23.
I received merchandise valued at $86.70.
I qualified for SCRs in the amount of $19.49.
After rebates, I will have an Overage of $10.26 for the week!
Monthly Total so far....
Merchandise valued at $164.81
Out of Pocket of $23.44
SCR earned $48.86
OVERAGE of $25.42!
Sluggy
Besides running out to spend a $7 OYNO Cat that was expiring this week, I haven't been in a store, until yesterday when I went to Rite-Aid to do my scenario that I posted HERE.
Here is what I actually got....
Transaction #1
Scalpicin Wipes $4.49
Pure Sea Nasal Rinse unadvertised special $9.99
Band-Aids on sale $2.00
2 x Clean & Clear Face Scrub on sale $4.50=$9.00
SubTotal $25.48
COUPONS USED
Rite-Aid $5 off $25 IP Q=$5.00
Scalpicin $1/1 IP Q=$1.00
Pure Sea $3/1 IP Q=$3.00
Pure Sea $4/1 Rite-Aid/AdPerks Q=$4.00
Band-Aids $1/1 Manu. Q=$1.00
2 x Clean & Clear $1/1 Manu. Q=$2.00
2 x Clean & Clear $3/1 Rite-Aid/AdPerks Q=$6.00
Coupon TOTAL $22.00
$25.48-$22.00=$3.48+.27tax=$3.75 OOP
And I qualified for a $4.49 SCR (Scalpicin), a $3 SCR(Pure Sea)& have $11(Band-Aid/Clean & Clears) toward the J&J Spend $25/Get $10 SCR.
So I went back later and did this....
Aviva Glucose Meter on sale $9.99
St. Joseph Aspirin on sale $7.99
Twin Pack Reach Toothbrushes on sale $2.99
2 x Band-Aids on sale $2=$4.00
Water Bottle on sale $.50
SubTotal $25.47
COUPONS USED
$5 off $25 Rite-Aid IP Q=$5.00
Aviva Meter $10/1 Manu. Q(adjusted down)=$9.99
St. Joseph $1/1 Manu. Q=$1.00
Reach Toothbrush $2/1 Manu. Q=$2.00
2 x Band-Aids $1/1 Manu. Q=$2.00
SutTotal $19.99
$25.47-$19.99=$5.48(no taxable items) OOP
I qualified for a $2 SCR(St. Josephs) and with another $14.99 toward the J&J SCR, I have 'spent' over $25 and qualify for the $10 SCR for that deal.
Friday's total OOP=$9.23.
I received merchandise valued at $86.70.
I qualified for SCRs in the amount of $19.49.
After rebates, I will have an Overage of $10.26 for the week!
Monthly Total so far....
Merchandise valued at $164.81
Out of Pocket of $23.44
SCR earned $48.86
OVERAGE of $25.42!
Sluggy
Friday, October 9, 2009
Rite-Aid Deals for the Week of 10/11-10/17 & a Great Deal on 'Poo
So this coming week at Rite-Aid, 10/11 to 10/17, is going to be FREEBIE HEAVEN!
There are going to be FOURTEEN, Count 'em, FOURTEEN Items FREE After Single Check Rebate Offers! Buy these items and submit your sales receipt(s) online and Rite-Aid will send you a check equal to what you spent on them(before sales tax).
With so many items available you can surely find $20 or $25 worth that you can use. Then you can use the $5 off a $20 purchase(Ad Perks)coupon or the $5 off a $25 purchase online coupon good until 12/19/09, located HERE, and turn your purchase into at least a $5 Moneymaker!
If you buy all 14 Freebies the cost totals $59.67 before tax. You could group these all into 2 transactions over $25 each, use a $5 off $25 coupon on each transaction and pay $49.67(before tax) for all 14 and receive a SCR of $59.67 back!
Or figure out how to group them into 3 groups of $20(with some other items you need to buy so the combined total equals $60 or more) and you can use 3 of the $5 off $20 Ad Perks Coupons to get $15 OFF your total.
Here are the Fourteen Free After Rebate Items....
SCR #1 Carmex Moisture Plus Lip Balm $2.29-$2.29SCR
People who subscribe to their newsletter are getting links to $1.50 off coupon sent to them in their email. Get on the mailing list for the newsletter HERE and you might just get a link to an online coupon.
SCR #3 Sucrets Throat Lozenges 18 ct or
Ice Pop 6 ct $2.99-$2.99SCR
SCR #9 Comtrex 20 ct $3.99-$3.99SCR
SCR #10 Breath Again SinoMarine Nasal Spray 3.3 oz $7.99-$7.99SCR
SCR #11 Beyond BodiHeat Pain Relieving Heat Pads 3-4 ct $2.99-$2.99SCR
SCR #12 Children’s Throat Cooler 6 ct $2.99-$2.99SCR
-$1 Children’s Throat Cooler COUPON
SCR #13 Dr. Thompson’s Coldwar 20 ct $3.99-$3.99SCR
SCR #14 Simply Saline Nasal Mist Cold Menthol 3 oz $4.99-$4.99SCR
-$1 Simply Saline or Wound Wash Saline SS 7/26/09
-$1 Simply Saline, any SS 1/11/09
SCR #15 Simply Saline Children’s Nasal Mist 1.5 oz $3.99-$3.99SCR
-$1 Simply Saline or Wound Wash Saline SS 7/26/09
-$1 Simply Saline, any SS 1/11/09
SCR #16 Bee M.D. Throat Drops Cough Suppressants, Natural Honey or Honey Lemon 21 ct $2.49-$2.49SCR
-$1 bee m.d. Mail-In Rebate
SCR #17 Chloraseptic Allergen Block Gel 20 ct $9.99-$9.99SCR
-$3 Chloraseptic Allergen Block SS 5/3/09
SCR #18 Carmex Lip Balm 3 pk Tube .35 oz $1.99-$1.99SCR
SCR #19 Sinus Buster or Allergy Buster 20 ml $8.99-$8.99SCR
SCR #128
Poligrip Denture Adhesive Cream .75 oz $1.99-$1.99SCR
-$1.99 super poligrip .75 oz (free up to $3.99) rp 10/04/09
-$1.00 off Internet Coupon HERE
There are reports that some of these products can be found with Peelie Coupons on them too!
In addition to the SCR items, here's an idea I saw to get some shampoo very inexpensively.
Rite-Aid has a variety of Proctor & Gamble items this week that qualify you to receive a $10 Rite-Aid Gift Card when you purchase $30 worth of products. Among those products is Herbal Essences Shampoo, on sale for $2.50 a bottle.
There is suppose to be a new Herbal Essence BOGO coupon in the P&G coupon insert this Sunday.
If that BOGO Q materializes, here's the idea....
Buy 12 Herbal Essences Shampoos.
$2.50x12=$30
Use 6 BOGO Herbal Essence Qs & 6 $1/1 Herbal Essence Qs(from RP insert 9/13).
6x$2.50=$15 & 6x$1=$6 equals $21 off.
Since your total is over $25, use a $5 off $25 purchase Rite-Aid Q too.
$21+$5=$26 off.
$30-$26=$4 Out of Pocket(before sales tax) AND you qualify for a $10 Rite-Aid Gift Card.
12 Bottles of 'Poo for $4 breaks down to .34¢ a bottle!
And a Free $10 Gift Card to boot!!
I'm up to my ears in 'Poo here but for $4OOP and a Free GC, I might not be able to resist!lolol
Sluggy
There are going to be FOURTEEN, Count 'em, FOURTEEN Items FREE After Single Check Rebate Offers! Buy these items and submit your sales receipt(s) online and Rite-Aid will send you a check equal to what you spent on them(before sales tax).
With so many items available you can surely find $20 or $25 worth that you can use. Then you can use the $5 off a $20 purchase(Ad Perks)coupon or the $5 off a $25 purchase online coupon good until 12/19/09, located HERE, and turn your purchase into at least a $5 Moneymaker!
If you buy all 14 Freebies the cost totals $59.67 before tax. You could group these all into 2 transactions over $25 each, use a $5 off $25 coupon on each transaction and pay $49.67(before tax) for all 14 and receive a SCR of $59.67 back!
Or figure out how to group them into 3 groups of $20(with some other items you need to buy so the combined total equals $60 or more) and you can use 3 of the $5 off $20 Ad Perks Coupons to get $15 OFF your total.
Here are the Fourteen Free After Rebate Items....
SCR #1 Carmex Moisture Plus Lip Balm $2.29-$2.29SCR
People who subscribe to their newsletter are getting links to $1.50 off coupon sent to them in their email. Get on the mailing list for the newsletter HERE and you might just get a link to an online coupon.
SCR #3 Sucrets Throat Lozenges 18 ct or
Ice Pop 6 ct $2.99-$2.99SCR
SCR #9 Comtrex 20 ct $3.99-$3.99SCR
SCR #10 Breath Again SinoMarine Nasal Spray 3.3 oz $7.99-$7.99SCR
SCR #11 Beyond BodiHeat Pain Relieving Heat Pads 3-4 ct $2.99-$2.99SCR
SCR #12 Children’s Throat Cooler 6 ct $2.99-$2.99SCR
-$1 Children’s Throat Cooler COUPON
SCR #13 Dr. Thompson’s Coldwar 20 ct $3.99-$3.99SCR
SCR #14 Simply Saline Nasal Mist Cold Menthol 3 oz $4.99-$4.99SCR
-$1 Simply Saline or Wound Wash Saline SS 7/26/09
-$1 Simply Saline, any SS 1/11/09
SCR #15 Simply Saline Children’s Nasal Mist 1.5 oz $3.99-$3.99SCR
-$1 Simply Saline or Wound Wash Saline SS 7/26/09
-$1 Simply Saline, any SS 1/11/09
SCR #16 Bee M.D. Throat Drops Cough Suppressants, Natural Honey or Honey Lemon 21 ct $2.49-$2.49SCR
-$1 bee m.d. Mail-In Rebate
SCR #17 Chloraseptic Allergen Block Gel 20 ct $9.99-$9.99SCR
-$3 Chloraseptic Allergen Block SS 5/3/09
SCR #18 Carmex Lip Balm 3 pk Tube .35 oz $1.99-$1.99SCR
SCR #19 Sinus Buster or Allergy Buster 20 ml $8.99-$8.99SCR
SCR #128
Poligrip Denture Adhesive Cream .75 oz $1.99-$1.99SCR
-$1.99 super poligrip .75 oz (free up to $3.99) rp 10/04/09
-$1.00 off Internet Coupon HERE
There are reports that some of these products can be found with Peelie Coupons on them too!
In addition to the SCR items, here's an idea I saw to get some shampoo very inexpensively.
Rite-Aid has a variety of Proctor & Gamble items this week that qualify you to receive a $10 Rite-Aid Gift Card when you purchase $30 worth of products. Among those products is Herbal Essences Shampoo, on sale for $2.50 a bottle.
There is suppose to be a new Herbal Essence BOGO coupon in the P&G coupon insert this Sunday.
If that BOGO Q materializes, here's the idea....
Buy 12 Herbal Essences Shampoos.
$2.50x12=$30
Use 6 BOGO Herbal Essence Qs & 6 $1/1 Herbal Essence Qs(from RP insert 9/13).
6x$2.50=$15 & 6x$1=$6 equals $21 off.
Since your total is over $25, use a $5 off $25 purchase Rite-Aid Q too.
$21+$5=$26 off.
$30-$26=$4 Out of Pocket(before sales tax) AND you qualify for a $10 Rite-Aid Gift Card.
12 Bottles of 'Poo for $4 breaks down to .34¢ a bottle!
And a Free $10 Gift Card to boot!!
I'm up to my ears in 'Poo here but for $4OOP and a Free GC, I might not be able to resist!lolol
Sluggy
Update on my Giveaway Contest...Please Read
So I have changed things slightly. PLEASE NOTE.....
--I will NOT be picking the winner via Random Org. Generator. The winner will be the person who guesses the number closest to the number of items of Small Steps products in the stockpile as of 10/8/09. A big DUH on my part.lolol
--I am still giving extra entries for being a follower, subscriber, adding me to your blog roll or blogging about this Giveaway on your own blog. However, each of these additional entries/comments must ALSO include a number guess. (IE-I follow your blog and my guess is 3 million products. Ok, don't guess 3 million because that isn't right.lol)
I have corrected the post as of this morning.
All the other conditions apply.....Contest runs until next Friday, Oct.16th at 9pm eastern time. Prizes are the same.
That is all.
Carry on. ;-)
Sluggy
Thursday, October 8, 2009
My First GIVEAWAY!!! Let's Play a Game...
I am thrilled to be holding my 1st Giveaway here on Don't Read This; It's Boring!
I tried to get it together enough to do this in September but just ran out of time & energy.
The reason I wanted to do it in September is that the Items sort of tied into that month better than October.
September is the month of National Teddy Bear Day and I have the 2 items pictured below to give away to some lucky reader.
**Note**This is NOT a company sponsored Giveaway. Nobody sent me stuff to give to ya'll. This is sponsored by me, and the cost is coming out of my pocket. Just because I loves ya'll soooo much!
About 10 years ago, the US Postal Service released a commemorative stamp for the creation of the Teddy Bear, as part of their "Celebrate The Century" Series. This Gift Tin contains a set of 15 Note Cards and Envelopes features the Teddy Bear stamp artwork. The Collectible Tin is shrinkwrapped and has not been opened, though there are some tears in the plastic covering and the tin might have some scratches on it.
Also included in this set of prizes to the winner is a genuine Sally Winey Bear called "Scotty". This is a bear from the now defunct Winey Bears line that was started back when the Beanie Baby Craze was hot. This line only lasted a couple of years. Sally had been a designer for TY of Beanie Baby fame and the popularity of those stuffed critters drove collectors to her personal work. She expanded her business from her handmade line of expensive mohair bears into a mass produced line that was more affordable to collectors.
I had the good fortune to meet Sally at a Teddy Bear Show near the beginning of the Beanie Baby explosion as she lived close by to me in PA at the time. I had plans to carry her bears as part of an online business venture which did not pan out. I had however purchased a small quantity of bears, among them Scotty. Sally even hand signed his foot when I went to pick him and the other bears up from her studio.
So how do you go about winning Scotty and the Note Card Set?
Let's see.....
How about a Guessing Game?
Here is what you have to do to enter....
Earlier this year I did some BIG TIME STOCKPILING of Paper Products in the new Marcal SMALL STEPS Line. This line of paper products are made from recycled paper. The company claims that they don't cut down trees to produce these paper items. That is a very good thing in my book! Also a plus is the fact that the items are competitive with other big name paper products that are still made from felling & harvesting trees. Price being equal, why not go with the products that don't cause the destruction of live trees?
I went through my stockpile of SMALL STEPS products last month and counted every single item.
Every Individual Roll of Toilet Tissue and Paper Towel.
Every Box of Facial Tissue and Bag of Napkins.
I took photos as I worked so you can get a sense of the quantity of product I stockpiled. Don't try to count each item in these photos because that just won't work.lol
But use the photos to ESTIMATE HOW MANY INDIVIDUAL ROLLS AND BOXES OF SMALL STEPS ITEMS I HAVE. Each roll of toilet paper or paper towel counts as 1 item. Every box of facial tissue counts as 1 item. Every bag of paper napkins counts as 1 item.
The person that guesses the number closest to the actual total of items will be the winner.
To Enter
1. Leave a comment with your guess on the number of Marcal products I have sitting in my stockpile. Please include your first name & last initial and an email addy or blog contact info.
You can increase your number of guesses/entries these ways....Please leave an additional comment for each entry WITH a GUESS of the number of products. Each comment MUST INCLUDE A NUMBER GUESS to be valid as an entry.
1. Follow my blog & leave an additional comment that you did or are a follower, along with a Guess of the number of products.
2. Subscribe to my blog & leave an additional comment that you did or are a subscriber, along with a Guess of the number of products.
3. Add my Blog to your Blog Roll if you have a blog or website & leave a comment that you did, along with a Guess of the number of products.
4. Blog about this Giveaway on your own Blog & leave the URL for that post here, along with a Guess of the number of products.
This Contest/Giveaway will run now until next Friday, October 16th at 9pm Eastern Time.
At that time, I will pick the entry that comes closest to the actual number of products and post it on my blog.
Good Luck to all!
Sluggy
I tried to get it together enough to do this in September but just ran out of time & energy.
The reason I wanted to do it in September is that the Items sort of tied into that month better than October.
September is the month of National Teddy Bear Day and I have the 2 items pictured below to give away to some lucky reader.
**Note**This is NOT a company sponsored Giveaway. Nobody sent me stuff to give to ya'll. This is sponsored by me, and the cost is coming out of my pocket. Just because I loves ya'll soooo much!
About 10 years ago, the US Postal Service released a commemorative stamp for the creation of the Teddy Bear, as part of their "Celebrate The Century" Series. This Gift Tin contains a set of 15 Note Cards and Envelopes features the Teddy Bear stamp artwork. The Collectible Tin is shrinkwrapped and has not been opened, though there are some tears in the plastic covering and the tin might have some scratches on it.
Also included in this set of prizes to the winner is a genuine Sally Winey Bear called "Scotty". This is a bear from the now defunct Winey Bears line that was started back when the Beanie Baby Craze was hot. This line only lasted a couple of years. Sally had been a designer for TY of Beanie Baby fame and the popularity of those stuffed critters drove collectors to her personal work. She expanded her business from her handmade line of expensive mohair bears into a mass produced line that was more affordable to collectors.
I had the good fortune to meet Sally at a Teddy Bear Show near the beginning of the Beanie Baby explosion as she lived close by to me in PA at the time. I had plans to carry her bears as part of an online business venture which did not pan out. I had however purchased a small quantity of bears, among them Scotty. Sally even hand signed his foot when I went to pick him and the other bears up from her studio.
So how do you go about winning Scotty and the Note Card Set?
Let's see.....
How about a Guessing Game?
Here is what you have to do to enter....
Earlier this year I did some BIG TIME STOCKPILING of Paper Products in the new Marcal SMALL STEPS Line. This line of paper products are made from recycled paper. The company claims that they don't cut down trees to produce these paper items. That is a very good thing in my book! Also a plus is the fact that the items are competitive with other big name paper products that are still made from felling & harvesting trees. Price being equal, why not go with the products that don't cause the destruction of live trees?
I went through my stockpile of SMALL STEPS products last month and counted every single item.
Every Individual Roll of Toilet Tissue and Paper Towel.
Every Box of Facial Tissue and Bag of Napkins.
I took photos as I worked so you can get a sense of the quantity of product I stockpiled. Don't try to count each item in these photos because that just won't work.lol
But use the photos to ESTIMATE HOW MANY INDIVIDUAL ROLLS AND BOXES OF SMALL STEPS ITEMS I HAVE. Each roll of toilet paper or paper towel counts as 1 item. Every box of facial tissue counts as 1 item. Every bag of paper napkins counts as 1 item.
The person that guesses the number closest to the actual total of items will be the winner.
To Enter
1. Leave a comment with your guess on the number of Marcal products I have sitting in my stockpile. Please include your first name & last initial and an email addy or blog contact info.
You can increase your number of guesses/entries these ways....Please leave an additional comment for each entry WITH a GUESS of the number of products. Each comment MUST INCLUDE A NUMBER GUESS to be valid as an entry.
1. Follow my blog & leave an additional comment that you did or are a follower, along with a Guess of the number of products.
2. Subscribe to my blog & leave an additional comment that you did or are a subscriber, along with a Guess of the number of products.
3. Add my Blog to your Blog Roll if you have a blog or website & leave a comment that you did, along with a Guess of the number of products.
4. Blog about this Giveaway on your own Blog & leave the URL for that post here, along with a Guess of the number of products.
This Contest/Giveaway will run now until next Friday, October 16th at 9pm Eastern Time.
At that time, I will pick the entry that comes closest to the actual number of products and post it on my blog.
Good Luck to all!
Sluggy
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