Yesterday after dinner, I was able to make a quick run to CVS. As I stated in a previous post, CVS has my All Free and Clear on sale buy 1 get 1 free. I also saw that CVS has the Lysol hands free soap dispenser starter kit on sale. Now with the All the regular price was $7.49. Since it was buy 1 get 1 free, I only had to pay the $7.49 for my 2 containers. I had 2, $1 off of any All product coupons to use. Knowing that CVS will take both my $1 off coupons, I was able to reduce the final cost to $5.49. Which if you divide by 2 is about $2.25 per container. A lot cheaper than paying $2.99 at Tom Thumb.
Now the Lysol was my favorite buy of the week! The price is originally $9.99, but there was an Extra Bucks sale attached to it. Which is if I buy 1 Lysol starter kit, then I will get a $5 Extra Bucks coupon printed on my receipt. That would make the final price $4.99. Not bad, but I knew I could do better. I remembered that I had a $3 off of 1 coupon for the Lysol starter kit. I searched my coupons, and behold I was right. I also had $4 worth of Extra Bucks coupons that I needed to use. Good thing CVS allows you to use manufacturer coupons on top of your Extra Bucks coupons. And there is no limit to how many Extra Bucks coupons you can use, as long as there is not a remainder left. So with my coupons alone, It brought the total from $9.99 down to $2.99. Now if you take in consideration the $5 Extra Bucks coupon I got from buying the Lysol, in the end CVS paid me $2.01 to take that Lysol starter kit off their hands!!! Way better than the 50 cents Kroger paid me to take those Buggle snacks.
I had to hurry home and tell Rob. He was not happy about my spending money, but when I told him that on the Lysol, CVS paid me to buy it, he changed his mind fast. Now on the Lysol there is a limit of one per household and there is a limit of 4 on the All. CVS usually has to limit these deals, or else one person would wipe them out. The manager was very helpful when I couldn't find the Lysol. He went in the back to see if they had anymore, which thankfully they did. If I was at Wallymart, then it would have taken me at least a half hour to find someone who could help me, let alone someone how has any clue to what I want. And would a Wallymart employee go and see if they have any in the back? Most likely not.
If you ever go to CVS to get something and it looks like they are all out, then ask. The worse that can happen is that they are out. Or who knows, they just might have some in the back but just haven't gotten around to restocking the shelves yet.I hope my experience will help you all out there to take advantage of the CVS closest to you. You may just fall in love with that store as I have.
Wishing I had a CVS. In a small town we're pretty much lookin at Kroger, walmart, walgreens and dollar general. (unless I drive 20 mins) :(
ReplyDeleteI am going to try out some deals at Walgreens to help the folks like you out. I do know that the Dollar General does have some good sales sometimes. One time they had the Snuggle fabric softner sheets on sale for $3 and that Sunday, I got a $3 off of 1 coupon. So free fabric softner! Too bad they dont double or triple coupons, buy they do tend to have low prices. Growing up in Aledo the closest grocery store was 15 minutes away, so I personally don't mind the driving out of the way to get to stores that have good deals.
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