Today I paid $0.00 out of pocket for $4.49 worth of items. This shampoo gave back the same amount in Extra bucks as the price so if you exclude the tax it was essentially FREE. I decided to get the shampoo because I had a $4.00 ECB coupon that expired on Friday but the cashier said since it was only two days old she could still accept it.
Remember that my goal for this year is to get as much as I can by simply using my ECBs, coupons and a gift card which I have gotten from redeeming cash back rewards.
Transaction 1
Item: Dove shampoo
Price: $4.49
CVS Extra Care Bucks earned: $4.49
Total coupons used: $4.00
Total paid today: $0.53 , on gift card.
Total CVS Extra Care Bucks earned today: $4.49
Total out of pocket to date: $0.00
Gift Card balance : $21.47
Total CVS Extra Care Bucks earned to date: $50.99
CVS Extra Care Bucks Used to date: $43.00
CVS Extra Care Bucks Balance: $7.99
Abbreviations used
MFR = manufacturer coupon
ECB = extra care bucks
Join me next time as I look for more ways to save money as I visit CVS.
Congrats 🙂
On the total opposite end of the spectrum, I got my butt kicked at the CVS check out counter, mainly b/c I was in Las Vegas and needed the following items:
-Shades
-6 pack of 5 hour energy
-sun block SPF 30
Grand total ……
$42.
A little perspective is always good… aka good for you, keep up the good work.
Ouch…..was there not a Walmart close by? I am sure that stuff would have cost less there.
You have good idea to save money and using coupon.
“$0.00 out of pocket for $4.49 worth of items” > Thats great honey 🙂
Great and it feels really good to get things free of cost. Keep it up and Congratulations for this one.
lol well done, and it’s a good shampoo too!