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12/8/08

Walgreens and Cvs Deals & OOP's

I've been really busy shopping and getting some great deals!

Here's my Walgreen trips today. I'm still trying to learn how to shop at Wag's. I havnt figured out what coupons I can use together. They wont let you use all of them at once. If anyone has any tips or advice or can tell me what I did wrong, please leave me a comment.

store 1
gift bag $2.99
Schick trimmer razor $6.99
4 Reynolds Foil $1.69 each
minus $3 easy saver coupon for razor
minus $4 mfg coupon for razor from all you magazine
minus .99 7 day wags coupon x 4 for foil
minus $1.00 mfg coupon for foil x 4
OOP $4.03 used gift card to pay

store 2
transaction 1
Tried to buy 2 3 pack scotch tape and use 1 $1 mfg coupon and $2 RR. NO GO!
She made me buy 3 3 pack scotch tape and .59 candy. Then she let me use $1 mfg coupon for tape and $2 RR. OOP .79

transaction 2
tried to buy 2 tape ($2), 1 schick razor/trimmer ($6.99), folger coffee ($2.50) and 6 foil ($1.69)and use $1 mfg coupon for tape, $3 esr for razor, $4 mfg coupon for razor, 6 $1 mfg coupon for foil and the .99 7 day coupon for foil x 6. and pay with $6 rr. NO GO!!
She let me buy 2 foil (using the .99 7 day coupon and 2 $1 mfg coupons), 1 schick razor/trimmer (use ONLY the esr $3 coupon), folger coffee, 2 3 pack of tape (NO COUPON ALLOWED) OOP $9.12

I left very confused and headed to the 3rd WAGs to at least get more foil. I still had that $6 rr and I hate keeping them.

3rd store
transaction 1
cologne set 6.99 used that darn $6 rr so my OOP $1.07

transaction 2
4 foil, 1 mt dew, 2 candy canes. used 4 $1 mfg coupon on foil with the .99 7day foil coupon and the .39 7 day coupon on candy canes. OOP $1.94.

CVS trips
store 1 using my card
3 Gillette Venus 1ct razors $5.99 each
1 salted peanut .50
used 3 $4 Venus mfg coupons
used $1 &$5 ecb
OOP .49
$5 ecb back for $15 gillette deal

store 2 using my son's card
transaction 1
1 Complete contact solution $8.99
minus $2 IP coupon
OOP $7.49
recvd $8.99 ecb back

transaction 2
3 12 count soft chew rolaids plus $2.49 each
1 rolaids soft chew 6 ct roll (neither one of us caught that this was only 6 count)
1 gillette venus 1 ct $5.99
1 gillette fusion $9.99
1 gillette fusion shave cream $1.89
used 4 $1 rolaid coupons ( they did beep and she had to manually enter them)
used $4 Vocal Point Venus mfg coupon
used $4 P&G fusion mfg coupon
used $8.99 ecb from previous transaction
OOP $4.56
recvd $5 ecb for $15 Gillette deal and $6 ecb for rolaids


So let me know what I could have done to get my OOP's lower, especially on that wag's deal!

4 comments:

  1. I'm the wrong person to ask since I don't do the drugstore games, and I don't even know what an rr is! LOL!

    But I do know that at our Walgreen's, I was able to buy 2 jars of Skippy the other day, using the Walgreen's coupon from their flyer and 2 mfgr. coupons. I wasn't sure if I could stack all three coupons, but I asked first and the cashier said it would be no problem.

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  2. Not sure if you know this but at wags you have to have ne item for every coupon you use. So if you're using an easy saver coupon and a MFC on the same product you need a filler for the second coupon. The register rewards are the same way. They consider it a MFC so that's why you needed to add the candy.

    If you alread know this, I'm sorry! :)

    Good buys though!!! Love your Venus idea - I have 2 of those $4 coupons left was thinking about a way to use them... ;)

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  3. Transactions at Walgreens can be complicated. The manager at my Walgreens is so nice and helpful. He has helped me with my transactions several times. I found the Walgreens 101 at moneysavignmom.com very helpful with understanding all of the rules to Walgreens shopping at Walgreens.

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  4. Just like Lindsay said: They count those RR's as a coupon. So if you have 3 items, you can only use 3 coupons. If you use a coupon for foil then you can't use an RR on it. However you can use a Walgreens coupn from their ad along with a manufacturer's coupon.

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