My CVS Trip

Wow, I can't believe how much "money" you can make at CVS this month! I just increased my ECB totals to about $31 from $9 and only paying about $4 in OOP. That is a net profit of $18 ECB's.

Here was my transaction today.

(2) Throat Coolers - $4.99 each (get $4.99 ecb's back) - had B1G1 free q.
(2) Nasal Spray's - $7.99 each (get $7.99 ecb's back) - had 2 - $2 off q's
---also had a $5 off $25 order coupon (q) that was due to expire tomorrow--
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Total: $25.96
Coupons used: $13.99
ECB's used: $9.00
Total savings: $22.99 (87%)
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Total: $2.97
Tax: $0.84
Total OOP: $3.81

ECB's gained: $9.98 (throat coolers); $15.98 (Nasal Spray); $4.99 (throat cooler)

***You maybe wondering why I have an extra $4.99 ECB from the throat cooler...well due to the picked over nature of these products...I found one store that had 3 out of the 4 items in stock...and I needed both coolers to use the B1G1 Free q...so the manager found another CVS that had a cooler in stock...thankfully it was within two miles of the store I was at...

I drove over to the other CVS and got the cooler...then came back to the original store and returned the cooler there...and then used it in my order of 4 items...to get the total over $25 (to use the $5 off q!) IS anyone else confused yet! lol.

Well the cool thing was that I still got the ECB from the original purchase and then it gave me another ECB for buying it again. I thought the limit was 2 per card. So basically I got (3)$4.99 ecb's and only purchased (2)$4.99 products. Did I find a loophole or is the limit actually 5 like the bloggers have been saying?

Does anyone know if that original $4.99 ECB is still good even though I returned the orginal product? I assume it is, but am not sure.

I can't wait to use some of the ECB's on more toothpaste and shampoo next week! Remember the Food Pantry is still in need of toothpaste if you don't need any!

Enjoy,
Shepherd