If you are new to shopping at CVS and would like some tips, check out this article here and here.

If you need coupons for your “deals” I recommend My Coupon Hunter!

Tag your reusable bag: Buy a Greenbag tag for $.99 at the register, get $1 ECB every 4th visit– limit 1 use per day, per household

If you haven’t already, register your CVS Extra Care card here and you should receive a $4 off a $20 purchase coupon in your e-mail. This also registers you to receive other e-mail coupons!

FREEBIES:

Buy Blink Tears (.5 oz) or Gel Tears (.34 oz) – $7.99, get a $7.99 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Blink Tears – 4-3 SS
Final Price = $6.99 after coupon
NOTE: Some boxes reportedly have $4/1 peelie coupons, which would make the deal even better!

Buy Dove Men + Care deodorant – $.99 (limit 5)
$1/1 Dove Men + Care – 3-27 RP
$.75/1 Dove Men + Care deodorant printable
Final Price = as low as free after coupon

ECB DEALS:

Buy 7 Up, Canada Dry, Sunkist or A&W – 3/$10, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = 3/$7 after ECBs

Spend $15 on Clean & Clear, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household) – PSA $5.49
BOGO free Clean & Clear body wash – 3-27 SS
$1/1 Clean & Clear – 3-27 SS
$2/1 Clean & Clear printable

SCENARIO:
Buy 3 Clean & Clear products – $5.49/each

Use 3 $2/1 printables

Spend $10.47 OOP, get a $5 ECB
Final Price = $5.47 after coupons/ECBs ($1.83/each)

Spend $10 on Crest 3D White paste, brush, or rinse (excludes Oral B brushes), get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Crest toothpaste – 4-3 RP
Final Price – varies

SCENARIO:
Buy 3 Crest 3D white paste – $3.89/each (according to online pricing)

Use 3 $1/1 Crest coupons

Spend $8.67 OOP, get a $5 ECB
Final Price = $3.67 after coupons/ECBs ($1.22/each)

Spend $10 on Maybelline cosmetics, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Maybelline New York mascara – 3-7 RP
$2/1 Maybelline lipcolor printable
$1.50/1 Maybelline New York Eye Studio printable

SCENARIO:
Buy 2 Maybelline New York mascara – $5.29/each

Use 2 $1/1 mascara coupons

Spend $8.58 OOP, get a $3 ECB
Final Price = $5.58 after coupons/ECBs ($2.79/each)

Spend $10 on Physician’s Formula (excluding clearance), get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Physician’s Formula – 2-27 SS, 3-20 SS, 4-17 SS
$5/1 Physician’s Formula – 3-6 SS, 3-20 SS
Final Price – varies

SCENARIO:
Buy 1 Physician’s Formula Concealer stick – $5.99 (online pricing)
Buy 1 Phyisician’s Formula quad eye shadow – $6.99 (online pricing)

Use 2 $5/1 Physician’s Formula coupons

Spend $2.98 OOP, get a $3 ECB
Final Price = FREE after ECBs

Buy Post Honey Bunches, Cocoa Pebbles, or Fruity Pebbles cereal – 3/$9, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = 3/$6 after ECBs ($2 each)

Buy Zephyrhillis or Deer Park Natural Spring Water (24 ct, 16.9 oz bottles) – $3.88, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = $2.88 after ECBs

OTHER DEALS:

Fuze – $.99
$1/2 Fuze – 4-10 SS
Final Price = $.49/each (when you buy 2)

Schick Hydro razors – BOGO free – $8.99/each (according to online pricing)
$3/1 Schick Hydro 3 or 5 razor printable (from Facebook)
Final Price = $1.99 for 2 after 2 coupons

The following scenarios are for people who have few, if any, ECBs to start with: $39.79 in merchandise for $4.85 OOP

NOTE: This is a pretty slow CVS week and not the best week to get started unless you have the $5 Physician’s Formula coupons

TRANSACTION #1:
Buy 1 Physician’s Formula Concealer stick – $5.99 (online pricing)
Buy 1 Phyisician’s Formula quad eye shadow – $6.99 (online pricing)
Buy 5 Dove Men + Care deodorant – $.99 (or however many you have coupons for)

Use 2 $5/1 Physician’s Formula coupons
Use 5 $1/1 Dove coupons

Spend $2.98 OOP, get a $3 ECB
Final Price = FREE after ECBs

TRANSACTION #2:
Buy Zephyrhillis or Deer Park Natural Spring water – $3.88

Use $3 ECB

Spend $.88 OOP, get a $1 ECB

TRANSACTION #3:
Buy 2 Schick Hydro razors – $8.99/each

Use 2 $3 Schick coupons
Use $1 ECB

Spend $.99 OOP

Frequently asked questions:

Do you really do multiple transactions at your stores?

In the past, I usually had $20-30 ECB on hand, so I didn’t have to break up my transactions as much as I did when I first started, but now that I am starting over, yes, I am doing multiple transactions. If you are doing multiple transactions, I recommend that you let the cashier know up front that is what you are planning to do. If there are several people in line, let them go in between your transactions. This gives you time to clip your ECBs and get prepared for your next transaction.

My store was out of all the freebie items first thing this morning. Can I get a raincheck?

This all depends on your store. I have contacted corporate about this before because some stores in my area give rainchecks and others won’t. According to corporate, this is up to the individual stores.

I bought the wrong item or I bought the RIGHT item and my ECB didn’t print. What can I do?

If you bought the right item, show the store clerk your ad and your receipt. They should be able to manually print your ECB at the store. If they don’t know how, you can call customer service and they can add one to your account that will print within 48 hours (you have to wait 48 hours from your purchase time to do this so they can “see” your transaction in their computer).

If you bought the wrong item and didn’t receive ECBs, you can do a return and purchase the correct item. If you paid using ECBs, they will have to give you money on a gift card.

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