I must be missing something with RecycleBank.  It looks kind of complicated to use.  :/

I printed an honet tea coupon a total of 6 time in the past 7 days.

It seems a lot like Rite Aid's “video values”  where you take a quiz and get q's, it;s just that you have the middle marker of the points.  Do you do My Coke Rewards?  It;s a lot like that.  HTH!

you can subscribe it or get it at walmart……….i bought one at walmart i think for a dollar something………has good coupons and recepies in it

You can subscribe or buy it at Walmart only.  They were on roll-back for $1.88!

You get the free diapers by following her large scenario.

She meant that you could roll your ecb to get free diapers. =-) Check out her scenario at the bottom of the page. hth

yes is a mq

The sign is buy 3, get $1 ECB. Still a decent deal if you need a snack.

Extra Care Bucks

How do you get the Proctor and Gamble coupon books? Im new and will take any advice ai can get…THANK YOU!!

I know everyone asks but I always forget is the 30 before or after coupons..

I got a 4 off 20 in mine. was surprised because last week i had a 5 off 25

I got a $5 off of $30 last week and a $4 off of $20 this week.

There are 56 in the box.  I buy the Amazon Fisher Price diapers at 13.99 for a box of 70 and free prime mom account w/2 day ship.  I have twins and the auto delivery is so nice.

if you go to http://www.southernsavers.com/learn/ and then download Jenny’s Buy List, you will see FREE listed next to items that you should not have to pay for – pretty awesome!

I found toothpaste and toothbrushes & floss/flossers are some of the easiest things to get for free.  When I first started I didn't realize how easy it was to get free toothpaste and thought I was doing good to stock up at 1.00 or less.  Well, it wasn't too long that I had a lot of toothpaste & now I only buy it if I am making money on it (and usually only 1 or 2 for each deal) & still have probably a years supply.  Looks like everyone is getting toothpaste in their stocking this Christmas.

I'm usually happy to get deodorant, body wash, shampoo/conditioner for $1.00 or less (higher end brands), but I am sure if you really worked you could get it for cheaper.  For example – ban deodorant is .24 this week & I got a John Frieda shampoo and conditioner for free yesterday at Publix with coupons.  I just buy it one deal at a time and realize little by little my stockpile has grown.  You don't have to buy 10+ items of something to accumulate a stockpile…especially on toothpaste which takes forever to use a tube up.

I never pay for toothpaste, toothbrushes, floss, shampoo, scunci/goody's rubber bands, razors, deodorant.  I pay very little to nothing for shaving cream.  These are the easiest things for me to get free, just off the top of my head.

There's a lot of things free that you might find useless, like Preparation H, eye drops, supplements, etc., but those things keep your ECB rolling along from week to week. In addition to all the great items others have listed below, you'll probably find lots of chocolate, drinks, pain relievers, feminine pads, cosmetics, lotions, lip balms… the list gets longer every week! =]

pasta!!!

Yes, you can use 2 coupons for b1g1 free at CVS.  Rite Aid however has changed their policy and now only allows 1 coupon for B1G1.

Yeah, Its assuming you have some from last week :)

from ECBs from the previous week…

Yes, you would get a $1.98 ECB for that transaction (if those were the only 2 items in that transaction).

Yes

in prior weeks they haev had a posted limit on each item and Jenny posted them here as well.  If they are not posted it appears that there are not limits on these items.

I just looked at the ad on iheartcvsdotcom and there were no limits on any of the items.

If you click on the 2/$5 M&M's it says limit 4 at the bottom. 

Does that mean you can get 4 bags for $10 or 8 bags for $20 in one shot?
I have (3) $1.50 off of 2 bags.

The sales cycle so everything isn't free every week.  I've been couponing for a year now and I only got free TP once (4pk @ bi-lo w/ B1G1 + coupons).  I've gotten really cheap TP at CVS but that deal only comes around a couple times a year so you have to stock up when it hits.  The toothbrush deals are pretty common so don't fret, within 6 months your bathroom cabinets will be overflowing with free toothbrushes and toothpaste.

I used to wonder about free toilet paper when I started couponing as well, but I've come to the conclusion that people aren't really getting it for free.  My theory is that they buy things that will give them ECBs and RRs in return then turn around and use these same ECBs and RRs to get toilet paper for “free”.  I don't consider that as really free since they had to buy something to receive these ECBs and RRs in the first place.  If anyone else has any thoughts, I would love to hear them.

I plan on doing them all in one transaction because i have a $4 off 20 coupon, and around $15 ecb myself. You can use 5 different ecb in one transaction. The separate transactions are good if you have little to no ecb.  Just be sure to add the -5 ecb that she has in the first transaction when your doing your totals in your head or before you go.

Another advantage is that if you use a bag tag, break your purchases up into several days and you “make” 25 cents a day (A $1 ECB print for every 4 redemptions)!

*know (sorry, not enough coffee this morning, ha)

In addition to only counting on sales items, If you use any CVS coupons (I'm not sure about manufacturer coupons), they will subtract that amount before the discount applies.

no

go to http://www.savingstar.com and sign up
I do not know about ecoupons-I will have to search for it.

Has anyone received their savings from Savingstar yet?  My account is still at zero, but I know I bought stuff that was on that list…

Kroger home mailer – register kroger card on-line, but its a hit or miss because it has to do with your spending habits. Get more from your pharmacy – Kroger pharmacy.  P&G mailers – sign up on P&G site. Most of the bookles you will receive in the mail has to do with signing up on the manufacturer's website and a lot of the times it comes from monitoring this site and others to see who's giving out coupon booklets. Cvs coupon sheet is found in “reinventing beauty” magazine which is sold for .99 in store..found in the beauty section on a magazine rack or by the register.  If you follow the blogs on this site you will be able to find out where people are getting these booklets.

Ok also I would like to know how many times I would be able to do this transaction??

You will need to get the $7.00ECB from Scenario #3. These scenarios she gives are one shopping trip. They are not individual scenarios. If you only do scenario 4  you will pay $8.48 because you did not get the $7.00 ECB from Scenario #3 to use in your transaction.  With CVS, while you are at the register, you may have several transactions.  Hope this helps

im in nashville, nc and my cvs does not

You might want to ask at your store.  A couple months ago one of my local stores put up computer printed signs that said “Starting April 1 we will only be accepting Walgreens and Rite Aid competitor coupons”  This is not the store I normally shop at so I have no idea who they were accepting before that.

It looks like it is a different deal because the deal code on the flyer is different.

hopefully they will scan both but I think that coupon said limit 1 per transaction…but since they track then you can do separate transactions if needed.

If that is the case if you have a Kroger I would think it would make more sense to get it from there you use Manu 1$ off plus the Saving Star puts 1.00 in your account and only 1.99 out of pocket… no?

Find a filler. It won't work.

Just registered for her class in July in Fl….can't wait.

I was at that workshop also in Montgomery. Jenny is incredible and it was worth every minute because I learned so much!! The white card was to get an extra discount that is not offered with the red card. Jenny is truly an inspiration!

yes one bogo for two items and the item paid for you use the 2.00off 1 good job:)

The coupons end in 14, but I had no problem doing this earlier today.  Didn't even beep!  I verified with the cashier first that I could use a B1G1 and a $ coupon on the same two items.  He actually knew the coupon policy, and warned me about using two $ coupons on a B1G1 sale, but that did not apply to what I was doing.

On the B1G50, I'm guessin you won't be able to use the B1G1 coupon. Paige would know best.

its before. be careful if you got a coupon this past thursday, it expires sunday.

The only place I have seen anyone mention finding them is at the Kroger Pharmacy.

Yep those are what is left from last week.  If you notice, Jenny posts how many ECBs are left over in her transactions at the very end.  If you follow exactly you will have those left over to start next week's transactions.

The ones I got last week at CVS were somewhere around 10 bucks but they were b1g1 and I was able to use 2/$3 off Q's..made it $4 for both:)

I'm in Augusta, GA, and the Hydro 3 is $9.79.  The Hydro 5 is $10.79.  Just bought some last week.

Nope. I called yesterday and my store starts at 4pm Saturday and starts switching over tags, removing the old tags.

No, it goes into a special account to be used for your own or your child's college fund. Or grandchild.

She put on there that it is a regional deal and to make sure to check your ad for your area. It must not be in your area.  It is not in mine either!

Milk deals are regional.  They don’t have ECB in our area either.

sunday newspaper

Before. :-)

Yeppers! I discovered this too. Definitely a good deal! I used my purchases to count towards qualifying for the free razor.

You did about what I did with a few variations.  I did not double up on the items, got contact solution (3.00 Revitalise in todays paper, I don't think Jenny mentioned or it was regional.  I spent 12.00 OOP and got 16.98 in ECB on my first trip today.  I know I could have done multiple transactions and reduced OOP but just about 17.00 left to spend I am super happy.

Then I went to another CVS with hubbys Card did it again and then got all Loreal Face Cream for 6.00 and still have 3.98 in ECB.   

Still going to do the Pantene Deal and a cosmetic purchase, this will be all with no additional OOP money. 

Wish there were more grocery deals this week!

Those are ECB she has leftover from last week! HTH!

That's awful!

I went back, spoke to the manager, and he happily accepted the coupon.  Just FYI — if you ever have an issue!

Best thing to do if you are taking advantage of multiple ECB deals is to break it all into multiple transactions.  Buy something that gives you $3 ECBs, then in the next transaction use those 3 ECBs to get products that give you $5, etc.

A good plan for you might be this (assuming you have the correct coupons):

Transaction 1
Buy Colgate
Use $1/1 coupon
Pay $1.79
Get $2 ECBs

Transaction 2
Buy Crest Pro-health
Use $2 off Q
Use $2 ECBs
Pay $0.50
Get back $2.50 ECB

Transaction 3
Buy Oral B Pulsar
Use $3 Q
Use $3 ECBs
Pay $0.50
Get back $3 ECB

Total Spent OOP = $2.79 (plus tax)
Receive $3 ECB for future visit.

Of course if there are other deals you want to take advantage of then that's good to… I was just trying to do a simple example for you.  Hope this helps.

Yes, it really helps to break up your transactions to keep your OOP low.  Or just choose one thing that's free this week and save your ECB for next week.  I would recommend signing up for the CVS advisory panel – you can google it to find the link.  Last year I took a survey and earned $15 ECB – I rolled those for months and was really able to stock up – at one point I had $40 ECB.  The nice think about having a ECB 'stash' is that you can do one transaction!  Several small transactions make my head spin.  Oh, and I asked for a gift card for my birthday to cover tax and the extra when you just can't get the math to match the ECB values.  This kept our grocery budget untouched while I really learned how to do CVS.  HTH!

where do you live?

I found a $1 qp on my ban at the store which made it free.  You may want to check your store.

I believe they write up the ECBs and manually print out ECBs for you when you go to get the product the next week… at least that's what they did for me with the bag tags when they were sold out once.

I have only had 1 experience where they took the ECBs off of the amount…(which I had mixed feelings about)….Most of the time, they are manually printed out…I don't know if that varies from store to store or what.

let's get this straight…you feel cheated because you walked out of the store with an item that you paid $1 less for than the 'play money' they gave you to come back in and make another purchase?

by any chance, did you vote for obama?

Even though he was in the wrong, I just try to remember that it’s just a couple bucks and doesn’t matter a whole lot in the big picture of things.

I also got my $3 Q from the red box. Everyone, make sure you scan your card when you go in!

mine worked no problem.  i would say yes, it is definitely valid.

i have heard that the coupons very by route i also get the montgomery advertiser and mine were pitiful today 7 coupons in the RP insert and 5 in SS  sometimes i wonder why they waste the paper, ink and time to print.

wow, good for you!  it is great when you get to know a cashier, seems to make all the difference in the world!

wow, that's great! =)

do you scan your card first? also you can always scan an item at the red machine to see what price it will ring up with your card.

It's because the coupon is $1 off and the soap is on sale for $0.99.  You “can't” have overage at CVS.  Every cashier I've had has overridden the error message.  ymmv.

That happens A LOT to me as well. I have learned that I have to go first thing Sunday morning in order to snag a lot of the deals. I also have a 'back up' CVS that I go to that is tucked away in a less populated area that tends to have more in stock since it is less shopped. You can always ask for rain checks on the items though if you can't find them! Good luck!

Like a few other people said, I have the best luck if I go the day after they get their shipment. On Sundays (I normally can't make it to the store until the afternoon/evening) they are out of a lot of the good deals. But they get their shipment on Mondays at my store, so I usually go Tuesday and they normally have everything!

Hope that helps! Keep at it…it's worth the frustration from time to time once you get the hang of it!

I go midweek. Seems like the shelf clearers have been there and the store and has time to restock.  I can usually find about everything I need.  And if I don’t, there’s rainchecks! 

Thanks for the tip, I checked these comments just before going to CVS and did this deal, totally worked for me too.  The tubes were $1.77 for me I bought 2 and did get my 7.00 ECB.  Woo hoo!

Wow!  What fun!

my sil only did the makeup in one transaction.  The two above are what I did.

Both weeks are different ad numbers.  I bought five Honest Abe teas last week and this week.  Each time I received the $2.00 ECB.

where did you get $2 coupon?

Coupons may vary according to the area where you live. :-(

Jenny posts a list of variations under “SUNDAY INSERTS” (one of the big blue buttons near the top of this page) and you may get an idea of what's included in your local area.
Also, different papers in the same area may vary. I live in Atlanta, and our AJC (the main paper) has a ton of additional coupons compared to the Marietta Journal (smaller paper in Cobb County) which often times has the ad for “x” product, but no coupon for it! (I keep those inserts anyways as they are passed to me by a co-worker, but i wouldn't spend my money in papers that don't have coupons… Hope you can find a solution for the mystery of your missing Q's @12c584b246742be2821101b1efba3ef6:disqus …  :(

Try PSCard.com. The card is free – you can print one out. On the site you can check prices on area pharmacies. I don’t know how they do it – but it works.
Many prescriptions were less than what I was paying through my insurance company ..

There was a $25 Q offer on the back of a Kroger flyer from a couple of months ago. It expires 6/11.

Ok, I know I am gonna draw some attention to me but Walmart has some Rx medicines for abt $4.00, might want to check that out.  CVS also has / had a Rx savings card or at least it did about 2 yrs ago. I  think the deal was pay abt 10.00 per month and you get discounted amounts….not reall sure on those figures though.

It will give them to you either way. 

http://www.ajcinserts.com

free from CVS i forgot to put that

the ones at my store were the battery operated ones

I thought that too, but if you look on the back of the package, it says something about the battery isn't removable and should last three months.

I have noticed that they do not put all of their product out.  I always ask and they go to the back and get me whatever I need.

Always ask! My CVS manager is awesome and if the product is out he tells me when they will get more or he substitutes another product and still takes my coupons. Then there's always rainchecks, I love rainchecks!

people can’t clear the shelves at CVS.  Unlike Walgreens they limit you.  You really can’t get mad.  Most likely people only got the amount they we entitled to.  Also why didn’t you get a rain check?  Also unlike Walgreens, CVS gladly gives rain checks for extra bucks.

I love CVS for their limits and for the rainchecks. I have a small home, so I can't stock 10 bottles of body wash etc, but when I can get 2-3 of something that can last a month or more, so very worth it. I can't stand the shelf clearers at Walgreens. I try to limit myself to 4 max of any item. I feel it is a courtesy to leave something for the next person. Good karma is good karma in any situation

no the limit is per card per sale week

did you use the $4 off fusion proglide?

Can you explain how this came to $8 please?
It looks like $9.99 was subtracted from your total for the lipglosses but I thought that they just gave you the razor for free… I guess I don't understand why that would deduct $9.99 from your total. Thanks. I really want this deal!

I got a 75 cent and a 40 cent. I'm in middle TN (Nashville region).

yes in v a it was

I didn't get the Ban Deodorant coupons here in Crossville, TN

Hubby tried to cinvince me that Dr pepper was pepsi lol. They had $1/2 peelies on the Dr pepper at Wags!!! That will make these $2 at cvs right now.

Also meant to tell everyone that when I scanned my card at the red box it printed a $3 of $10 cosmetics.  At check out I asked if that was just make-up or all health/beauty.  She said all so I used that for my toothbrushes and mouthwash.

Rejuvenating beauty magazine in cvs.

I mean all of those including the $5 off $15 coupon.

Yes, but give them the $5 off $15 first.  THEN give them the other coupons then the ECB's.  You'll get it if you just stick with it :-)  Good luck!

That's true if you just buy it off the shelf. But by using coupons + ECB's you often get these items for free or very cheap.

There's a “getting started scenario above.  HTH!

Did you use the $5 towards the shampoo and conditioner. I see the coupon states 'treatment', was not sure.

I was only able to find a $2 coupon for lipstick, but had the $3 for purchasing $10 in products, and $2 ecb. Paid $3.42 but got back $3 ecb. So basically paid $.42 for (2) l'oreal lipsticks. Great deal.

Saving star does NOT take off any amount from the total.  When the stores let them know, usually 7-30 days, saving star will then credit your account with them in the amount of the “coupon”. Once you reach $5.00, you then pick how you want your payout.

New to the lingo. What is OOP?

I printed a vitamin water coupon and it looked real to me and I used it at cvs sunday on 5 waters.

mine was fine went through great at cvs

Yes that is the correct coupon, I've used two coupons with no problems

a while back, i had bought mylecon drops and the coupon packet had valuable children's tylenol, and benedryl coupons inside – it was RIGHT before they recalled all the chilrden's tylenol and benadryl…  never got to use mine.

The 5 blade one was $10.99 at my CVS when I checked yesterday (the 3 blade one is about $2 less) and YES you can use 2 coupons on a BOGO at CVS.  Yay for more cheap .razors

I found the answer to my own question!  In case you want to know too, log on to the CVS website (will work if your extracare card is connected to your email) and then you can print them from there.

I did two today and they both printed and now my receipt says I reached my limit on that deal. Maybe someone is using your card? :(

Call your local newspaper.  I know with mine even if you didn't get a paper on that Sunday, you can always go to the office and pick up papers from previous Sundays.

yes, as long as your total due comes to $7 or more..you can't get cash back

That doesn't make any sense, you may want to call cvs corp for clarity.  But if you live near a Harris Teeter, a few people have blogged that the use their free 12 pack my coke rewards Q's when Harris Teeter has a buy 2 get 3 free deals on coke products resulting in 5 12 packs for around $5.00.

My store will lower the amount to the sale price :-(

Can you post exactly what you bought so we can help you figure it out?

I'm going to have to try this….thanks!

Orlando sentinel too!!!! ;-)

The cvs coupons state that it excludes sale items.

mine lipsticks rang up that way too but i did see where it said..saved however much.I don't know what happened bc im new at this and was just going by what was posted here.I tried to ask 2 ppl that worked there and they were as confused as me!! I just said the heck with it an dpaid what they said!