Comments on: How to Shop at CVS

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:42:39 +0000

I think coupons were invented by bored soccer moms. What a pain it is following this junk. Just give me the discount without the cards, clippings, and bonus rounds. Ugh.

By: pappawolfie

pappawolfie — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:59:11 +0000

Just did my first cvs run with the wife we baught over 180$ worth of items spent roughly 22$ for it all for a savings of 84.99% ty for the amazing guide its helped alot wife got a lil overbearing lol she kept telling me to go home and get the coupon binder after she seen the savings had to force her out of the store and told her we would make a list check it twice then come back hopefully without the kids again great guide and tysm for sharing!

By: april

april — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:28:34 +0000

can anybody tell me if something at cvs is on sale buy one get one free can you use two manafacturers coupons to lower the price?

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By: ashley

ashley — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:26:26 +0000

Thanks for putting this guide up. I never go to cvs because I never knew what to do with the extra care bucks. So if I’m getting this right it works just like the up rewards at rite aid but better. Also I have one of them red mechines in my store I decided to scan my card just to see what happened and it printed out for a free green bag tags. I asked the cashier about it and its another way to save more money. I think I’m in love with this place!

By: Sami

Sami — Sat, 21 May 2011 22:10:14 +0000

I have a question, when items are listed as limit one per household with card, does that mean I can only buy one and only one? Or is it one per transaction?

By: Mindy Gillihan

Mindy Gillihan — Sat, 14 May 2011 01:34:02 +0000

If one needs to spend $15 on products to get the bucks back, is it before the coupons of after?
For example I spent $18+ on excendrine bucks b/c I was unsure if cvs deducted coupons my total would only be $11 vs $15 would that have worked?

By: KimV

KimV — Fri, 13 May 2011 03:55:30 +0000

Thx so much for the reply! And yes, I did get the e-book I haven’t made it all the way through it yet though I’m new to all this couponing stuff! Keep up the awesome work!

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Fri, 13 May 2011 02:59:38 +0000

Oh, and by the way, have you downloaded my free couponing ebook?
http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/extreme-couponing-101-free-ebook/

Mercedes

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Fri, 13 May 2011 02:59:04 +0000

hi Kim,
When I say that the extra care bucks are tied to your card, I mean that you are going to need your card in order to redeem them. or that you can’t redeem them using someone else’s card. An extra care buck really is a paper coupon that prints at the bottom of your receipt. At checkout, you will first have your card scanned. then whatever you are buying. then any $/$$ CVS coupons you may have. Then hand the manufacturer coupons to be scanned and then any other CVS coupons. After all of that hand your extra care bucks coupon and cash if needed.

That’s how it would play out at checkout.

Mercedes

By: KimV

KimV — Fri, 13 May 2011 02:23:23 +0000

If the ECB’s are tied to your card, and the ECB’s are the last thing you should redeem, how do you do that? Just not give them your card until the end of the transaction? What if they ask for your card at the beginning of the transaction, do you just decline to give it at that time and then give it later? If I was a cashier I would get annoyed at that… thoughts?

By: esther

esther — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:17:41 +0000

how does it work with a BOGO to get them free? Don’t you have to pay for one?

By: MBarron

MBarron — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:48:52 +0000

I have found that CVS will adjust down, so I can use my ECBs and only lose a nickel or so. Sorry you are having trouble with yours. I find that WAGS is the one that gives me the most trouble on their coupon policies.

By: Elizabeth Gebelein

Elizabeth Gebelein — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:24:06 +0000

I have a question? Can you scan more than 1 green bag tag in the store on each purchase? Thank you for any information you can give me.

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By: S.

S. — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:46:33 +0000

You can’t use it b/c the EBCs are linked to your sister’s card BUT if you go to the self checkout machines, the cashier might be nice and manually punch it in for you. The screen does not show the card number you scanned.

This happened to me once unintentionally. I scanned my card and I tried to use my brother’s EBCs. It obviously didn’t go through and I asked the cashier to help me. She asked if this was mine and I told her it’s my brother’s. She nodded and manually entered it. I think it’s because when you open the account, you get three copies of the card and she assumed that I was using one of my brother’s copies.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 18:28:41 +0000

I, too, LOVE CVS! Thanks for all the tips above! I got a rain check for an item that ends up being free after ECBs … however, it’s still not in stock at that particular store even though it has been weeks since it has gone out of stock. Are we allowed to go to another CVS location that has it and redeem that there? Thanks so much!

By: Pal

Pal — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 03:01:27 +0000

Hey..i love cvs..its gr8 for saving money..i started going to cvs a while ago..and got to tell u its huge savings..before i usally use to get so many coupons of 5 off 20 mostly for a month or so..first i thought that its of no use…and i thought what to buy from cvs as its too costly n after cutting my coupon i can get for less from other shop..bt later i came to know that my cvs take competitors coupons..so i can give them walgreens,bjs and wat so ever coupons i have they take all n that to for one product purchase..so if i have tide coupons for walgreesn,bjs, n manf then i can get tide for free with ebs..now i m loving it..

By: Myrna

Myrna — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:55:56 +0000

CVS stores in my area certainly have clerks and assistant managers with pissy attitudes toward coupon use. I contacted corporate about these issues and asked for their official policies regarding coupon use. Now, when a clerk tries to give me some grief, I just pull out the corporate policy. If they, or the manager still give me a problem, I contact corporate about their bad attitudes and refusal to comply with corporate policy. I usually get an apology from the manager. Unfortunately they still have bad attitudes. Some stores are better than others with regards to couponing and also with stocking adequate supplies of advertised products. For the most part, they do seem to be improving.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:22:32 +0000

“Rolling ECBs” means that you use ECBs to buy more things that earn ECBs. That way you’ll spend your ECBs before they expire and you’ll always have more ECBs to spend.

Example: You buy a pack of Huggies Diapers that are on sale for $8.00 and that will earn you $3.00 ECBs
you pay for the diapers (including any coupons you may have) and a $3.00 ecb will print at the bottom of the reciept

then

you do a second transaction
Let’s say Head and Shoulders shampoo is on sale for $2.99
you hand the cashier any coupons and then pay with the ECB that printed out from the Huggies transaction.

A good way to learn how to roll ecbs is to read a blog that participates in the $5 CVS challenge. They will tell you scenarios and get you started so that you would only spend $5 at a time so it’s less confusing. Then you can build your way up from there.
When I first started I read the blog “Kingdom First Mom”

By: MCP

MCP — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:39:49 +0000

I am new to this whole coupon thing. Never thought I had time to fool with it but the CVS ECBs sound too good to pass up. I don’t understand the concept of “rolling ECBs”. Could someone explain with an example?
Thanks!

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:09:09 +0000

This may be old news to most of you but new news to me. If CVS is having a buy one get one free sale on an item and you have a manufacturer’s buy one get one free coupon, CVS will give you both items for free! Yippee!

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:03:52 +0000

Sometimes I have the same problem when I shop the last day of the sale. The manager said that the sale may have already changed over to the specials for the next week. I simply smile and ask for what I need until they get it right. I always have a plan before I go shopping and try to shop earlier in the sale cycle. I look upon couponing as a money saving hobby. I generally shop at two CVS stores, one is better than the other.

By: janae

janae — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:54:11 +0000

I believe that is a running total of your spending for the quarter (three months) that will issue 2% of your spending in the form of extra bucks coupon. ie if you have spent $42, you should be getting a reward for this quarter of $.80 (or $1 is they round up..)