I wasn’t planning on stopping at CVS today. But I heard that the coupon printing machine in the store was printing out the quarterly ECBs this week. I’ve had to use most of my ECBs for necessities lately, so I really wanted to see how many I had coming for my quarterlies. (It was $12.50 by the way… evidence that we’ve been sick and had lots of prescriptions this quarter! Yikes!)
Since my roots were once again sparkling in the sunlight, I figured I’d pick up some hair color while I was there. And while I was at it, why not try to spend ALL $12.50 of those ECBs? I’ve never done this without a well-thought-out plan! But, hey, why not!?!?
Here’s what I ended up with.
Starting ECBs: $12.50
Merchandise Value: $22.01
Out-of-Pocket Cost: $.51 (plus $.61 tax = $1.21)
Ending ECBs: $6.99
Savings: $21.50 (98%)
What I Bought:
1 Single-Serve Doritos* – $.99
1 20-ounce Diet Mt. Dew* – $1.59
3 Pantene Shampoo/Conditioner – $2.99 each
1 Colgate Total – $2.99
1 Stride Shift Gum – $.99
1 Garnier Hair Color – $4.99
1 Kotex Liners – $1.49
Coupons Used:
-$2.00 off x 3 Pantene coupons from Vocalpoint home mailer
-$1.00 off Colgate coupon from April All You Magazine
-$1.00 off Kotex printable coupon (no longer available)
-$1.00 off Kotex CVS printable coupon (no longer available)
-$12.50 ECBs
Out-of-Pocket Cost: $.51 plus tax
ECBs Earned:
$1.00- Doritos/Mt. Dew
$.99 – Stride
$2.00 – Colgate
$3.00 – Pantene ($1 each)
* I wasn’t planning to buy the Diet Mt. Dew/Doritos combination. (Those pesky Diet Mt. Dews keep ending up in my shopping pictures, don’t they!?) But in order to use the $12.50 ECBs without losing any of them (you don’t get change from them), I needed a couple of small filler items. The cashier suggested the Dew/Doritos deal, because I would get another $1 ECB back. Good idea!
This post is linked to:
:: Super Savings Saturday hosted by Money Saving Mom
:: Shopping Superstars hosted by The Thrifty Mama
So, if you take your prescriptions there, you get a percentage on the quarterly ECBs? Do you know what part they take it from? Like is it just the part you pay out of pocket? I have one medicine that, without insurance, costs $1,000 per month! Boy, if they gave back even 1% of that, that would be $30 ECBs / month! LOL I could definitely see that being worth changing pharmacies! 😀
Jen – They give you a flat rate for prescriptions. It’s usually $1 for every 2. They just had a double bucks event this past quarter though, so you got $2 for every 2. That’s how we ended up with so many bucks back. You’re right… You would get a tons of bucks back for that prescription! But I guess $1 for 2 is better than nothing! 🙂