Here's My $2.62 Plan for October 2nd - Rite Aid!

I currently have $23.38 in UP rewards to use right now.  After careful planning, I have found to a way to get everything on my list next week for basically only $2.62 out of pocket!

Transaction 1:

10 Pantene Products @ $3.50 each (Get $10 UP WYS $30) = $35
10 Dove Hair Care Products @ $3.50 each (Get $5 UP WYS $15) = $35
Total : $70
Use 5 $3 off 2 Pantene Coupons = 55
Use 5 B1G1F Dove Hair Coupons = $37.50
Use 7 $2 off Dove Hair Rite Aid VV Coupons = $23.50
Use $23.38 in UPS = $.12 Cents
Receive $5 for spending $15 in Dove Hair Care
Receive $5 for spending $15 in Dove Hair Care (since I spent 35)
Receive $10 for spending $30 in Pantene

Transaction 2

1 Scope Mouthwash = $4 (Get $2.50 UP)
4 Gillette Deodorant @ $4 each = $16 = $20 (Get $2 UP for every 2)

1 Pert Plus Shampoo @ $3 = $23 (Get $2 UP)
Use 4 $2 off Gillette Deodorant = $15
Use $1.50 off Scope = $13.50
Use $1 off Pert Plus = $12.50
Use $10 UP from first transaction
Pay $2.50
Get back $8.50 in UPS (Still have $5 and $5 from Transaction 1)

Transaction 3

2 Gillette Deodorants @ $4 Each = $8 (Get $2 UP)

1 Pert Plus @ $3 = $11 (Get $2 UP)

1 Scope @ $4 = $15 (Get $2.50 UP)

2 Dove Hair Products = $7 = $22

Use 2 $2 Gillette Deodorant Coupons = $18
Use 1 $1 Pert Plus Coupon = $17
Use 1 $1.50 Scope Coupon = $15.50
Use B1G1F Dove = $12
Use 1 Dove $2 VV Coupon = 10

Use 2 $5 UPS from First Transaction
Total: 0
Receive $4 UP From Gillette, 2 UP From Pert Plus, 2.50 UP from Scope
Along with the $8.50 from Transaction 2 I will end with a total of $17 ups to use at a later date.

Transaction 1 : Spent $.12 Cents
Transaction 2 : Spent $2.50
Transaction 3 : Spent $0

Rite Aid - 9/25/11 - 96% Saved - $1.80

Here we have 6 Soft Soap Body Wash, 4 Crest Pro Health, and 2 Similason Computer Relief Eye Drops.  Broken down into two transactions, the entire cost was only $1.80.  Here's how I did it.

Started with $17 in UP rewards to use.

Transaction 1:

3 Soft Soap Body Wash @ 2.99 (Get $2 UP) = 8.97 (Get $6) UP back.

2 Crest Pro Health @ 2.69 (Get $2.69 UP) = $5.38 (Get $5.38 back)

1 Similason Eye Drops @ 6.99 (Get $6 UP) = $6.99 (Get $6 UP)

Use $1 Similason Coupon (20.34 Remaining)
Use 3 $.75 Soft Soap Coupons (18.09 Remaining)
Use $17 in UPS from previous transactions
Ending Total : $1.09
Receive $17.38 in  UPS back to use on transaction 2.

Transaction 2

3 Soft Soap Body Wash @ 2.99 (Get $2 UP) = 8.97 (Get $6) UP back.

2 Crest Pro Health @ 2.69 (Get $2.69 UP) = $5.38 (Get $5.38 back)

1 Similason Eye Drops @ 6.99 (Get $6 UP) = $6.99 (Get $6 UP)

Total : $21.34
Use $1 Similason Coupon (20.34 Remaining)
Use 3 $.75 Soft Soap Coupons (18.09 Remaining)
Use $17.38 in UPS from previous transaction.
Ending total : $.71 cents

$1.09 + $.71 = $1.80

Total Sale Retail = $42.68 (-96% = About $1.80)
Total Rite Aid Original Retail : $71.88 (-97.5% = About $1.80)

Rite Aid Deals Starting October 2nd!

OCTOBER 2nd-8th Deals

Freebies:

Pert Plus Shampoo or Conditioner $3.00 Get $2 UP Reward
Use $1 off Pert Plus from the 10/2/11 inserts
Use $2 UP Reward
Final Cost : FREE

Scope Mouthwash $4 get $2.50 UP
Use $1.50 Coupon from 10/2/11 Inserts
Use $2.50 UP

Final Cost: Free

Cheapies:

Get $10 UP Reward When Spending $30 on Select Products

--Pantene Shampoo, Conditioner, or Stylers 2/$7--

--$1 off 2 Pantene in most Sunday Papers 10/2/11--

PANTENE SCENARIO

Buy 5 groups of 2/$7 Pantene (10 total)

Total : $35
Use 5 $1 off 2 Coupons = $30
Use $10 UP Reward = $20
Final Cost : $2 Each and you have shampoo for many months.

 

Get $5 when you buy $15 worth of select products

--Dove Shampoo, Conditioner, or Stylers 2/$7--

--$3.50 off 2 Coupon in Most Sunday Papers 10/2/11--

DOVE SCENARIO

Buy 6 for a total cost of $21

Use 3 $3.50 off 2 Coupons = $10.50

Use $5 UP = $5.50
$5.50 for 6 Dove Products = $.92 cents each

WOO HOO It's BODY WASH Time!
Old Spice/Gillette Body Wash or Deodorant 2/$8 get $2 UP
The AD says there's going to be a coupon in the sunday paper, but doesn't specify what.  Typically, it's B1G1 Free, whether it's buy deodorant get wash free, or buy wash get wash free, I'm not sure.

OLD SPICE SCENARIO (Will vary, based upon what the coupon actually is)
Buy 2 Old Spice BW or DEO for $8
Use B1G1 Free Coupon (Again, I assume it will be b1g1) = 2 for $4
Use $2 UP reward = 2 for $2, or $1 each!

Rite Aid Deals Starting September 25th!

Here's a small preview of what's going to go down at Rite Aid starting Sunday, September 25th!

FREEBIES: 

Crest Pro Health 4.0 oz or Oral B Vivid White 3D Toothbrush 

$2.69 get $2.69 UP Reward (limit 2)
 

Similasan computer eye drops .5 oz and dry eye relief 10 ml 

$6.99 get $6 UP Reward (limit 1)

$1 Similasan Coupon (with registration)

CHEAPIES : 

Irish Spring Deodorant, Irish Spring Body Wash, Soft Soap Body Wash

$2.99 get $2 UP
Some regions got a 75 cent off Soft Soap coupon a couple weeks ago! 

Final Cost : 99 cents or as low as 24 cents!

That's about it for next week here at Rite Aid, check out an earlier post for some CVS deals for next week!

Let's dabble in CVS....

So lately, Rite Aid hasn't been having so many fantastic deals.  The free deodorant was nice last week (I now have enough deodorant for a year or more), and the cheap paper towels from this week was good too... but I just one or two good items a week is not enough to keep me interested.  The week of the 9th is going to be a good week (watch this space!) but there's just not much until then.

I ventured over to a cvs website, where I discovered they have plenty of great deals going on next week that I thought about checking out.  If you're not familiar with CVS, they're reward program is called Extra Care Bucks (which is apparently exactly like an UP Reward, except they are linked to your card and cannot be interchanged).

Thus ECB stands for Extra Care Buck from here on out.

Week of 9/25

Bausch & Lomb ReNu sensitive 12 oz $8.99 Get $7 ECB Limit 1
$2 off Renu Sensitive (With Registration)
8.99 - $2 coupon = $6.99 get $7 ECB
Final Price : Free After ECB!

Excedrin Extra Strength, PM, or Migraine 8 ct $.99 Get $.99 ECB Limit 2
Final Price : Free After ECB

Thermacare Lower Back and Hip heat wrap 1 ct $3.79 Get $3.79 ECB Limit 1

Final Price : Free After ECB!

Since I have absolutely no ECBs to start with, here's what I'm thinking about doing to shrink my Out Of Pocket expense...

Transaction 1:

2 Excedrin 8 Ct = 1.98
Pay $1.98 get $1.98 ECB back

Transaction 2 :

1 Thermacare = 3.79
Use $1.98 ECB
Pay $1.81 get $3.79 ECB

Transaction 3 :

1 Renu Sensitive @ 8.99
Use $2 off Renu Sensitive Coupon (link above)
Use $3.79 ECB
Pay $3.20 get $7 ECB back.

Leave with $14.76 worth of product for 6.99 out of pocket, and a $7 ECB to use later!

Just over 55% savings

Rite Aid 9/18/11 - $9.92 - 80% Saved

Transaction 1:

4 8PK Scott Paper Towels = 7.99 each = 31.96 (Get $10 when you buy $30 of select product)
2 Crest Complete = $2.99 (Get $2 UP limit 2)
Total: $37.94
Use 4 $1 off Scott Paper Towels Manufacturer Coupons = $33.94
Use 4 $1 off Scot Paper Towels Rite Aid Video Value Coupons = $29.94
Use 2 $2 off Crest Complete Manufacturer Coupons = $25.97
Use All $17 in UPs That I Had = $8.94

Receive $10 UP for $30 of Kimberly Clark branded items
Receive 2 $2 UPs for Crest Complete

Transaction 2:

2 Crest Complete = $2.99 Each = 5.98
6 Trident Layers = $1.00 each = $6.00
Total : $11.98
Use 2 $2 Crest Complete Manufacturer Coupons = $7.98
Use 2 $1 off 3 Trident Manufacturer Coupons = $5.98
Use 2 $.50 off 3 Trident Rite Aid Video Value Coupon = $4.98
Use $4 UP from First Transaction

Total : 98 cents
Receive 2 $2 UPs from Crest Complete
Receive 2 $1 UPs from buying 3 packs of trident.

After all coupons.. 

I paid 42 cents per roll of paper towels..saving 57%
I paid 17 cents per pack of gum (6 for $1.00)
I made $1 for every Crest Complete I purchased.

Rite Aid 9/13/11 - 96% Savings!

This was a small, quick trip to Rite Aid after I found some peelie coupons (coupons stuck to a product) on some Irish Spring soap at Big Lots for $1 off any Irish Spring deodorant.  Since Big Lots doesn't take coupons, we are suppose to remove all attached coupons.  That's exactly what I did with great pleasure.

This week at Rite Aid, the Irish Spring deodorant is $2.99, get a $2 UP reward back.  Combining my current UP Rewards with my new found coupons at Big Lots, this makes the item completely free, with an additional penny each!

The gum was also on sale for 99 cents.  I had a 50 cent off Rite Aid Video Value coupon, plus the three cents overage from deodorants.  So the transaction went as follows:

3 Deodorants at 2.99 each = $8.97
1 Gum at .99 each = .99

Total = $9.96
Used $6 in UP Rewards from previous transaction = 3.96 remaining
Used 3 $1 Irish Spring Deodorant Coupons from soap at Big Lots = .96 remaining
Used .50 Rite Aid Video Value coupon for gum. = 46 cent total.
I received $6 in UP rewards back for buying three deodorants ($2 each deodorant)

A good, quick trip!  Anyone else remember that convenient store in Monticello that was called Quick Trip?  It's a church now, I believe!

HOT New Finish Coupons - Wal-Mart Scenario!

$1 off 1 Finish Quantum Dish Detergent (Sign Up Required)

$.50 off 1 Jet Dry Rinse Agent (Sign Up Required)

If you don't want to deal with the whole Rite Aid thing that I do, here's what you can do at Wal-Mart.
 

Finish Quantum 12Ct = $2.97
$1.97 Final Cost after Coupon!

Jet Dry = $2.74
$2.04 after Coupon

If you do wish to go with Rite Aid, they often put their Finish Products on sale for Half Off.

Currently Jet Dry is $4.79.  Half off would be $2.40, $1.90 with coupon.

I don't know a price for the quantum tablets right off hand, however with the 50% off sale, plus the $1 coupon, PLUS the $1 off 10ct Quantum Tablets VIDEO VALUE COUPON would make for an excellent deal!  Just keep your eyes peeled over at www.iheartriteaid.com for their upcoming deals!

Don't Stores Lose Money When YOU Shop? Uhh, no.

The following was taken from www.couponshoppingwithtreasure.com ... when I first started couponing, this was one of the first sites I came to.  Her videos and articles really helped educate me in what I was about to do.  I chose to put this on my blog because people are constantly harassing me about getting stuff for free and how it hurts the store.  They couldn't be further from the truth...

You get all that for free?  Wow I'm surprised Rite Aid hasn't went out of business from you!  Don't they lose money?

Let me answer that question for you:
NO Stores DO NOT lose money when you shop with coupons!

In fact quite the opposite. You'll be happy to know that the store doesn't lose a dime when you use coupons. In fact, the store makes more money when you use coupons to save.

If you read the fine print on a coupon it says "Manufacturer will reimburse retailer the face value of this coupon plus $0.08 cents handling fee".

So not only are they getting the full face value of the coupon, they are getting there 8 cents worth too!


Manufacturers want you to try their product.

They work hard marketing a brand. They are trying to build product awareness and brand loyalty. Manufacturers spend millions of dollars annually trying to get consumers to buy, and continue buying their products. They introduce new products with a coupon to get you hooked. In addition, coupons in newspapers and magazines double as print advertisements. Even if you do not actually clip and use the coupon, you see the advertisement that contains the coupon, which helps build brand and product awareness.It is all part of a larger business plan.

About 6% of the population uses coupons..really...that's it! So that means that of the hundreds of thousands of inserts printed and distributed each week, about 94% of them get thrown in the trash! Imagine that, throwing money away!  Heaven help me I could faint.

When you compare the amount of money manufacturers spend on marketing their new brand and the amount of consumers that actually use coupons, you will see that they are not losing money.

Manufacturers will not stop issuing coupons just because we get products for free by using the coupons.

Knowing why a manufacturer issues a coupon will make it easier to agree with that statement. If you used their coupon, it means you bought their product. If you bought it, you might like it and tell your friends, and continue buying it yourself.

Rite Aid Trip 9/11/11 - Money Makers!

Transaction #1: 

5 Tylenol Precise @ 5.99 Each = 29.95 (Part of buy $30 get $10 UP Promo)
1 Reach Toothbrush @ 2.50 = 2.50 (Part of buy $30 get $10 UP Promo) (Part of buy $25 oral care get $5)
2 Bayer Asprin @ 2.99 each = 5.98 (get $1 UP each)
Total = $38.43
Use 5 $5 Tylenol Precise Coupons = $25
Use 2 $2 Bayer Coupons = $4
Use 2 $1 Bayer Rite Aid Video Value Coupon = $2
Use $5 UP from Previous Transaction
Ending Total = $2.43
UPs Earned =
$10 UP from Buy $30 of select products
$5 from buying $25 in select oral care (remember all the scope from last week?)
2 $1 UPs from the two Bayer Asprin
Total Ups Earned = $17
Total Ups $ Cash spent = $7.43

Ups Earned - Money used = $9.57 PROFIT from this transaction.

Second Transaction:

4 Bayer (even though the ups are limited to 2, I didn't want to take up too much time in line, since they were already free after coupons)

2 Packs of 5 Gum.

4 Bayer @ 2.99 each = 11.96

2 '5' Gum @ 99 each = 1.98
Total = 13.94
Use 4 $2 Bayer Coupons = $8
Use 4 $1 Bayer VV Coupons = $4
Use 2 $.50 5 Gum VV Coupons = $1
Total Coupons Used = $13
Total After Coupons = $.94
UPS Earned = 2 $1 UPs from Bayer.
Total Spent - Ups Earned = $1.06 PROFT on this transaction.

Overall Today I Profited $10.63 in Up rewards!  Anyone need any of that asprin after trying to comprehend all of that?

Rite Aid Trip 9/8/11 - 89% Savings

Here We Have...

4 Lysol Fabric Refreshers = $10
4 Large Scope Mouth Washes = $15.96 (Get Back $12 in UPS)

3 New Style Colgate Toothbrushes = $11.97 (Get back $6 in UPS)
1 Colgate Optic White Toothpaste = $3.99 (Get back 42 in UPS)
Total for the Day = $41.92
Coupons Used
4 $1 off Lysol Disinfectant or Fabric Mist (-$4)
4 $1 off Any Lysol Video Value Coupon (-$4)
4 $1 off Scope Mouthwash (-$4)
3 $1 off Colgate 360 Toothbrush (-$3)
1 $1 off Colgate Optic White Toothpaste (-$1)
I spent $16 in coupons.
I divided it out into about 4 transactions to maximize my savings.
After UP Rewards all of the Scope was FREE.
The Lysol were 50 cents each.
Each Colgate item was 99 cents.
Total = $5.96
BUT I spent $1 in UPs more than what I got back which brings my total down to....
TOTAL = $4.96 which equals out to about 89% savings.