After hearing/reading about so much CVS savings action, I couldn't help but get ready to jump in. But how? I was lost in a swirl of ECB's and "stacking". I figured, the best way to figure it out was to actually dive in and see what the fuss is all about.
Fortunately, I scored big on a deal: SoyJoy "health" bars, which look ridiculously unappetizing to this self-proclaimed foodie snob. But, they were advertised in last Sunday's paper AND there were coupons. $4 for 4 bars + $4 ECB (that's Extra Care Bucks, for you fellow CVS newbies) effectively taking the cost to be "free". Extra Care Bucks are just like little slips of register tape money that can be applied to your next purchase at CVS within 30 days.
Then came the coupons. $2 off $10. $3 off 10 bars. 1 free SoyJoy bar.
12 SoyJoy bars later, I walked out the door shelling out $6.09 out of pocket with $12 of ECB's in my pocket.
What a rush! I just took CVS for a ride, and no one was the wiser. The lady at the counter seemed suspicious at a 20-something young professional strolling in and buying a barrage of soy health bars with a fistful of coupons - but took no action to stop me. I meandered across the parking lot to my car, envisioning scenarios where CVS management would bolt out of the door and call me back on a drastic mistake on their part, igniting a freefall plummet of their stock to destroy the American economy. Alas, no such event occurred. I sat in my car, satisfied and content, knowing that CVS just paid me $6 to help take these revolting SoyJoy bars off their shelves.
I still have 11 and 3/4 of them left. Can I interest anyone in a brick of dried sticky crunchy joyful soy?
Uh-oh. CVS is my new hobby.
January 25th, 2008 at 06:03 pm
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January 25th, 2008 at 06:37 pm 1201286243
You are only supposed to buy things with coupons and or store offers, for the food you usually buy!
Don't waste your time clipping the coupons of food and other items, unless you REGULARLY use those products.
I think your overzealousness for your new-found hobby got the best of you.
You will do better next time out of the gate.
But, hey, it has happened to all of us.
I remember taking back an item (some kind of fancy dirt picker upper) to CVS, cause when I got home with it I thought to myself. "I have no use for this."
So, you kind of have to "think" before go for items just because they are free.
January 25th, 2008 at 06:52 pm 1201287151
I was hoping they'd be okay. Maybe even tolerable for a mid-day office snack. I really did. But I was wrong. Oh, I was so very very wrong.
January 25th, 2008 at 07:36 pm 1201289763
I actually like certain soy products. Soy milk and fried bean curd... but they could also be wheat gluten, which I don't think is soy but I digress....
When done right, they can taste quite good! Soy products doesn't have to be bad, but yeah, it is hard to find those rare few dishes that do taste good.
January 25th, 2008 at 08:20 pm 1201292452
BTW, I spent around $31.00 at CVS today and only paid .98 OOP. Coupond take a lot of time, but do save a substancial amt of money.
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