CVS: Deals for the week of October 5-11, 2008

Here are the best deals at CVS this week, with thanks to Erin from Coupon Cravings for her help in compiling these! You won't want to miss the excellent guest post she ran on her blog recently on how to curb your addiction to deals.

******ECB DEALS******

Buy 1 Colgate MaxFresh at $2.99, Get $2 ECBs (Limit 2)           
Use $1/1 coupon from 9/28 SmartSource insert or use $1/1 coupon from CVS Reinventing Beauty booklet      
Free after coupons and ECBs

Buy 1 Breeze2 Blood Glucose Monitoring System at $14.99, Get $10 ECBs (Limit 1)
Use up to $30-off coupon from 3/16 or 6/1 SmartSource inserts
Free plus possible overage after coupon and ECBs

Buy 1 Bic Soleil at $5.99, Get $4 ECBs (Limit 5)
Use $2/1 printable coupon
Free after coupon and ECBs

Buy 1 Always Infinity (14-18 ct) at $4.98, Get $4.98 ECBs (Advertised as Limit 1, reported to be working as a limit of 2.)
Free after ECBs

Buy 1 Vitamin Water at $2.29, Get $2.29 ECBs (Limit 1)
Free after ECBs

Buy 1 Gillette Shampoo or Conditioner at $4.99, Get $1 ECB (Limit 5)
Use $2/1 coupon from 9/28 PG insert
$1.99 after coupons and ECBs

Spend $20 on Benefiber, Maalox or Gas-X, Get $10 ECBs (Limit 1)       

*DEAL*       
Buy 4 Maalox Regular Strength Mint (12 oz) at $5.49 each       
Use 4 $2/1 coupons from 8/17 SmartSource insert       
$0.99 each after coupons and ECBs

Spend $20 on Select Medicines & Personal Care Items, Get $10 (Limit 1)

*DEAL*       
Buy 1 Tylenol Extra Strength at $6       
Buy 1 Mylanta at $6       
Buy 1 Motrin IB at $8       
Use $2/1 Tylenol coupon from 9/14 Red Plum insert       
Use $2/1 Mylanta printable coupon
Use $1/1 Motrin coupon from 10/5 Red Plum insert       
$5 after coupons and ECBs

******NON-ECB DEALS******

Colgate Toothbrushes--on sale for $0.99
Use $1/1 coupon from September All You magazine
Free after coupon

Aquafresh Toothpaste--on sale for $0.99
Use $0.75/1 printable coupon
$0.24 after coupon

Zephyrhills Natural Spring Water (3-liter)--on sale for $1
Use $1/2 coupon from 8/4 Red Plum insert
$0.50 each after coupon

See all deals for this week along with coupon match-ups here.

******OCTOBER ECB DEALS******

Buy 1 WellPatch Arthritis Relief Pads (3-ct) at $5.99, Get $5.99 ECBs (Limit 5)
Use $1/1 coupon from 7/13 SmartSource insert
Free plus overage after coupon and ECBs

Buy 1 CVS Vitamin D-400 (100-ct) at $2.99, Get $2.99 ECBs (Limit 1)
Free after ECBs

Buy 2 Gatorade or Propel (20-24 oz), Get $1 ECB (Limit 5)
Use $1/2 coupon from CVS Reinventing Beauty Booklet
Free or nearly free after coupon and ECB

Buy 1 Colgate MaxFresh with Mouthwash Beads Toothpaste at $3.29, Get $2 ECBs (Limit 2)
Use $1/1 coupon from 9/28 SmartSource insert or use $1/1 coupon from CVS Reinventing Beauty booklet      
$0.29 after coupons and ECBs

Buy 1 Ayr Saline Nasal Sinus Spray at $3.99, Get $3 ECBs (Limit 5)
$0.99 after ECBs!

See all deals for this month along with coupon match-ups here. 

******ESPECIALLY FOR BEGINNERS******

New to CVS-ing? Don't try to make heads or tails of this post because it probably won't make a lot of sense to you. Instead, go here where I explain the CVS program in full detail. Want to join in the fun and incredible savings? Then go here where I share more about how to make it work for you. 

******Share Your Deals and Scenarios!********

Have your shopping trip planned or did you come up with a great deal scenario/idea? Just post about it on your blog and leave your link below. **To make it easy for everyone to navigate quickly through the links, your link must link directly to your CVS deals post. Links going to the homepage of your blog or any other part of your blog besides the direct link to your CVS deals post will be deleted.**

Comments

[kp]

Hi Crystal,
What is or where is the Reinventing Beauty booklet? The cashier at my CVS didn't know what I was talking about. Thanks!

[Rachel]

Where can I find the CVS reinventing beauty booklet?

[Rachel @ Surviving The Stores]

I'm excited about this week! I think I'm going to try to convince my husband to stop at CVS on the way to church! :)

[Sarah Fortner]

I think the BB Colgate q's are MQ's, so I don't think they'll work if combined with another MQ.

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Money Saving Mom here: Thanks for catching that mistake, Sarah! I've corrected the post.

[starbucksgirl]

sorry, I posted this comment and my savings in the wrong section. I moved it down to the weekly savings section. I didn't realize that this was the CVS section. Whoops. My apologies.

[Tonya]

I'm excited about CVS this week!

[AddictedToCoupons]

Hi! I confirmed this morning that the Always Infinity Pads ECB deal is limit 2!! By 2 at 4.98 ea, get back 9.96 in ECB's. YEAH!!

addictedtocoupons.blogspot.com

[Lee Scott]

Did anyone use the 3.00 coupon for soleil's 4 packs on the soleil razors. i didn't but i saw some people had them in their scenario's? Just curius if it worked.

[Sally]

Check your cvs crts- I had one for $5/2 maalox, and another one for $3/48ct or more benefiber- makes for a sweet deal when combined w/ manufacture coups and the $10 ecbs when you buy $20 worth.

Meters- make sure you get the pkg w/ the test strips, there were 2 diff pkgs at my cvs, one had test trips and one had none included.

[Amanda]

The monthly vitamin D deal is actually a limit of 1.

[Kristine]

Here's my CVS trip. Didn't have any $/$$ coupons to start with so it could've been even better!

1 Bic Soleil Refill Cartridge
1 Always Infinity
1 Colgate MaxFresh
4 Reese's/Kit Kat Candy Bags

$2 Bic Soleil Printable
$1 off Colgate Maxfresh
$1 off Hershey's Candy wyb 3
$14.50 ECBs Used (includes my summer spending ones)

$1.44 OOP
$10.98 Earned in ECBs
Plus got two $4/$20 coupons, a Revlon and a CVS panitliner coupon

Not too shabby! And I think I have all my Halloween candy now.

[Bree]

I have a question. I was wondering where you are finding the "Spend $20 on Select Medicines & Personal Care Items, Get $10 (Limit 1)" I'm not finding it in either my flyer or the Extra Value Book. I may just be blind! Thanks!

[Bree]

I'm so lame, I just found it, like right after I asked it! Sorry about that! Thanks.

[Chris]

Is anyone else having trouble with the link for the Bic Soleil coupon? It just keeps asking me to install the coupon printer on my computer, and I have already installed that awhile ago and used it many times. I also tried the link on my husband's computer and it just does the same thing. Ggrrr!

[Jen]

I'm also having trouble with the link for the Bic Soleil coupon. The coupon printer page keeps telling me to install it and also the page automatically refreshes every 5 seconds. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[kp]

go to the bic soleil website for the coupon

[Ellen]

When I attempted to print the coupon for bic, it indicated that the special is now over. Thanks.

[Katy]

When I tried the Soleil IP coupon this morning, it said that the deal is over. I guess I should have printed it this weekend, rats!

[Money Saving Mom]

For those having trouble getting the Bic Soleil coupon to print, go here:
http://www.feelthesoleil.com/soleil_main.html

I'll fix it in the post.

[Jessi]

I had recently been falling out of love with CVS, since the deals weren't that great, and the one CVS in our area was constantly out of stock on the deals they were offering. My stash of ECBs had dwindled down to almost nothing. But they won back my heart this week by opening a brand new store even closer to my home, and they sent out a $10/20 coup (wow!) and coups for free Pepsi, a free CVS beauty product up to $3, and 25 free prints. AND EVERYTHING WAS IN STOCK!! I walked out today with only $2.50 out of my pocket, a bag full of great products, $15 ECBs, and a warm, fuzzy feeling for CVS. Thanks, CVS, and thanks, Money Saving Mom, for posting the deals!

[Becky]

I usually see the Reinventing Beauty magazine up by the checkout counter, with other magazines and all the small items up at the counter, above the candy. They don't always have it. The last one I saw had American Ferrera (Ugly Betty star) on it.

[Chris]

Yay! Thank you SO MUCH for fixing the Bic Soleil link MSM! You are the best!

[Nancy]

Has anyone else experienced problems with CVS now doing either/or with coupons and ECBs? I haven't been in a few weeks, but I have had several friends tell me that their CVS is no longer letting them use coupons AND get ECBs on a item. If you use a coupon, the ECBs will not print out. If you want the ECBs, you can't use a coupon on the item. Walgreens is apparently doing the same thing with their program now. I had a friend call the Walgreens corporate office and was told this by one of the VPs. They also indicated that they might be scrapping their whole program. The "reasoning" for the change was because the "register rewards" (or ECBs in CVS's case) were actually "manufacturer's coupons."

These seems shady to me, since "manufacturer's coupon" is not printed on them and you can use it on ANYTHING. Anyone else experienced this?

[Prov31Gal]

Hi Crystal,
I'm back in the CVS game!

[Rebekah]

I too am having trouble with the Bic coupon. It printed, but the page didn't print correctly...I only got the top part of the coupon!! Frustrating!!!

[Cara]

Ooops! Sorry, but #68 is invalid! Please delete it when you have the opportunity!

Thanks!

Cara

[Mary Ann]

When I checked out at CVS last night, a $2 coupon printed off for a Lady Speed Stick deodorant. It was good for the ones that were on sale for $1.99/$1 ECB. So I used the coupon and got the deodorant for free plus the $1 ECB! Sweet!

[cct]

I tried the Ayr Saline Nasal Spray ($3.99)..it is over 1 oz. and does not work for the ECB deal ($3ecb). No ecbs were given. FYI. I tried:) The Oct. book states .75 oz.

[Honey]

YEEEHAAA for CVS clearance!!! I got 3 24 oz boxes of peanut-butter filled pretzel nuggets ($1.42 each), 1 6oz pouch same (.37), 2 boxes gold emblem cookies (.87), 16 oz fruit and nut trail mix ($1.25), box nutri pals bars ($1.50), 1 6oz jar almonds ($1.13), 2 9oz cans almonds ($1.20), 2 cans pantene hairspray (.65-regularly $6.50!), 2 boxes chips ahoy 100 calorie packs ($1.00), always infinity & vitamin d (monthly free after ecb deals), tube crest sensitivity toothpaste ($1.22), 7 pack disney fruit crisps (.25 each), 1 bag fig newtons (1.13) and they paid me $1 to take these home after coupons and ecbs! I cannot believe I found healthy snacks at the drug store for free!

[Susan]

I just had to share that tonight at CVS I was able to do the Always Infinity Deal 10 times without ever reaching my limit!! My dil just had a baby so she definitely can use them. I asked the cashier about it and he said he didn't mind as long as I didn't. :o)