Rite Aid: The no-coupon money-making scenario
New to couponing and still building up your stash? Or maybe the thought of using multiple coupons scares you? There's good news! Shannon from For the Mommas has put together a small money-making scenario for this week which requires no coupons aside from the $5/$25 Rite Aid coupon.
Buy 5 L'Oreal Nail Polishes at $2.99 each
Buy 1 Sambucol at $7.99
Buy 1 Citreshine Shampoo, Conditioner, or Styler at $3.99
Use $5/$25 Rite Aid Coupon
Spend $21.93 plus tax out of pocket
Get Back a $23.00 Single Check Rebate ($8 and $5 for L'Oreal products, $7 for Sambucol, and $3 for the CitreShine)
See more deals and scenarios for this week at Rite Aid here and here.
One question, if I were to add another of the nail polish, or something else with a rebate that would get me total over $25, would I then also be eligible for the $10 gift card promotion Rite Aid is running this month? Thanks to anyone who can answer this question. :)
Posted by: Sarah Romine | July 19, 2009 at 08:57 AM
Where does the first $8 come from?
Posted by: Michelle | July 19, 2009 at 03:06 PM
At my Rite Aid, (Michigan) the L'Oreal Nail Polish was on clearance at 75% off and the ad said that the rebate was not good on clearance items. So... I went with a different scenario.
Posted by: Lynette | July 19, 2009 at 05:44 PM
this is a great one for newbies - if there is one thing I miss about the old walgreens system is this easy way for people who aren't yet obsessed with coupons to get into the game fast!
Posted by: claire | July 19, 2009 at 06:23 PM
I see where we would get $8 in rebates from the L'Oreal products but where does the $5 come from?
Posted by: Michelle | July 19, 2009 at 06:59 PM
I am neww to this coupon think how do it work can icarry it in stead of cash
Posted by: FINACE | July 19, 2009 at 08:19 PM
Hi - I worked up a similar scenario with the L'Oreal on my blog yesterday. There are two separate L'Oreal rebates:
#157 is for $2 off the $2.99 Polish and there is a limit of 4, so $8
#156 is get $5 when you spend $13 on L'Oreal
So technically, you could buy just 4 polishes at $11.96 and find another item to get you just over that $13 (it would not have to be another polish).
Make sense??
Posted by: Angela Russell | July 20, 2009 at 01:43 AM
Sarah, to answer your question - the $10 gift card is for select Kimberely-Clark/Bayer/Schick products, so no, the L'Oreal would not qualify.
Posted by: Angela Russell | July 20, 2009 at 01:45 AM
L'Oreal - Rebates #156 & #157 ($5 & $8 respectively).
I just hope the nail polish counts for #156.
Posted by: Kathy | July 20, 2009 at 02:51 AM
If you wanted to make your OOP a little smaller....Coupon Craving says there is a $1/1 coupon from 4/26 Smart Source insert on Citreshine...Then you could ad the shave gel at $1.99, Use $0.75/1 or $1.50/2 coupon from the 5/17 and 7/12 SmartSource inserts and get another $1 back in rebates making the shave gel very cheap. Of course then you'd be using coupons!
Posted by: Michelle | July 20, 2009 at 06:30 AM
Does anybody know if the nail polish for sure counts towards rebate #156?
Posted by: Michelle | July 20, 2009 at 10:09 AM
I couldn't wait for the answer so I called Rite Aid Rebates and the nail polish does qualify towards rebate #156. Okay...off to Rite Aid!
Posted by: Michelle | July 20, 2009 at 11:43 AM
All that coupon printing and planning and not one single nail polish left. What a bummer!
Posted by: Michelle | July 20, 2009 at 02:11 PM
They didn't have the Sambucal rebate offer at my store. The cashier said sometimes they don't carry all of the products offered. So, I couldn't do my deal like I thought I could. But, I still bought 5 of the Loreal nail polishes, and I bought 2 V05s because they were on sale for .89. I spent a total of 8.72 with tax because the nail polishes (reg. 4.99) were on sale for 1.24. I am submitting for the $2 rebate (limit 4) and getting $8 back. So, basically all of my purchase was free and I just paid for tax. :-)
Posted by: Ahnah | July 21, 2009 at 08:36 AM
Are you sure that nail polish will count toward the rebate? I bought that too and it says on the rebate offer site that it excludes prepriced and clearance stickered items. The signs on the shelves said $2.99, but they rang up $1.24...I wasn't sure if I got the right ones. It messed up my plan for the $5 rebate for $13 purchase, but .24 polish is pretty good. I submitted for the $2 rebates just to see.
Posted by: Jo Riddle | July 21, 2009 at 09:37 PM
Plus if you get the $1 manufacturer coupons from the L'Oreal website, you can make $1.75 per bottle of nail polish. That's what I did yesterday - got a total of $29 of stuff, spent $14 and supposed to get $19 back, but I didn't realize the limits and I should have done separate receipts... I'm assuming you can't get 2 rebates on 1 receipt?
Posted by: Heather | July 24, 2009 at 08:01 AM