CVS - late, I know...

So, I've been contemplating re-starting my CVS adventures. I had a tentative scenario set up (monthly deals basically), but then had a lil' chat with my sister-in-law.

Apparently, on www.iheartcvs.com - you can find a 3.00 off CVS purchase. There are snack crackers that are giving back ecbs when you buy them. The crackers run 1.97. So - if I'm not too lazy tonite/early tomorrow, I will hook up the printer and print that bad boy off... Please note, I intend to visit several stores tomorrow on my errands run. Thankfully, there are several along my planned route! Otherwise, this would be highly ambitious of anyone to do in a day. Also, most of this can be done til the end of the month except for the crackers, soyjoy, and detergent. Those deals end Saturday.

Of course, this all depends on stock and whether or not the coupon rules are still the same.

Transaction 1:

4.23 for 2 CVS crackers after tax (approximate)
-3.00 CVS coupon
1.23 cash oop, get back 2.00 ECB

Transaction 2:

4.36 nutratrim gum
-2.00 ecb
2.36 oop, get back 3.99

Transaction 3:

3.99 nutratrim gum
-3.99 ecb
0.00 oop (I think there is no tax cuz the ECB is considered a store coupon/sale price reduction - if there is tax, it'll be .37) get back 3.99 ecb

Transaction 4:

10.90 2 throat coolers
-3.99 ecb
-4.99 bogo printable throat cooler coupon
1.92 oop, get back 9.98 ecb for the throat coolers

Transaction 5:

20.88 4 throat coolers
6.33 2 cvs brand detergents
27.21 subtotal
-9.98 ecb
-4.99 bogo q
-4.99 bogo q
- 3.00 cvs brand q
- 4.00 4/20.00 purchase coupon
.25 oop, get back 14.97 ecb for the throat coolers. Normally, I don't like to get high value ECB's, but not sure I have a lot of choice right now.

If I'm really adventurous and can find stock, I'll do:

Transaction 6:

12.00 2 soyjoy
7.99 1 nasogel
.25 cheap filler to hit 20.00 pretax ammt.
20.24 subtotal
-4.00 4/20
-14.97 ecb
~1.38 after tax oop, get back 12.00 ecb for soyjoy and 7.99 ecb for nasogel

If I'm totally nuts, I'll do:

Transaction 7:

12.00 soyjoy (I think I may actually have coupons for these, so my totals may vary a bit)
7.99 nasogel
5.79 cvs detergent
1.50 worth of filler (prolly gum for hubby)
- 4.00 4/20
- 3.00 cvs q
.32 oop tax, get back 12.00 ecb and 7.99 ecb


I will have spent 7.46 oop, and have 12.00 and 7.99 ecbs to spend later.

I will have 'stocked':

2 pkgs of crackers
1 pkg of gum
1 pencil (.25 filler)
2 nasogels
4 detergents
4 boxes of soyjoy
6 throat coolers
2 nutratrim gums

Okay. This is where most folks are going - why on earth would you spend 7.46 on junk? Let's face it - most of this is junk. And honestly, I *normally* wouldn't. However, this is what it looks like to my family:

Gum for happy hubby, extra pencil for schoolwork, and 2 pkgs of crackers for happy hubby to take to work... 2 throat coolers kept aside for personal stock cuz mom wants to see what they are all about.

Utilizing my normal market:

4 detergents with potential resale value of about 2.50 a bottle (maybe more, but lets keep it low for now) = 10.00
2 nasogels with resale value of about 3.00 each = 6.00
4 boxes of soyjoy with resale value of about 4.50 each = 18.00
2 nutratrim gum with resale value of about 3.00 each = 6.00
4 boxes of throat coolers with resale value of about 2.00 each = 8.00

That is a total of: 48.00 cash - initial investment of $7.46 = gain of 41.54.