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Michele Easter,
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 "While
many teenagers are asking their parents for
expensive clothing, my daughter Caroline asks me
to take her to the thrift store. Caroline says,
" Mom, I can get so much for my money." Here
Caroline is pictured with a thrift store purse
she got for $3.00. Her shirt was 50 cents. You
can not see her cute sandals, but they only cost
$3.00. I am glad I am teaching Caroline thrifty
habits. A few weeks ago, we were out shopping.
I offered to get Caroline something to eat. She
said, we have plenty of food at home. I can
wait." Dawn Hunt |
"Here I
am wearing one of my $2 JC Penney sweaters.
As you can see I got quite a few items and
lucky for me they were all only $2 each. A
few of the items aren't pictured because
they are already in my laundry bin but in
this photo there are two dresses and a silky
shirt hanging up behind me as well as about
18 dressy tops, tee shirts and sweaters
spelling out JCP on the table and a few
bulky hoodies and sweaters draped over the
chair back (right in front of me). I bought
a total of 27 items and feel like I have a
whole new spring, summer and winter
wardrobe. The lines at the dressing room
were too long for me to try things on so
I'll be donating at least five of the items
but I'm sure that the local women's shelter
will be glad to receive some new clothing
too. It's always nice to shop, save and
share!" Phyllis W, MD
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"Open
wide, Ahhhhhhh."
My local grocery store, Meijer, had a
deal on baby food just in time for the
star of MY show, starring Baby Sophia,
to start eating it! When I bought 20
jars of Beechnut baby food, I would get
a catalina for $4 off my next order. I
also had manufacturer coupons of $1 off
when you buy 8 jars, $2 off any 16 and a
few of the really good ones, $1 off any
4 jars to use. I would combine the
coupons to bring the count up to 20
jars, example: using one $2 off any 16
c/o and one $1 off any 4 c/o or
using three of the $1 off any 8 c/o,
etc. During the same week, Meijer had
eperk coupons, which you load to your
shoppers card, $4 off any $16 purchase
(one time use only). Combining all these
factors and doing the deal multiple
times, as it was unlimited, and using as
many coupons that I could print out off
the Beechnut web site. I ended up with a
total of 232 jars of Beechnut baby food,
which would normally cost over $100.00,
for under $18.00! Less than 8 cents a
jar. I'm happy to report that the star
of our show is enjoying her new role as
taste tester, while her manager is
finding it easy to stick to the budget!"
Reporting from Michigan, Aimee
Stevens
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"Today
was the best day ever at Rite Aid so far for
me and my 3 year old daughter Izabella! I
had many transactions but it all worked out
for the better as you can see from my
picture!
Let me just say I had $2 ups reward to start
with from last week. I bought 2 Vaseline
lotions and 1 Tena pad. I had 2-$1 Q for
Vaseline, a $5VV and $7 coupon for the Tena.
I paid $2.24 oop and got back $4 up. Next
transaction I bought 1 Brainstrong, 4
Colgate toothpaste and 3 toothbrushes. I had
the $2 coupon for Brainstrong 4-.75c coupons
for Colgate and the $4 up. I paid $28.22 and
got back $31.50 in ups.
Third transaction I bought 14 Xtra laundry
detergents and 2 Dial For Men soaps(had $1/2
Q from coupons.com) used the 20ups and paid
$2.19. The Xtra detergents gave me enough to
get the $20 Buy and Save up reward. So I
took my 2nd card and got 3 more Colgate
toothpaste, 5 Simplify t.ps, 2 more
Vaselines,1 Fantastik spray and another
bottle of Xtra. Paid with 20 ups and owed
.31cents!!!! Got back 14.50 in ups and used
them to get 7 more bottles of Xtra fluffy
fabric softener and paid 1.00 and some
change in tax!!! Yippy for Riteaid! With the
amount of ups I got back and the amount
spent I got so much more for free!!! YAY! My
daughter and I did the coupon dance and even
got our nice cashier to join in!" Jen
Kilner
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"I was so proud of myself on this
shopping trip. I got all that you
see for $10.08 at my local Food Lion
and my store does not even double
coupons. I have 5 cases of Coke, 3
cases of Sprite, 1 Diet Coke, as
well as 3 Dove B1G1F deodorant
packs, Scott 12 pack tissue and I
Prell Shampoo. The Prell is the only
thing that I did not have a coupon
for. The Coke products were all free
item coupons from Mycokerewards. The
Dove were $2.99 a pack after $1.00
off coupon. The Scott Tissue was on
sale for $6.99 but I had a $1.00 off
coupon as well when I scanned my MVP
card I got another $1.00 coupon that
I could also use. I also had a $5.00
off of $40.00 and $4.00 OYNP coupon.
The total before coupons and MVP was
$85.40
Coupons and MVPS came to $75.32
For the Total OOP to be $10.08
One of my Coke coupons did not come
off but I was not upset about it I
was happen to save all of that. The
babies in the picture are 2 kids
that I baby-sit so their grandmother
can work. She got the Diet Coke to
take home. The Sprite also came in
handy that weekend since the whole
house got hit by the stomach bug
that was going around." Susan
Edmondson, NC
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After
Christmas Chocolate Score!
"As you may know deals can happen without
being planned. I came upon this deal by
accident. I had a $3 coupon from Toys 'R Us
that I received in the mail for a birthday
gift for one of my kids. It was about to
expire so I went in to see if there was
anything I could use. It was after
Christmas and there really weren't any toys
that I saw that I could use as gifts. I
almost walked out of the store without using
my coupon. Then I saw that TRU had their
Holiday candy marked down 90%. My mind
started thinking, I walked over and started
looking. I found the 3.7 oz Hershey Kisses
in a plastic candy cane holder. Regular
price $2.49. That meant they were on
clearance for .25! Although there was
plenty, I only picked up 12 of them so that
I would have no out of pocket expense. My
bonus is that there was no tax! I saved
$29.88. WOW!"
Maria Sciuto
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"I scored an amazing deal on
Huggies santa diapers at my
local Stop & Shop grocery
store. The packs were clearanced
to 75% off the regular price
of $9.99, so $2.50.
Each package had coupons
inside for $2.00 of Huggies
diapers. I had coupons to
start so I bought a few
packages at a time and went
out to the car and pulled
the coupons out of the
packages I purchased. I was
able to get 20 packages of
diapers for $10.00 and I
saved $150.00! The diapers
have a cute design of
Santa's jacket and belt on
them, but the print is very
light and you can't see it
through my daughter's
clothes so no one knows the
difference." Tia Quinn
Middleboro, MA
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 "Pictured
is my son Justin who is showing off this
weeks completed 3 separate deals at
Walgreens. 1st deal was 4/$12
with $4 RR at checkout, for a list of
products that just so happened to also
qualify for the Black History Month spend
$10 get $5 Rebate Offer on Palmolive-Colgate
products. So that is was drew me in but I
found that the 1st deal wasn’t
the one I would be using for the $5 rebate.
My first deal continued with 6 bars of Irish
Spring, body wash and two Colgate Totals. My
coupons totaled $2.00 and I had a RR of $10
from my last Walgreens visit. (I do not
recognize my RR until I actually use them).
1st deal, paid only $1.02 out of
pocket. 2nd deal was to take advantage of
the $5 rebate mentioned above. The deal was
2/$4 for Speed Stick and Lady’s Speed Stick
deodorant (limit 6), which is my luck when I
saw the ad because not only was I in dire
need of stocking up, but they are
Palmolive-Colgate products which qualify for
the $5 rebate. I bought 3 regular Speed
Stick and 3 Lady’s Speed Stick, and had
$2.00 in coupons. Subtotal before taxes, $10
exactly! On my way home from work, I decided
the 1st deal was so awesome, that
I stopped at the Walgreens by my home and
got another round this time using my $4 RR
from the 1st deal and $2.00 in
coupons. Total came to $5.84 with tax. Plus,
at the register I received $4 RR for my next
trip. Total Walgreens spent today minus the
$5 rebate (because I don’t count RR until I
use them) $12.70, which means I paid $.91
for each product! Thank you Walgreens!"
Stephanie Young
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"The girls are proud of their Winn Dixie haul!!
Soft Soap was on sale for .99 had .40 c/o that
doubled. Colgate was .99, had .40 c/o that
doubled. Palmolive was .99, had .50 c/o that
doubled. Valley Fresh chicken was b1g1 for
$3.49, had 1.00/2 c/o. Found Fancy Feast beef
sliced on clearance for .30, had 1.00/20 c/o.
Found Whiskas packets in 4pk on clearance for
$1.15, had 1.00/2 c/o. Amazing how far you can
stretch $11.00 huh!!" Sherri Johnson
"Publix
had Beechnut baby food on sale B1G1 for .55
each. I had printable coupons (8) for $1.00 off
3 - (5) for $2.00 off 16 - and (4) for $2.00 off
20. We scored 184 jars = $101.20 - 50.60 for
B1G1 = $50.60 - ($26.00)= $24.60 total out of
pocket. My youngest is 17 years old but my
little great nephew Easton will make good use of
these. Girls and hubby had a great time stacking
them for the picture. Thanks Refund Cents!!"
Sherri Johnson |
"I
have had so much FUN
at Wal-Mart with
their $10.00 Faux
Canvas coupon! My
wonderful nine year
old son, Victory,
was so proud to pose
with some of my
canvas prints which
we have purchased
using this coupon..
Years ago I ordered
a canvas print from
canvaspeople.com
from an
advertisement on
Michele's Updates on
RefundCents.com.
It was a 12 x 12
size which was free
and I only paid
shipping cost. It
is very nice quality
but I felt it was
too small in size.
(This was my first
experience with
canvas prints and
with this online
company so I did not
want to spend very
much money.) I
would recommend the
quality of
canvaspeople.com,
but their items are
costly. My order
also took several
months to receive.
When
I first saw the
advertisement for
the Wal-Mart canvas
coupon, I
immediately
dismissed the
coupon because it
was from
the Wal-Mart
company. I do not
like the Wal-Mart
stores and I very
rarely shop there.
I have a history of
negative experiences
using coupons at
Wal-Mart stores in
general. I have
went into a Wal-Mart
store and made a
purchase maybe once
in the last year.
After
a couple days
thought, I read and
re-read about the
Wal-Mart coupon and
decided to try using
it. I simply love
to take pictures of
my family and I have
hundreds of pictures
hanging on the walls
of our home.
I easily opened an
account at
Wal-Mart.com,
uploaded a picture,
and ordered an 11 x
14 faux canvas print
to pick up in a
local store. I
printed the $10.00
coupon and went into
the Wal-Mart store
with a carefree
attitude. I had in
my mind if the
checkout cashier was
at all negative that
I would simply
smile, turn around,
and leave the
store. I did not
expect to be able to
use the Wal-Mart
$10.00 coupon at
all, but I was not
going to purchase
the faux canvas
print without the
coupon. The 12 x 12
and the 11 x 14 faux
prints were $19.95
at full price.
At
the Wal-Mart photo
department the
cashier easily found
my order and rang it
up. I did not look
at the canvas,
because I did not
want to like it and
then not purchase
it. I smiled and
handed the cashier
my printed $10.00
coupon and imagine
my shock when she
smiled back and
immediately punched
in the discount. It
took me longer to
scramble searching
for money in my
purse to pay than it
took the cashier to
take off the
coupon. I asked if
she had seen many of
the great $10.00
coupons and she
replied yes, and a
lot of people were
using multiples of
them. I was again
surprised! I spoke
with her more and
the photo clerk said
the head of the
photo department
said anyone could
use all the $10.00
coupons they
wanted. Of course
only one coupon per
purchase, but she
said I could go home
and order another
faux canvas print
but simply one per
order.
I
walked out of the
Wal-Mart store
smiling and still in
surprising shock.
For the next few
days, I ordered
several more of the
faux canvas prints.
My oldest son is 18
years old and has a
birthday coming up
in March. He
selected his
favorite picture of
himself and asked me
to make him a canvas
print for his
birthday gift. I
hinted to my
husband’s parents
about their favorite
picture and made
them a canvas print
to save for a
Christmas gift. My
youngest son just
finished a football
season with the
Snoop Football
League by winning
their National
Championship game in
California. The
team had a
professional
photographer take
pictures of the team
and the individual
players. A lot of
the parents
celebrated by
purchasing
professional prints
of their sons in
their football
uniforms. The
prints were very
costly, and our
family did not order
one. I selected a
picture I had taken
of our son in his
football uniform and
ordered an 11 x 14
faux canvas of it.
My son was overjoyed
at the canvas of
himself! The faux
canvas cost me
$19.95 minus the
$10.00 coupon plus
tax. I know one of
the other football
parents spent over
$150.00 for a canvas
print of their son.
I
really looked over
the Wal-Mart faux
canvas. It is very
thin in quality.
The "frame" easily
bends and creaks.
When you hang the
canvas you need to
be careful to make
sure the sides are
straight and not
bending. The colors
are nice but not
standout bright or
bold. Then I
compared the
Wal-Mart faux canvas
with my older
canvaspeople.com
canvas. In my
opinion, there is
no comparison of
the quality of the
material and colors
of the two prints.
The canvaspeople.com
canvas is much nicer
in appearance and in
touch. I would not
display canvases
from the two
different companies
next to each other
so the comparisons
could easily be
seen. But taking
all these opinions
and the price in
mind, I would
recommend the
Wal-Mart faux
canvases. The
Wal-Mart canvas is
not of the
professional quality
but they also do not
cost a professional
price. The Wal-Mart
canvas is nice and
my children really
like them. They
look really nice
hanging on the wall
next to regular wood
framed pictures.
The canvas
pictures are a nice
fun change from the
regular wood framed
pictures hanging on
the wall in our
home.
I am
thankful to Michele
and the great fellow
contributors of
RefundCents.
RefundCents has made
a positive influence
on me & my family’s
life. I have
learned so much
about coupons,
refunding, and
saving money. My
family has so many
really nice material
things that we would
not have without
RefundCents... one
example is these
canvas prints. We
are also able to
donate a lot more to
Goodwill because of
the extra coupons I
use." Thank you!!!
Bernetta Stewart
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Winner - Cover Contest Jan/Feb 2012
"The spirit of Christmas was in abundance at the
Ponchatoula, LA Senior Center on December 8,
2011 as it served as the home of Santa’s Senior
Workshop for the Council on Aging participants!
My precious 83 year old grandmother was my
inspiration for the event. Having her presence
with us is the greatest present of all, but she
insists on giving gifts, although we’ve finally
convinced her to limit it to those who are under
18. Christmas is such a special time of year,
but it can also be very stressful, especially
for many of our senior citizens who have limited
budgets. They want to give, but financially,
they just can’t afford to. I combined two of my
biggest hobbies, bargain shopping and
volunteering and came up with the Santa’s Senior
Workshop idea. I gathered all appropriate gift
items from my personal stockpile, mostly from
Target’s 90% off Clearance, such as fleece
throws, games, beauty items, and purchased some
other things from the Dollar Tree, Rite Aid and
CVS. I also provided wrapping supplies purchased
after Christmas last year. I enlisted the help
of our local high school’s Key Club and Interact
Club, which my daughter is a member of. The
morning of the big event, I set up the items in
a boutique like setting, with classical
Christmas music playing in the background. I
gave each of the 39 participants $20 in pretend
money to shop for those on their lists. To make
things simple, we had a $1, $3, $5, and $10
table. It was truly heartwarming to see the
teenagers show such concern for the
participants, helping them find the perfect
gift, whether it be for their 3 year old
great-grandchild, or 90 year old sister. The
participants then moved to our wrapping station,
where though chose just the right gift wrap,
bag, bow and tag. Most elected to have the
students help with the wrapping rather than
tackling the task themselves. It
 is truly
better to give than to receive, but helping
others give it absolutely wonderful! I was so
surprised at how excited and appreciative the
participants were and incredibly impressed at
how respectful and helpful the high school
students were. I plan on expanding the Santa’s
Senior Workshop to other centers throughout my
parish next year, which also serves as a great
reason to continue bargain shopping. During
Christmas, the elderly are often overlooked. I
urge you to reach out to those in your community
to make their holiday a little brighter. It
doesn’t take much, to make a big difference in
someone’s life!" Martha
Thompson
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Winners - Inside Front Cover Jan/Feb 2012
"My
sixteen year old daughter just recently started
driving, I went on the third shift around the
same time. This makes sharing the car not a big
issue however with a extra driver running
around, going to hang out with friends is rather
expensive.
Since the driving thing is all new to her she
has kept the roads hot. She has been running all
my errands, waking me up and bringing me food
just so she has excuses to drive. It all has
worked out until I realized the cost of the food
and gas. So the next day I sat her down and
explained to her that this week had been great,
but I could not continue to afford the extra
gas. I told her she would need to figure out
where all she needed to go each day and
consolidate trips and when she got places with
her friends she would need to hang out there and
not just ride around looking for things to do.
She said she understood and she would try to be
more careful with her spending.
The next day she asked if she could use the
car to drive herself to cheer practice, and to
pick up a few things to take to camp. I told her
that would be fine.I went to bed she got her
stuff together and was out the door. She
returned that afternoon with us some lunch and a
big smile on her face. She reached into her bag
and pulled out some CASH and said "Here Mom will
this help?" I said where did you get this
money....?? She said "I found a DEAL!"
She had went by Walmart a
few days earlier and had
noticed some low priced
travel stuff and she had
remembered seeing some
coupons for items of that
brand when we cut up our
inserts.She said she thought
she would try it and see
what happened. So she
gathered up the coupons and
with a few items in hand she
went through the check out.
At the end of her
transaction the cashier
handed her some money and
her receipt and told her she
was a couponer too and what
a smart shopper she was.
She said she then went back
through the store and
gathered up her items and
proceeded to the check out
line again. This time the
manager was called over
and verified the
transaction. He looked at
the coupons and looked at
the items and said
everything looks good and
walked away. She said it was
a Happy Day at Walmart!
In all she got:
21 ---- 6oz Dial Hand Soap
with Moisturizer @ $ 1.47
23-----2.25oz Dial Travel
Bars @ $ .97
She used 44---- $2.00 off
Dial Coupons
She got back $11.13 for 21
Hand Soaps and $23.69 for
the 23 Travel Bars
for a total $34.82 cash back
Who knew that sixteen year
olds actually pay attention.
I don't think I could have
even worked a better Deal. I
think that from now on she
will be know as the "Coupon
Queen" in this house.
Pictured You will find
Mercedes still Smiling
...... Money, Car Keys in
Hand.... with her Stock
Pile.. Zabrina Bruce, AL
"Lilly helping mom get ready
for new baby brother!
We have 3 deals pictured.
First, from Target.
Huggies slip-ons big packs
19.99 reg on sale for 19.79
-$2 target coupon -$3 mfcX2
-$6 -$10 Target gift card
wb2 $29.82 plus tax like
$5.40 per jumbo pack
Next from Target. Luvs
big pack 16.99 -$2 store
coupon X2 -$10 gift card wb2
$19.98 or $9.99 each plus
tax qty 8 $79.92 plus tax
like $3.33 per jumbo pack
Finally from Amazon.com.
Luvs value pack $44.56 reg
$37.99 -$11.40 Amazon Mom
discount and Ship and Save
disc $26.59 each qty 6
154.59 plus tax like $4.29
per jumbo pack
Total value pictured
$532.38 for $264.33. Total
savings of 50% and still
cheaper than walmart brand
diapers. At between 9 and 10
cents per diaper.
Not a free deal but still
feels good to have a diaper
stock pile."
Anna Rempe, KS
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Winner - Back Page Jan/Feb 2012
"I only have one CVS, Walgreens.
Rite Aid so this is from one trip to
each. I had well over $150.00 of
stuff. I paid $14.00 and got back
$21 to spend later. I know some of
you do better by breaking down into
separate orders, but the store was
busy and I hate to hold up the
line. I am proud of myself. I don’t
get to go often." Janice
Wilkinson
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"I had 25
coupons for $1 off any Johnson & Johnson Red
Cross product. Fortunately, the little first
aid kits qualified! I have been able to
purchase these at CVS in the past, but the price
went from $0.99 to $1.49 at most stores, so no
longer free. I went to multiple Walmarts, but
they were all out. Finally, on my way to a
Christmas celebration, we stopped at Walmart (to
look at some clearance Lego sets), and they were
stocked! Since the coupons expired the next
day, I purchased all they had (22). They were
$0.97 each, so $0.03 overage on each one. The
coupon stated only four coupons could be
redeemed per transaction, which made it a little
trickier since I had $0.12 overage on each
transaction. However, I purchased a banana or
cucumber on each order, so stayed healthy while
using my overage!" Lisa Samson, OH |
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ONE EASY DEAL
 "This
is a picture of my grandson, Elijah and part of
my display of Nabisco snacks. One of my favorite
local stores had a mega deal where if you bought
10 particular items it would automatically take
50 cents off of each item. Well, I had gotten
lots of things through this deal for almost 2
weeks and had passed by the Nabisco display
every time seeing the sign of 50 cents each. I
thought that was the price after the 50 cents
was taken off. But that was not the case.
Apparently the store made a mistake and didn't
care to fix it because when you bought these
Nabisco Go Paks (reg. priced .99-$1.49) in
groups of 10 they were FREE! I got some for all
of my grandkids, friends, and some people I knew
in the store. One time I had 30 Nabisco Go Paks
at the self check out without buying anything
else and the total was zero. I didn't even have
to pay tax. I did have some coupons for the
Kraft macaroni bowls so they were free too. A
few people knew about this before me so all of
the Oreos and Chips Ahoy cookies were gone.
There were plenty of Teddy Grahams, Ritz Bits,
and Nutter Butter Bites. They even restocked the
display till the last day of the sale. I think I
ended up with over 300 of these. If you could
count to 10 you could do this deal, almost too
easy!" Susan Campbell |
"I didn't
have a human subject available but I thought
since some of my 'haul' is for her, my
Keesie Tinsel would do!!
The 4#
bags of dog food were $1 a bag after the $4
coupons!!
All of
the Uncle Ben's on the lower shelf were free
with the sale, coupons and the catalina.
Most everything else in there was next to
nothing or free.
BUT the
best bargain was the shelving unit itself.
When Borders went out of business we decided
to go the last week and see if there were
any can't pass bargains, who knew it would
be the DVD shelves!!!??? We got two
for $50!!! One for our DVDs and one for all
of my overstock dry/can/bottles. It works
perfectly keeping them behind glass is dust
free and I can see what I have without
opening a door!! It looks like I'm out of
Ketchup!!!
Of course
miss Tinsel has her own cabinet further to
the right with her snack hall from the last
BOGO on Beggin' Strips at Kmart." Carla
Ohio
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"I joined Refundcents several years
ago because money was tight and we
needed any help we could get. The
money that we have saved since
joining is unbelievable. As with
many other families this year money
was very tight at Christmas. With
all the
help from Michelle and her website
my fiance and I were able to have a
great Christmas for our family. At
the end of November
a local community center had an
indoor yard sale. We purchased a
spot to sell our stockpile items.
We made just under $500 and used
this money towards Christmas
presents. Our stockpile would not
exist if not for the deals posted on
Refundcents.com. I have to give a
shout out to my fiance, Jon. He is
a super help when it comes to
lugging the stockpile around when we
have sales. He also never has a
problem going to a store for me with
a list and coupons in hand. He is
the best!
Here are a few of the great
deals we used to buy presents. The
Cabbage Patch Kid our daughter, Dani
is holding was free by redeeming my
points from the Huggies reward
program. The shirt she is wearing
of our favorite football team ( Go
Steelers! ), was very cheap by
stacking codes when ordering online
from Kohl's. The calendar our son,
Ethan is holding is one of six that
I ordered for family members from
Picaboo. Total price for all six was
$25 by combining a BOGO sale at
Picaboo and a $100 gift certificate
that I purchased for $25. ( I still
have over $20 left on the gift
certificate for future use. ) We
bought Ethan a pair of Nike sneakers
that were a great bargain at under
$15 by combining sale and promo code
at Nike.com. We also have a 14 year
old daughter, Tyler. She of course
has expensive taste when it comes to
clothes. We were able to buy her
quite a few nice articles of
clothing from Aeropostale by taking
advantage of Black Friday Deals and
coupons. Whether it be a sale,
using coupons and online codes,
sending in rebates or buying through
Ebates, all our purchases had some
type of deal involved. Deals that
we would not be aware of if not for
Michelle and Refundcents. Thank
you! Thank you! Thank you!"
Sherry Logsdon
|
 "My
local Meijers was offering Santa Bucks again!
Yeah! We always do well combining these
additional savings, on top of great sale
prices. This particular week the ProJamz Guitar
& Microphone were both on sale for $19.99. The
regular retail prices were $32.99 for the Mic
and $39.99 for the Guitar. I was able to
combine the
 Santa
Bucks coupon for an additional $4 off each (with
separate purchases). This put my out of pocket
at $15.99 each before tax. I was able to
purchase 3 guitars and 2 microphones for my
children and my niece and nephew. The BEST part
is that with each purchase of the Guitar and
Microphone I received a $20 OYNSO coupon at the
register! So for $85 OOP before taxes I was
able to get $185 worth of toys AND have $100
left to spend on future purchases. What a great
deal!!!!! It takes a little work, but the deals
definitely pay off. I this case, I NEVER would
have bought these as gifts - but boy do they
love them!" Shawn Byrne
|
The Best
Things in Life are FREE!"I've been
getting Carolina Pride bologna and jumbo hot
dogs for 50 cents after sales and double
coupons for the past few weeks. My freezer
is stocked and my kids are almost tired of
eating hotdogs and bologna. However, I did
pass some on to my family members.
It's that time of year again for me to go
on my annual FREE SPREE. My day started off
with getting two 12 packs of 7up sodas and a
Reeses peanut butter cup for 57 cents. Then,
I headed over to Walmart and did some more
shopping. My daughter Tameka, coupon
princess in training, is always anxious to
help gather my groceries, especially when
there's a free box of Capri Sun in the deal
for her.
After gathering my groceries, I headed to
the checkout. The cashier greeted me and
proceeded to ring up my groceries. I gave
her the cents off coupons first, and warned
her the rest of the coupons were free. I
wrote down the price of each item to speed
up the process as usual. However, she didn't
take my word for it and looked it up anyway.
I waited patiently while she contacted the
manager to see if I could use two $5.00 off
coupons at the same time which gave me
$10.00 worth of hotdogs. The manager told
her yes, and she continued to ring up the
rest of the groceries.
My "loot" included, 1 Schick Hydro razor,
1 package of Sister Schubert's Dinner Rolls,
1 bottle of Miracle Whip, 2 packages of
Idahoan mashed potatoes, 1 box of Capri Sun,
1 box of Domino sugar, 1 box of Toast 'Em
pastries, 2 24-packs of Aquafina water, 1
12-pack of Fanta orange sodas, 1 12-pack of
Mello Yello, 1 box of Foster Farms
corndogs, 2 cans of Swanson Beef Broth, and
7 packs of Bar-S hotdogs. My total was
$51.74, and I paid only 74cents.
This is competition for me. Every year I
try to beat my total from the previous year.
I'm happy to report I did indeed beat my
total from last year.
So, the best things in life really are
free, if you know how to get it!"
Trina Mike, Okatie, SC
|
 "It
was an awesome day in the clearance aisles
today! Started off at Walgreens and bought Kiss
nail artist nail polish. The single packs were
marked $1.59 and the 3 pack kits were $2.89. To
sweeten the deal there was a Wags coupon for $1
off each one! I got 6 single packs and 4 of
the 3 pack kits. Then I stopped at CVS, and the
deals were unbelievable...TONS of beauty stuff
75% off! I ended up buying 2 Sally Hansen quick
care clean-ups, 4 Sally Hansen perfect manicure
kits, 2 nail clippers, 5 eye shadows, 1 Smackers
collection kit, 7 mascaras, 1 styling gel, 1 lip
gloss, 30 nail polishes, 3 bags of gummy bears,
1 Life Savers Storybook, and a bubble tape. I
had 3 $10 gc from previous deals, 26.49 in ecb
and $11rr. I spent $12.89 oop for $391.17 of
merchandise. I am on a good deal high!
Needless to say my daughters stockings are going
to be overflowing:) We will also be making
some gift baskets up to take to the women's
shelter to spread some holiday cheer." Stacy
V.
|
"A little while back, I had found
some tearpad coupons for Oreo's
.50/1 single serve packs. They
didn't expire until 3/12 so I had
been holding on to them hoping for a
deal. I couldn't locate the single
serve in any of my grocery stores
that double, but sure enough Rite
Aid came through and eventually had
them on sale Buy One Get One free.
They are regularly $1.19 each so
the BOGO made them $1.19 FOR two. I
was allowed to use a coupon on each
package at 3 different stores over
the course of the week. I ended up
with 42 packages. at .19 for every 2
packs. I should have paid about $4
total for them, however somehow one
cashier made an error and I paid
$2.85 total for 42 packs. Only .06 a
piece! My daughter was always asking
me to buy them-but I rarely would at
full price-Can you see how happy she
is now? Normally she's not allowed
sugary sweets after 6pm-but on the
evening of her 'photo shoot' she got
a well-deserved treat-she picked the
cakesters and it was a fluke package
that was overstuffed with cream...MMmmmmmmm."
Laurie D
"My husband doesn't
request too many
'specific' things, so
when he requested I get
more of the Lipton
natural Teas I wanted to
oblige; but I couldn't
even think of spending
the $1.59 each shelf
price! This past summer
I had gotten 4 dozen or
so for only .09 a piece
with a .59 sale and
.50/1 DND coupons--but
being that it is now
winter I didn't foresee
a really good deal in
the near future for
these-but I kept my eyes
peeled. I had managed to
collect coupons for 40
bottles, some were from
the Sunday paper at $1
off 2, and some were
tear pad .50/1. Then
the other day I saw the
deal I was waiting for.
Superfresh had a promo
for a free $10 gift card
when you buy $30 in
Pepsi products -and
Lipton is a Pepsi
product and was listed
in the fine print of the
offer. The Naturals were
also on sale for .99
each.
I bought 31 bottles at
.99 each= $30.69. I
used 31 coupons to bring
the total down to $15.19
(.50 saved on each) I
paid the $15.19 Using a
$25 Visa gift card I won
through one of the
instant win games listed
on the RC website. The
cat machine spit out the
promised coupon for a
$10 Superfresh gift
card. I took the coupon
over to customer service
and got my $10 card. In
essence I paid $5.19 for
31 bottles or .16 a
bottle. Using the gift
card to pay actually
made them 'feel' free to
me and I was able to
fulfill my hubby's
request happily and
painlessly! As always,
my 10 year old daughter
Juleah was the willing
subject for the photo."
Laurie D
|
"Here is
what I gathered on a trip to Walgreens.
Skinny cow bars: 180; 60 Sweet tart chews;
10 nestle crunch bars; 6 chew spree bags, 18
laffy taffy; 15 boxes of turtles, 18 skinny
cow clusters; 3 butter fingers; and 48 sweet
tarts long packs. I purchased these using
75/3 coupon found in the December Walgreens
IVC book. It averaged out that I was paying
25 cent a pack for the skinny cow products,
and 71 cent for each six of the sweet tart
products I purchased by purchasing them in
lots of six and using the $1 coupon it
generated to purchase the next six. I did go
to several stores to make these purchases to
make sure I left some on the shelf. Someone
may be wondering what will I do with all
this candy! Well my plans are to use some
for my gift bags at church and some will be
used for my grandson pictured to share with
his class. Oh yea, we will eat some too.
Wonka, Wonka!" Barbara Thomas
|
"This is my grandson, Carson, & I
showing off the $300 + plus of
products I recently got for about
$40.00. My daughter received
coupons from Gerber for the formula
plus we had a catalina from Target
for another $3.00 off two cans,
making the formula less than $1.00
per can. I also submitted rebates
for the Renuzit candles and the dog
food which is hidden. I did a
speech on couponing for my public
speaking class and used this display
as my visual aid. I got an A on
this speech.
I did even better the week of
November 26 through December 3. I
got over $60.00 worth of goodies at
CVS for .81 plus I got two Old Navy
gift cards. I got 2 Tide, 2 Gain, 3
Oral B toothbrushes, 4 Dawn, 4 Glade
spray, and 4 Pantene shampoos. I
had $2 coupons for the Tide, $1
coupons for Gain, $3 coupons for the
toothbrushes, $3 coupons for the
Pantene, .25 off Dawn, and $2 off
two Glade products. My extra care
bucks from Thanksgiving Day also
helped make that haul possible. I
can also submit my receipt for the
cookware promotion (rice cooker and
tamale steamer). Thanks to a tip on
Centsible Chat, I got six CoverGirl
nail tools for free at Family
Dollar. At Target, I got 4 Curel
hand lotions for $2.00 after
receiving 2 $5 gift cards. I got
the $10 gift card for spending $50
as well. I went to a local party
supply store and found a lot of
great deals on Christmas decorations
and paper goods, including napkins
for .25 per pack and $1.00 grab bags
with over $25 worth of goodies
inside. I rounded out my shopping
at Lowe’s where I found a poinsettia
marked down to $3 and a large (over
2 feet tall) tropical plant marked
down to $1."
Cheryl Raup
|
"Clean
clothes and dishes for the New Year for
less! I had several of the $2/1 Tide and
.50/1 Dawn coupons and made it a goal to go
to CVS everyday to take advantage of the
spend $30 get a $10 gift card. After 6
trips, I ended up with 22 bottles of Tide
and 20 bottles of Dawn, not all are pictured
here as they have been stored in our laundry
room. Tide was on sale for $5.99 each and
Dawn was on sale for .99 each which came to
a total of $151.58 minus $44 in coupons for
the Tide and $10 for the Dawn and then I
received the 5 $10 gift cards. My out of
pocket was $47.58 plus tax and I chose the
gas cards. I made a trip almost every day of
the sales week due to the limit of 4 like P
& G coupons per transaction which was fine
with me since I have a CVS close to home and
another close to my workplace. Not only will
my family have clean clothes and dishes for
the New Year but we have added the savings
to the pot for the cruise we will be going
on in February. Pictured here are my little
helpers Maggie and Maria who are enjoying
helping me “decorate” the Tide and Dawn
tree."
Luisa Delgado
|
"What a great deal at
Walgreens! After reading a
fellow RCers deal I printed my two
Delica One Touch coupons and headed
out to Walgreens. The Delica One
Touch was $19.99 (mf coupon was good
up to $19.99) and there was also a
$10 Wags coupon in the monthly
coupon booklet. I was able to get
all my goodies for under $3. I would
have spent more than this on the
milk alone! One toy will be a gift
for my 2 year old and the other is
being donated to a family in need.
Since one of the gifts is for DS I
couldn't put him in the pic so it's
just the goodies in this one. Thanks
RC!" Amy Stewart, KY
|
"My
son and daughter saw me trying to put
everything away and decided to get in on
the action. We found 80 of the Dana
fragrances thanks to the OP here. We
also found several of the kids bath sets
and got 24 sets of the Schick razors and
we still made about $20 dollars from
four different stores. I had fun finding
the sets and wish I could find more I
had only a problem at one store but it
tends to be a little on the coupon
unfriendly side. The other stores were
like good for you." Heather S.
|
"This is
my 8 year old son, Justin. Christmas was
the best this year because of some awesome
deals I received in September.
I was
shopping in WalMart and they announced over
the speaker that all clearance toys were an
additional 75% off. So I headed over to the
toy department and was immediately engulfed
in the madness. I found the following deals
4 packs
of Play Doh $.20 each
2 multi
packs of Transformers $1.75 each
1 single
transformer (not pictured saving for
birthday) $1.75 each
2 Cars 2
toys (only on pictured) $2 each
1 Lego
set $1
2 board
games (only one in pic. other is for
birthday) $3 (marked down for $14)
My best
ever, never find it again deal was the large
transformer in the front, I actually got 2
of them, one is put away for the birthday.
They were all the way at the end of the
aisle, by themselves, the price tag at the
bottom said "Transformer $11.98" so I took
them both and took them to the worker who
was marking items down, told her the price
tag price and she marked them down to $2.75
each! I was practically dancing down the
aisle. When I got to the register, the
cashiers were having to manually enter the
marked down price, my jaw hit the floor when
the original price rang at $42.68!! But the
manager and I went back to the back and I
showed her the price tag on the self, and
she said that I could have the big ones at
the $2.75 price. I had to give her a hug I
was so excited." Cathy Rogers
|
 "Hello,
I'm Leo, the newest addition to the Finch
Family! With my brother Kevin, we
joined granny Boots to make for 3 indoor-only
furkids. We 3 cats go through one 10# bag of
kitty litter a week. Imagine how happy our
owner was to find litter on sale at Family
Dollar. Using her human coupon skills, she
combined a $1.00 coupon with the sale and paid a
little over a dollar a bag. My favorite? The
Crave kitty treats which were completely free
with coupon. RefundCents Rocks! Purrrrrr......."
Angie Finch |
"In this
picture is my son, Zakk (on the right) and
his best friend, Jacob (on the left). I went
to CVS and all of this retails for $490.69.
I received all of it for FREE. I was able to
use extra bucks and roll them to the items
giving me more extra bucks until I could get
the gift cards for $10.00. I did this enough
times that I was able to get all of this
stuff using my $50.00 worth of gift cards. I
still have $20.00 left on the card! The boys
had a great time putting this together so
they could take a picture of their "Product
Pyramid". Nice to know that teens appreciate
stuff free too!
I
received the following:
30 -
12pks of coke products
8 - Zhu
Zhu Pets
3 -
4pks of 9 Lives cat food
1 - bag
of Purina cat food
1 - bag
of Purina dog food
5 -
bags of different brand chips
3 -
kinds of different dips
18 -
bags of Hersheys candy
12 -
Gatorades
6 -
Monsters
10 -
purses/totes
2 -
bounce fabric softeners" Karri Hickman
|
Coupons are not just for groceries.
"Here is a picture of the love of my life,
it took me 47 years to find him. When John
and I first met he was a Lt. on our local
fire department and for years I had cooked
for the local fire and police department
extra goodies to show my appreciation for
all their hard work. By using coupons and
refunds I always had extra cake mixes and
cookie mixes at my house so I would bake
them up and drop them off on my way to work
at the daycare. John always said when I came
into the fire station he could smell my
perfume and baked goods. After John and I
got married a few years ago he went with me
to the grocery store for one of my mega
shopping trips for home and for the daycare.
He just watched me wide eyed wondering how
we were going to pay for everything. I
smiled and said "Don't worry it's all good."
At the end of our trip we had two baskets
full of groceries...As the checker rang and
rang.. I could see John looking worried the
final total 657.26..John said in a wispier
"Honey we don't have that kind of money in
the bank right now." He had seen my coupon
books but he had know idea really what my
hobby was about. I pulled out my hand full
of coupons and shoppers card and the price
started going down down down... total bill
249.71. John was shocked he had never seen
anything like this before... I said " Oh yes
you can use coupons on everything if you
really look, I work full time and don't do
as well as some of my other friends." John
was amazed, he told everyone about his new
wife's way of saving.... Well I decided what
could I do for my new husband that would
make him happy..He had saved my heart after
47 years, he helps me in my daycare
business, and he helps me take care of my
son who has a broken neck. Allot for a man
to take on with a new wife. John's life long
dream had been to fish professionally and
although he had fished on his days off at
the fire station he had never had the chance
to do it full time. Well after 25 years of
fighting fires I convinced John to retire
and fish professionally. I told him the only
fire he had to put out now was mine. We
bought a boat and started getting tackle
together, John would laugh he would go to
look for tackle and I would hit the refund
board for deals on the tackle. I knew we
would need a new truck to pull the boat, but
with the expense of the boat I wasn't quite
sure how to make that happen for my honey.
Then I got a coupon if the mail, on a new
truck the coupon was for 1,500.00. I had
never seen a coupon that big...I called to
local dealers and they said only a few were
sent out and I just got lucky..I said "Ok
God help me make this work." I found out if
you bought a new car or truck that year you
also got back $3,000.00 on taxes...I talked
back and forth with both dealers till one
dealer said if I would come in that day he
would give me back $5,000.00 on our trade
in. My mind started working then.... We
bought the truck for 42,000.00 but I
told the dealer, that I wanted low interest
and I wanted a year warranty past the first
year warranty, and since they had a shop on
site I would like free oil changes for a
year.. He laughed but agreed to all of it, I
also got free on star for a year and free XM
Radio for a year (never hurts to ask) So
here is how we did....$42,000. Truck Dealer
gave us $30,000 for our old truck $5,000 for
trading in the truck that day, (I then
pulled out my 1,500 coupon) and the next
year we got a 3,000 tax credit so grand
total for new truck with free oil changes
for a year XM Radio for a year, On star for
a year, and extra year on warranty and a few
other extra bells and whistles was
$2,500.!!!!!! All the sales men laughed and
even gave my husband a T-Shirt!! I was so
happy to be able to work this deal out for
my sweet husband he is always doing for
others and never asked for anything... And
oh yes the tackle bags and rod in the
picture... .Refunds. So you see there is a
lot more out there you can do with coupons
rebates and refunds if you just look. You
can see us now on the road with our new
truck, boat and of course my coupon books!
Happy Couponing" John and
Cindy Cromwell
|
"We found it truly
pays to be organized. Found Bauer advanced in a
bin next to front register for $1.99 had $1.50
coupons making then .49 a box and the Up2U gum
was unadvertised sale at the register for 10/10
had $1.00 off coupons making them FREE. Being
able to locate them in my file made it Awesome!!
Thanks refund cents for all the organization
tips!"
Sherry Johnson
"Scored 9 Sonicare
toothbrushes reg $40 for 19.98 and had the $15
Sonicare coupons and there's a rebate for $10.
Lysol hands free with bonus was 6.98 had $3.00
coupons say yes to carrots and blueberries face
wipes clearances at 2.08 with $2.00 peelie
coupon on pkg got 45 of them all Glade and
Airwick clearance and had coupons for all. Had
lots of fun and everyone in the family will be
getting a new nice toothbrush!! Thanks refund
cents for all your advice." Sherry Johnson
"We scored
30 jars of pasta sauce
20 puffs tissues
4- applesauce
4 aunt jamima pancakes
4-6pk Deerpark water
6-3 liter Deerpark water and some spices and
organic Tomato sauces had coupons for everything
most was already B1G1 so we made out like
bandits!! Was a lot of fun. Thanks refund cents
for all the great information!!" Sherry
Johnson |
"My 9 year old son is
quite the shopper!!
Jon Jon started w/
$1.50 in ECB...he now has $12.49!!
We used coupons and
he did 10 transactions. He too paid around $5 in
tax, so he got all these great deals as well."
Julie B. (Kingdom Klipper) Ohio |
 "Thank
you Purina. Purina had a fantastic coupon $2 off
1 bag any size Purina One cat food. It was in
the Sunday coupon booklet twice in the past 3
months. Thanks to the RC Trading board, I was
able to get 35 coupons the first time it came
out. I called Giant Market to order me 35 small
bags (16 oz) which were priced $2.26 a bag. Out
of pocket would be $9.10 plus tax. I sold these
bags at my local flea market so a profit of $20.
Happy Days." Marie Kunz |
"Looks like we are set on breakfast stuff for a
while! My moms really learning the art of
couponing and we think she "Rocks" thanks Aunt
Sherri and Refund Cents for teaching her how to
strrrrrrrrettcchh our money to fill our
tummies." Sherri Johnson |
|
Christmas Card Deal Diva!
"This
year I was determined to save as much
money as possible on Christmas Cards.
I’ve never done the printed card thing,
in fact it has been a few years since I
sent out a letter at all. Inspired by
seeing (and ignoring) lots of deals last
year, this year I vowed to take
advantage of every opportunity. I had 83
people on my Christmas card list.
It
started with Snapfish. For shipping
costs in 3 separate transactions over
the course of about a month, I got 5
custom folded cards,
20 4x8 flat cards, and 20 5x7 flat cards
for a total of $18. From there, I got
10 free cards at Rite Aid, and 20 from
MyPublisher through 2 separate deals,
and 20 cards through seehere.com for
$1.49. Now, the RA cards didn’t come
with envelopes, so I learned a little
lesson there, but I still had 85 cards
with envelopes and the 10 RA cards I
included with other gifts I was
wrapping, etc, when possible.
I
slipped a very short letter into each of
these envelopes, just a cute summary and
message that I printed 4 to a sheet,
cropped, and taped to the back of each
card. (Tape: free from coupons. Printer
paper: free after office rewards. Ink:
purchased with office rewards.)
Then
I had to mail all these cards. Several
years ago I picked up some clearance
photo stamp boxes for $6 a box. Most of
my codes got lost during my move last
year and I was heartbroken…until in
November I reorganized my underwear
drawer and found them safely stashed
there! I waited for a sale on
photostamps and got 100 stamps using
credits from 3.5 codes…the rest stays on
my account for next time. So that made
for about $20 in postage to order 100
custom stamps, plus $20 in cards, to
mail the 85 cards and have 15 extra
stamps! I don’t even care that in
January I’ll have to add an extra
stamp…they are too cute to matter!
Last
but not least, at some point last year I
used Vista Print for return address
labels. I don’t remember the deal
exactly, but I still have sheets of
them…so that did not really factor in to
this year’s price. We’ll probably still
have these leftover when we move in 9
months! (PS: They’re great for wrapping
gifts…)
So
Summary for 85 mailed cards: $20 +
$16.40 (not counting leftover stamps) =
$.43 per card!" Christy G.
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"The
CoverGirl Makeup deals are mind-blowing!
Every product bought is going
to
brighten (literally) someone's day. Perfect
time to stock up for Christmas. I plan to
give it all away to friends, family
(daughter pic), and those hardworking
volunteers at our local shelters &
non-profits. Can't wait to make up fun
baskets! Thanks CoverGirl...and thanks
Refundcents for the great advance tips!"
Angie in MI
|
 "My
granddaughter is delighted with the CoverGirl
booty we have accumulated this past month, as is
every female in the family. We purchased a total
of 18 blush and 32 eye shadow (8 disappeared
before the picture was taken) all for free using
the $8/2 coupon. The blush was purchased at Rite
Aid when they were running the promotion "buy
$30 of Proctor & Gamble get a $10 up". My
daughter and I both did a transaction which
included other items to use up the overage from
the CoverGirl coupons. We both received a $10 up
and as an added bonus the CoverGirl codes for
Taylor Swift merchandise. We were able to get 4
keychains, 4 bracelets, and 5 journals, which
will make nice stocking stuffers. The eye shadow
was purchased at Walmart. By using the CoverGirl
coupons and the Schick razor coupons together
and doing several transactions I was able to get
quite a bit of overage. The overage I used to
purchase 4 -16 pound bags of cat food and 1 - 7
pound bag of kitten food all for free. I will
mail off 3 of the $10 P&G beauty rebates this
week. One for myself, one for my daughter, and
one for my sister who is always giving me
coupons. I love deals like this." Vickie |
"First I
have to say
Wow what a
deal this
was I have
enough
cosmetics
products to
last my
sister, my
mother and
myself for a
very long
time. When
CVS
had the
$10.00 gift
card deal if
you bought
$30.00 in
Covergirl
products
toward the
end of the
coupon I
thought this
is great and
then
realized
that
CVS
was running
a buy 1
Covergirl
product and
get 1 more
at 50% off.
Now this was
a deal that
just kept
getting
sweeter.
This is how
my deal
went. I
bought the
Covergirl
products
from
Walmart
and
CVS.
I
purchased
a total of
128
Covergirl
makeup
products
which
included
blush in a
variety
of sizes,
concealed
makeup,
lipsticks,
makeup
remover
lotions,
eyeliners,
mascaras and
shadows.
Here is the
price
breakdown of
what I
spent:
-175.80 was
buy 1 get 1
for 50% off
at
CVS
-512.00
coupons used
for $8.00/2
- 5.00
CVS
coupon for
$5.00 off
$20.00
skincare
purchase
- 7.80
CVS
10% off
coupons for
joining
beauty club
$ 38.52
($31.20 Tax
and $7.32
Out of
pocket
expense)
$ 34.48
Profit and
128
Covergirl
products
To top the
whole deal
off I used
my
CVS
card and my
husband’s
card and
ended up
with 4
American
Express
cards for
$10.00 each
and 3
CVS
cards for
$10.00 each.
October has
been a great
couponing
month."
Terri
Gonzales
Nevada
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"I
wanted to share my success with the $8/2
coupons. I made an initial investment of
$8 for the coupons. I used four at
Kroger, yielding about $6.80 in overage
to use on groceries. The next 4 coupons
were used at Rite Aid. I ended up with
about $3 in overage to use on other
items, and I received $10 in UPs. The
last two coupons were used at CVS. I
received $3 in ECBs, and had over $20
credited to my beauty balance ($5 in
ECBs on the way). On top of that, I was
able to submit Kroger and Rite Aid
coupons for the $10 P&G rebate. All this
time I've been buying makeup, when I
could've been getting it for free!
Thanks Refundcents!" Brandi Franklin
TN
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"Nothing
like waiting until the last minute to 'work'
a deal. I finally had time to redeem my $8/2
CoverGirl Coupons on the very last day they
were valid. My daughter and I went up to
Rite Aid to take advantage of the 'quadruple
play'. If you purchased $50 worth of P&G
products you were entitled to a $15 Up
Reward AND received codes to redeem for
Taylor Swift merchandise. On top of that,
there was a $10 rebate on $50 of selected
P&G products. CoverGirl products were on
sale for 'Buy 1 Get 1 50% Off'. I only had
(4) of the high value coupons and (2) $1 off
any CoverGirl so I was able to get (2)
tinted SPF moisturizers, (6) of my favorite
foundation, and (2) blushes. After I receive
my rebates I spent $20 out of pocket, got my
$15 in Up Rewards, and will send for the $10
rebate. In addition I now have 10 codes for
Taylor Swift merchandise to use at my
discretion. After all is said and done, I
will have gotten $75 worth of CoverGirl
products for a $5 profit (and then some)."
Dawn G., IN
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"Here's my
Cover Girl round-up...I used all 10 of the $8/2
cpns to get ALL this for $2.12 + tax!!
2 foundations
2 loose powders
1 mascara
4 eye shadow singles
1 eye shadow multi
7 cheekers
2 eye pencils
1 make-up masters
So, I got 20 Covergirl items for less than I
would pay for 1!! I went to Walmart & Kroger at
first.
Then, I had 4 coupons left, so I used them at
CVS yesterday (10/31) and got a FREE $10
Applebees gift card!!"
Julie @
Kingdom Klipper |
"I
had some ebay bucks to use so I
purchased my 15 Cover Girl coupons. I
used them over 2 different weeks at Rite
Aid when Cover Girl was B1G150% off. I
bought all items that were $8.00, used
my coupons in separate transactions, and
ended up with $30UPS when I was done. (I
paid with UPS as well for most of my
out of pocket) I then was able to use
my Taylor Swift codes to get several
Tshirts etc.. to use for Christmas gifts
for my girls (Madisyn, 9 pictured, and
Kamryn, 13) and to use as gifts for
birthdays they get invited too. I also
sent for the $10 refund; was able to
send one to me, one for my grandma and
one for my mom. And of course I have 30
different makeup items for my almost 14
year old." Jodi Clark
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"I had a blast stocking
up on CoverGirl
make-up! I had seven
$8/2 coupons to use, so
I went to CVS and Rite
Aid for the B1G1 50% off
deal. At CVS I
purchased 4 mascara and
2 lip gloss. My total
before coupons was
$31.75+tax. I used
three $8/2 coupons and
$7.50 ecb from last
week, which brought my
oop to $2.47. I got
the $10 gift card for
buying $30 of qualifying
products. That's a
profit of $7.53!! Off
to Rite Aid...bought 2
outlast double shine lip
gloss, 4 exact eyelights
eye shadow and 2 mineral
blend powders. Total
before tax and coupons
was $55.45. I used four
$8/2 and $19 in up
rewards bringing my oop
to $8.33. I got the $15
up, 8 Taylor Swift codes
and it qualifies for the
Olay Rebate (spend $50
get $10). I made a
profit of $16.67 here
and ordered a Taylor
Swift t-shirt, poster
and 3 bracelets. My
three daughters will
share in my excitement
when they unload their
stockings this
Christmas! Thank you
Refund Cents for all the
amazing tips!!! Keep
them coming:)" Stacy
V, IN
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"Yea for an EIGHT
DOLLAR COUPON for CoverGirl! I have started to
hit the bottom of my outlast lipcolor. Those
kind are the best (and they know it-they ask
$9.99 for them). With an awesome deal like this
I could even afford to try their new Outlast
Lipstain that costs normally $8.99 each. I would
never be brave enough to shell out the money and
then not like it for nine bucks. The fruit
spritzers looked so fun, I hope they are like
the B & B Works Tutti Dolci flavored lip glosses
we got a deal in the past on. So yummy. I'm sure
I'll put one in my annual Christmas bag of
products for my cousin. Okay, so here are the
price points: I went to Walgreens where they
were having a buy one-get one half off sale. I
bought my essentials (all things I needed-I
wasn't trying to get an exact super-free price):
2 loose powders ($5.99 each), 2 concealer sticks
($5.49 each), 2 Outlast Lipcolor ($9.99 each), 2
Wetslicks fruit spritzers ($5.99 each), and 2
Outlast Lipstain ($8.99 each). Grand total:
$72.90. Then thanks to the Walgreens sale they
took off at the end $18.25 for the buy one get
one half off, and five of those lovely eight
dollar babies took off another $40!! That takes
us down to $14.65. Nice! And to top it all off I
get to send in for the $10 P & G rebate. I LOVE
that they are donating $10 to the National
Breast Cancer Foundation for cancer research in
addition to sending me a $10 check. What an
amazingly loving company to do that for women.
So, I would call that a quadruple play: make-up
on sale, with coupons, rebate, and a donation.
Now if you add in the stamp that would bring me
to a sweet $5.09 (plus sales tax). Cheaper than
even one concealer stick. Not too shabby!"
Susan Armstrong |
"I would like to share
about my "cover girl". I only received two $8/2
coupons but I bought 4 mascaras for under $2!
Having a teenager areound somehow my make up
always goes missing. My daugher Nicole is in her
senior year. Here is her senior picture. She has
grown up knowing refund cents. She remembers a
test drive from Volkswagon to test drive the new
VW beetles over 10 yrs ago. We didnt have to do
the test drive but she got in the car and i took
a picture. It was a green VW and guess what shes
wanted all these years? A green VW bug.Talk
about marketing tricks. I'm really proud of my
little girl growing up and being a strong woman.
Thanks refund cents for being a part of my
family all these years." Lisa Conwell |
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 "I’ll
be using most of these great Cover Girl products
at our family Thanksgiving this year. My
sister hosts us all every year and my daughter’s
always joke it’s a lot like the first
Thanksgiving, because we never know who will be
there. My sister invites anyone who doesn’t
have a place to go and if they can’t get out,
she has her husband always deliver a plate.
This year she’ll be having a lot of extra
guests, so I’ve decided to have a basket of
health and beauty items, including Cover Girl
products, where everyone can each have at least
one item. I did this one other time at my
sister’s meal and it was so appreciated and sure
put a lot of smiles on faces. Bless my sister’s
heart for living the reason for the season, and
thanks to my win of the extra Cover Girl coupons
in Michele’s drawing, I’ll be able to compliment
my sister’s kindness to others, as well as make
a fantastic basket for my church’s annual
auction." Victoria K. |
"Life is so busy so I
rely on the wonderful readers of Refund Cents to
give heads up on the latest deals. I bought 6
newspapers to have the P&G inserts. There must
be a more frugal way for me to get inserts but
in this part of Ohio, I have yet to find it.
As the month came
to a close, I decide to use up the $8/2
Covergirl coupons, one at Target and the other
at Meijer. Those deals landed me 4 Cheekers for
Free plus tax of $1.08. Free is good, but I do
so love better than free!
I knew the coupons
would be expiring. RMC readers alerted me to the
Walgreen B1G1 50% sale, so I used up ALL my
remaining coupons on Saturday October 29. While
happy from those deals, I noticed the Rite Aid
deal coming the very next day!!
At Walgreens I was
oop $8.63 and according to the receipts saved
$33.90. I bought 2 Cheekers, 2 Instant
Checkbones, 1 Aquasmooth Makeup and 1 CG Aqua
Smoothers Make up. Though happy with this I
wanted to do the Rite Aid deal B$50 of certain
products G$15 Up+ Rewards.
DD and DDIL came to
the rescue with a total of 4 more $8/2 CG.
Monday I was able to use those coupons plus 2
Olay Regenerist Cleansers $3/1 to come away with
1 Ultimate Finish Makeup, 1 Clean Pressed
Powder, 2 Fresh Complexion Pocket Powders, 2 CG
Concealers, 2 Regenerist Cleansers, and 2
Cheekers for a total oop $16.26. PLUS I got the
$15. Ups+ Reward!!
My total oop for
all the deals: $25.97 minus the $15. Ups= $10.97
Coupon savings was $78.00, store advertised
price savings was $26.65 for a total savings of
$104.65." Jan B., Ohio |
 "I
didn't get a lot, but I was able to purchase 3
mascara's and 1 lipstick for ONLY $1.00.
Covergirl was in the
clearance section and it was 50% off. Plus I
used my $8/2 coupons.
THEN I received a
$3.00 Extra Care Buck after I paid! Yeah! I
can't spend much because I do not have a job
right now, but that price was right up my alley.
NOW I can buy some milk and not feel like my
husband has to pay for everything. :o)"
Jonnie Lee-Parnell |
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