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Shopping On Fifth Avenue 

"Everyone knows that New York City’s Fifth Avenue is a shopping mecca.  So yesterday I was walking around on fifth in the forties and fifties past such famous stores as The Saks Fifth Avenue, Cartier, Coach, Cole Han, and a variety of boutiques and chain stores.  It was a very gray day but in spite of all the snow in the suburbs, this street was clean.  But where did I go shopping?  Staples. And what did I need from Staples? The free post-its that I read about on the Refundcents site.  And I got them.  After I left Staples I proceeded to Grand Central Station for my train ride home.  Those who have been to this station know it is truly lovely – the constellations are on the ceiling and there is a multitude of stores and kiosks.  Where did I go?  To Rite Aid.  And what was I looking for? Lays’s Stax – after all they were on sale for $1.00 with a $1.00 Ups reward per package.  I had my twenty dollar coupon from the holiday savings program.  So I bought twenty packages of the chips and a container of frosting, it was on sale for $.50.  I turned in the twenty dollar credit and my out of pocket charge was $1.50. Then the fun began as the register printed one five dollar ups reward and nineteen one dollar ups reward coupons.  It took quite a long time to print all the coupons.  Because this is a city store, there were no wagons, so I carried as many packages as possible and went back twice for the additional packages. When I was done collecting the Lay’s chips, the receipt was printed.  When I got off the train, back in the suburbs, I was very near another Rite Aid.  I was planning to go in and use the ups rewards to purchase more chips but there was absolutely no place to park and it was really inclement weather.  The chips will be dropped off at a neighbor’s house to be included in the next packing of boxes for soldiers overseas.

Pictured is my daughter and the products on bought in the city.  Her hand is placed on the receipt where the ups rewards started printing.  It is over 5 feet long."  Robin Cohen

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"This is our first week of couponing!

We hit up Rite Aid and CVS and Walgreens! We never thought we could get FREE items!! We started off with 15 of the $6/2 Motrin and ended up making $2 per box. We used the UPS from those to buy the 15 Tylenol Precise which once the UPs printed made those free, too... and used those UPS to buy 15 more Motrin which gave more UPS!  We found Herbal Essence for 75% off and was able to use a BOGO coupon so ended up being $.52 each. also, the Suave kids was clearanced  and was $.67 each. We also got 8 boxes of Kelloggs BOGO w/ a BOGO and they were all free!! So in the picture are 45 bottles of Motrin, 15 Tylenol Precise, 16 bottles of Herbal Essence, 16 bottles kids Suave, 2 boxes of Just Feet (75% off) a pair of tweezers, pair of cuticle cutters, 6 Renuzits, 6 bags of Halls, 12 bottles of Maalox, 1 bottle Go Kids vitamins,16 bottles of Pantene (75% off and had a coupon off 2!) 1 box of Tampax Pearls,1 box nail polish, 2 Airwick Ultras, 8 Airwick refills, 5 bottles of Wisk (had rain check), 3 packs of dental floss, 10 boxes of Colgate, 20 mini soaps, 1 Lysol auto soap dispenser, 14 boxes of Sinex ($2 MM!) 2 Cottonelle wet wipes, 6 Cottonelle refills, 2 18 packs of Cottonelle TP , 30 packs of RA 4pack TP, 30 boxes RA tissues, 30 single rolls of RA TP, 2 10 packs of Scotts paper towels, 21 boxes of Finish dish detergent, 30 packs of Simply Asia meals, 40 packs of Hormel/Campbells meals, 10 packs of bubble tape, 4 packs Oberto beef jerky, 20 16 packs of Sharpies, 10 single Sharpies, 2 light bulbs,  also 2 Christmas gift cups, 1 awesome Santa for $2.99!!  and 8 different gifts for my son from Christmas clearance for his birthday!

Not including tax we were out of pocket about $90 and that includes $25 in gas driving around all weekend having FUN! Since it was our first trip we didn't have any CVS ECB's so $50 went towards that!! And we have $40 in ECB's to spend and over $50 in UPS left!!! We got our Resolution Reward and have over 250 points toward our 20% discount!! (can't wait) It's awesome getting free stuff or even REALLY CHEAP stuff that we were planning on buying anyways!! TP and paper towels from CVS!!

From Staples we found 10 tire calculators $.50 each and a $299 floor model all in one Printer for $34.00 !!! Had the associate turn it on and all the inks were FULL!! so we've used it to print a BUNCH of coupons!!!!!

In the Picture is our daughter Meaghan and her friend Skye. Puppies not included!!" Sean Snyder

"I’ve had such a great time adding to my family’s stockpile in the last month. I purchased a variety of items and I am most happy with the Johnson & Johnson baby products. I was able to pick up a total of 34 items by visiting a few stores within my area and even after considering that the stores may be out of stock. I got really lucky on Thursday which in California is the last day of the sale; with coupons reset, printed and in hand I was able to pick up another 20 items. It was nice to see that the store had been restocked that very night! Pictured are my daughters who enjoy shopping with me. Here are my winnings from Rite Aid:

34 J&J products that includes 4 Desitin, 4 head to toe body washes, 8 lotions, 4 shampoos, 4 baby oils, 2 baby powders, 5 baby washes and 3 cotton swabs.  $2.99 each X 34=$101.66-three1/$1 coupons -$68 Ups ($2 for each)= $2.66

4 Fish Oil 90 ct. $12.79 each X 4=$51.16-four/$4 coupons-two/$3vv=$29.16.

2 CoQ10 40 ct. $19.19 each X2=$38.38-two/$6 coupons=$26.38.

3 CoQ10 30 ct. $10.39 each X3=$31.17-three/$5 coupons=$16.17

The total for the fish oil and CoQ10 products is $71.71-two/$16 Ups-two/$20 Ups=.29 cent profit

3 Right Guard men’s body wash. $3.99 each X3=$11.97=three/$1 coupons=$9 Ups ($3 for each)=.03 profit

10 Dreyers ice cream (not pictured). $2.99 each X10=$29.90-$20 Ups ($2 for each)-$5 Ups when you spend $15=$4.90 

From Walgreens:

6 Head & Shoulders. $6 each X6=$36-six/$1 coupons-$15RR (receive $5 when you buy 2)=$30

5 Fusion razors. $9.99 each X5=$49.95-five/$4 coupons-$25RR (receive $4 on each)=$9.95

5 Scunci hair elastics. $2.99 each X5=$14.95-$10RR=$4.95

5 Neuragen. $14.99 each X5=$74.95-5/$10 coupons-$50RR (receive $10 on each)=$25.05 PROFIT!

3 Oil of Olay body washes, 5 Oil of Olay body lotions, and 4 Oil of Olay body bars. $3.33 each X12=$40-twelve/$2 coupons-$12 RR ($3 RR when you buy 3)=$4."
Luisa Delgado 

"I had been to Rite-Aid earlier in the day and purchased 12 cans of Lays, what an easy deal!   Later that evening Nick was going out so I asked him if he wanted to stop at the store and pick up some chips.  The store is right on his way.  I gave him 8 UP rewards along with a candy bar coupon.  He got the chips and just could not believe how easy it was.  He later called me to ask if I wanted the UP rewards he had received or if he could spend them.  I told him he could use them.  Well I do believe those boys really started to have some fun!  They bought more chips and rolled the UP rewards into even more chips.  They figured out that strategy themselves.  When they arrived back home, Alex (who comes from a non refund type family) was so excited he said, "You are not going to believe what Rite-Aid let us steal from them!"  

 
They ended up with 22 cans of chips, 2 KitKats, 2 Skittles, 2 16 oz Monsters, 1 18 oz Monster, 2 32 oz GatorAdes, 2 Pez Dispensers and 1 Dreyers ice cream.  They gave away many chips and some candy before they got home so not everything made it into the picture.  Their out of pocket was $5.84. Most of us would have probably bought different items but I think it was amazing that my 18 year old, along with his friend found it so much fun to buy all that food with so little cash.   They definitely were on a coupon high.  They bragged about their great deal along with posting the picture on Facebook for all their friends to see."  Ruth Bucheger

"My daughter Izabella (ALMOST 3) and I started out at Rite Aid today and paid 1.54 after purchasing 2 A&H toothpastes, Dial soap, and baby wipes! Then we went to Walgreens where Izabella thought it was hysterical that our cart was filled with diapers and they overflowed out of cart. I let her help me get them off the shelves which she was just soo excited about!! One coupon took $20 dollars off my total purchase of 10 packages of diapers. They were all marked at my store for 6.99 so I got them for a 2 and some change a piece. Then I did the Purex deal and got 2 3 in 1 Purex for 1.98 a piece!! Izzi kept asking me "Can I hold the money savers (meaning coupons)?" I also went to look at something else that didn't really have a deal this week and my 2 year old turned around and really loudly says, " If we don't have a money saver mommy you're not getting it!!!" The cashier just started laughing her butt off and asked to take my cart to cosmetics so I didn't have to push it around and then she checked me out at cosmetics right away! It was a great day!" Jenny Kilner

"In this photo is my daughter Ashley, proud of our shopping trip.  I went to different stores to use my Gain $3.00 off coupons.

I purchased 28 Gain Fabric Sheets and 13 bottles Gain Liquid Softener. Didn’t paid a dime for them all.

At Dollar General, the Gain Fabric Sheets were $2.00 so I used even less coupons to buy them since for each item, there were a $1.00 profit. I could buy the big bottle that were on sale for $3.50 and used the profit from the sheets to pay for the difference.  At Wal-Mart I did the same thing:  used the profit on the small box of sheets to pay for the difference in the big one.

At Rite Aid, the Gain was $2.99 so $0.01 profit for each one.

Only Family Dollar adjusted my coupons to $2.75, but still free.

I don’t want to specify all the details, since after all, I ended getting all this for FREE.  Yeah!!!" Angelica Flores

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"After reading on the site about the upcoming toilet paper and tissue deal at Rite Aid I told my husband we should see if we could stock up. We only have a small Rite Aid where we live, but we were going to be out of town the day the sale started. Pictured with most of the purchases for that day are my grandchildren, ages 2 & 7. My grandson set up the display all by himself. My husband and I shopped in 8 different Rite Aids that day. He was a real trooper about it. We ended up with 81 boxes of tissues, 64 4 packs of toilet paper, 28 2 packs of pilot pens, 2 bags of combos, and a Christmas ornament all of which are pictured. We also purchased 3 Christmas gift bags, a snickers bar, & a sucker that aren’t pictured. Our total out of pocket was $14.15 with $12.41 of that being tax. I started the day out with 87 +up rewards and ended with 124 +up rewards. They paid me $37 to shop. We have 6 grown children and they all like to shop at our house, lol. If they’re not shopping for the actual items they’re wanting to know if I have any extra coupons to share. I love this hobby and it’s one that can be passed on to the next generation. Most of the time my granddaughter is my assistant shopper and even as young as she is, she loves to shop!"
Victoria R., OH

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CVS Comes through again!
 
"The past couple years my mom and I have been able to pick up toys from CVS after Christmas at 90% off for Toys for Tots.  I got a little nervous when I saw some posts on chat that they weren't going to be marking anything 90% off.  I ran out late one Saturday night to pick up some Pepsi before the sale ended, and saw an aisle marked 90% off with toys! I was able to pick up about 6 things, including a pop-up tent ($1.99), ray gun ($.99), remote control dinosaur ($1.99), Toy Story 3 figurine, and 2 Secret Agent spy kits ($.99).  I decided to check another CVS the next morning that was closer to my house and usually has quite a bit of clearance.  I got there about an hour after they opened and saw three giant carts filled with toys and other Christmas items that were already bagged up.  Sure enough, two other women had got there before me and bought everything! I was so disappointed! A cashier told me they had been to a few other CVS's already as well.  I was able to find a Chia Herb garden ($1.79) and a Clap On ($1.99) as well as some wrapping paper. Later in the morning, my husband and I had a few errands to run.  I talked him in to letting me run in to another CVS that isn't typically very busy to see if they had any toys 90% off.  Well, I hit the jackpot!! There was an entire shelf of toys across from the regular toy section with a bunch of 75% off tags.  When I scanned one of the toys just to see in the hopes they would ring up 90% off, they did!! I grabbed a cart and started loading up.  I was able to pick up dolls for $.99, a couple of trains that blew steam and whistled for $1.49, Action figure sets for $.79, a make up kit for $.99, 15-in-1 game sets for $1.99, and sports games for $.79, among other things.  The toys were divided up between my mom and myself and will be going to Toys for Tots, our family "Down and Dirty" Bingo gift pile for the kids in our family, and a few my mom is saving for presents for some of my nieces and nephews throughout the year.  I am so glad CVS came through again and we have a nice supply of toys to donate to Toys for Tots next year - all for very little out of pocket!!"  Dana Schrader, IN
 

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     "During the school year, I am a single mom of one (DD7) and a FT college student in my last year of nursing school. That leaves little time (or money) for much else, so I tend to do most of my shopping during my summer & winter breaks.                  Since DD’s father passed away 2 years ago I recognize I have been indulging her too much and have started trying to teach her about giving to others. So, during my (1) month winter break, we set out on a challenge with two goals: 1) fill our cabinets to reduce the necessary shopping for food, toiletries & school supplies during the school year and 2) gather as many food and toys as possible to replenish our church’s depleted food pantry and bless Toys for Tots (we’ve been doing this for years).  Rite Aid & CVS played a huge role in doing both.
                On our first trip to the firehouse (in mid-December – not pictured) to give to Toys for Tots, we gave 40+ zhu zhu pets (thanks, CVS!), games of monopoly, memory, Hi-Ho Cherry-o, Connect 4 and so on (from springtime at TRU). When we dropped them off, they told us they collect all year round and if we had more later they could take them. This was great because I had decided not to buy during after Christmas sales because I couldn’t afford to give up the room.  The best part of all was that the firefighter that greeted us told DD that anyone who brings in (6) bags of toys automatically gets a tour of the station & engines. He spent an hour showing her everything, teaching what it all does and answering her questions. What a treat! As part of teaching her about giving, we had also decided to give them the Thrifty ice cream we had just bought from RA. (Good thing we did, because it would’ve melted in the car!)
                The picture enclosed shows the items that we donated last week. These went to the church and the fire station. The picture doesn’t show the depth well, but we were able to give

Food
-(33) cans of RA coffee
- (18) cans of soup
- (17) boxes of Special K (thanks to my nursing buddies who printed coupons for me!)
- (33) Hormel completes
- (4) bags of white rice
- (4) BS monitors

School Supplies (they donate care pkgs twice a year to the public school in the area)
- (45) packs of pencils
- (12) rulers
- (5) computer mice
- (12) pkgs of pens
- (10) pks of erasers
- (8) pks of rubber bands
- (8) packs of Sharpies (bonus pks!)

Toys:
- (9) Animal planet interactive toys
- (7) Dance Diva costume sets
- (2) Piano glove sets
- (1) Toy tool set
The tattoo set in the pic has been set aside as a valentine’s day gift for dd. I’m still working on trying not to be so indulgent – it’ll take a while, but I was so proud of her for helping!" Amy G, CA

 "I used the $24 UP rewards from the first RiteAid trip to purchase 20 more bags of chips, 3 Mac N’ Cheeses,  and 1 Dawn dish liquid. $20 more UP rewards received from this transaction bought 2 Ricola cough drops, 1 Febreeze flameless luminary, 2 Arizona teas, 1 small package of Huggies, 2 Old Spice deodorants, and 2 Crest toothpastes. The UP rewards generated from these items helped pay for 1 more small package of Huggies, 1 Pro Glide razor, 6 Schick Hydro shave creams, and 2 Old Spice body washes. To my amazement, after I paid for these items, the register printed out a very unexpected $20 UP reward! Apparently I reached my “Resolution Rewards” mark! I promptly used this to buy a jumbo case of Huggies for $19.99! Imagine my disbelief when that crazy register printed out yet another $20 “Resolution Reward”! That of course bought another jumbo pack of Huggies. We were in diaper heaven! So this picture is shopping trips 1 and 2 combined. Total out of pocket for everything was less than $20. Not too shabby!" Lee Ann Parkin, CA

"After-Christmas sales can be fun and rewarding. This is my grandson, Elijah, peeking through what I collected. After checking several times through the week for Target to mark things to 90% it finally happened. Now, I don’t really care for all of the Christmas decorating stuff so I was out to search for other things that I could use for the whole year. I purchased 24 Glade winter themed candles and refill packs. I used my $3/3 Glade coupons on those. These will be added to my spring garage sale. Then off to the tape isle. I often find normal looking Scotch tape packages every year at Target for very cheap prices. My family gets first pick and some of this I will sell at 50 cents each roll at my garage sale. Here’s what I found: 30 packages of the Scotch pop-up refills for 20 cents each, 13 3-pack of Scotch tape, and 57 single rolls of Scotch tape. I found 6 rolls of Duct packaging tape at 39 cents each. I was able to use $1.00 coupons on most of the tape I bought for quite a bit of overage. I found 5 rolls of wrapping paper that will work for birthdays all year for 19 cents each and some white tissue paper for 30 cents. I found 18 packages of plain napkins that will work for any party for 15 cents each. Off to the regular candy isle. Often there are packages marked with snowflakes or winter themes in with the regular candy. Sure enough there were Twix minis with green holly on the packages, Dove chocolates, Reese's minis, M&M’s, and Lindor chocolates all with winter themed packages. I was able to find 6 packages for 75% off. I had coupons with overage on the candy also. For 90% off I didn’t resist getting 16 boxes of candy canes for 8 cents and some for 24 cents. We will eat just a few of these and did you know people love these in the summer at my garage sale (since they can’t usually find them in the stores). I picked up a set of 12 table knives for $1.49, Kleenex tissues for 24 cents, a clear bowl for 40 cents, and 3 pkgs. of white paper plates for 40 cents each. I picked up 3 cute infant outfits for future gifts or a fall sale also 90% off, a snowflake ornament was 10 cents and a pack of party beads for 50 cents. To top it off, I got 3 Tide single load travel packages with my $1 coupons. Total after coupons, $12.92 and almost half of that was tax. A $373.87 savings just from the % off clearance! This kind of shopping reminds me of a big scavenger hunt since as you can see a lot of things were not in with the Christmas clearance. Oh, what fun it is to shop with a Target cart in toooow!" Susan C.

Oh Baby, What A Deal!

"Don't you just love it when a great deal comes along at just the right time?!  That's what happened to me when Target put out a coupon for $1 off any 2 Gerber baby food items.  The coupon could be printed from their website and there was no limit to the number of coupons you could print.  At the time, my youngest daughter was 4 months old.  I knew she would be eating baby food soon so with this coupon now was the time to stock up.  Several jars of Stage 2 foods were regularly priced at $.52 a jar so after coupon the jars were $.02 each!  I enlisted the help of several family members to print out the coupons and stop by their local Target stores to pick up some baby food.  Little did I know how much food would be coming my way!  The deal became sweeter for me when I combined several Gerber manufacturers coupons with the Target coupons.  That's when I picked up a lot of 2 packs of fruits and vegetables for more than half off. 
When my baby girl was old enough to eat baby food regularly, I just smiled every time I fed her knowing how much my hobby has saved me over the years. Pictured with my youngest daughter, Gretchen, is my oldest daughter, Linnea, who was 4.  She had a great time sorting the food for this picture and helping me find space in our pantry for all of it!" Karen Swalwell
 

"What great selection and sales after Christmas.  We bought 2 artificial trees at 75% off from RiteAid (one 4 ½ foot with lights and other one was a 6 foot white one) for only $5.00 each – of course I had UP rewards so paid nothing.  We also bought candles and few other Christmas items but was not thinking about Christmas in July at the campsite.  Last July we had a few Santa decorations outside of camper but this year we are going BIG.  I needed $30 more for the Buy and Save promotion ending January 22.  We went to a different RiteAid and their Christmas stuff was 90%.  They still had a good selection of Christmas items.  While I gathered the items I needed to get my $20 coupon if I bought $100 of the buy and save items – my husband filled the cart with Christmas items.  I told him to wait because I would be getting the $20 coupon which would pay for everything. As you can see in the picture – we got 5 rolls of wrapping paper for $1.00;  Christmas cards – 4 boxes for $2.50;  3 pretty poinsettia wreaths priced at $14.99 each for only $4.50 for all 3 of them;  a 4’ doll which was $29.99 down to $2.99 – a gift for my boss’s daughter for next Christmas; Christmas ceramic ornaments, tree skirts, candy canes, 2 big 4’ plastic candy canes, nut crackers and so many other items.  The original prices of all came to over $200 and we paid $20.00 and with my coupon it meant ALL FREE." Marie Kunz

"On Michelle’s page - I saw the posting on the printing of the $5 off $25 Dollar General coupon and saw Purina Dog Food on sale for $4.50 and with the $2 coupon from Sunday coupon section I could get 5 bags plus needed some sponges to total the $25 and then get $10 from the coupons plus the $5 off.  Maggie, my cocker spaniel was getting lots of dog food for only $7.50 plus tax.   This was my first visit to Dollar General so wasn’t sure how they would be taking coupons but had no trouble at all.  I actually stopped at store Thursday night trying to avoid the Saturday shoppers and didn’t realize the coupon was a “ONE DAY ONLY”.  I had my order all rung up when they said coupon only good Saturday – I said sorry but I don’t want to buy until then.   I got a sponge though and with the receipt spit out another one of these coupons $5 off $25 – Saturday only.  I returned on Saturday and no crowds or lines of people – I was happy cause they only had one register." Marie Kunz

"I want to let you all in on a secret.  I have the best husband ever.  We were celebrating out 39^th wedding anniversary, and decided to go to Lincoln for a couple days.  We left on Friday morning (black Friday).  I decided not to get up early for the early sales, as their wasn’t really anything we needed.  When I woke up, I did make a trip to Menard’s while my husband slept in, just to do the few rebate items. Then, off to Lincoln we go! We wanted our small vacation to be as cost effective as possible.  The following explains our weekend:
Stayed at a Quality Inn, 2 nights, used points accumulated from our Choice Privileges Visa. Our stay included a hot breakfast.  Can’t beat 2 free nights in a motel.

Ate at Red Robin, paid, using a $25.00 gift card, compliments of Max Perks rewards, and $4.81.

Ate at Red Lobster, (our favorite place to eat) paid, using a $30.00 gift card, compliments of  Max Perks rewards, and $8.94

Ate at South Street Grill, paid with a $25.00 Resturant.com certificate (which cost us $2.00), and $12.00 

We went to a movie, compliments of Kellogg’s or General Mills 

We visited several Walgreens, Target, a Hallmark store, Walmart, Pet Smart, Bath & Body Works, Dollar General, Herbergers, Office Max, CVS, Harbor Freight, Menards, & Scheels.

We also purchased several Christmas gifts for the grand children, and day care children, rugs for Steve’s bathroom, 6 bottles of wine, and a bottle of Irish Crème. 

The cost of the weekend would have been $2966.01, our out of pocked was $590.46.  I still had $176 in Register Rewards to use at Walgreens, will receive $147.96 back in Rebates, making our final cost $266.50.  Total savings using gift cards, register rewards, ECB’s, coupons, rewards points, etc. was $2699.51.  

 I did not include the rebate items from Menards, as I had no out of pocket expense for them, as I paid for my items with credit checks, but will be back $200.00 in new credit checks.   

On our way home, we picked up our miniature beagle, Daisy, and our 9 year old grand daughter came home with us, as she did not have school on Monday.  What a helper!  She helped arrange everything in the picture, and posed in it as well.    All in all, we both had a great weekend together, and a lot of people will benefit from our shopping trip."  Linda S.  NE

"On the day after Christmas, I went to Wal-mart with coupons on gift sets they had before  Christmas, hoping to find them on sale for half price.  I was very excited that they did have some left and indeed they were half price.  I got 8 Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor Gift Sets clearance at $4.44, used a $4.00 coupon and got them for .44c each, total of $3.52, plus tax.  That’s a 95% discount.  8 sets at original price would have been $71.04, plus tax, and I paid $3.52, plus tax.

I also got one Venus/Olay Sensuous Skin Care Gift Set that was clearance at $5.00, original price was $10.00, used a $2.00 coupon, got it for $3.00, now the best part,  it includes a free subscription to “Allure” magazine ($9.99 value), but you can request a refund of $9.99 on the magazine instead of taking the subscription.  That makes it a $6.99 profit.

I also got Glade candles and aerosol clearance at $1.15, original price around $2.00,  got 6 of these, used 2, $3.00 coupons good on 3 products each, so paid .15 each for these, total of 0.90, plus tax.

So add the totals, 3.52 + 3.00 + .90 = $7.42 cost, now my refund of $9.99 still = $2.57 PROFIT.

That’s 15 products, $93.04 original price, and they paid me $2.57 to bring them home." Myra Fisher, TN 

P.S. Myra got a newspaper write-up and won a contest for this deal. Her prize was $100 CBL Select gift card good at the mall. Read about it here.