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Deal Divas 5
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"You have got to love Kroger
when they run the mega sales
and then throw in another
deal like the 50% off select
cereals. Last week when they
had the $4 catalina wyb 4
boxes GM cereal and some
were 50% off plus had some
of the P&G items buy 4 get
$4 off, and the
crayola crayons deal
where you buy $20 original
priced and get a $4 catalina,
it worked out to mega
savings! Here is what I
purchased in 4 separate
transactions and rolling the
catalinas.
1 Lg. Cheerios
10 Cpn crunch
8 Total
4 Fiber One
2 Gushers
30 Crayola crayons
9 Covergirl cosmetic
accessories
1
Charmin
8 Gillette body washes
1 Lg. Tide stain release
1
Downy
3 A&W
ice cream topping
1 Mentos
1 Nature Valley Nut
clusters
1 Raisinets
Total of 81 items
OOP: $21.43
Saved: $240.86
Still have $2.50 catalina"
Mary F. - GA
|
 "My
19 year old daughter was so excited to
get 24 free Post It Notes at Walmart!
The design in the picture is hers, too."
Julie Beck |
 "Well
I wish I would have found this deal when
my kids were in diapers! I was holding
onto 9 Pampers Wipes coupons for $2 off
one box in the hopes of finding a great
deal. These are awesome coupons, but
where to find the deal? Everywhere I
looked they were not on sale. If I used
the coupons off the regular price they
would be way too expensive. I was in
Walmart and decided to check the baby
aisle. BINGO! 72 count wipes in the
plastic package were $1.97! Now I'm
excited! I thought I would meet some
resistance at the register since the
coupon value was more than the actual
price, but I had no problem. In fact I
even got the three cent overage towards
the tax! So I paid $1.17 for 9 packages
of wipes. Some will go to school with
my kids and some will go to my new baby
nephew. Pictured is my daughter Celina
with my haul." Maria Sciuto |
"Safeway is having a
Buy 4 Get $4 off some GM,
Nature valley and
Betty crocker
items-starting at .99
Note: My Safeway doubles up
to .99
I had several coupons loaded
on my club card from
Cellfire and
Shortcuts.com
including
Nature Valley Granola bars
75/2, BC warm delights
50/1,Cheerios 55/1,Nature
valley clusters $1/1 BC
fruit snacks 50/2
I had duplicates of some of
these on each account. At
first I wasn’t sure how that
happened but I now believe
that I had added some last
month-but didn’t use them
and they hadn’t expired.
PLUS I added the newer ones
this month -some for the
same items…and they all were
applied today. For example
I had Four .50/2 fruit
snacks-- 2 on cell fire- 2
on shortcuts one set
expiring 8/26 & another
expiring 9/21.
SO since I bought four
boxes-Shortcuts applied 2
coupons of .50/2 and
cellfire applied 2 coupons
of .50/2. Then I had 2 paper
coupons of 50/2 making them
all free! My E-coupons took
a total of $7.40 off my
order.
I got
1 box cheerios 1.49 (BONUS!
IT RANG UP 0.00!?!) didn’t
notice until now!
1 box
golden grahams 1.49
used $1 off 2 GM
=.49
4 bags NV clusters 1.49ea
used 2 $1/1 and one
75/1 =2.46
2 BC warm delights 2.49ea
used 2
75/1 =1.98
4 BC fruit snacks .99each
used 2
50/2
=1.98
6 NV gran bars 1.49each-used
two 50/1 and two
75/2 =3.94
8pk
deer park
water=1.99 =1.99
20lb A&H
cat litter sale
5.99-75coupon =
$4.49
MINUS the Ecoupons -7.40
Total
=$9.93 OutOfPocket
PLUS I got a $3.50 Catalina
for buying 5+ granola bars
And a $2 Cat for buying 4
fruit snacks…..$9.93-$5.50
in cats= $4.43 Cost
Woo Hoo!
An added bonus is that
Safeway/Genuardis is giving
10% of “back-to-school’
purchases to the school of
your choice. They count the
shelf price, not the after
coupon price--so this order
will generate 10% of $45 to
my daughters school."
Laurie D, DE
|
 "Sobe
and Power Aid with the mega deal $4 off
with purchase of 8 items. The coupons
from the Sobe game were scanning at
$1.59 so I could get 20 Sobe, 12 Power
Aid & a filler for $1.32. We have 2
Krogers so I did this once a day at each
store. Ended up with 200 Sobe, 120
Power Aid and 20 other items for $13.20.
The picture is my two grandsons Nate 5
and
Zander 1 with 1/2 of the drinks.
The rest were taken to Great Grandma
Jeanne's."
Becky Wyant Ky |
 "Today
we went to Kroger to stock up on this
week's deals. We did 5 transactions in
order to use the $3 and $5 catalinas and
the Playtex coupon. The total for all
transactions before sales, coupons and
catalinas was $156.93. After I paid
$50.43 oop. Now I just have to keep my
kids from eating all these GM goodies in
a week!! We also ended with 55 box tops
that printed!" Jennifer Roberts |
"I wanted to
share my great shopping trip I
had today at Target. My total on
my receipt was $35.13. The tax
itself was $9.68. At the bottom
of the receipt, it says I saved
$96.58. I could not get in the
picture and didn’t have anyone
to take it for me. I couldn’t
even get everything in the
photo. Here is what I bought.
10
Sobe
Waters 3
20 oz Cokes
1 Swiffer Wet
Jet 2
Travel size Vaseline Lotions
1 Swiffer Wet Jet Refill
Pads 3 12 pack of
Ivory Soap
2 Clorox
Spray Cleaners 3
Olay Body Wash
3 Travel size
Shout 2
Travel size Satin Care
shaving cream
1 Box
Rice Krispies
2 Travel size Tresemme
hair spray
1 Box
Shredded Wheat
1 Travel size
Herbal Essence
3 Bounty Basic
paper towels 2
Purina Dog busy bone bags
1 Visine Eye
Drops 2
Vanish Drop Ins
2
John Freida Root
Awakening 2 Travel size
Clorox wipes
2 Travel size Listerine
strips 1 Sit and Float
(for pool $4.44)
3 Olay Facial
Cleansers 1 Hungry
Jack Pancake Mix
1 Hostess
Donuts 1 bag
Ore Ida
French Fries
Thank you for all the
coupon saving advise and sites
that enable me to do this. My
family appreciates all that I
save." Andrea Waters
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"Here's a picture of all the
kids glasses I was able to
get over the last two months
at Rite Aid for free.
Actually I made money on all
of them. Some of them are
Foster Grant glasses.
They were $6.99 but with my
20% Wellness discount I got
them for $5.59 each. I'd buy
four of them for $22.36. I
used a $5/20 coupon and four
$5
Foster Grant coupons
from the Rite Aid video
value site and ended up with
overage on every
transaction. There were also
single check rebates
available for $5 wyb one
pair of glasses and the next
month they had a $10 rebate
wyb two glasses. All of the
character glasses are Style
Science. They were regular
price $7.99 each and the
first week they were on sale
buy one get one half off. So
two pairs cost $11.98. I
used two $4 Style Science
kids video value coupons and
one $5/2 any glasses
wellness coupon. For each
two I bought I got $1.02
overage. I usually bought
four in one transaction and
then I used a $5/20
coupon as well, giving me a
total of $7.04 overage per
transaction. The second week
they were regular price but
$6.39 with my 20% wellness
discount. That week two
pairs cost $12.78 and I used
the same coupons on them so
I had .22 cents overage for
each two pairs. I started
buying six pairs per
transaction just so by the
end of the week there would
be none left. I almost
always limit myself to one
transaction per day. I also
used a $5/20 coupon on each
of these transactions for
$5.22 overage each time. I
don't think anyone else at
my store bought any of these
glasses since it was such a
hidden deal. By the end of
two months and various deals
I bought 64 pairs of kids
glasses. What an awesome
deal this was. I plan on
giving the glasses away at
Halloween and as
party favors or
birthday gifts for my
younger two kids. Of course
my kids will use a few
themselves." Tayler R.
|
 "Here
are my awesome kids Noah and Annelisa
with her gerbil Brownie showing off our
shopping adventure that was so much fun!
We started off at Harris Teeter where
all the Kelloggs was 1/2 off. I had
coupons which were doubled up to 99cents
and in addition I had coupons for $2 off
baggies WYB 2 Kelloggs and free
Pop-Tarts WYB 2 Kelloggs, so it was
on... I had hit the jackpot! We did all
the damage we could do there and headed
to Publix. There are always great B1G1
deals and we matched those with store
and manuf. coupons to make for awesome
saving and FREE stuff. My pantry is now
stocked with a total of 42 boxes of
cereal, 6-Poptarts, 21-boxes baggies,
4-fruit snacks, 1-M&M used as a filler
because I was owed money, 3-pkg of
cookie dough, 1-Pillsbury Sweet Moments,
2-Nature Valley bars, 2-pkg cheese,
2-loaves bread, 2-V8 juice,
2-Oceanspray, 1-Schick razor, 2-boxes
tampons, 5-4pk pudding, 1-bottle hot
peppers, 2-bottles ketchup, & 2-bottles
creamer. My total before coupons was
$280.04, I only paid $50.14 but the best
part is I received 3/$10 OYNO from
Harris Teeter for purchasing Kelloggs...I
have to say of all my shopping trips
this was ONE of the best. I love to
watch the faces of people who can't
believe I paid almost nothing or the
store owes me $$. Thanks to all the
people who post their finds, you're
awesome!!" Jessica Winebarger,
Yulee Florida |
"What a great shopping day!
I've always been jealous of
the deals people get a
Kroger because in OK there
isn't a Kroger. Well, we
recently moved to KY and I
couldn't wait to start
shopping at Kroger.
Yesterday I loaded up my
hubby and kids and off we
went. After a good trip at
Target we headed to Kroger
and hit the jackpot. We
loaded up with 20
Sobe
drinks, 5
Nature Valley granola bars,
Total cereal,
Speed Stick, 2 Fiber
One granola bars,
Almond Breeze Milk,
Betty Crocker Warm
Delight, 2 Cascadia Farms
granola and 1
Cascadian Farms
granola bars. Total spent
after coupons was $4.88 for
34 items and we got a coupon
for $3.50 off our next
order. Total savings was
$74.99! I think we've got
breakfast and snacks covered
for the next couple of
months.
*My 4 year old helped me
stack our goodies for a
picture. He sure loves a
good deal, just like his
Mama." Amy Stewart
|
 "Here
is a picture of me sharing the good
deals I got a few weeks ago with both
Publix and Winn Dixie (tried to get my
daughter to sub for me, but no dice).
Within a week of each other, Winn Dixie
was having a 10/$10 sale on Colgate
toothpaste and Publix was having a
10/$10, but for Crest. For both stores I
used .75 cpns for each toothpaste, with
a few $1 cpns on some of the Colgate.
The same week that Publix was doing the
Crest, they also had Old Spice deodorant
temporarily reduced to $1.98. For every
two deodorants I bought, I used a BOGO
(for either a deodorant or a body wash)
and $1/2 deodorant coupons (thereby
scoring either 4 deodorants or 2
deodorants and 2 body washes for .98!) I
had more Old Spice deodorants and body
washes, and toothpastes, but my husband,
2 sons, and father went 'shopping'. I
lucked out on the smaller Spiderman
Crest toothpastes- they were on
clearance for $1 and I had .75 cpns for
them too! I bought all 8 and still have
2 cpns left! All told, I spent $16.50
for everything here. GOOOO Refund
Cents-without this site I would never be
doing as good as this!!!
I have a favorite cashier at CVS who
gets excited with the deals my oldest
daughter and I do, that she begged me to
show her how. I gave her this site and
my phone number and told her to call me.
Now each time I go in to the store, I
teach her something else." Sandie
Bowlin
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"I
read on chit chat about a deal
going on at
Dollar General with Coke
and Oreos.
Oreo cookies are on sale
3/$5 ($1.67 each) and
coca cola 2 liters are
$1. There is a DG coupon for
$1.50 off wyb a coke and a pack
of oreos. These two items cost
$2.67, minus coupon for $1.50,
makes a sweet deal for $1.17
(with tax $1.26).
We have several DG stores here.
Look at what I got for $5.04 – 4
Cokes and 4 packs of Oreos! At
Winn Dixie, there is a
Kraft deal going on that
includes sliced cheese. When
you purchase 5 items, you get a
$5 catalina. I got 5 packs of
cheese for $10. I used a $5
catalina that I earned earlier
and paid just $5 plus
tax…..THEN, I got another $5
catalina! I love deals like
these!" Selena McGee, AL
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"Here I
am with over 50 of my Penney's $10
off $10 coupons that I found in
recycle bins in post offices and in
large housing areas. I will use
these for clothes and linens for the
house and will take low income
family and missionaries shopping.
This is the usual amount that I get
4 times each year." Dean B. , WA
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"Hi. I
know we all like to talk about the
great deals we get with coupons.
One place I can get some great deals
is at Tom Thumb meat department.
The Tom Thumbs in the DFW Metroplex
have a marked down meat section.
Here is my great deal. There were
some Aidell's raw sausage marked
down. The packages usually run
about $4.99 for 6 in a pack. The
meat manager told me they received
the raw packages by mistake. They
marked them all down to 79 cents a
package. I had some 50 cent
coupons. I first went through the
line with 5. The cashier had to do
an override, but took the coupons
off. This means I paid 29 cents a
pack. The manager marked down more
packages. The next cashier would
not take the coupons since the meat
was marked down already. I did not
complain because it was still a
great deal. This sausage is great
because it does not have MSG,
Hormones, or fillers. I paid $10.14
cents for 16 packs of sausage. That
makes it 63 cents a pack. Please
remember to check on marked down
meat at your grocery stores."
Dawn H.
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"We are fairly new to Refund Cents, but
so far we have really had fun with it.
We are a family with 6 kids and we are
always looking for great deals. We have
a new baby and we all know that babies
go through lots of diapers and wipes.
One Sunday there were $2.00 off Pampers
wipes coupons. We picked up a couple of
extra newspapers that week and a couple
of them were given to us. Thanks to
Centsible Chat we learned that the best
place to buy wipes was Wal-Mart at about
$1.97.
We checked the normal coupon
sites and they were already sold out, so
we turned to ebay. We calculated how
much would be reasonable for us to spend
on a coupon and decided that if we could
keep it under .50 cents that would still
be a good deal for a package of baby
wipes. We were able to buy 40 coupons
with the average price per coupon being
.43 cents. Our family could not
understand why we were “buying” coupons,
but we knew we were still getting a
great deal.
Taking our time, we only
bought 6 – 8 packages at a time, being
considerate and leaving a couple on the
shelf each time. Meijer had them on sale
one week and we were able to pick up a
few, but their shelves were quite empty
(probably from others doing the very
same thing!). We went back to Wal-Mart
where the stock was plentiful. Many
cashiers just hit enter on the $2.00
coupon giving us 3 cents overage –
bonus!
When it was all said and
done we had purchased 46 containers of
baby wipes. That would have cost us
almost $91.00, but we paid only $17.20,
saving us over $70.00! We discovered
that our preschooler’s markers and small
toys fit perfectly inside an empty
container, so we have started using them
for storage. The containers fit very
nicely on our bookshelf and help make
things neat and organized – another
bonus!
Our preschooler was more
than happy to help build (and knock
down) a wall of Pampers baby wipes, and
hold her brother for our picture.
Thought the picture with just our son
was pretty cute too, so we are sending
them both. Thanks for all your tips and
information, we really appreciate the
website and everyone’s posts and
comments." Vicki & John Girard, MI |
"Started my week a little late
but didn't do too bad. Bought
$379.89 worth of products home.
After rolling Target gift cards
and coupons had less than $10.00
out of pocket. I started with 2/
$25 gift cards from a
prescription transfers at
Riteaid. Did multiple
transactions to maximize the
coupons and rebates and up
rewards. All in all this has to
be my best shop yet! Will be
getting $22.00 back in Single
Check rebates. Around $14.00
more in Try me Free's and maybe
will do the Money back Guarantee
on the Pantene if I don't care
for it and still have $15.00 on
one of the gift cards to use on
next weeks deals. Refundcents
has helped SO MUCH!!! Now when I
ask my Sweetheart to come
shopping with me I get a thumbs
up every time! Thanks for
everything" Mary Ziemann
Toledo, OH
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MY CVS DEALS
"Just have to
share my deals
for CVS this
past week
(multiple
trips/transactions).
I shared the
other day the
the
John Frieda
was giving 3 of
the $5
ExtraBucks so I
took advantage
of it to stock
up.
Transaction #1:
Purchased 2/$10 John
Frieda
shampoo/conditioner and
1 Pantene mousse for
$4.99
Used:
2 $3 J.F. mfr coupons
1 $1.50 Pantena coupon
1 $2.00 CVS Pantene
coupon
1 $1.00 ExtraBucks for
my green back tag
OOP $5.63
Received $5 ExtraBucks
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Transaction #2
Purchased 2/$10
John Frieda hairsprays.
Used:
2 $2 J.F. mfr coupons
1 $5 ExtraBucks
OOP $1.81
Received $5 ExtraBucks
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Transaction #3 & #4
Same as Transaction #2
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On another visit:
I then received another
survey from CVS and
received $10 ExtraBucks
for completing it so I
went back for the
Folgers BOGOF
($11.99).
They were out of them
so they substituted 6
small for the 2 large
they were out of and
gave them to me for
$11.99.
Used:
$10 ExtraBucks
$1 mfr coupon
OOP .99
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Total OOP $12.05 for :
6 Folgers
1
JF shampoo
1 JF conditioner
1 Pantene mousse
6 JF hairsprays
Doreen from
Pougheepsie NY
Pictured is my daughter
Amber
|
"In this picture are my son,
God-daughter and myself (wearing an
appropriate shirt that says in pink
"Coupon Mom"), along with 82 wipes for
$9.84! The kids helped me haul in all of
the wipes from the garage and we built a
fort out of them. What is not pictured
is the other 90 wipes I went out and I
got for free once the stores in our area
stocked up!!! After paying less than $21
in tax, I saved well over $317. My only
dilemma was having to organize and find
places to put all of these wipes but was
successful in doing so--thanks to the
storage space under my son's bed. With
another one on the way next month, we
are scraping to save for a new vehicle
and possibly a new house next
year--besides, baby wipes are such
useful products! Thanks for all of the
work that you put into the site and for
helping the rest of us find great deals
:). I have been saving since January of
this year and tracked my savings (up
until March) and have saved well over
$1,300!!! Unfortunately, I haven't been
keeping track of the savings past March
due to pregnancy and school but I'm sure
that it is significant! Thanks again."
Maylene Ysasaga |
 "I
wish Rite Aid was closer to me!! I was
able to pick up over 60 Covergirl
products the week that they had a Buy
One Get One Free sale by pairing it with
"Buy One Get One Free" coupons. I
started out going up there first thing
on Sunday morning with my mom and
daughter and only about 10 coupons. We
both got overage by using a $5 off a $25
purchase coupon so we stocked up on some
toilet paper in addition to the makeup
(not pictured). We got blush, powder,
concealer and foundation. The next day
I went on the trading boards to see if I
could get some more coupons. I ended up
trading for 20 more coupons and ran on
my lunch hour to two separate Rite Aids
when the coupons arrived. Again, I used
a $5 off $25 coupon each time to get
some more overage towards paper towels
and cards I needed. I wish I would have
had more coupons and a closer Rite Aid
to get more! I have lots of stocking
stuffers for Christmas and my supply of
makeup should keep me set for the next
several years!" Dana Schrader
|
"Sometimes deals are just too sweet
to pass up. I went to Rite-Aid for
the Nivea body wash deal. I was
fortunate to find the shelves fully
stocked and got 8 bottles. I had two
of the $4/2 and two $3/2 coupons. I
used them all in one transaction.
Reg price of the body wash was $5.49
a bottle. My total after the sale
and coupons came to $3.03 AND I
received $8 in UP Rewards. I then
headed to Kroger where the Old Spice
and Gillette Body washes were on
sale. I purchased 2 Gillette body
washes, 7 Old Spice body Washes, 2
body sprays and 1 deodorant. After
my coupons, ecoupons and my $5 off
your next Kroger purchase (from the
Kraft deal) I paid $0.61. Yes, 61
cents. Needless to say my son Will,
who is pictured, was very happy with
my purchases. He begins high school
in a few days and has all the body
wash he needs for a while." Mary
Treadwell GA
|
 Breakfast
Bounty
"Cereal can be
so
expensive in my area, so I’m always
thrilled when I can get a good deal. A
quick trip to two stores, Tom Thumb and
Albertson’s, netted me this breakfast
bounty. At Tom Thumb, the Honey Nut
Cheerios deal was $4/4 with a free box
of Nature’s Valley granola bars, making
the cereal $1.99 each. I had 2 - $1/2
coupons for the cereal, making them
$1.49 each, plus the free box of granola
bars. At Albertson’s, the cereal was
3/$7.50 with $3 off wyb 3, making them
$1.50 each. I had 2 - $1 off coffee wyb
1 cereal coupons, 1 - $1 off milk wyb 1
cereal coupon and 3 - $1/2 cereal
coupons. The coffee was on sale for
$3.99 and the milk for $1.88, so the
coffee ended up being $2.99 each and the
milk $.88. There is no tax on food in
TX so in all, I was able to buy all of
this for a total OOP of $20.32 and
savings of $39.54! It was definitely
one of my better shopping days."
Sydney Miles
|
"Here's a picture of my Rite Aid
Haul from last week. After several
trips to Rite Aid last week, I was
able to get 56 John Frieda products
for free!! I was able to do this by
trading for coupons and rolling the
$10 Up rewards that printed each
time. My before coupon total was
$413.17. My after coupon total (not
including tax) was only 26.40. And
I will get $7.99 back in rebates.
And I still have my last $10 Up
reward to use. The only things I
really had to pay for were the extra
things I got: 2 cans of peanuts,1
case of water,1 small notebook, 1
box of kids bandages,1 Toy Story
slip-n-slide,1 JF shine glaze that
wasn't included in the sale,3
Airheads candy,4 candy bars,3 cans
of cheese balls,1 Crest, and 2 pairs
of sunglasses. I also got 2 Veet, 6
Clearasil, and 10 Tugaboos for free.
I had a lot of fun on this deal and
now I have plenty of shampoo to
share with my friends!!" Renee
M.,VA
|
Marcal freebies! Keep ‘em Coming!
"For the past six months or so Marcal
small steps paper products has been
printing free up to .99 coupons in
Sunday inserts. At first I had trouble
locating the product (I hate not being
able to use a high value or free coupon
just because the products aren’t in my
area yet or I can’t find them), but once
I did wow! I have not been keeping count
but could easily say that I have
received at least 30 free rolls of paper
towels, 10 free packages of toilet
paper, 4 free packages of napkins, and 5
free boxes of tissues! And the coupon
came out again just last weekend in the
inserts on Sunday! I am thankful that
Marketbasket carries these products and
also that they allow me to use more than
one coupon in one transaction. Every
time I shopped I would just add 3 or 4
Marcal items in with my groceries to
keep the stockpile going! In the photo
is my daughter Maria who will be six
this week and her castle creation.
Thanks Marcal!" Teresa D. |
"I have only subscribed to Refund Cents
for a few months and have been in awe of
the Deal Diva stories and photos. After
reading Centsible Chat every day,
following the tips of other readers, and
trying to learn and practice as much as
possible, I finally felt that I had
earned diva status after a day of
shopping at Target, Rite Aid, and CVS.
In the photo you can see my ten year old
daughter, Bridgette, and our dog Ziggy
admiring my take, with a retail value of
$92.22.
At Rite Aid I got 2 bottles of Clear
Eyes, 2 bottles of Nivea Body Wash, 1
bottle of Aveeno Moisturizer, 1 pack of
Kotex pantyliners, and two small packs
of Tugaboos diapers. I paid $3.11 and
qualified for 2 Single Check Rebates
worth $7. At Target I purchased
Scrubbing Bubbles Extend-A-Clean and a
Refill bottle, 6 Gillette body washes, 2
Satin care shave gels, 2 travel size
packets of Tide detergent, a bottle of
Vaseline Infusium lotion, 4 small tubes
of Arm & Hammer toothpaste, a can of
Armor All wheel protectant and Armor All
wipes. I paid $11.59, but sent off for a
rebate on the Armor All wheel protectant
worth $7.99. Then it was on to CVS,
where I bought 3 bottles of CVS brand
mouth wash, 1 bottle of Dawn dish soap,
4 bars of Emerald Mist bar soap, and a
bag of Hershey's Miniature chocolates. I
used a $2 ECB on the chocolates and the
rest was free as a result of coupons, so
I paid 68 cents in tax.
All together my out-of-pocket expenses
came to $15.37, but after rebates of
$14.99 my total is only 38 cents, and I
will send the UPC from the candy for a
free Fandango movie ticket!" Theresa
McGallicher |
|
 "This
is a picture I found on my computer from
a deal a while ago. The deal was for
AMP energy drinks. They were on sale
for 1.00 at Meijer stores. I often
found them on sale for a week or two at
a time. My husband used to drink at
least two energy drinks a day and the
normal price of the drinks can be
upwards of 2.50-3.00 each. To make this
deal even better, I went to the trading
boards and was able to trade for over
one hundred 1.00/1 coupons. It was
great! I would go to the store and get
10-15 at a time. Only one cashier ever
had a problem with it. My husband is
diabetic and can only drink the no sugar
ones, and they often only carried two
dozen at a time. The grocery manager
even gave me a rain check for one
hundred of them because he knew they
were having problems keeping them in
stock. Thanks so much AMP and Meijer!"
Sarah Shaw, IN |
 "Here
are the 24 Ortega products I got at
Meijer when it was on sale for 25% off.
I used 12 $1/2 mfr. cpns and 6 $1/4
Mealbox cpns to get all this for FREE +
$3.88!!"
Julie Beck @ Kingdom Klipper |
 "Normally
when I see the toy deals I do not do
them because my kids always seam to have
more than they need. When I read
Taylor's posting about the TRU's toy
deal I had to try this. It suddenly hit
me that I could get games that my son's
speech clinic could use. I purchases 2
Battle ships, 2 Bop-It's, 2 EleFun, 2
Gato Golf, 2 Candy Land's, 2 Connect 4,
1 Hi Ho CerryO, w1
Ants in the Pants, 1
Cooties and 3
stuffed animals. A family member
contributed and we both sent in for the
rebates. Pictured is My son AJ and his
speech therapist Courtney. He was so
proud taking these few in and giving
them to the clinic. I had more coupons
and could have gotten more however what
I did get was during 3 trips. I will
now keep my eyes out for more toy deals
to share with the Clinic and the Speech
Therapists that have helped my son so
much in the past 2 years. His clinic is
through a local University. Some of you
who thought like I had might want to
change your mind and help children in
your area that are trying to overcome
challenges." Marci Eckroth |
"I have been a subscriber to
Refund Cents for about a
month, but already can't say
enough good things about
everyone who contributes!
This week, I started Monday
on a shopping high after
getting in on the $10 off
$10 at both
Aeropostale and
JCPenney this weekend!
(Thanks Michele and
Centsible Chat posters!)
Today I moved on to CVS and
Walgreens. Pictured is my
daughter Nicole with the
goodies for my family, gifts
and a start on
Christmas...and it's only
the beginning of the week!
Here is the list:
Walgreens:
4 Plackers Flossers
4 Stayfree 16 packs
2 Tone Body Wash
2 Skintimate Shave Cream
2 100,000 Grand candy bars
Spent: $20 in RR and $4.30
OOP ($1.60 of it was tax)
Received: $32 RR - a
PROFIT of $7.70
CVS:
1 Natural Daylight Light Up
Vanity Mirror
2 Digital Coin Banks
2
Discovery Kids
Digital Photo/Video Cameras
2 Scunci Interchangeable
Headband Kits
2 OralB 3D Toothbrushes
1 Softsoap Handsoap
1 Palmolive Dish Soap
Spent: $9 ECB and $2.92 OOP
($1.22 of it was tax) SAVED
$130.70
Received: $2 ECB
I love this site! Thank
You!!!" Kathy Anderson,
MN
|
"Here is a
picture of a great deal I found
about a month ago. I was shopping
from one Wal-Mart to another in
search of some cleats for my
grandson. I had to drive another 20
miles to another store because the
local one did not have his size. As
I was leaving the store, my daughter
noticed a stock person bring out the
body washes. We inquired. Oh, the
find of the day! She had doubles of
Soft-soap and Irish Spring body
washes for .50(fifty cent). Yes
fifty cents for both bottles. She
also had 3-packs of Colgate
toothpaste for $1. I bought several
cases of the body wash and one case
of the toothpaste(she only had
one). Pictured are some the body
washes and toothpaste. I thought
this was one of the best finds of
all. I learned a valuable lesson
from this shop. I had left my
coupon book at home! I had coupons
for the Irish Spring body wash and
the toothpaste.. Oh well! I bought
it anyway. I’ve learned to never
leave home without it. The kotex-U
products I was getting at Walgreens
when they ran their promotion giving
I think $3 back and the Dawn dish
washing liquid from Kroger’s using
the $1 coupons from the Home Made
Simple book, and the .50 cent coupon
that doubles. I spent less than $40
on all the soft soaps and Irish
spring body washes, tooth paste,
including two pair cleats and a mini
food chopper. It was worth my
drive. I just love RefundCents!"
Barbara Thomas
|
"I have been couponing and
bargain shopping for years now
and have had many good deals but
this is the first one that is
truly picture worthy, mainly
because it involves my dog. And
this is also the first time that
I used coupon trading and the
RMC trading board to get more
coupons. I noticed the post that
Petsmart had the Milkbone
Essentials Plus long lasting
chews for $1.99 and I knew I had
quite a few $2 coupons so I was
ready to go. I had friends
print and mail me coupons and
with the help of two wonderful
traders I ended up with a total
of 27 coupons for between $1 and
$2. One trader also sent me 4
coupons for Free Milkbone
Essentials Plus Biscuits when
you purchase any Milkbone
product! The result is pictured
with my boy.
22 Bags of Long Lasting Chews
are pictured (because Koda has
already one through 5 bags or
they are put in his treat jar
already) and 4 boxes of
Biscuits!
Total number of treats 121 Long
Lasting Bones and 4 pounds of
Biscuits
Total Paid $8.64
Result..... One very happy
puppy!" Candace, TX
|
"I first saw this deal on Chat, so I
ordered my Coupons and waited patiently.
They finally came yesterday and I loaded
up the kids and off we went. It was
great timing because I am just coming to
the end of my Chef Michael's Dog food
from last year. Here is how I did this
deal.
Bought 1 Trial Size Incredibites per
$3 coupon. Each bag is $.99 the coupons
will ring for the full amount creating a
$2.01 overage per bag. I got 20 bags so
I had $40.20 overage, So I got two large
bags of Beneful $9.99 each, two medium
bags of Beneful $5.99 each, One large
box of Milkbone treats$4.99 , and one
bag of Jerky Treats $3.99 (I had coupons
for both of these but I don’t remember
the denominations). I was still in the
negative after using only 19 of my
coupons so I grabbed two packs of Pup R
Mints ($1.99 each) at the register. My
original total with tax was $66.67.
Total OOP= $1.32. Woo Hoo! Thank you to
the original poster. I am sure my dogs
will love their free food!" - Emily
Pannell |
 "Hiya!
I did the Rite Aid bogo this week! This
was my first time trying any of this and
it was so fun! This is my DD Rhiannon
and she's happy because she gets a few
of the lip glosses.
I got 24 various items including
lipstick, foundation, mascara, face
powder, blush, and eyeshadow. Before
coupons and the Bogo sale it was $175.00
after it was $12.06! I got charged for
one extra lipstick or it would have been
around $6.00. Thanks everyone for
posting how to do this stuff!" Tracy
P. Oh |
"I went to Toys R Us two different days
to take advantage of their sale on
Hasbro toys. I ended up doing about 20
different transactions and was able to
roll the $5 gift card into the next
transaction. Here's what I ended up
with: Purchased:
30 Hasbro games
4 stuffed animals
Total retail value: $487.66
Spent: $105.42
Will receive back in rebates: $77
Total spent out of pocket: $28.42 -
about 95 cents per game
The cashiers were very friendly and were
impressed with the great deal I was
getting, which made the experience much
more enjoyable!" Sara W, KY |
"This deal turned out to be
the best deal I'll probably
do this year! And it's
definitely one of my all
time favorite deals. It
didn't seem like a mega deal
at first, I saw some posts
about games at Toys R Us but
just skimmed past them since
TRU hasn't been known to be
a freebie haven in the past.
Finally it was a post from
Erin, HI that made me take
notice. She suggested a
transaction of three games
that would come out to less
than $1 after the coupons,
rebates and giftcards. That
made me take notice. I
watched the post and other
people responded with
additional information.
Mainly that the original
price of the games is what
counted toward the Buy $20
in games, get a $5 TRU
giftcard, and that games
originally priced at $19.99
would qualify for a $5
giftcard on their own since
the register rounded up.
Boy, did that change the
whole game plan! I quickly
got on the Hasbro website
and printed out two of every
game coupon they were
offering. I wasn't sure
exactly
what games were the best
deals or included in the
rebate but I didn't want to
miss my opportunity to print
these. And that paid off
since later in the week
Hasbro pulled all the game
coupons. I headed to TRU and
started figuring out
some transactions. I ended
up going back to TRU four
days in a row, rolling the
giftcards I got from the
previous day into more games
so I'd have less cash out of
pocket. You'll notice I have
almost two of every game and
that's because
when mega deals like this
come around I send an
additional rebate to my
mom's house. Here's my final
tally.
6
stuffed animals, 2
Battleship, 3
Operation, 2 Connect 4, 2
Sorry Sliders, 2 Bop It!, 1
Trouble, 2 Twister, 2 Gator
Golf, 2 Hungry Hippos, 2
Elefun, 2 Chutes & Ladders,
2
Candy Land, 2 Memory,
2 Hi Ho Cherry-o, 2 Cootie,
2 Don't
Spill the Beans, 2
Don't Break the Ice
and 1
Ants in the Pants.
This was such a fun deal to
do. And TRU was very
friendly. I assumed they
would not be used to this
many transactions and
coupons but they handled it
really well. In the picture
there are a few other toys.
The
My Little Pony toys
are $5.49 each nd they were
on sale bogo at TRU and I
used one $5 coupon for each
two so they ended up costing
2/.49. I also found travel
size Hungry Hippos at
Walmart for $5.24 and used
my last $5 coupon = .24.
They also had Connect 4 and
Battleship for $5.24 each
and I used my last $4 coupon
on each of those and paid
$1.24.Here are my final
breakdowns of just the
Hasbro items at TRU. (I
excluded the My Little Pony
and Walmart games)
Total games/animals
purchased: 41
Total coupons used: $96
Total giftcards earned: 23
$5 cards = $115
Total rebates I'll receive:
$95
Total cost for
everything (excluding tax):
negative .35 cents
Total value of products at
regular price: $569.59"
Tayler R.
|
"At RiteAid anytime you have a
B1G1 coupon and they have it on
sale B1G1 it means FREE
merchandise for you. RiteAid has
really jumped onto the coupon
bandwagon the last 6 months or
so and I'm loving it. Covergirl
makeup was B1G1 - B1G1 cpns. &
another plus is P&G has not been
putting $ limits on their cpns.
Plus RiteAid put John
Frieda hair care on sale
for $5 & had JF rebates (limit
3) that double dipped with
another JF rebate and $3 & $2
cpns came out in that Sunday's
paper.
At RiteAid B1G1F sales run like
this : 1 will show up as $retail
price and 1 will show up as $0,
and you are still allowed to use
(2) manufacturer cpns. or a B1G1
cpn. If you add up the total
ones at $retail and get over $15
or $25 you can use a $3/$15 cpn
or a $5/$25 riteaid cpns. too.
--which means more free
merchandise. That is how I
scored free milk , always, etc.
No, I did not buy all this in
one day, nor one transaction. My
mom and I checked out a total of
9 times over several days. I
wanted to give others a chance
at that makeup and knew they
would restock. My surprise - the
shelves were never bare. Did
couponers not know this sale was
going on?? Did they not know
they could get free milk?? I had
about 30 covergirl coupons, I
gave a few coupons to friends,
and a cashier that was loving
all the free makeup that
everyone else was getting. No I
will not ever use that much
makeup, but my sister,
sister-n-laws, nieces, etc. will
be getting makeup as gifts this
year (you didn't just read
that!)
Here are the totals for my mom's
& mine together:
(17)
John Frieda Products (some of
these sat on the clearance table for
2 days before I finally gave in &
bought them for the rebates), (2)
O.B. (clearance), (2) Neutra-Air
(clearance), (4) Gallons
milk,(2) Always 20 ct., (8) Trident
layers gum (not pictured), (30)
Covergirl makeup, (1)
Cocoa Krispies (not
pictured), (1) BC powders 50ct (not
pictured).
Totals : $442.09 retail
OOP: $32.20
Rebates: $27.48
Total spent: $4.72
Percent saved: 99%"
Mary Flater
|
 "K
mart was doubling again in April, was the
announcement. Was I ever looking forward to
this. We have only a Walmart and Kmart in our
town and the city is 3 hours away. Each day I
would go to K mart during the double week using
5 coupons on my card and my husbands. I got lots
of needed items. Free items were the cookies,
Gillette body wash, Bic razors, peanuts, sure,
tooth brushes and Right Guard . The only thing I
spent money on besides taxes was the Pert 3n1
shampoo and body wash, it was .39 a bottle.
Total was $156.36 but after the doubles plus tax
cost $5.98 most of that was taxes! YEAH!
During this same week our Fresh Market was
changing shelves around and the stuff that was
not going back on the shelf was on clearance. As
I would go in the store for milk or other items
the carts would be full of items to sale. Many
people took advantage of the low prices and were
standing around waiting for the next basket of
goodies to be brought out. Because I had to work
and they only put out stuff between 1-5 and I
learned about it after the second day, I only
got a few items that were left each day. Many of
my friends that I called about the deals were at
the store all day and got lots of great buys.
Food ,laundry, spices, baskets, batteries,
diapers etc were all .25 cents. In the picture
is the great stuff I got at both K mart and
Fresh Foods. Easter candy was on sale for .75 a
bag plus I had some coupons to match. Some items
are not in the picture like the candy, laundry
baskets they were already in use. The candy was
taken already to the women's shelter along with
Easter coloring kits for ten cents. My eight
frozen breakfast items are in the freezer.
Others items we have already given away also to
needy families. As you can see from the picture
we got lots of great stuff for .25 a piece.
Bought over 100 items for $25.00 plus over the
days of the sale.
In the mail we received $35.00 in refund
checks, free samples, free coupons for coke and
no bills! Our woman's shelter and food bank are
grateful for all the donations. As are the
several friends and co workers who received
items. Now I have several gifts for birthday,
Mothers day , Fathers day and even for Christmas
(the Batteries). We can give so much for so
little. If only each week could be this great.
Amid the economic crunch there are many good
deals to be had and I am hunting them all down
in my area. Thanks everyone for the heads up on
fantastic deals." Loralee Pfau
|
"A&P is not a store that I frequent very often,
but I always look at the sales circular when it
arrives since you never know what kind of sale
you may run into. Last week was such an
occasion. Typically, I will not go to a
grocery store if there is only one item
that I want to pick up that week unless it is on
the way to somewhere. I had to make an exception
this time.A&P
advertised the following deal: Buy seven Quaker
items (cereal, oatmeal, etc.) in one transaction
and pay $7.77 (that's a pretty good buy in
itself, but not good enough for me!). Since
Quaker cereals were included in the sale, my
mind started spinning. I had $1 coupons in my
box, but the important question was, did I have
enough to complete this deal? In fact, I had a
total of 14 $1 coupons! I completed two
transactions and in the end paid $1.58 for 14
boxes of Quaker cereal, that's less than $0.12
per box! I was excited all the way home for
completing this awesome deal! I thought it was
well worth the trip. In the picture my son is
peaking from the middle of the stack of Quaker
cereal." Maria Sciuto |
 "Here's
my recent trip to Meijers. I ended up
w/28 boxes of cereal and 2 boxes of
Quaker Delights. They had them on sale
for $1.69 each. I used 28 $1 coupons for
the cereal and two .50 coupons for the
bars. If you bought 10, you received an
automatic $5 off your order. I started
with a $2 catalina for any cereal
purchase of $7 or more. My oop for these
items was $1.70 using the store
promotion, mfr coupons and catalina
coupons. My son Jonathan is my shopping
buddy!" Julie @ KingdomKlipper |
 "Here
is my daughter, Amber, with the awesome
deal I made this week at RiteAid. I
purchased $127.92 of Ester-C for $11.96!
The sale was B1G1Free. The bottles were
$15.99 each. I purchased these in 4
separate transactions so that I could
use a $3 off $15 coupon with each
transaction. Each transaction was 2
Ester-C's for $31.98 less the B1G1F--
$15.99 less the $3 off a $15 purchase
and two $5 manufacturer coupons making
the cost for two bottles $2.99."
Doreen in Poughkeepsie |
"Pictured are the games and stuffed
animals I got at Toys R Us after I read
about the deals that Tayler was getting
on them on Michelle’s Updates. I bought:
Battleship $8.99
Connect Four $8.99
Battleship $8.99
Connect Four $8.99
Gator Golf $12.99
Elefun plush toy $9.99
Gator Golf $12.99
Elefun plush toy $9.99
Hungary Hippos $12.99
Elefun plush toy $9.99
Hungary Hippos $12.99
Elefun plush toy $9.99
5" Elefun game $12.99
Elefun plush elephant $9.99
5" Elefun game $12.99
Elefun plush elephant $9.99
Twister $8.99
Operation $8.99
Twister $8.99
Operation $8.99
Sliders Sorry $14.99
Sliders Sorry $14.99
Total in games: $239.78
I used:
Twelve - $5 Giftcards for buying $20 in
Hasbro games
(Total is $60 in giftcards)
I printed these from Hasbro’s website
- $4 coupon on Battleship
- $4 coupon on Battleship
- $4 coupon on Connect Four
- $4 coupon on Connect Four
- $5 coupon on GatorGolf
- $5 coupon on GatorGolf
- the plush was free wyb the GatorGolf
- the plush was free wyb the GatorGolf
- $4 coupon on Hungry Hippos
- $4 coupon on Hungry Hippos
- the plush was free wyb the Hungry
Hippos
- the plush was free wyb the Hungry
Hippos
- $5 coupon on Elefun Game
- $5 coupon on Elefun Game
- the plush was free wyb the Elefun game
- the plush was free wyb the Elefun game
- $4 coupon on Twister
- $5 coupon on Operation
- $4 coupon on Twiser
- $5 coupon on Operation
- $5 coupon on Sliders Sorry
- $5 coupon on Sliders Sorry
(Total savings in coupons $127.94)
(Total savings with coupons and
giftcards - $187.94)
Cost before rebates: $51.84 plus tax
I’ll receive:
$3 rebate on each game for a total of
$54 in rebates.
Profit $2.16
I am selling some of the games in a
garage sale and have actually already
sold 4 for $20.00" - Jenny D |
 "I
was so excited to see the deals going on
at TRU. Our family loves games and we
play them all the time. I couldn’t make
it there till the last day of the sale
but thought I would give it a try. So I
headed there first thing
Saturday morning and got there
just as they opened the doors. I was
very pleased to find that they had the
shelves well stocked and had all of the
games that I was looking for. I was
limited to only the coupons that I had
printed weeks before as they were pulled
from the website before I could print
more. The cashier was great and had a
blast helping me with all the different
transactions and coupons. When it was
all said and done I ended up with all
the items in the picture. I paid
approximately $100
out of pocket, walked away with
$45 in gift cards, and I will be able to
send in for $35 in rebates. So all said
and done I paid $20 for everything you
see, which was $12 for the toys and $8
for the games. Then to make it a little
bit sweeter, I still have my monopoly
coupons that I will use at our local
Wal-Mart today as they have them
on clearance for $7 each, and I picked
up the pictureka game in the picture for
$1 at Target after finding it on
clearance and using coupons. My son is
so excited to have some new games to
play and he will be receiving $5 gift
cards for his allowance for the next
several weeks. The games and toys will
all be used for our personal use, gifts
throughout the year and
toys for tots if there are any
left at
Christmas. I just love
Refundcents!!" Tracy Lake |
 Tower
of Toys
"Once again, without RefundCents I never
would have known about this deal. I
started paying attention to the posts on
Chat when specific scenarios were broken
down and saw that after coupons and gift
cards, board
games were coming down to either
free or cheap. I printed the coupons
and the next night my daughter and I
headed to Toys R Us with our list
of orders. We did four transactions the
first night and received 4 - $5 gift
cards (which weren't activated until 6
hours later). We headed back the
next day and did four more transactions
and got 4 more gift cards worth $5
each. When I got home, I realized I
purchased two games that weren't on
sale, so we ventured out one more time
the next day to exchange them and
did one more transaction. We walked
away with 13 board games (including
Candyland, Operation,
Twister, Cooties, Memory,
Battleship, Elefun, GatorGolf and
Sorry), 3 plush
stuffed animals (free when you
bought certain games), 2
Mr. Potato Head sets ($1.99 after
coupon and 2-day sale), and 2 Glow Worm
dolls ($2.99 after coupon and 2-day
sale). I have $263.80 worth of products
(based on original retail value) and
paid $60.58 out of pocket. I still have
$10.10 left of TRU gift cards and will
be receiving $34 from the Hasbro rebate.
So, $16.48 for a final price for all
these goodies. I am so excited to get so
many great classic games for when my
daughter is older and also to have a
small stash of games for Toys
for Tots next year (since I
already bought some of these with the
last Hasbro rebate!)." Dana Schrader,
IN
|
 "While
I won't be the best shopper with the
most product and least amount of money
OOP, I was still surprised at how well I
did. I was blessed that my K-Mart let
me break it down into 3 orders each trip
over a period of three days. The picture
doesn't show the other Nail Diva pkg I
bought, or the 2 each of the Revlon nail
clippers, nail files, or tweezers. Two
of my kids went "shopping" just before I
was putting this picture together and
took 5 of the Gillette body washes, 1
Right Guard deodorant, one Oreo pkg, and
a pkg of BIC razors. My youngest child
Brandy (shown) grabbed my camera and
helped me set everything up. All told,
I got for free 7 Bic Razors, 2
Nutter Butter and 2 Oreo cookies,
4 Right Guard, 7 Gillette body wash, 2
bottles of All, 12 cans of Mighty Dog
dog food, 6 Mean Green, 10 pkgs
Stay Free maxi pads, 1 French nail pen,
1 soft scrub, and 1 nail art, and the
rest was next to free.
Total before coupons - $226.18. (tax
included)
Total OOP after coupons doubled - $10.49
(most of it was tax)
Savings of $215.69
(Hanging head but grinning) My name is
Sandie and I'm an addict......."
|
 "Here
is what we were able to purchase during
Kmart double coupon week.
What fun we had while shopping.
In the 41 transactions / orders we were
able to get the following:
11 - Gatorade G2 Lemon-Lime 32 FL OZ
31 - Gatorade G2 Blueberry - Pomegranate
32 FL OZ
3 - Gatorade G2 Fruit Punch 32 FL OZ
14 - Gatorade G2 Orange 32 FL OZ
2 - Gatorade G2 Grape 32 FL OZ
1 - Gatorade G2 Strawberry - Kiwi 32 FL
OZ
28 - Whiskas Dry Cat Food 3.3 LBS
13 - Dentastix Pedigree Large (Pkg of 7
treats)
9 - Dentastix Pedigree Small (Pkg of 24
mini treats)
3 - Dentastix Pedigree Medium All
Natural (Pkg of 10 treats)
10 - Hershey’s Special Dark Pieces Candy
(these were not free…2.50 +.58 tax) (.50
each)
1 - Reese’s Dark Peanut Butter Cup
14 - Gillette Men’s Face & Body Wash 12
FL OZ
7 - Gillette Men’s Hydrator Body Wash 12
FL OZ
2 - Gillette Men’s Gentle Clean Shampoo
& Body Wash
5 - Gillette Men’s Hydra-Scrub & Body
Wash 12 FL OZ
5 - Gillette Men’s All Over Clean Hair &
Body 12 FL OZ
3 - Always Ultra Thin Pads
2 - St. Ives Fresh Skin Make-up Remover
& Facial Cleaner (.32 + .65 tax)
1 - Pert Plus for Men 16 oz
2 - BIC Sensitive Razors Twin (10 pack)
3 - Visine Eye Drops
1 - Ziploc Square Containers & Lids (5
count / green)
2 - Ziploc Round Twist ‘n Loc Containers
(Small / orange)
1 - Ziploc round Twist ‘n Loc Containers
(Medium / orange) (4.00 + 1.04 tax)
2 - Glade Scented Oil Candles Refills
13 -All 2x Ultra Free & Clear 50 FL OZ
4 - All 2x Ultra Stain lifter (Blue) 50
FL OZ
13 - Soft Scrub Total Bath & Bowl
Cleaner
1 - Soft Scrub Total Kitchen Cleaner
With all the shopping done and finally
getting everything sorted and talley-up
here are the final totals. We got 207
items and all of them were FREE except
the following items. The St. Ives Fresh
Skin Make-up Remover was on sale for
$3.32 and we had a $1.50 coupon so we
paid $.32 each for them. The next thing
was the Ziploc containers, they were on
sale for 2 for $5.00 and we had a $1.50
off 2 coupon so they ended up being
$1.00 each. Then towards the end of the
week I discovered they had bags of
Hershey’s Special Dark Pieces on sale
for $2.50 and we had $1.00 coupons so
they were $.50 each. But everything
else was FREE and we just paid the tax
for each item. Here is what it would
have cost for the 207 items we purchased
during week if we had paid regular price
without coupons … $1,080.91 but we only
paid $33.02!!!! That is a savings of
$1047.89!" Vickie Brantley |
" Long
time no see! I am finally back from my
couponing break and was completely tired
of paying full price!! This is one of
my first big shopping trips. In order
to best make use of savings, I travel
about 1.5hrs to Springfield, MO that has
several Walgreens, a Target, a CVS and
several
Dillons. These pictures include
all of my good deals from CVS, Target
and Dillons. I did not make it to
Walgreens in Springfield, but thankfully
we now have one small one in my
hometown.
At CVS I bought the following in two
transactions:
First Transaction
1 Dove Conditioner 4.49 with a 4.49 ECB
(no coupons)
1 Dial Nutriskin Body Wash 5.49 minus a
1.00 internet printable, recieved a 4.50
ECB
2 Schick Quattro 3pk razors at 6.29
minus 4.00 coupons
3 Two pack Schick razors at 1.29 minus
2.00 coupons
1 Colgate ProClinical Toothpaste 3.99
minus 1.00 coupon with a 2.00 ECB
2 CVS brand Toilet Paper rolls at 2/$1
minus the great $1 any CVS paper product
coupon from scanner
1 CVS brand trial size face wipes at
1.49 minus 1.00 any CVS brand face care
product
Total after coupons was 16.19 and I
recieved 10.99 in ECB
Second Transaction
1 12pk CVS Papertowels 12.99 (running
low!)
2 CVS brand conditioner @.99 each
Total after previous transactions ECB:
4.28
I know this is not a good as some, but
due to distance I usually spend my ECBs
in the same trip because I do not always
know the next time I will be at a CVS.
Target was a great place to shop this
week! My first transaction, run to the
front by my wonderful hubby, was the Buy
two Fusion Razors @ 6.99 each and get a
$5 giftcard. I had him use two $4
coupons on the razors, he paid 6.05 out
of pocket and brought me back the gift
card to start the fun! I had him run
one more
transaction for me as I finished
shopping, in order to have the correct
number of reciepts for the SC Johnson
rebates. The next transaction was for 3
of the Spray
Bottle
Scrubbing Bubbles at 2.49 each
minus a .75 coupon on each and a recieve
a free $5 giftcard when you buy any
three scrubbing bubbles Target coupon
from that weeks inserts. The total oop
on that transaction was around 0.24
because of the previous razor giftcard.
We then used the last gift card for our
biggest group of items. I bought three
Huggies tub wipes at 1.65 minus some
great 1.00 any Huggies products from
Kimberly Clark for a complimentary email
I sent them about a question. I also
bought 1 package of Kandoo wipes at 1.65
minus the 1.00 Kandoo coupons and I will
try to turn this in for the free
Scholastic Book when you buy any Kandoo
product. I also bought Nivea body wash
at 3.49 minus a 2.00 coupon, a
clearanced Degree deoderant (for the
hubby) at 1.52 minus a 1.00/1 coupon and
three trial size Shout to Go wipes
at .99 minus .55 coupons. The total for
this transaction minus the previous gift
card was 4.48. I will be turning in the
scrubbing bubbles receipt and the
receipt with the Shout wipes in for the
SC Johnson rebates for a total return of
$10. Dillons was next with a few
great deals. Some of the highlights
that you can see in the picture are the
12pk Cottonelle for 4.99 after coupons,
the .75 cent Skippy peanut butter, and
the 1.29 Kelloggs
Rice Krispies.
Hubby had to have those because
he would really like some Rice Krispie
Treats. I also found some
Lunchables on clearance that are
not pictured for 0.60 after the great
1.00 Lunchable coupons. My total at
Dillons after all discounts and coupons
for 28 items, was 38.69. My original
starting price was around the 80.00
mark, so I was very happy with my
progress! Last stop was Walmart on the
way out for some Friskies at 2.75 after
coupons, Tide Stain Remover at 3.49
after coupon (hubby wants to try on his
work clothes) and Halls cough drops for
.28 each after coupons. All in all, I
was very proud of my trip and I had a
great time. I also brought my mother,
stepdad and step grandfather with the
hubby and I to help teach them how to
coupon wisely and stretch their
dollars. They completed some of the
same buys as I did and I believe I have
them hooked on couponing for life! I
will let you all know how that goes in
later stories! Thank you all for being
such a great parts of the wonderful
world of couponing!" Amber Hensley
|
" I
love my new
Kroger! They are very coupon
friendly, they
even have a coupon swap basket at
Customer Service. My kids love to
bring my un-needed coupons to drop off.
I was so happy to see the shelves still
full. So we did six transactions that
were all identical.
3- Assorted Snuggle - $3.50 ea - 3
$3/1 Mfg Co
6- Ceaser Bistro - $1.09 ea - 2 B2G1F
Mfg Co (Peelies and SS)
1- Yakisoba Noodles - 10/$10 - Filler to
make 10 Promo Items
3- Sani-Hands 15 ct Wipes - $1- $1/1 Mfg
Co.
Each transaction was just under $6, I
know I could have done a lot better but,
I am so stoked that I got 18 various
Snuggle for $.50 each. Here is a picture
of my daughter and the 18 various
Snuggle! Happy
Couponing"
Emily P. |
"I may have gone a little overboard with
my toy shopping at Toys R Us (TRU),
Walmart and Target this spring. With
all of the great sales, coupons and
rebates from Hasbro, how can you blame
me? My toy buying journey started at
Target who had a great sale on several
games, such as Monopoly ($7), Connect 4
($7) and Battleship ($6), and to top it
all off, they came out with their own
coupon for $3 off any Battleship, Bop It
or Connect 4 games. The Target coupon
could be ‘stacked’ with the Hasbro
coupon. So off to Target I went, coupons
in hand. They were out of several items,
but well stocked in others, so I came
away with 7 Monopoly games for $2 each
(plus tax), 6 Connect 4 games for tax
only, and Battleship for tax only! Total
out of pocket was $22.95. Retail cost
$245.93.
Next, TRU had an
awesome toy sale, and Hasbro offered a
$5 TRU Gift Card (GC) for each $20
(retail price) spent, and to top it all
off, Hasbro also offered a rebate (1 per
game) – how could I pass up this
quadruple play? (coupons, sale, GC and
rebate) or is it a quintuple play?, as
with the purchase of Gator Golf, Elefun
and Hungry Hungry Hippos, you also
received a free plush! When all was said
and done, I purchased 20 games, 2
Gloworms and received 6 stuffed animals
for free. I paid $117.55, will receive
$54 in rebates, in addition, I have $35
in TRU GC to spend and have earned $5 in
TRU Rewards for a total out of pocket
$23.55. Retail cost $439.08. Finally,
Walmart has travel sized Hasbro games,
and I had some remaining coupons burning
a hole in my pocket, so off I went. I
scored 3 Travel sized Hungry Hungry
Hippos and 1 Travel sized Connect 4.
They were $5.24 each less $4 coupon –
total out of pocket $6.91. Retail cost $
22.91. So, my grand total for 47 toy
items was $53.39 out of pocket for
$707.92 retail. I now have gifts for my
grandson for his birthday and Christmas,
one for my husband (Bop It), and several
items for baby showers. However, most of
the items will be donated to the local
Domestic Violence Shelter and Toys for
Tots. I don’t think they will complain
that I went a little overboard this
spring :o) I’m sorry you can’t see all
of the games in the photo, but there was
a stack of them behind me, in addition
to the ones you can see!" Sheri
Burdue Tacoma, WA |
"This is my first
submission, and by
far the best bargain
I've found in a long
time. Thanks to
reading Centsible
Chat, I was able to
find and print out
coupons for all
these amazing
games. I was not
able to make it to
Toys 'R Us until the
day before the sale
ended, but I still
think I did quite
well. My total OOP
was $150 and change,
and after rebates
and gift cards I
only paid about 45
bucks (and $10 of
that was sales
tax!)! I am a
teacher and a mom of
3, so these games
will be put to good
use. Classroom
donations, birthday
parties and a nice
game collection for
my kids! The picture
is of my 3 children,
aged 11, 8 and 6.
They are so excited
about Mommy's find!"
Ann Secor
|
"This was an exciting week! First
Petsmart. Beneful was $2.99 each for
3 pack trial size boxes. With $3
coupons, can you say "FREE plus a penny
each!" Yippee. Friskies Party Mix,
Maximus’s favorite, were $1 each. I had
lots of $1.50/2, so it was .25 a pack.
Oohh LaLa! The Whiskas cat treats were
$1 each, with coupons for $1/2 - B1G1F!
Maximum likes variety. ProPlan was on
sale for .99 each. The coupons were up
to $1.99 – FREE again! Maximus kind of
stuck his nose up at those Benefuls
however – LOL! Which leads me to
Kmart doubles. Hartz Crunch dog
treats were $3.49 minus doubled $2
coupons = FREE. Snuggle was $3.29 with
$3 coupons. Lysol 4 in 1 were $3 with $1
doubled = $1. Pearl’s $2 coupons off
Pearl 20 & 18 count and free box when
you bought a box coupons = FREE FREE
FREE. And much more. Thank you Petsmart
& Kmart doubles.. Tah Dah!!" Mary N.,
N. CA |
 "Here
is my little munchkin with my all the spoils of
our last shopping trip to
Rite Aid! I just started in February to
seriously clip coupons. I am still learning and
was really excited to come across the Huggies
Deal at Rite Aid. I printed off as many of the
$3/1 Huggies printable then scoured my binder
for all of my
Huggies diapers, wipes and Johnsons
coupons. I then hit the Rite Aid Video Values
site and started printing! At the end I was able
to do this same transaction nine times
alternating Johnsons products and wipes. Here is
what it looked like:
2 Huggies jumbo packs $8.99
1 pack wipes $2.50
- 2x$3/1 Huggies printable
- 2x$2/1 Huggies Video Values
- $.75/1 (enjoy the ride mailer)
or
2 Huggies jumbo packs $8.99
1 Johnsons Baby Wash or Shampoo $2.99
-2x$3/1 Huggies printable
-2x$2/1 Huggies Video Values
-$1/1 Johnsons printable
-$1/1 Johnsons Video Values
Finally taking the $5/$20 Video Values coupon
making the transaction total $3.97-$4.73
My final total was $186.77 with an OOP of 41.77.
I can also submit 3 different SCR bringing my
final OOP to 38.77!!!!! That is about $1.60 a
Jumbo Pack!!!!
My little girl is set for a while with Diapers!
Thanks to Refund Cents for all the great tips
and tricks I am learning!" Corina Konitzer |
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