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"Total before discounts and coupons = $157.23.
Paid out of pocket = $15.93! That's a savings of
almost 90%! And that is without super doubles or
triples! My local Meijer and Kroger double up to
50˘.The Chex Mix was free after coupons. The
Purina was free with $4.00 internet printed
coupon. Meow Mix was $1.34 after coupon and
sale. The other 5 Purina's were 9˘ each because
someone had left $2/1 coupons on the shelf and
they were only $2.09! The Dora yogurt that my
baby girl is holding was on sale for $2.00 and I
had a bricks IP coupon for $1.50 off . Progresso
was 24˘ after sale and $1.10 IP coupon. 2 loaves
bread on sale for $1.25 each and 2 loaves that
were on clearance for $1.13 and $1.34. One is a
sourdough round loaf, I'm going to open it up
and put the soup in it for a
soup-in-a-bread-bowl dinner! Dinner for 4 =
$1.37! Then I went to Kroger who had the buy 10
get $5 off your order promo. 8 boxes of Cinnamon
Toast Crunch were 6˘ a box after using 8 .50/1
coupons doubled, the $5 promo and a $2/5
catalina I had. I also got the Quaker Oats for
25˘ after coupon, 6 boxes Edwards pie slices for
$3.00, 3 Silky Touch razors FREE, 2 Tylenol FREE
+ $1.00 proft because I had 2 $2 coupons and a
$1 catalina and my Kroger lets me use both, and
the batteries were $1.50 each but I'll send the
UPC's in for a free color wonder set. I love
couponing!!!" - Jennifer F.
"Here's a picture of the free and cheap items I
was able to get at Meijer a few weeks ago. The
Jello was a moneymaker. There was a
coupon on the Meijer mealbox website for $1.50
off 2 Jello. Meijer had Jello on sale for $0.50
a box. I bought three at a time, scanned the
mealbox coupon, and paid nothing. When I
finished the order a $2 OYNO (on your next
order) catalina coupon printed. So, for every 3
jello boxes I made a $2 profit. There were also
coupons on the Velveeta boxes, and they also
gave you a $2 OYNO catalina coupon. I would buy
4 at a time, scan 2 coupons ($2/2), scan a $2
OYNO cat from the jello, and pay $0.67 and
get another $2 OYNO cat. The
taco bell sauce was on sale for $1.09 and
there was a mealbox coupon for $1.50 off any
Taco bell salsa or dinner kit. I made a $0.41
profit on each one I bought. I also had several
free Good Bites dog treat coupons to redeem so I
threw those in and used some of the overage and
catalina coupons to cover the tax on those. I
don't know how much I paid out of pocket but it
wasn't very much and I have over 120 boxes of
Jello, 30 bottles of Taco Bell Sauce, lots of
dog treats, and tons of Velveeta. I had
so many of the $2 catalinas that I was able to
buy a food dehydrator (we've been wanting one
for a long time), meat to last us several weeks,
and some other groceries we needed. Thanks to
everyone who posted about the deal! And to my
cousin and fellow RC-er Alicia, IN who sent me
the Meijer mealbox taco bell sauce coupon after
they pulled it!!" Dana Schrader
" I’m
a relative newbie to RefundCents (my
subscription is about a month old), but I’m
a quick study! It’s sort of funny, my mom
was a huge rebate fanatic when I was growing
up in the 80’s. She used to embarrass me by
asking friends and neighbors for their UPC’s
(anyone remember all of the detergent
rebates?) and was known to “dumpster dive”
if she saw something she needed for a
rebate. Anyway, back then she subscribed to
a little magazine called “Refunding Makes
Cents”. As time passed, it became harder for
her to rebate and her interest in the hobby
waned. Everyone knows the old adage about
history repeating itself, so it should come
as no surprise that 20 years later I became
interested in couponing. After several
conversations with a neighbor, Sandy A., I
became so impressed by her stockpile that I
had to know more and specifically, how to
create my own stockpile! She gave me your
url and you can imagine my surprise when I
found myself, 20 years later, subscribing to
your publication! Needless to say, my mother
is EXTREMELY proud and more than happy to
help store my excess stockpile in her
basement! If you ever decide to do a feature
on couponing as a family heritage, we’d be
honored to be featured.
I started
slowly. Trying to match up a good sale ad
with an equally good coupon. While I was
shopping at Wal-Mart, I ran into a
thoughtful shopper who explained their price
matching policy and then kindly shared her
ad with me. I walked home with a case of
soup for $6, Cheerios for $2.50 a box
instead of $3.99 and BOGO Tyson chicken
breasts, both price matched from her ads. I
thought to myself, hey, I could make this
work to my advantage! I still had a lot to
learn though.
 So
what have I learned in one month? Simple.
Never pay full price for ANYTHING! Even the
stores you believe are over priced can
become a treasure trove if you search hard
enough. Case in point: Pamida. I have long
since sworn off shopping there because of
their high prices and poor selection.
However, shortly after I bought my RC
subscription and had about one month of
coupons collected and clipped, I learned of
their Double Coupon event ($1.00 coupons
included). Luckily I went on a Saturday. I
would not have normally known this is when
they offer an additional 50% off clearance.
I brought home nearly $600 worth of
merchandise that day for less than $40. I
have since learned they are offering this
about the third week of each month. And, in
the last two weeks, they have put up signs
that they are price matching ANY
competitor’s ad. I went back yesterday to
test them with the price matching combined
with double coupons. As not to overwhelm
them, I started with a small order. I left
victorious with $40 of product for $1.12!
For less than the cost of a soda, I took
home the following: two boxes of Honey Nut
Cheerios, four full-size tubes of Colgate
toothpaste, two Colgate child’s toothpastes,
two boxes of Luzianne Tea Bags, two boxes of
Kleenex Tissues with lotion, two 18oz
packages of Quaker Oats and one package of
Cottonelle wipes. It can be done!!!
 The
generosity of your members abounds. Second
case in point: Meijer. When I read about the
free Jell-O, free taco shells and Catalinas
on Kraft macaroni and cheese, it was simply
too enticing. I wanted in on that action; to
see if my skills would match those of the
well seasoned couponers. But unfortunately,
the coupons to deliver the deal were no
longer active on the company’s website. I
posted my first chat on Centsible Chat to
see if someone would be willing to help.
Within hours, I met Darci T. who generously
offered to email me the coupon. I accepted
and within a few days had nearly 100 boxes
of Jell-O, 60+ boxes of Kraft Shells and
Cheese and more than 30 boxes of taco shells
gracing my shelves! More than one person
really needs, but with five siblings and
nine nieces and nephews, I have plenty of
people to share with. Heck, I donated 160
taco shells to my children’s small parochial
school where they enjoyed a “free” taco day
recently!
And my story
would be incomplete if I did not mention
Kroger. I am a regular Kroger shopper, but
now I am a much more savvy one. Not only
have I benefitted from the recent Mega Deal
in Ohio, but, many in my family have as
well. Never again will I pay $4 for a box of
cereal! To think of all the money I have
wasted…..
 to
say, when it comes to coupons, I am hooked.
It is so much fun to score big and walk away
with a trunk full of household items for
next to nothing. Which reminds me, I have a
message for the veteran couponers: Please do
not take common coupon deals for granted. I
was fortunate enough to read a chat post
about two weeks ago in which another
subscriber jokingly posted something like
“Here’s a deal on free toilet paper – as if
any of us needs any more free toilet paper”.
I’m so glad she posted this tip (.99 paper
at Kroger combined with a .50 coupon that
doubled = .01 profit) because I didn’t have
ANY FREE TOILET PAPER!! Thanks to her post,
my mom and I now have about 20 packages of
free toilet paper EACH!!
 First
Meijer Deal - I paid $5.70 for more than
$107.60 worth of Jell-O, macaroni and cheese
and taco shells pictured.
First Kroger
Mega Deal – I paid $22.91 for $223.71 in
major pantry staples such as brand name
cereal, evaporated milk, oatmeal, cookies,
chocolate chips, etc.
Back for round
two: Meijer and Mega Deal combined - $309.46
worth of product for $33.68 (178 items
total)
Pamida: Price
Match + Double Coupons = $1.12 out of
pocket expense for $40.96 in merchandise.
Kroger +
Target Deals - 13.32 for 62.94 in
merchandise
The five
photos combine for a grand total of $744.67
in merchandise for a mere $76.73. And these
are not even my best deals – I don’t have
photos of them, but I did get $587.94 worth
of merchandise at Pamida for $23.16 the
first time I combined their sales plus
double coupons in October and did about the
same at Kmart during their doubling $2.00
coupon event. That means in one month’s
time, thanks to my friends at RC, I have
been able to purchase more than
$2,000.00 in
necessary food and household items for
$106.01. That is a savings of
95%!!!" - Diana Day
"Our Dillon's only doubles to .50 so Mom got:
15
Betty Crocker cookie Mixes for $0.50 each
4 boxes of
Quaker Oatmeal for $0.50 each
11 boxes of Betty Crocker Muffin mix for $1.10
each Daddy’s favorite.
Mom also got 1 tub of Betty Crocker Frosting for
$0.14
19 boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal for
$0.50 each
1 tube of Crest sensitive
tooth paste for 2.69,
4 cans of pineapples $0.50 each
2 boxes of Mac& Cheese $0.50 each
2 Daisy Sour Cream $0.50 each
12 cans of Carnation cooking milk for free
12 Swiss Miss hot cocoas, for free
1 swiffer wet jet free after rebate
1
swiffer duster free
2
Duncan Hines frostings for free
2 hamburger helpers for free
1 box of Trix cereal they paid mom 1.05
2 boxes of
Cheerios they paid mom $0.50 each to take
them.
Total OOP after rebates 39.47 total savings
222.22 after rebates savings of 86%
WOW what a great deal!"
Lilly Age 5 ˝ months
Anna R, KS (Mom)
A Cereal
Castle
"Lately, our church’s food pantry has been
pretty bare. Each week, the church provides a
list of the items it needs the most in the
bulletin. Cereal and toilet paper are always
items on the list. Fry’s ran a Breakfast Mix and
Match sale. When you purchased 6 items, you
received $3 off your order. When deals like this
come along, I know it is time to call in the
troops. I gathered all my coupons, my Mom, my
sister Amanda and her friend Kami. My son Jayson
and daughter Emery (in the picture) also tagged
along for the fun. We split up the coupons and
went in for the attack. I am sure we looked
pretty funny as our row of shopping cars
followed each other to the deal. We had a pretty
good system set up. We loaded up the cereal,
headed over to check out, and the person who
made it thorough the line last had to take the
cereal out to the car while the other three
carts headed back to the cereal isle. We each
did multiple orders to accumulate all of the
items in the pictures. Each order consisted of 6
boxes of cereal totaling $9. When the order was
totaled, $3 came off. After the coupons ($1/2
Life and Captain Crunch cereals) the final cost
OOP: $3. The Quaker Oatmeal Squares cereal was
free after the 50 cents coupon doubled. To
sweeten the deal, the Cottonelle toilet paper
was 99 cents with a 50-cent coupon that doubled.
Free toilet paper! Bounty Basic paper towels
were 88 cents with 25-cent coupons that doubled,
making each roll 13 cents. Another great find!
Finally, we stopped by Albertsons on the way
home and using a rain check for $1 from a
previous week, we were able to pick up the Scott
toilet paper with coupons, making them free as
well. I can’t believe at the end of this
shopping trip, the kids were still smiling.
Jayson and Emery thought we were building a
castle out of all of the items. They would grab
items out of the grocery bags and help us line
them up. They insisted the “castle” wasn’t big
enough. Sometimes, we get together this way to
shop for deals for ourselves, but it was a great
feeling to all work together, knowing it was for
someone else. The next Sunday, we piled all of
these items into the car and headed to church.
Refund Cents has saved my family so much money.
It was a great experience to be able to share
the savings with someone else." Angela S.
"I went to the Kroger Mega Sale yesterday. Hubby
helped to check out one order of 30 items, and I
had two different orders, one with 30, and then
went back in to do another order with 20 items.
They were out of the Tylenol & Shout, so I had
to re-figure my orders, which took awhile, but
still did pretty good. I ended up with $178.50
worth of groceries and only had to pay $31.05.
And this also included some extras I needed,
such a hamburger meat, milk, salad mix, hot dog
buns, and a loaf of bread. I ended up with
these, plus 16 pkgs of BC cookies, 12 pkgs of BC
potatoes,3 Crisco oil, 24 cans of Carnation
milk, 4 Dial liq soap, 6 5lb. bags of sugar, 3
Quaker oats, 1 Welchs grape juice, 6 bags of
Nestles choc chips, 4 Eagle Brand milk , and 1
Pledge, plus had free coupons from Kroger for
the following: frozen bag of blackberries, box
of small tomatoes, and Oscar Mayer hotdogs. I
had already put the blackberries and hotdogs in
the freezer, so they did not make it into the
pix. It took close to 2 hours to shop & check
out, but was worth it."
Larie Chandler/Ky
"My heart will always belong to CVS...However
for the first week of November, I had the time
of my life at Jewel. I regularly get 10-20
newspapers every week ($1 each my local Menards
and Dollar Tree) and do very well at stockpiling
health and beauty aids, but in the LOND, I very
rarely score free food. I was once again able
to justify this expenditure when I picked up my
Sunday paper on Saturday evening (lucky me). I
noticed they were featuring General Mills and
Unilever products as part of a deal offering $15
to spend on your next order when you purchased
$30 in qualifying items. This automatically
resulted in some really great deals with
coupons, but I was soon to learn that the deal
was even sweeter.
I had joined the Illinois Good Deal Loop (IGDL)
several months ago, after seeing other mentions
of state loops on RC. I checked out the link
Michelle has posted and signed up. The
wonderful posters there alerted us to the fact
that each item had two sale prices. The first
price was the sale with the Jewel Preferred
Savings Card, and what I would ultimately pay
for each item before coupons. But the best part
was that the $30 was based on the sale prices
without the Preferred card.. You would
automatically pay less than the $30 even without
coupons, and still get the $15 in Catalina
coupons. There were several items such as Green
Giant small boxes, were a moneymaker, Betty
crocker cake mixes were free, and ALL liquid
laundry detergent was dirt cheap.
GG w/out the Preferred Card was $2.30, but after
scanning the card they were 10/$10. I only had
to buy 14 to total $32.20, but paid $14 and got
$15 in the form on 3 $5 coupons good on my next
order. Betty Crocker Cake mix was $2 before the
preferred card and I paid $15 get 15 boxes and
still got the $5 coupons. All was only $6.33
for 5 bottles after the preferred savings and
the $15 coupons. Using coupons brought these
prices down even more, and they quickly became
profitable to purchase. The deal was stackable
2 times, so getting $60 would result in getting
6 $5 coupons and the registers did not restrict
rolling, so I was able to use those to pay. I
started by paying $13.92 and a $10 catalina.
(From the Con Agra Catalina deal which was and
still is, at the moment I write this, is going
on simultaneously - but that's another story and
picture, lol!) Each transaction ranged from
$.23 - $34.34 (when I didn't get my $30 in
Catalinas on the prior order).
My biggest money maker was Progresso broth which
I had $1/1 coupons for. The price was 6/$16 so
12 would put me over the $30 mark. The
Preferred price was 6/$10, so I paid just $8
after preferred savings and manufacturer coupons
and $15 would print out. I immediately went to
my usual coupon resources for times like these.
I ordered 120 of broth from the store and
coupons to match.
Over the week, I hit 3 stores and did 43
transactions, and another 3 days to unpack,
tally, and come down from my shopper's high. I
paid $185.88 out of pocket, saved $2785.07. The
sweetest part, my returns gave me back $85 to
use on my next orders. Thanks and Happy
shopping" Amanda Jasinski, IL
(Read Amanda's complete story in the Jan/Feb
issue of Refund Cents.)
"This is my daughter with just one of our Kmart
trips we took last week. We went 3 times and got
almost $1000.00 worth for about $75.00 out of
pocket. I purchased a Sears giftcard for $50.00
at
Giant Eagle first with my
Giant Eagle credit card which gave me
$.24 off my gas and $5.00 off my next shopping
order at Giant Eagle. Then I used that card at
Kmart for an even better deal!" Annette
As I put things away from my recent shopping
trip I overheard this little conversation:
"I think she's on to us."
"Why, why do you say that?"
"I think she knows we don't plan to potty train
anytime soon."
"Oh I don't think so, we keep her pretty tired.
Does she think?"
"She's just being nice and giving us some of
those big blocks to stack again."
"Can you reach that purple one or should I get
it?"
"Well, if we work together we could just take
care of them all..."
"Yeah, you're right. You're always right. Is
that because you came first?"
"Nah, just because I'm smart enough to know I am
NOT using that potty
thing like the big kids, till I'm like, at least
4, yeah 4. Did you know it eats your poop?"!
"Wow! No- thanks for the heads up. I'll wait
till I'm 4 too then."
"Good thing we've got such a smart Mom to buy
all these diapers all the time then."
"Yeah, no kidding she's the best, she signed up
for Refund Cents and now shops in bulk!":) -
M. Ashland
"My cat Frankie and my daughter Holly are
enjoying all the almost free things we got at
KMart. We saved over $100 dollars and spent less
than $20! We love Refund Cents!"
Shirley Smith, St Augustine, FL
"On this day I made two trips, one to
Walgreens and one to
Target. The Target items are on the
left and the Walgreens items are on the
right in the picture. Some items are
missing in the
Wags picture. First I went to
Walgreens and purchased the 6 hour energy
shot which was FAR,
Scrubbing bubbles gel for $4.49 had a
$2 coupon and received $1.50 Easy Saver
Rebate, 4 Glade plugins which were free
after coupons and Easy Saver Rebate, 3
Robitussin for $3.99 using 3 $2 coupons and
getting a $10 RR, 2 Pert shampoos which were
free after coupons, Chemistry shampoo for
$9.99 which was FAR, 1 pack of Quilted
Northern for $2 after $2 coupon and Wags
coupon,
Arm and Hammer laundry detergent for
$2.99 which was $1.99 after Easy Saver
Rebate, 2 cans of Wags peanuts, and
chapstick for $2.99 that I will get a TMF
rebate on. I also used a $5 off $25
purchase and my total was $31.81. After all
was said and done this trip cost me about
$2.34. Not a bad deal. Then my trip to
Target I bought 6 Johnson's Buddies soap for
.97 each using 2 $3 off 3 coupons making a
profit of .18, then I bought some Cascade 2
in 1 dishwasher tabs for $3.69 before a .50
coupon (not a great deal but I needed
some), next I got some Purina cat treats for
.94 using a $1 coupon making a profit of
.06. The last item is a fire truck bookcase
for my son's room. I found it on clearance
for $39.98 which was 50% off. I wanted to
buy it awhile back but it was too much. I
was very excited to stumble upon it. I
couldn't get my kids to sit still to take a
picture so my cats had to do. They were
both very interested in the treats. "
Jessica Sloan, MN
"Here's a picture of my sons, Jon and Jae,
trying to make a surprise getaway with my
Powerade Deal! The real "steal" was the
deal I got at Kroger! Using the $5 instant
reward for buying 10 (three times), combined
with 6 $1/3 coupons (tearpad at Walgreens),
1 free coupon (Coke Rewards) and 2 B10G5
coupons (hang tag at Publix a while back...
I wasn't able to use them all at Publix
since every third bottle had a tag!!!), I
was able to buy 30 bottles and I got paid
$2!! The Nortons
I bought $292.02 worth of stuff
and paid $63.48
For a Savings of $228.54 !!!
Total before coupons $170.44
OOP after coupons $49.59
Savings of $120.85!!
Total before coupons $ 193.85
OOP $ 34.49
savings of $ 159.36
tax: $ 14.35
"Kmart had super doubles the first week
of October (10/1 to 10/5) and I happily
partook of it twice in that week even if
I did have to drive one hour each way to
do so. It was worth it. They were
doubling coupons $2.00 and under with a
limit of 4 like coupons and 75 coupons
per customer pre day. In my opinion,
Kmart is a little pricey on many things
but I still found some deals. Here are
my three trips."
Laura Williams
"Mommy and I did a lot of
shopping this week @
Walgreens. We got 12 St. Ives Elements,
22 bottles of Pert Plus, 2 bottles of Infant
Tylenol, 2 Nutra Air Freshmatics,1 L'Oreal
cleanser,1 energy drink, 10 cans of Pringles, 4
jars of peanuts, 1 Fusion Razor, 1 Venus razor,
2 Lysol toilet cleaners, 6 Alka-Seltzer cold, 3
boxes of paperclips, 1 protractor, 1 pack of
note cards, 1 bottle of Nivea
body wash for Daddy, 1 tube of lip
lipslick and 7 packs of
wrapping paper. Total value $350.88. Mom
paid $77.49 and expects to get rebates back of
$28.95 so total OOP will be $48.05 and $20.56 of
that is tax. I love it when Mom brings home
good deals like these. It makes Daddy very
happy! Thanks" Lilly age 5 months,
Annie R.-- Mommy
"Mommy and I did the
2/$2.98 diaper deal on the way to the doctor's
offices for our well baby appointments. We went
to 4 different Walgreens and picked up 42 packs
of diapers. It was so easy Mommy just filled up
the cart with diapers, showed the cashier the
coupons. They typed them in and gave them back
to her. Mommy only paid a little over $65 for
all these diapers. I hope they last until I am
done with potty training. Mommy's Little
Sweetheart, Lilly"
"I do not
have access to loads of inserts every week.
I purchase 2-4 papers each week, and a
relative gives me another set, so my max is
usually 5. My local stores only double one
like up to $1 now (so a $0.75/1 becomes $1
off total), so it has been getting harder
and harder to do great deals with limited
numbers of coupons. Add to that three
children 6 and under that accompany me on my
shopping, and you would be correct in
assuming I don't usually do multiple trips a
week or multiple times through the
checkout! However, in good news, a brand
new
Walgreens just opened a couple miles
from our home, and thus far they have been
extremely friendly with coupons. I wanted
to share a fabulous trip (for us) with
limited coupons and limited time!
First of
all, the new Walgreens sent out flyers with
a $25 GC with a prescription transfer. My
oldest son is on several medications for
eczema, so I picked one out with a
refill to transfer on over. The new
pharmacy staff there was so friendly; it was
a great experience in and of itself. On
picking up the prescription, we were given
for free three
coloring books (I had my 3 children
with me) and a red Walgreens water bottle
filled with little goodies. In the bottle
was a package of crayons, a purse pack of
facial tissue, a Walgreens brand hand
sanitizer spray, a Chapstick, a sample size
hand lotion, a weekly pill container and a
magnet with the pharmacy hours and phone
number. Woohoo, what a nice surprise!
Now armed
with my $25 GC I was ready to collect some
deals I had read about on Centsible chat. I
had been in a few times prior this month,
but had never gotten any Pert as they were
always out. This time I scored 3 bottles
and had three of the $1.50/1 coupons to
combine with my $2.50/1 ESC from the booklet
(leaving one on the shelf for someone
else!). So already it was a good trip as I
knew I would have overage on those as they
were $3.49 and the total of the coupons on
each bottle was $4 off. I went and grabbed
three of the Quilted Northern Ultra Plush TP
for $4 each, because a family of 5 can
always use more TP. I had 3 insert coupons
of $1 off each package to combine with the
$1 off each from the ESC. I then went and
got two of the
St. Ives Elements, which I knew had a
$5 RR right now. They were $4.99 and I had
a B1G1, so ended up with 2
free St. Ives. DH had been hinting
about me not finding any gum deals lately
and he was out, so I found the Orbit gum
packages on sale for 3 packages for $2 right
now. I didn't have coupons on those but was
doing so well that didn't bother me ... much
at least. LOL.
When all
was said and done I had 18 double rolls of
TP, 2 St. Ives, 3 packages of gum and 3 Pert
and paid $8.97 OOP ($2.51 of it tax) ... and
used my free GC from the prescription for
that. My "total savings" per the receipt
was $41.23. And I received a $5 RR from the
St. Ives for the next deal.
The most I
had of any coupon was three copies. Even
people with few inserts and little time can
get fantastic deals by planning and reading
up beforehand! The photo shows our loot and
two of my three children posing happily
right before breaking out the crayons and
starting to color in their new coloring
books." Tanya
F. in CA
"My OVER THE HILL Gift
Basket ~ My family went to a
birthday party yesterday. The person was turning
48 and a good sport. So I made a
gift basket and included:
3) Benefiber sticks 18pks (WG RR deal)
4) pain patches (CVS
ECB deal of
past)
1 ) artheritis patches (CVS
current ECB
deal)
2) vitamins (CVS
and
Publix freebies)
3) Excedrin Artheritis (trail size freebies)
2) BC powder (CVS ECB deal of past)
It all went in a
plastic bin I got at
CVS 90% off so $.10. I wrapped it
in mesh touling. All in all, it was about $40 or
so worth of stuff (but of course my net cost was
a profit). Everyone at the party thought it was
a hoot! The birthday boy was really eying the
pain patches since he has a bad back."
~Maryjane S. of SW FL
 
 
"I have been to KMart 3 times... more stuff than
this I got, but already put it away. I got $550
worth the first trip for $46. Don't forget to
use those KMart Beauty books in the front of the
store." Amy Thomas
"This was an awesome deal I didn't know I was
going to get. I went to Food Lion with the plan
of getting the Sierra Mist that was on sale buy
5, get them for .79 each. I had some coupons for
B1G1F and 1/.55 a 2 liter. When we got in the
store, I went for the drinks and sent my son to
find more coupons. We did 2 transactions. On the
first, we did five 2 liters and the little 6
packs of Halloween Cream Soda. We scanned five
.55 coupons and two of the B1G1F, which took off
$1.59. At the end, they owed me .10. Second
transaction: same deal. I was so excited I
rushed home to tell my husband. If only all
grocery bills could be this low! My little girl
Natalie is waiting to drink it all up."
Yvonne Byrd
"When I found out from my friend (Lindsay Auran,
another RMC member) that our Kmart was honoring
the double coupons, I screamed and jumped up and
down!! I was so excited! I live about 10 miles
from town so I went home and planned my strategy
carefully. I gathered my coupons, printed off
lists that other people had posted (including
Lindsay's examples) and planned! Then my mother
in law called and asked if my girls (ages 5 and
7) would like to spend the night at her house!
Oh yeah!! Shopping ALONE! What a rare and
glorious treat! So I dropped off the girls,
kissed them good bye and RAN to Kmart! I walked
in and went to the service desk and asked if our
store was indeed honoring double coupons and I
was told 'Yes! Just mention it when you check
out'. OH YEAH! I spent 2 1/2 fantastic hours
wandering the aisles. When I was ready to check
out, I had a very sweet lady who was so pleasant
to check me out. She didn't know about the
double coupons and asked the front end person
about them. She was told 'Yes, double the
coupons'. Betty, the cashier, was just amazed by
the coupons (we get awful coupons here in ND, I
traded for most of them) and was having so much
fun scanning them and watching the total go
down, down down. I 'complicated' things a bit by
throwing in a $10 gift card and at the end, I
bought $116 worth of stuff for....... drum
roll...... $10.45!! That INCLUDES the $10 gift
card so I only paid .45 for everything! I was as
excited as I could possibly be, I could have
cried from happiness! Here is a picture of my
goodies. My dog, Cooper, wanted to be in the
picture too."
Michele Goldade Minot, ND
"Here is my 4 year old son loving the idea that
I got 50 bottles of Nesquik
chocolate milk and 11 boxes of tea for
free excluding tax. We got many other good
deals on our shopping trip but this is what we
were most excited about. I just want to thank
Refund Cents and Christy H, and my girls
at work for helping find and get the good
deals." Denise L., IL
Treats for Cats & Humans
"I want to introduce you to our cat, Montana.
Our little one has feline leukemia. Her brother
died and she is left by herself as the
veterinarian told us not to have any other cat
without the condition around her. She seems to
fend well for herself. She is a good mouser and
lovable little cat. Kate and our son found the
two little ones just before they married in the
summer of 2005. Our last cat had died and they
knew we wanted another one. Kate is a cat lover
herself and has two at her house. Kate was
volunteered for this picture with my good deals
and promptly rewarded. I love getting cat and
dog food and treats for free and this time was
lucky to get Sara Lee Bread for free also. I
have shared the treats with Kate so she has some
for her two cats also. I have a few months of
free cat food and that is pretty good for me. I
have enough treats to last longer. I have tried
to take advantage of any of the free cat and dog
food as our cat and dog are not particularly
fussy about what they eat. Although since
eating the more expensive type they do not like
store brand. I guess in that respect they are a
lot like us humans! Also I ran across L’Oreal
hair products B1G1F and I had two coupons that
were B1G1F so I ended up with two shampoos and
conditioners for free. It is so nice to try the
new products for free and they smell so nice
nowadays. They also promise to make your hair
look wonderful; what more could you ask for?
I want to thank my wonderful traders who always
send me the best coupons. I also wanted to show
you that every little bit helps with refunding
and couponing. You don’t always know when these
deals might come up so it is best to be prepared
and be ready for last minute deals you see. If
an item is for free and you will use it then
make sure it is on your coupon list and let
those traders know you can use it as they will
pass it on if they don’t need it. Also,
share what you receive since what comes
around, goes around. Kate and Montana are
both happy as am I." Kathleen Mincks, WA
Kmart Double The Fun!
"I kept reading about this Kmart and that Kmart
doing double coupons on chat and skipping the
posts thinking it doesn’t apply to my store and
kept reading. Then…someone posted that every
store should be participating. After phoning to
be sure it was true!! I used a list posted on
Refund Cents to give me ideas on what coupons to
use and started pulling all high value coupons
out of my box (like $1.00, 1.50 and 2.00
coupons). Since we moved this summer I had not
been to a Kmart, around us, but passed one by
accident, so this is how I knew there was a
Kmart near me. I didn’t know the layout of the
store or anything, but I knew the potential I
had with the coupons I pulled out, so off I went
having only an hour to get in and out! I
remember reading on Chat about a Kmart beauty
book with high value coupons in it and was
amazed to find them in several places throughout
the store, like in the jewelry department, and
health and beauty section. On my first trip I
saved $103.80 and paid $43.62. After I got home
I realized I had not given the cashier $12 worth
of coupons!! I was horrified that I overpaid,
but chaulked it up to my “first time” and
decided to plan trip #2. I read more about
Kmart on Chat and came up with a few more ideas,
some coupons to match with sale items etc. I was
determined to do better. After slowly scanning
each aisle as not to miss any deals I saw that
Kmart had Delmonte fruit cups on sale for 1..00
each, I remembered having coupons for these so I
dug in my box and came up with $1 off 2 coupons
for these, after doubling they should be free.
So up to the cash with coupons in hand
(recommending to those in line around me to go
ahead as I have a lot of coupons!). This time I
saved $134.64 and paid only $23.20 OOP! Woohoo,
I am getting the hang of this! After going over
my receipt (it helps me to go over my receipt
and write down exactly what I paid per item so
that I can fully appreciate my savings), I
realized the Del Monte coupons did not double.
This seems to be a pattern with coupons that say
save $1 on 2. Still .50 per pack for 6 cups of
fruit isn’t that bad, and the trip was so much
fun! So, on to trip #3. This time I realized
that the October All You magazine had some
coupons I needed to use. There was the $2 coupon
on the new Ziploc vacuum starter kit and then
the $1 coupon on the special bags that go with
it. The starter kit was $3.99 so free after the
coupon. Just walking around the store I realized
that there were some on-shelf coupons I could
use too. Above the Sally Hansen nail section
there were $1 coupons on any Sally Hansen nail
tool, so after doubling that equaled free
tweezers. On the third trip I saved $106.94 and
spent $27.36 (on this trip I had to throw in
some children’s motrin and a couple other things
we really needed). This is basically what it
came down to: $449.56 in value less $104.18
OOP=$345.38 in coupon savings!! I was so
impressed I made sure to fill out the online
survey and mention how great I thought the
double coupon events were! Here are photos of
the loot with my daughter Maria just
pleased as can be to be photographed! Some of
the items I ended up with were Dove Shampoo and
Conditioner, Aussie stylers and Shampoo and
Conditioner, Good Bites dog treats, Renuzit,
Glade candles, Tylenol pm, Advil pm, Sally
Hansen tweezers, Revlon emery boards, Zest bar
soap, Del Monte fruit cups, Celestial seasonings
tea, Easy Mac, Ziploc bags, Dawn, Palmolive,
Resolve, Glade carpet, Comfort 3 razors,
Gillette shampoo, Vaseline mens lotion, Purez,
Gain softener, bic lighter, sure, trident gum,
snickers, 3 musketeers, Kids bandaids, and more!
I plan on bringing some of it to share with some
special sisters, and friends at our annual
women’s retreat in November. I hope you all get
in on the Kmart double fun and that Kmart
continues it!" Teresa Davis, Bradford,MA
"These are the deals I got at Target today.
Everything was on clearance. I
had a coupon for almost everything as well! (I
couldn't find my Extra gum coupon though. I had
already used it!). Juice Juice clearanced
plus coupon. Archers Farm juice clearanced
plus Target printable coupon. Werthers and Dove
chocolates clearanced plus printable coupons.
Johnson buddies FREE with the $3.00 off any 3
purchase. Extra gum clearanced. Just for the
three Juicy Juice at regular price
would have cost $10.00. I bought all of
this for $7.00. Awesome deal!!" Jill Kirk
"The
first day of goodies from Walgreens for NO
money out of pocket! This first day actually
ended with Walgreen's OWING ME money for the
rebate from the M & M's and Rimmel
Foundation. The picture is of
my daughter Isabella.
I had SO
much fun rolling the St Ives Face Wash, Alka
Seltzer, Benefiber and Gillette Fusion RR's
over and over again!
The St Ives
Face Wash was on sale for $4.99 each. When
you bought one an RR would print for $5.00
off your next purchase. What made this deal
EVEN BETTER was Walgreens had coupons in the
Beauty Section for $2.00 off the St Ives
Face Wash. $2.01 OVERAGE EACH TIME!
Alka
Seltzer was on sale for $4.99 each. When you
bought one an RR would print for $5.00 off
your next purchase. $0.01 OVERAGE EACH TIME!
(A penny in this day & time adds up!)
Benefiber
Sticks were $7.99 each, a $5.00 coupon off
each was in the Easy Saver book, a $2.00
coupon was in the Sunday Paper. These ended
up being $0.99 each. When you bought three,
an RR would print for $8.00 off your next
purchase. $5.03 OVERAGE EACH TIME YOU BOUGHT
THREE!
Gillette
Fusion Power Razors were on sale for $8.99
each, there was a $4.00 coupon in the Sunday
Paper. These ended up being $4.99 after the
coupon. When you bought one an RR would
print out for $4.00 off your next purchase.
FREE!
Also, this
week they had Pert Plus Shampoo on Sale for
$3.49, a $2.50 coupon off each was in the
Easy Saver book, a $2.00 coupon was in the
Sunday Paper. $1.01 OVERAGE EACH TIME!
My final
count after rolling the RR's over and over
again was 16 St Ives Face Wash, 13 Alka
Seltzer, 3 Gillette Fusion Razors, 6
Benefiber, 2 Pert Plus, 4 M & M Fun Size, 1
Reese Fun Size, 1 Rimmel Foundation
($1.00 OVERAGE after Rebate and Coupon), 1
L'Oreal Rivitalift Day Cream ($1.00
OVERAGE Rebate and Coupon), 1 L'Oreal Night
Cream (FREE for purchasing the Day Cream,
$1.00 OVERAGE after Coupon).
Those were
my MAIN purchases. I had to add A TON of
filler items to get my total over the RR's,
especially on the St Ives, where I had the
$2.00 Coupon to cover in filler items. ALL
of my filler items came from the clearance
section of the store. 3 Color Wonder Sets, 1
Little Pet Show Wonder Book, 1 Eraser, 13
Chapstick, 1 Pair of Ladies Socks, 1 Child's
Tee-Shirt that says, 'Daddy Does My Hair', 2
pouches that hook to a wheelchair to hold
stuff, 5 packs of Ponytail Holders, 2 packs
of Pens, 2 Battery Operated Toothbrushes, 1
Pack of Mickey Mouse Stickers, a Playing
Card Gift Set, 1 Pack of 2 Hannah Montana
Lip Gloss, Twizzlers, Altoids Chocolate
Mints, Kahula Chocolates, Kissables, Cream
Savers, 2 Pop Rock Chocolate Bars, 3 Boxes
of Powdered Drink Mix, a Christmas Scrunchie,
a Christmas Keychain, a Christmas Booth Poof
and a pack of gum!
I got all
of this for $27.09! All of THAT was Tax! I
spent $66.17, I have one more RR for $5.00
off a purchase and will get $34.08 back in
rebates! I SAVED $417.37!
Also, I
have been saving the stamps for towels at
Food World. I used five full books, got 5
green washcloths FREE. I am taking a green
wash cloth, putting a St Ives Olive Face
Wash, and a St Ives Olive Face Scrub, tying
them with a red ribbon (I was going to use
Green Ribbon, but my DH said Red would look
more festive with all of the Green! What a
DH, who would have thought HE would be the
one to think of that!?), and for the price
of ribbon, I have five nice Christmas
Gifts!" Roberta Horn
"My local store double coupons only 10
coupons per purchase~ up to 50 cents (Wiseway~
Indiana). Better then nothing. They had a
lot of juice, and teas on sale for 10/$10.
I recently found some 50 cents off coupons.(
happy dance) I did 2 trips alone, since
everyone was at work/school. 20 Lipton teas
and 4 Fuze drinks after coupons = 2.00 ( I
only had b1g1 on the Fuze). The next day I
armed myself, daughter and hubby with their
own envelope loaded with coupons and boldly
printed on the front what they were to get.
For a total of 4 Fuze drinks, 19 Sobe, 10
Lipton teas and 1 Grandmas cookie. (Hubby
strayed from his bold print) Grand total of
4.99 (Would have been 4.59 but the lady
didn't double 1 coupon) For 8 Fuze Drinks,
30 Lipton teas, 19 Sobe, and 1 cookie. The
pic is my daughter, who loves to find deals
with her mom." Christine W., IN
"Last night I went to a Chinese Auction where my
husband and I donated about $170, but won over
$550 worth of baby goods! This included over 20
designer name baby boy outfits, numerous
accessories, baby care products, Huggies,
formula, and a really great white changing
table! Then today with the diaper deal at
Walgreens, I was able to pick up 23 various
bags of diapers and pull-ups for about $24
(using several RR from the St. Ives deal 2 weeks
ago and the $2 Pharmacy c/o)! They would have
been even cheaper if I had known the orange bags
of pull-ups wouldn't work with the $2 c/o. I
can't complain though! We're stocked up for
quite awhile! -Meghann Heilala, NJ
"This is a picture of my 60 boxes of Jello plus
I have $18 in Register Rewards from the deal,
plus I still have 15 coupons to use! I paid
$0.00 for all of that jell-o. I just used that
coupon from Meijer website and did 3 jell-o,
scanned coupon, 3 jell-o scanned coupon then
ended my order, total $0.00 with a $2.00 RR, I
ended up going back later that day and ended up
with 82 boxes and $24.00 RR which I was able to
get gas with so PROFIT 82 BOXES JELL-O AND
$24.00 FREE GAS, ALMOST A FULL TANK!!!! THANKS
RC!!! That was a fun moneymaker!"
Holly W, IN
"I left with $100 and came back with my goodies
listed below. I traveled for two days and it
cost $180 in gas expense (also covered by my
profits during the trip). I had a blast!! When I
go out to do a trip like this I have to be able
to justify my gas expense......we have to travel
a good 3 hours to start getting great deals! No
problems at any
KMarts and they were not limiting any
coupons. WOWEE!!
Phone Card ($50)
$180.00 Gas Cards (used these up travelling)!
$450.00
American Express Gift Cards (Save 4
XMAS!)
Phone Charger (10.00)
Davids Toy& Outfit (64.00)
Bras (20.00)
3
Diet Coke 12pks (12.00)
3 Packs Smokes (12.00)
Shirt for Honey (2.00)
Minnow Net (1.00)
Licorice(1.00)
20 Glade Oil Refills
8
Cheerios Snack Mix
6 Durex Play
6 Panty Hose
3
Johnson & Johnson Lotion
3 Loreal Make up remover towelettes
2 Loreal make up remover
3 Robitussin DM
50 Powerade
2 Breeze 2
27 Endust
5 Oust
2 Pairs Gloves
1 set Halloween Towels
6 M&M big bags
23 Dove
Face Cleansers
2 Electrasol
21
Keebler Cookies
30 J&J Buddies
63
Sobe Drinks
17 Tylenol Travel Size
8 Revlon
Emery Boards
5
Glade Scented Oil Candle Kits
3 Glade Glass Scents
23 Glade Flameless Refills
6 Vaseline Lotion
23 Dove Body Wash
46 Glade
Candle Holders
184
Glade Scented Oil Plug Ins (my little
moneymakers! Each one generated a $4 CAT. I had
$2c/o so they cost .19 each after doubled and
gave me unlimited CATS which I rolled into gift
cards.
12
Almay
Eye Makeup
7 Almay Eyeliners
17 Almay Mascara
20 Almay Eye Makeup
2 Midol
12 Tylenol Trial
3
Advil PM"
Cheryl Gravelle
"Double coupons are almost unheard of in
Florida, so I was excited to see K-Mart was
doubling for a week. I was somewhat
hesitant as our K-Mart doesn't have the best
service (and is only a regular K-Mart, not a
Super K-Mart) and I wouldn't be able to get
there until Friday, long after other
couponers. I went through my stash of
coupon inserts, made a list and went anyway.
I was pleasantly surprised at what they had
available. Somebody beat me to all of the
Tylenol PM (which would have been free), but
I was able to get all of the above (plus 2
cans of RediWhip that I forgot to put in the
picture) for just over $30, saving a total
of $91: 4 cans Lysol, 1 bathroom cleaner, 4
mac and cheese, 2 boxes taco shells, 2
RediWhip, 1 bengay, 1 immodium, 4 first aid
products, a variety of doggie and kitty
treats, 1 Maalox, 2 packages of razors, 4
Hormel Compleats, 1 200-ct Equal and 1 box
of Advil.
I didn't even have to wait in line to check
out and had no trouble with the coupons. I
was talking with the cashier and asked her
if she had done her deals yet. She said she
didn't use coupons as it wasn't worth the
effort. I just shook my head, looking at
the bags of stuff for a savings of 75%.
Some people will never understand. I look
forward to the next double coupon week at
K-Mart." Kathy Lucas Gainesville, FL
"I
could not believe my eyes when I left 4 stores
and spent a total of $32 and some change for the
day. At
Albertsons I took advantage of the of the
buy 10 items from a certain group and you get $5
off your bill and I only purchased items I had a
coupon four. My bill was $22 for 30 items. At
Super one I was able to by 12 boxes of
Hamburger helper for 88 cents each then
the store let me use 8 coupons for $75 cents off
a purchase of 3 boxes and 4 coupons for 80
cents off a purchase of 3 boxes. I used register
rewards at
Walgreens to pick up diapers and cold
meds and I am expecting a $5 rebate from. And
picked up a few children cold items at Rite that
I had a coupon for and I expect a full refund
for. My most expense item was the 2 packs of
razors that I paid 99 cents for.
Rite Aid had them on sale for $2.99 and I
had two $2 off coupons." Stacy S.
"Here is my trip to Kmart! I got over $700 in
items, and paid about $35 out of pocket after
double coupons! INSANE! Thanks so much for the
site...LOVE IT!" Amy Thomas
3 Trips to KMart:
"Total of all items shown $276.
Actually spent $7.15 and most of that was
the high price of the dog food that the coupons
didn't cover. I have also included my picture as
I am the one taking the picture of my savings
and have no way to get myself in it. <G>
They are really being fussy about doing
the doubles and each time you enter the store
you have to stop at the customer service desk
and show them the letter that was posted on
Centsible Chat before you start shopping. So I
have made several copies of it and keep them in
my car, and purse. Ours is not a Super K-Mart
and it has very little food. The checkers do not
know how to run the coupons right and I have had
them run them twice through the cash register,
add them up with a calculator, add them up in
their head, and double scan each one. Most all
of these methods gave me all the overage I
shouldn't have gotten and when I pointed this
out they were very rude that I was trying to
tell them how to do their job so I just shut up
and let them do their thing. This is why you'll
see 2 magazines - but not the 2 pops I drank
that I had to throw in so they wouldn't owe me
money
2 - Always Pads
5 - Beggin Strips for dogs
6 - Bic Disposable Razors multi packages
4 - Calgon Bath Beads
2 - Dog Food - 4 lb bags
3 - Dove Shampoo
8 - Dove Body Wash
2 - Glade Carpet Cleaner
5 - Good Life Dog Treats
5 - Herbal Essence Shampoo & Conditioner
10 - Holiday Candle Holders
2 - Johnson & Johnson First Aid Gauze Pads
4 - Kotex Lightdays
2 - Pert Plus
8 - Pure Protein Bars
2 - Reach Toothbrushes
1 - Resolve
4 - Revlon Nail Polish
10 - Revlon Implements (tweezers, emery boards,
nail cutters)
3 - Rolaids
12 - Sure Deodorant
4 - Tums Smoothies
6 - Tylenol Extra Strength
3 - Wholesome Goodness cat food
20 - Wiskas Temptations for cats"
Kathy Hardie
"In this picture is my son Alex, who I hope is
taking note on how to save as I am still
learning. I did this in 2 orders at CVS. First
order was 1 Swiffer Sweeper on sale for $7.99. I
had a $1 coupon, 1 Swiffer Duster on sale $6.99
and I had a 'buy Swiffer Sweeper, get a free
Duster'. One Swiffer refill on sale for $6.99
and I had a .50 coupon. Two Colgate Total
Toothpaste and I had a $1 coupon on each. The
Swiffer had a 'buy $10 worth, get $5 Extra
Bucks', and the Colgate was giving $2 Extra
Bucks each, limit 2. Total out of pocket was
$20.49 on the 1st order and gave me $9 Extra
Bucks. The 2nd order was 1 Lysol Toilet Cleaner
on sale for $2.50, had a .75 coupon coupon on
it. 4 Soft & Dri on sale B1G1F, had four .50
coupons, and 3 Softsoap on sale for .99 and I
had three .35 coupons. Used the $9 in Extra
Bucks and total out of pocket was $1.60, so I
got all this for $22.09. My savings was $44.96.
I am still learning but this little deal made me
happy." Yvonne Byrd
"Ya gotta loves these deals! These were over
the last 2 weeks.
Crest Pro-Health Rinse & Toothpaste:
These were not bought at the same time. I
got the Crest Rinse last month
(Sept) when WAGS had the RR for 4.50. Cost
was 4.50 EA - 1.00 MFR Coupons. Plus 27.00
RR FREE plus 6.00
profit.
Got the 5 Crest Toothpaste last week at WAGS
(Oct W/E 10-11-08) 1.99 sale 5 Wags Coupons
1.00 off & 5 1.00/1 MFR Coupons.
FREE Plus .05 profit.
 Ziploc
Deal: Ziploc Deal from last
week at Wags. I was a little nervous
about trying Michelle's theory out about
the Coupons on the quantity you are
buying & using the coupons, but tried
it anyways on a few items. It
worked... I had B1G1 FREE Ziploc Bags
(up to 2.19). They were on sale for
2/5.00. Ended up going back & doing it
again. No problem. Had to go to 4 WAGS
for 27 boxes total & get 2 rainchecks
for Quart Freezer. OOP with tax 8.79
for 27 boxes.
12 Quart Storage
3 Quart Freezer
2 Snack
2 Sandwich
4 Gal Freezer
2 1/2 Gal Expandable Bottom
2 Gal Storage
 My
Return for Rainchecks Items
Not to many deals I wanted this week.
Did do the B1G1 FREE Cartridge refill I
use alot of ink. It's a better deal
than the 25% off coming next week. And
the Mars Candy 2/5 & 1.00/2 Coupon &
Rebate in ESC 1.00
This week went back to WAGS for my
Raincheck items. ( 10-17-08)
6 Ziploc
4 Windex Wipes
2 Sunmaid Raisins
Had the
5/25 Walgreens Coupon
3.00 RR
6 B1G1 (up to 2.19) FREE Ziploc
2 2.00/1 Windex
2 1.00/1 Windex
1.00/2 Sunmaid Raisins
1.00/2 Mars Candy
1 Treat for me Bailey's Irish Cream
Candy REG 1.49 sale .99
Total 5.72 OOP!! This is my other
Kitty. Pink Twin. She looks like she is
saying """Egads Mama how do you do
it???? """ ( Her mouth is open) We have
2 blacks Kitties they look exactly alike
no way to tell them apart except with
different color collars. Green Twin will
be introduced soon enough I am
sure!!! Could not get them together to
take both of them."
Estelle L, Boston, MA
"I just wanted to share my picture
of the great deals I scored at Rite Aid (October
Rebates). I did it in (2) transactions at (2)
different Rite-Aids. Some of the items are
duplicate because I got medicine for my mom and
family. All in all I spent about $100.00 out
of pocket and will get it ALL back.
What a great time of year to stock up on cold,
flu and cough drops. My 14-year-old son, Evan,
just had to be in the picture. I am hoping to
teach him some of my refunding & saving tricks."
- Tara S.
"I got these deals at Walmart today. I bought
12 Johnson's Buddies @$0.97 each, 10 packs of
Kotex pantiliners @$1.00 each, 2 packs of Scotch
tape @$0.94 each, a small box of Milk Duds
@$0.96, a pair of scissors (I forgot mine in the
car!) @$0.97, 12 Tylenol Cold Multi-Symptom
bottles @$0.75 each, 2 Mr. Clean Spray Bottles
with bonus Magic Erasers Free with 2 BOGOF c/o's,
and 2 Large Bottles of Mr. Clean Refills with
bonus Magic Erasers @$2.50 each. I ended up
having to do all of this in 4 transactions
because of the current over-the-counter drug
laws (only 3 Tylenol Colds per transaction). My
total before coupons was $45.20, and after was
only $6.20! I already know that this winter my
family will be clean, healthy and living in
a tidy house!" -Meghann Heilala Brick,
NJ
Skippy Peanut Butter for $0.51
EACH!!
"I've been slow getting back into 'full
coupon mode' after having a baby a few
weeks ago. However, the deals at Rite
Aid and Walgreens this week were enough
to get me out the door first thing
Monday morning with all six kids age 7
and younger, my coupon binder
and the block format list for both
stores. Thanks to the early ad previews
from Michele, I traded for Skippy and
Hellaman's mayo coupons that weren't
available in my area. After grabbing up
all the great FARs at Rite Aid, I called
both my local Walgreens from my cell
phone to see how much Skippy they still
had (no need dragging kids into a store
with no product) One store was already
out of stock, but the other reported
that they had lots. Hurray! When I
arrived, I was thrilled to find 36 jars
of Skippy on the shelf which meant that
I could stock up for my family and still
leave plenty for the other coupon moms
out there. I had enough coupons for 18
Skippy. Here's what I did:
1st Transaction:
4 Halloween pencils @
4/$1: $1.00
9 Skippy Peanut Butter @ $1.67
each: $15.00
- 9 (.60/1) SKippy coupons
: -$5.40
- 2 ($5) catalinas from the Oral B
promo: -$10.00
60
+ tax (used a gift card )+ $5 OYNO
catalina
2nd Transaction:
9 Skippy Peanut Butter :
$15.00
- 9 (.60/1) Skippy coupons :
- 5.40
$9.60 + tax (used gift card so $0 OOP
for me!)
+ $5 OYNO catalina
All together I got 18 jars of peanut
butter, 4 pencils and 1 margarine tub
for $20.20 + tax which I paid for with
gift cards so no OOP. I also received
$10 in catalinas that I'll use later
this week towards more cheap Walgreens
diapers. If you factor in the catalina
savings, the peanut butter were $0.51
EACH!!! The picture is of my 4 years
old daughter Savannah dressed up as the
Peanut Butter Princess. Thanks RC!"
Nike Ben Peterson
"This is my first posting and I am so
psyched about my deals! As you can see, my 2
year old daughter is impressed and has
already broke into the 6-pack of raisins.
When a friend called me to say she had
located a KMart that accepted the double
coupon deal, we drove about 45min to get
there. It was so worth it. My register total
before all sales and coupons was $145.20.
After all coupons (including a $5 off $50
coupon I printed from the KMart website just
for signing up for email alerts) my total
paid was $34.79 ($8.38 of which was
tax!) One of my favorite deals was the
Hershey's Bliss bagged chocolates- on sale
for 2/$5.00, I used a $2.50 off 2
coupon...and the cashier doubled it!!!
Making both bags free. The other awesome
find was 2 Biore products marked down on
clearance for $1.50 each. With my $2 off 2
coupon, I got both for free and made a $1
profit. Besides the terrific deals, my
friend and I had a fun "Ladies Roadtrip" and
got to know each other even
better...priceless!" Yvonne N. NY
"Here are some pictures from my deals this week.
I have gone in several different stores at
several different times so as not to clear out
every item completely. I have
15 total PERT shampoos FREE
24 Oral B toothbrushes FREE
3 razors for .99 each
2 diapers packages for $13 total.
My little boy is pretending to brush his teeth
in the first picture, and the second picture he
had fun practicing counting his numbers. What a
great object lesson for him!" Jill, MO
"The first picture is from when I went to
Walgreens for the Pert Plus Deal! I got 36
bottles in all. I used the $2.50 coupon and the
$1.50 ESC, profited .51 and $1.01 per bottle
even on some of them. I will end up with $24
back on top of it from getting the FAR items
with my overage!
"The second picture is from Walgreens when they
had the great catalina deals a few months back.
I got the Cover girl items with the free blush
coupon and free Cover Girl item coupons plus the
$1 off any CG item coupons.
"The third picture is from my first trip to
KMart when they were doubling up to and
including $2 coupons. I went back again and got
just about as much as the first time. All of it
for about $12 out of pocket!
"The last picture is from Walgreens when they
had the huge diaper sale!! I got over 100 packs
of diapers and pull Ups for very little out of
pocket." Amy Thomas
"By the time I figured out
Kroger was part of the Powerade deal I had 4
days left to get going. I made 3 trips & 7
transactions. Missing from the picture are 3
Whiskas, 5 Powerades,1 bag of ice, 2 packs of
gum, 2 boxes saltines, 1 case of beer, 1 pair of
scissors, 3 packs of stuff pork chops. My
husband asked me “Don’t we have enough Powerades?”
My response was not if it’s free. I have 3 kids
& they love Powerades. Plus I mailed in for a
$6.00 rebate for the beer & meat. Total was
$179.38.I had $114.42 in coupons & paid oop
$64.96.Now to figure out were to put them all."
- C Garza
"I wanted to share a couple of Walgreens
trips that were just great.
Trip #1 - This is my son Josh in the picture
with all of our great deals. We got:
2 boxes of Puffs facial tissue @ $1.59 ea
6 Gatorade @ $1.79 ea
L'Oreal Facial Cleanser @ $6.99
4 Canisters of Quaker Oats @ BOGO 2/2.79
2 Xcel
Laundry Detergent 2.99
After the
Walgreens in ad coupons (Puffs,
Gatorade, Detergent), rebates
(L'Oreal), RR (from previous week) and
manufacturer (Quaker Oats)
we ended up making
$6.56 Profit!!!!! We had cleaned
up on the RR the
previous week with the cold meds that were
on sale and a few
other items that we needed. It was a very
good day. The lady in front of
me had been asking what RR were and the
person behind me was
interested as well. So when all was said and
done the person behind me waspretty much in
awe of our deal.....I said "That's how RR's
work!" I try to teach people as much as I
can with the time I have in line. They just
can't believehow much I can save on these
deals!"
"3 Charmin 6 pks on sale 3/$10
6 Pert Plus on sale for $3.49 each
2 Xcel
Laundry Detergent $2.99 ea
2 Puffs Facial Tissue$1.59 each
2 Quaker Oats on sale BOGO 2/$2/79
SubTotal $42.89
Coupons
3 $.55 Charmin Manu Q's
6 $1.50 Pert Manu Q's
1 $2 Pert EasySaver Q
1 $.50 Quaker Manu Q
1 In Ad Q Xcel Detergent for $1.99
1 In Ad Q Puffs 2/.89
Total after Q's
$14.99
Once again I got many questions while in
line. I'm slowly but surely
educating people in my area! lol
The best part of the whole experence is that
my sweet little Joshie
just loves his job.....giving the coupons to
the cashier. He gets so excited
and says "HERE WE HAVE TOUPONS!" He doesn't
say is "C" too well.
He provides comic relief for those cashiers
who have had a rough day"!Thanks,
Heather Greenwood
Sacramento, CA
K-Mart freebies
"Here's what I came home with.
TOTALLY FREE:
32 bottles of shampoo (Pert, Sunsilk, Dove,
Suave) 2 Pert had TMP forms on them
(6 of the Pert are extra large bonus size)
9 sample triple packs of trial size shampoo
(Sunsilk)
9
hair sprays (Sunsilk)
2 Large bottles of Cascade dishwasher liquid
2 bag of Busy Bones for my dog
4 bags of Pedigree good bites - Brandy-dog
1 Electrasol bonus box (26 tabs) for the
dishwasher
1 Colgate toothpaste
1 Colgate toothbrush
4 Pledge furniture sprays
1 Kotex pantiliners
TOTAL SAVINGS $87.51
I can't list how the coupons worked out
but I know I should have owed something.
Some of the items were $4.29 and doubling a
$2.00 coupon would have made me owe .29˘.
Some of the $1.89 items she insted on
doubling the $2.00 coupons to $4.00 so I had
a profit. Had to buy a paper and pop because
she was doing some of the coupons wrong but
she refused to let me help her. She says she
does it everyday for a living...LOL."
Kathy H, OR
"MEOW! CATs (or CATALINA coupons)
are the best! This picture shows most of
the great deals I have been getting at
Jewel. The little girl is our goddaughter,
Ashley. She's my shopping buddy since she
was a baby. It's nice to have a buddy as
our girls are 12 and 8 already!
There are so many Catalina deals right now,
it's almost impossible to keep them
straight. As I found them or somebody
posted to the boards, I wrote them into a
note book. There are some items NOT in the
picture as I gave a bunch of things to the
food pantry, family and friends. I also
already opened 12 packages of Fruit Roll ups
and put them into a bag for Halloween.
Jewel had Edy's Dibbs on sale B1G1F." -
Jenny Pape, IL
"My daughter Bria is showing off the deals I got
at Walmart and Target. At Walmart, the J&J
Buddies Bars were free after coupon (got 12
total) and the Gillette Fusion Razor gift packs
were a $1 after coupon. They come with the
razor, extra cartridges and shaving gel. Got 6
total. My OOP was $8.xx. Great yard sale
stuff!" - Heather, Griffin, GA
"This is the stuff
I got at Kmart during their Super Double
coupons. Before coupons it was $166, and after
$38. The actual checking out process was
horrible, but I won't go into details. The Pert
and Gillette shampoos were free, Kids Crest was
.50 each, travel size Pantene was free, travel
size Secret was free, Revlon nail polish was .20
each, Trident gum was free, J&J first aid
bandages/tape was either free or very cheap,
Suave deodorant was free, Lysol was about .40
each I think, Tylenol and Advil PM was .79 after
coupon, Tums were free, Easy Mac was free, and
some other *personal* things (condoms) were
$2.00 a box after coupons. The KY was .29, Caltrate was $2 after coupon. All in all I did
good, but I wish they were better prepared for
the super coupon checkout process!" -
Heather, Griffin, GA
"Thank you - I could not have
done it without you. Both my grandmothers either
are or were members of your site for YEARS! They
are the ones who taught me refunding for the
past 15 years (I'm 33 so I had a good head
start!) You and the other ladies have saved us
so much money for my family and MANY others -
and I am able to spread it on and refer people
as much as I can. I'm about to teach our ladies
in our church a few tips on how your site works
and how they too can save like I did. I just
want to show them that it CAN be done and we
thank you for it! There are some things
missing that I already gave away - 2 more Purex
detergents, 2 cases of Powerade Zero, 4 toys and
a few other things I can't remember :) Thank you
SOOOO much!"
Anne Myers - IL (not Ann M from IL - it's so
close)
"I have recently joined Refundcents and this
is one of my first deals. I purchased 25
packs of diapers over 2 days with the $5 off
$20 purchase, buying 5 packs at a time. I
have also signed up for the W card and will
receive 10% off all the diapers. I ended up
paying about $2.XX per pack of diapers. I
have also found some of the larger packs on
clearance and paid about 10 cents per
diaper, which is also a great deal. Last
Sat I went again for the $5 off $20 purchase
and saw more diapers on clearance, I got 5
packs for $10. This is a picture of my
youngest son Maxwell who just turned 1 year
with most of the diapers, and my dog Tyson
with glowing eyes in the background. I also
have a 2 1/2 year old still in diapers.
Thanks Refundcents!!!!!!" Jessica Sloan,
MN
"These kids like
displaying Mom's good deals! All the
Powerade was free because of the $1/2
coupons and it was on sale for .88 each and
it was also double dollar at Chief (also
called Rays) plus we got 4 $4 off your next
shopping trip for buying 24 Powerade
drinks. The Campbell soup was on clearance
for $1.66 and had $1.50/1 coupons attached
to each can. Ronzoni pasta-free, Glade plug
ins were in a clearance bin for $1.75 with a
coupon attached for $1.75 off. The only
items we paid for were the Glade carpet
powder. It was on sale for $2.55 and I had
$1/1 coupons that were doubled to $2. Good
job Isaiah, Lucy and Paul!"
Laura- Defiance, OH
How to get
paid $100 per hour!
"I read about K-Mart doubling manufacturer's
coupons in other parts of the country. I
looked at my K-Mart ad and saw nothing about
it. I hoped someone would mention if they
stopped in, locally, and found out they were
doubling coupons. K-Mart was notorious for
changing their coupon and gift card policies
from day to day and region to region. I
just didn't feel like fighting with them
after the gift card fiasco a year or so
ago. All was quiet in the Augusta, GA
area. Finally, I asked if anyone had heard
if our K-Mart was doubling. The answer was
that ALL K-Mart stores were doubling and you
had to request it. Unfortunately, I
discovered that on the last day of the
promotion, and I had to go to work that
day.
So, I armed myself with the printed copy of
a letter sent to a shopper spelling out the
nationwide promotion and my coupon file. I
felt I may need this copy in the event this
K-Mart would not honor the promotion. I
only keep the coupons I use on a regular
basis in my coupon file. All the others
(there are thousands!) were in boxes at
home. K-Mart normally has higher prices
than other stores I shop, and I didn't
expect to find many bargains. I felt even
if the coupons were doubled, I would pay
more than at another store. I did not take
a lot of coupons with me. I had 30-45
minutes to shop prior to going to work.
There was no plan. I was flying by the seat
of my pants. I did have 10 Electrasol
tablet coupons I wanted to use that expired
THAT day!
The K-Mart policy clearly pointed out that
you could use only four like coupons in one
transaction and 75 total coupons per
person. That sounds like a lot ....until
you start finding great deals! I had a
shopping cart full when I went to the
register. My most precious find was the
Electrasol tablets for only 29˘ after
coupons. I was happy with 4 boxes! After
at least five days of this promotion,
cashiers STILL did not know how to double
the coupons! I discovered they were
allowing more than 4 like coupons in one
transaction. OH! Electrasol....I'll come
back and get the rest of you!
It took 15 minutes to check out! I think it
was worth it, though. I got overage with
some coupons! For those of you that are new
to the coupon world, that means we paid to
take the item home with us! I ended up with
$116.39 worth of groceries, cleaners, etc.
for $16.85! I saved $99.54 in 45 minutes.
That is a savings of 85%! That is like
making $132.72 per hour! Well, my fun had
ended. I didn't have time to go back for
the rest of the Electrasol. I had a real
job to go to." Marnie Williams
Gentlemen, Start your Engines... and Drive to
KMart!
"I remember, not too long after I started
couponing and refunding, one of the other
newbies asked “what are Super Doubles”? An
older, and wiser couponer replied that Super
Doubles were the couponing world's equivalent of
saying “gentlemen, start your engines” to a race
car driver. The adrenaline rush, and excitement
can only be fully understood once you've
experienced it. So when I first heard that Kmart
was holding Super Doubles I could hardly contain
myself. Not only were they doubling coupons-
they were doubling up to, and including $2. I've
got to admit that I'm pretty lucky to live in an
area where double coupons up to $.50 every day
are fairly easy to find. We even have one store
that doubles one like coupon up to $1 every day,
but $2 doubles is completely unheard of! So I
pulled out my trusty coupon box (it's the black
object in the picture under the cleaners and air
fresheners in the picture just in case you were
wondering) and started sorting. Then I called my
local store, only to have my hopes dashed. The
woman that I talked to told me that they NEVER
double coupons- she wasn't even nice about it.
Heartbroken, and with a list already started I
watched as the lucky ducks in other parts of the
country participated in Super Doubles. I just
couldn't bring myself to throw that list out in
the hopes that it would eventually come to SE
Michigan. As much as the anticipation of
watching Super Doubles move around the rest of
the country had almost killed me, it also
provided me with the benefit of having learned
from those that had gone before me. I had slowly
added to my list as other people found deals
around the country and new coupons came out, and
learned a lot of tricks to make the checkout
process go smoother (like having the checker
select 2 products from the list that comes up
for any coupon that is off of 2 items).
On September 30 I saw on Centsible Chat that
Super Doubles had been confirmed as close to me
as Port Huron, MI (about 45 minutes away). I
called my local store, and Eureka! They were
participating! My co-workers thought I was
absolutely nuts because I could barely sit still
for the rest of the day mentally going through
my coupon box and compiling an even longer list
than the one that I had already started. I tried
to explain to them that if we weren't so busy at
work right now (I'm an accountant, and we had to
close the books for the quarter) I would have
been taking a day off work just to go shopping.
After all, it takes time to get all of the
toothpaste, shampoo, and various other goodies
that I periodically bring in for them. Normally
I clip any coupons that I'm not using
immediately throughout the week while I watch TV
in the evenings. That Tuesday I left work as
early as I could, and asked my husband to help
me finish clipping all of my coupons from the
prior weekend just so that I would be ready to
hit the ground running the next day.
I was so excited that I could barely sleep
thinking about it. I have a 24 hour store about
3 blocks from my house, but they had told me
that the doubles didn't start until 6am (I later
found out that they did start at midnight after
all). My plan was to browse the store beginning
at 4:30am, so that I would be hitting the
registers just as the promotion was officially
beginning. You'd have though I was a kid at
Christmas by how fast I jumped out of bed that
morning, rushed through a shower, grabbed a
Special K bar, and headed out the door. I had to
be to work by 7am, but if all went well as long
as I was out of the store by 6:30 I would still
be able to make it. When I walked in the store
and opened up my coupon box a very nice cashier
that was walking by noticed and said she would
be waiting for me up front when I was ready. She
had apparently checked out someone earlier in
the night, and learned how the register system
worked then. I hit the air freshener area first,
then hit up the pet area before heading over to
health and beauty. By that time I had 60 items
in my cart, and starting to run out of time. As
promised the cashier that had seen me walk in
was waiting. She was so nice that she even asked
me for my $5/50 coupon that was in the weekly
flier (I had it sitting on top of my box, but
had forgotten to tear it out) to make sure that
I maximized my savings. On that trip alone I
saved $150.16, and paid $22.76 out of pocket. A
savings of 87%- less than $.38 per item on
average! I also walked away with 4 $1 off any
one item catalinas, 2 $.75 off any one item
catalinas, and a catalina for a free package of
cat treats that I didn't even know I had coming
until they all printed out. The amazing thing
was even $'s off catalinas doubled on my
subsequent visits!
Well, that was it, at least for now Kmart
had redeemed themselves in my eyes. Between
October 1st and October 5th
I went into various Kmart stores in my area a
total of 6 times. I
got 276 items including shampoo, conditioner,
styling products, lotion, razors, cat food,
cleaning products and air fresheners worth
$831.08 Only about half of the things I ended up
with fit in the picture with my daughter Joy. I
paid $148.74 out of pocket for everything. Many
of these items my family (especially my cat)
will enjoy. Others I will use in gift baskets at
Christmas, donate to charity, or save for my
Spring yard sale. Now it's just a matter of
watching and waiting for the next time someone
declares Super Doubles, and I can once again
start my engine!"
Nora Cash
"Here are my boys, Will and Alex, showing off
what Mommy brought home. I suppose there are
better and certainly more experienced divas out
there. However, for only becoming familiar with
Walgreens in July, I think I did pretty good.
Maybe I should be called a Newbie Diva. I spent
out of pocket $98.16 and
did this in 5 separate transactions. Here is
what I received:
$20 Register Rewards (2 $9 JF, 2 $1 Mitchum)
$10 rebate for Garnier products
$12.36 rebate for L'oreal product
$4.99 Chemistry product
$11.98 BioOrganics products
= $59.33 plus 10% more for adding it to a gift
card I forgot one Soliel coupon for $3.00 and
the register would not accept my Huggies coupon
from the activity book. I was too tired to push
it, so I told them to skip it. So, I paid $38.83
for the items pictured. One of the items you
can't see is a Thomas the Train DVD plus Percy
train that was on clearance for $2.50. Talk
about a great filler item. And not pictured was
the Walgreens activity book that has a page of
coupons. I've continued to read Centsible Chat
and the Comprehensive guide to Walgreens
Shopping and have gotten even better deals. My
boys think mommy shops a lot and no I don't take
them with me. I can't do "University math" with
them talking to me. Thanks to all of you that
post and especially Michelle, Taylor, and
Sheena!"
Julie McClain
"Here is what I got for $3 OOP when I
went to Kmart on Sunday. I had been to Kmart
earlier in the week so I had a number of $ off
of next purchase coupons. (These printed from
the Renuzit pearls and Glade -I think the gel
refills). My total started at $106 for the
first transaction. With coupons it came down to
$18.55. The cashier reminded me about the
coupon in the paper (which I had forgotten in
the process of taking care of my 2 month old as
I prepared and executed my shopping.) After the
$5 coupon from the paper and $12 in 'good on
your next purchase' bucks my total was $1.55
OOP. I did a second transaction where the total
started at $47.00. So I grabbed the Whoppers to
bring the total over $50 so I could use another
$5 coupon (and so I could placate my husband
about being gone all afternoon while he was home
with the 4 older boys). Coupons, including the
$5 one from the ad, brought the total to $16
which I paid with 'good on next purchases' Kmart
bucks. I had to pay $1.47 OOP but only because
the Kmart bucks I had left were both for $2
apiece. I came home with $10 in Kmart bucks and
$5 off $50 and a $7 off $70." Shannon
Edwards
Anyone have some ice?
"The register receipts totaled a little over
$1200. I paid less than $100 out of pocket. I
ended up with $120 in receipt coupons, $275 in
gc, loads of hot dogs, Wheat Thins, Crystal
Light, sliced cheese, salad dressing, etc.,
etc., and of course KOOL AID!! Many neighbors
are still enjoying this great deal with me from
Kraft and Shaws."
Simone 'n Giada (18 months), CT
"I did the powerade deal for about 2 weeks. I
even had my husband going with me. Shame on me
but I didn't keep track of my spending nor did I
do an official count. My husband can drink them
as fast as I can buy them! Here was the deal.
Giant Eagle had them on sale 10 for $10. If you
bought 10 in one transaction you got an
automatic $5 off. Then if 6 of the 10 were
Powerade Zero you got a catalina for $4 off
your next order. So after initially spending
the $5 and tax on the first order I paid $1.30
with tax for all of the others! I would say I
got over 250 in all. Sorry the picture isn't so
creative but I didn't have anywhere else to put
them." Thanks, Melissa Kalich
"Here is a picture of my son Tai and his friend
Tia with my purchases from KMart... and you'll
never guess what I paid for all of this! Our
KMart wasn't one that announced the Double
Coupon Days, but the manager talked to the
corporate office and because I knew about the
promotion they let me double my coupons. It
felt like an early Christmas present from KMart to
me! There were plenty of items in stock since
nobody really knew about the double coupons
here. At checkout, I watched my total start at
over $210.00 and slowly watched it dwindle down
as they scanned each coupon and then doubled the
value. My final purchase price came
to................ $28.33!!! I couldn't believe
I had saved nearly 87% on my total purchase.
With the double coupons I got the following
items FREE: Endust, Greased Lightning, Sunsilk
Products (some were bonus packs!), Dove Shampoo,
Pert Plus, Ziploc Vacuum Bags, Old El Paso Taco
Shells, Resolve Carpet Cleaner, Colgate, and
Revlon Eye Liner. I also paid less than a
quarter per item for: Revlon Nail Polish, Bumble
Bee Tuna, Renuzit Spray, and Glade Carpet
Powder. This was the first time I've ever been
able to double any coupons and it was even
better than I thought it could be!" Lindsay
Auran
"This is my daughter, Jonna, showing you my
Walgreens bounty from this week and last
week. We have a very small store here in
Claremore, OK, and the shelves are
almost always empty. So if I am actually
able to do the deals posted here on RC, I am
very grateful. Last week, I was able to
switch back and forth between the Crest Pro
Health Rinse and the Nabisco Cookies. The
mouthwash was $4.49 and produced a RR for
$4.49. I then took that and purchased 2
pkgs. of cookies. I was thrilled to learn
from the postings on chat that the cookie RR
would print even without the milk! I used
the cookie RR to purchase more mouthwash,
and so on and so on. Some of the cookies
didn't make it into the picture because they
were already eaten! This week, thanks to a
heads-up from RC, I was able to use about 9
coupons for
Pert Plus shampoo. Combined with the
EasySaver coupon, I actually got an overage
off of every bottle that I bought. The
overage helped lower my OOP cost on the
cereal bars and toothbrushes that I was
switching between. The toothbrushes were
$4.49 and produced a catalina for $4.50, I
then used that to pay for the cereal bars
that were 2/$5 and produced a catalina for
$2.00. I also used some of the $3 RR I had
left from the cookie deals last week. The
Dawn dishwashing liquid was B1G1F with store
coupon, plus I used a manufacturer's coupon
for 50 cents off and another for 25 cents
off. My OOP cost for all of the items
pictured was about $15 before taxes, plus I
got at least that much in RR to make up for
it!" Jenna Scott
"McKyeli and Dylan are proud to show off
"Another Saturday Adventure"
It all started when I told my husband we
needed a freezer to keep up with my
stockpiling. He finally agreed! I had
stocked up when our area was lucky enough to
get the
FREE Sara Lee bread coupons. With
two little ones and packed lunches everyday,
we seem to go through a lot of bread. My
good friend, and fellow couponer called to
tell me that Albertson's had their
Sara Lee bread for B1G1F. Could I
really use all my coupons and score on Free
bread? What else is there to do on a
Saturday? Finding deals and using coupons..
Of Course! My husband and I and our two
children went to Albertson's for our first
trip. I grabbed 8 loaves. (We can use 4
like coupons at a time) That was when I saw
the Powerade display. Buy 10 Powerades Get
a 24 pack of Dasani water for FREE. I had
$1/2 Powerade coupons in my binder. So I
grabbed the Powerade and Water. The
cashiers were all amazed. They suggested we
split up so that my husband and I could each
do an order. So we went back and duplicated
my order.
8 loaves of bread (B1G1F coupon)
10 Powerades at .69 each ($1/2 coupon)
Free water
OOP $1.90
At the end of our two trips to Albertson's
we ended up with:
40 loaves of Sara Lee Bread
40 Bottles of Powerade
96 bottles of Dasani Water
OOP $ 7.60 Before Tax
And all the Powerade lids score points on My
Coke rewards!
The freezer is stocked full of bread for all
those packed lunches, and my husband is more
than happy to take Powerade to work
everyday! Thank you to Michelle and
Refund Cents for keeping my updated
on all these great deals and tips!
Marlisa M Keller, Texas
"I've loved the POWERade ZERO deal and my
house is overflowing with them. Our Bi-Lo
has them for $.75 each, so only $.50 out of
pocket after the $4 catalina coupon! These
are great for my diabetic nephew (bottomless
pit) and for my mother who uses EBT. She's
been able to stock up on the drinks and use
the $4 catalina coupon on household items
that
food stamps do not cover. As you can
see, my son also found a new use for them -
water towers for his trains!"
Angie K. Cleveland, TN
"Here is my son, Evan, he was so excited to see
all the PowerAde’s that we were able to get. We
got over 120, plus the ones that my husband has
already taken to work to drink. We were able to
get them for about $.14 once we paid for the
taxes and whatever money was left over. We hit
every
Food Lion, Bloom, and Giant store that we
would go by. Tomorrow is the last day so we are
going to be hitting the stores for more in the
morning." Carissa Grayson, VA
Free KoolAid and Snacks, Anyone?
"Our mom had a field day at Meijers when KoolAid
Singles were $1 a box. She had coupons for free
Crystal Light, free Wheat Thins and free Oscar
Mayer Beef Franks when you buy 3 Kraft items -
then KoolAid! Now we have yummy crackers and
drinks for a long time! Thanks Mom!"
Isaiah, Paulie and Lucy from Defiance, OH
My Awesome Walgreens trip on
9/26/08!
Today was one of the overlap days from the
September to October Easy Saver Catalog. It was
also one of the 2 days to use the $5/$20 coupon
that I received in my email. I worked on
getting the best deal for a few hours this
afternoon using the RefundCents & Walgreens
website. :) Full price for the order was
$125.02, sale price with all coupons was $35.82.
Rebates from the transaction was $41.98, $6.59
mail in for Scrubbing Bubbles, $14.84 for the
September ESC & #21.45 for the October ESC. So I
ended up making $6.16 on the deal. Talk about
savings!!!! My husband took a picture of me &
all my items from this shop. I bought:
2 Walgreens Pomegranate juices - reg $4.79 =
sale 2/$6
1 Hefty basics trash bags 40 pk - reg $4.99 =
clearanced $2.49
1 Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber - reg $5.69
= - $1 coup, - $1.50 ESC MIR & - $5.69 Man. MIR
= - $2.50
4 Glade jar candles = reg $2.99 = -(4)$1 coups,
$4 ESC MIR = $3.96
4 Glade Plug in Scented Oil 2pk refills - reg
$5.49 = sale $4.49 - (3)$1 ESC coups, (3)$4.99
peelie coups - $2 ESC MIR, - 1 item, she didn't
ring up (found out once I got home) = - $6.50
4 Glade Scented Oil Candles - reg 5.99 = -(4)$2
coups, - (4)$2 ESC coups, - $8 ESC MIR = - $.04
4 Altoids mints (red can) - reg $1.99 = 2/$2
InAd coup, - (4)$1 peelie coups = $0
3 Garnier Fructis Shampoo/Conditioner 25.4oz -
reg $6.99 = - (3)$2 coups, - (3)$3 ESC coups, -
$10ESC MIR = - $4.03
1 Pert Plus 2 n 1 - reg $4.29 = sale $3.49 - $2
coup, - $2.50 ESC coup, - $3.49 ESC MIR = -
$4.50
4 Glade Fabric & Air Odor Eliminator - reg $3.99
= - (4)$1.50 coups, (4)$1 coups - (4)$1 ESC MIR
= $1.96 Used the $5 off $20 purchase coupon &
donated $1 to the Walgreens Walk/Diabetes drive
= $35.82 She left off 1 of the Garnier Fructis
shampoos & we couldn't figure out why it was
only taking $6 instead of $9 off. I am glad I
paid attention, I wouldn't have been able to do
the rebate if I hadn't. But I did miss 1 of the
Glade refills and lost out on that overage also.
But I had a great time." Thank you, Amanda
Wilson - TX
"This is everything I got today during the
overlap days at Walgreens. My dog Greta had
to get in the picture, she always checks out
everything I bring in to see if there are
any treats, LOL. My total was $81, and after
the Two-day $5 off $20 purchase coupon, all
my Easy Saver coupons from Sept. and Oct.,
and all my manufacturer coupons, my total
was $26.92. Plus, I will get $16.49 back in
rebates, for a grand out-of-pocket total of
$10.43 for everything! Not too bad, since I
have only been doing this for a couple
weeks. I think I am finally getting the hang
of it, thanks to this awesome website! I
have saved sooooo much money! Thanks
everyone!" Deanna Melton Tennessee
"This is Emily the youngest and Alison the
oldest sitting in a house made of tissue boxes.
Our Kroger has had 120 ct Kleenex on sale for
.88 each. I traded my Coke points and some other
things for 249 .50/1 coupons. I did take three
trips to get all of those boxes of Kleenex home,
but it was well worth it. I made 1 trip each
week so I could get other shopping done at the
same time. My kids have been having a great time
building things with them." Christy H.
Had to share this one this was a BIG one!!!
2 Weeks ago CVS had CoverGirl Outlast Lip
Color B1G1 FREE I had 60 CoverGirl MFR C/O
B1G1 FREE.
I went to 5 stores in 1 day & used 10 C/O's
at each (total 20). Did not want to deplete
the shelves at any of the stores. On
Saturday went back to 1 store the shelves
were fully stocked used 10 more coupons.
Got 120 total CoverGirl Outlast Lip Color.
The MSR was 9.99 Each. Total 1,198.80...
FREE
(Total
OOP 14.00 for 60 coupons on
eBay.)
The picture did not
get all but there are 10 more in the front.
I have already given
about 20 away to family & friends!! I will
use the rest for
Christmas Gifts, Grabs, Swaps & a
Yard sale we are having in the Fall.
& maybe sell some on eBay to get the 14.00
back? I know
that you want a person in the picture. But
when one of my Kitty's "Bugsey" The DIVA,
jumped up next to them I had to take her
picture. My DH & I always say she looks
like she has Mascara on her eyes. She
really thinks she's the
Beauty Queen!!!" Estelle L,
Boston, MA
"My cat Chandler has to see every deal I bring
home even if it is not for him. I was so
excited to get in on the Robitussin and
Scrubbing Bubbles/Windex deals. I went to three
different Walgreens many times throughout the
week. The total before manufacturer coupons, RR
and the $10/40 coupon was well over $300.00. My
oop was somewhere around $55.00 and I
received $144.50 in RR and I will also be
sending in for $11.79 in rebates. I bought 1
Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower
Cleaner, 3 Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubbers,
11 Scrubbing Bubbles Wipes, 6 Scrubbing Bubbles
Foam, 15 Windex, 3 Windex Wipes, 5 Shout, 21
Robitussin, 6 Oust, 13 Glade Fabric & Air Odor
Eliminator, 6 Tylenol PM, 6 Glade PlugIns
Scented Oil Warmers, 2 Glade PlugIns Scented Gel
Warmers, 1 Pert Plus, 1 Crest Pro-Health
Mouthwash and 2 Sunsilk. I absolutely love this
hobby!" Roxana H, TN
"My
daughters and their soccer teams are going to
benefit from this wonderful deal. Our local
Bi-Lo was participating in the RR deal that was
chainable. It was only limited by the stock
available and the number of separate
transactions I felt comfortable doing. I
completed 15 separate transactions over a couple
of days to 5 different stores. I ended up with
9 of the 8-packs of regular Powerade, 84 of the
32 oz Powerade Zero's, 4 of the 32 oz. regular Powerade, 9 packages of Martha White Muffin
Mixes, 2 cans of Alpo, and 1 can of Chef
Boyardee for an out of pocket cost of $13.64 and
had a $4 RR left, so really a loss of only $9.64
for a more than ample supply of Powerade for the
soccer teams. Everything that was not Powerade
Zeros simply served as fillers. The cost of 6
Powerade Zero's was 4.50 (@ 0.75 each). I used
2 coupons from a tearpad for $0.75/3, so initial
cost was 3.00 and produced a $4 RR
(and produced a $1/3 coupon). So, for each
sequential order I used a $1/3 coupon and a
$0.75/3 coupon for a total of 2.75 (so I had to
have fillers so that I could "roll" my RR). It
was great fun. Thanks to Refund Cents for the
original tips." - Courtni H., SC
"I don't know what my mommy is going to do with
all of this Kotex, but I'm excited that she got
such a good deal on it! She got all of the
small boxes for free from WalMart with a $1/1
coupon out of the Sunday paper. The medium
packages were regularly priced $3.12 but she got
Wal-Mart to compare the sale that Reasor's was
having. This made them $2.19 minus a $1/1
coupon from the Sunday paper. Final price: $1.19
each! The large packages were purchased at
Walgreens. After the B1G1 half price
sale, the easy saver coupon, and the coupon from
the Sunday paper, they were all half price or
less. Now I know why Mommy digs around in those
big recycle bins every week!" Jenna S.
"Cheyenne and Chloe are excited to show off
their mom's latest good deal! The toothpaste
was on sale at Walgreens, plus there was a
"super coupon" in their sale ad for $2.00 off
each tube. Combined with a coupon from the
Sunday paper, each tube was only 25 cents! The
other things pictured, except for the mouthwash,
were all recent free-afer-rebates from
Walgreens. The mouthwash was $4.49 OOP
but I received a catalina for $4.50 off my next
purchase, so technically it was free too! I
love RC and all the good deal alerts!" Jenna
S.
"All of these supplies should have cost me $100
and I got them all for FREE. Each item was on
sale, I had coupons for every item, and got
Register Rewards for each deal. I paid a few
dollars out of pocket, but the Register Rewards
were profitable equaling everything to be
completely FREE! Gotta Love♥
it!" Jill, MO
"My deal of the day was going to
Wal-mart where they had on clearance twin
packs of Butler Gum toothbrushes for $1 a twin
pack. I had 10) $1/1 coupons so instant slam
dunk of 20 toothbrushes by paying for only the
tax on them after they were already free from
the coupons!!! :)
After counting Register Rewards earned and
rebates coming I will have paid only $30.11 for
all of the other things in the photo. There's
medical gloves and diapers behind him. I'm not
overly happy with my Wags deal because if my
Gift Card actually had the $32.00 on it that I
went into the store thinking it had, I would
have made a profit of $1.89!!! Then I'd have
something to brag about...I didn't bother to
read the email that said the rebate was coming
in 5-10 days. I thought it was already loaded.
Oh well. Lesson learned and still a decent
amount of loot:) which would have cost $192.56
and given me a heart attack if I'd have paid
regular price!" - Melanie A.
When sending your Deal Diva
picture and story, please include a person in
the picture.
"Even
though I am have subscribed to
Refund Cents and visited Centsible
Chat for the past year, I am still a newbie
couponer. Working and going to school has
kept me from applying myself to the art of
couponing. Well, my classes finished last
month and I decided it was time. With
several decent coupons burning a whole in my
envelope, I decided I would go to Walmart.
The subtotal for my bill was $99.27, after
coupon were added the new subtotal was
$76.92! The pictures shows my free items
from the trip- the Friskies Party Mix and
Mighty
Dog Food are for my critters to
enjoy. Entering Pawpoints from
Fresh Step cat litter resulted in
getting a coupon for a free bag. The
Kraft Singles were free after buying
3 Nabisco products. The Sure Deodorant was
BOGO. The
Land O'Lakes half stick will be free
after I send in the Try Me Free rebate. It
was so exciting watching the total come
down. I am now officially hooked!" Dawn
Miklich from PA
"The first thing I did in this deal after
printing my 3 online coupons, was to call
the store manager of where I planned to go.
I verified that they accepted internet
manufacture coupons. The manager said that
they did. I was off. My first trip was a
simple one, just to be sure it would all
work. I had my coupons and the flier in my
hand. I got the three Robitussens. This
cost me $3.98. Sure enough, the register
reward for $10 popped up! YEA! I was so
excited. I took everything out to my van
and came back in the store, coupon box in
hand. My second order was 2 containers of
Scrubbing Bubbles wipes, 1 container of
Scrubbing Bubbles spray, 2 bottles of Windex
and 2 bottles of Shout spray to get the next
$10 register reward. Upon inspection of the
ad, they had B1G1 free on Sunsilk styling
products. Ah-HA! I had 2 $1.50 off Sunsilk
coupons. At the register, I handed over my
manufacture coupons first, I had one coupon
for EVERY item. Then I handed her my
register reward from order #1. Hmmm, it
beeped, neither one of us could figure out
why it wouldn't work. I said, why don't we
add in this tube of Chapstick and try
again? Sure enough it worked! You can't
have more coupons than items. That order
cost me $5.87! Plus I got another $10
Register Reward. My total out of pocket was
$9.85. Total saved with manufacture coupons
$17.75, Walgreens savings $17.79, used one
$10 register reward. I still have my second
$10 register reward to use for my next
deal. I so love the Walgreens deals!"
Dawn DeGroot WA
"My daughter Katelyn, age 14, has been
helping me with my coupon hobby for several
years now. As we walked into our Super
Target last month, I was telling her about
the
Planters Peanuts coupons that I had
printed off that day. I mentioned reading
on Chit Chat, that if we bought three
packets of Kool-Aid, we would get $3.00 off
of a can of Planters! Since we both love
cashews and mixed nuts, I thought this was a
definite deal we should do! I went to the
grocery section and found the cans of
cashews and mixed nuts that were priced over
$4.00 a can, ugh. Then on to find the
Kool-Aid packets, though these were 5/$1,
this deal wasn't as great as others I had
found, it was going to average over
$1.60/can! I picked out two cans of nuts
and 6 packets of Kool-Aid and put these into
my cart. And to think I still had a dozen
coupons to use!
Luckily, my coupon savvy teen, was still
thinking about the Planters coupons when we
walked to the back of the store...there she
found a much better deal!! Target had a
section of household staples and some food
items labeled Limited Time Value, these
Planters cashews and mixed nuts were in
larger cans and each can cost $3.00! She
kindly pointed out to me that she had found
a better deal!! Well, I had to agree, sixty
cents for three packs of Kool-Aid and a free
can was a much better deal!!
We loaded up 14 cans of Planters and
returned my two more expensive cans, picked
up a total of 42 packets of Kool-Aid. Here
is Katelyn at Grandma's showing off her
great deal and collecting some more coupons
that Grandma had printed off for us as
well! We left a few cans with Grandma and
have given Planters to other friends that
save coupons for me. But we still
have "plenty of Planters" to go around!
Katelyn's favorite couponing deals come from
her
American Eagle
All Access Pass. She frequently
gets coupons from AE and Aerie, but she also
carefully shops the clearance racks to find
bargains that will enhance her wardrobe
and as well as earn points on her Pass.
These points add up and if she can get 200
points in a quarter, she gets a coupon for
an additional 40% off of her entire order!
So four times a year, we do a big shopping
spree at AE using her 40% off coupons and
then the rest of the year, the little
shopping trips just help to add a few items
as needed to her wardrobe and to her point
totals...if you have a teen, this is a great
store savings program, I'm always amazed at
checkout the number of parents who don't use
this!
Thanks to the many deal finders on this
site, you certainly help the rest of us keep
living within our means!" Carrie B.
Fredericksburg, VA
Went to Weis yesterday before the sale
ended and this is what I got:
1 Cheerios $4.19
2 Success Rice $1.79 each
2 Herbal Essences Conditioner $2.50 each
2 Silk Soy Milk $2.50 each
10 Dawn $1.00 each
8 Pillsbury Grands Biscuits $1.00 each
3 Progresso soup $1.00 each
- $4.19 Cheerios (free coupon)
- $1.00 Success Rice (.79 total)
- $1.00 Success Rice (.79 total)
- $2.00 Herbal Essences (.50 total)
- $2.00 Herbal Essences (.50 total)
- $2.25 Silk Milk (.25 total)
- $2.25 Silk Milk (.25 total)
- $1.00 Dawn x 10 (all free)
- $.70 Grands x 8 (.30 total each)
- $1.10 Progresso ( .63 total each)
Grand total I paid
$7.98.
Shelf price $36.77
Savings of $28.75
Debbie Leikel, Pa
"I've been a subscriber to Refund Cents for a
few months now. I subscribed about 10 yrs ago
and just recently started couponing again. This
is a picture of my son Carter with my deal I
made this morning at Walgreens. I went to four
different Walgreens. I bought 45 bottles of
Robitussin, 15 different transactions of 3. Each
bottle was $3.99, I had a $3 coupon off, for a
total of .99 each bottle. Each transaction
printed a $10 Register Reward per the ad. I
also used a few Register Rewards from the John
Freida deal a week or so ago, but I didn't count
that in my totals as I purchased other items.
Total OOP for the Robitussin $44.55, and earned
$130.00 in Register Rewards!!!! I purchased a
Visa gift card with $30 of that money. I plan to
keep some of the Robitussin, make "cold" gift
baskets with soup and tissues this winter, and
put some in the Missions Closet at church!
Julie C.
I’ve always been in awe of all of those Deal
Divas out there. I never thought I could get it
all together to do the same. This week the
opportunity finally presented itself. I split my
orders into 2 (our Walgreens won’t let you do 2
transactions) so I had to go to 2 different
Walgreens so I could use 2 of the $5 off
$20 . I purchased:
4 packs Dixie Ultra Plates (2/$3.49-.35 coupon
each=$1.40ea)
4 4pks
Duracell Batteries
8 bags Dove Chocolates (2/$5 – 4 B1G1F coupons)
1 24 pack Bic
Permanent Markers ($5.99-$1 coupon=4.99)
2 pks
shoe laces (clearance for $1.09 and $1
coupons=$.09ea)
1 expand-a-file coupon organizer (for the car)
3 2pks Scunci barrettes (clearance for $.82ea)
2 pks Mentos gum (clearanced for $.65-$.55
coupon=$.10ea)
4 8pks
Energizer batteries ($5.29-4 $1 coupons)
2 boxes Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal
18 bottles Dove Shampoo/Conditioner
($2/4.99 – 18 $2.00 coupons=.49 ea!!)
1 pair sunglasses
I had a couple of gift cards from transferring
prescriptions to Walgreens (3@$25 ea!). My
total OOP was $6.86! Thanks for the lessons and
encouragement! Debby Rhodes
"We went a little over budget this week, but
only a little. Our weekly budget is $55 and we
spent $57.40. We will be sending for a $10
rebate on the steak and a $3.99 rebate on the
Smart Start
Cereal, along with sending in our labels
for a free jar of Rinaldi
Pasta Sauce. Missing from the picture is
one loaf of bread and one package of
hot dog buns, as they were eaten already.
We got a couple of great deals this week. We got
six loaves of wheat bread and four packages of
hot dog buns for $6.89! This is great as we go
through bread pretty quickly around here. We
also bought several boxes of cereal that were
marked down from $4.99 to $1.01 due to the boxes
being damaged. It was fantastic to see the
original total at the
grocery store go from $131.76 to $47.86.
This is our best grocery shopping trip to date!"
-Kristin Brutsman
.09 for all this!
"Here is my best deal so far and I have been
with RC for roughly 2 months. Done in 3
different transactions.
1st T- Did the Ragu Sauce and
Skippy PB deal, 3/$5, when you buy 6 get $4RR.
I bought 4 Ragu $.50/2 c/o twice and 2 PB $.60
c/o twice and 1 Deerfield 6pk raisins $1.00.
Total was $11.00 before c/o, $8.80 after, use $5
RR from previous deal, oop $3.80.
2nd T – WLG Q-tips 30c for .19
X 2=$.38, GM Cheerios 14oz cereal $1.99 x
2=$3.98-2/$1.00c/o = $1.98, SB Scrubber
$5.79-$2.75 c/o=$3.04, WLG big roll TP 2/$.89ea
WLG ad c/o for 2/$-.39 off ea =$1.00 for 2
rolls, Ban Deod on sale BOGO $3.49, bought 2 for
$3.49-2/$1.00 AYc/o=$1.49 for both, Van Camps
pork & beans 15oz size can WLG ad c/o for $.39
ea=$1.17, Prep H travel pack wipes 10ct for
$3.99 x 2=$7.98-2/$3.00(website
c/o)=$1.98-2/$2.00ESC=$-2.02. Total before c/o
and previous RR was $23.29, total after was
$1.79 and use GC to pay for $0 oop.
3rd T-Kitchen Gourmet 3cup
rice cooker $9.99, SB Scrubber
$5.79-$2.75c/o=$3.04, 4 Skippy PB and 2 Ragu,
3/$5.00 x 2=$10.00-Ragu c/o $.50/ 2=$9.50-Skippy
c/o $.60 x 4=Total $7.10, 3 Prep H travel 10ct
packs @$3.99 ea=$11.97-3/$3.00(website
c/o)=$2.97-ESC c/o $2 off x 3=$-3.03, Jane Pwdr
FAR for Aug $4.99, Ban Deod on sale BOGO $3.49,
bought 2 for $3.49-2/$1.00 AYc/o=$1.49 for both,
2 Wylers S/F drink mix 2 $1 ea=$2.00. Total
before c/o & RR $48.23. Used $5 off $20 WLG c/o,
$5 RR from another deal, all above c/o & ESC
c/o, total after $17.07, used $15.62 from GC =
$1.45 oop.
Total cost of all 3 transactions
$82.52 (more if none of this was on sale).
Used 3 $5 RR and 1 $1 RR other deals. Total out
of pocket for all 3 transactions $5.25 oop.
Yes, I used $17.41 from GC, but sending in the
rebate for the SB Scrubber $5.79, submitting for
WLG rebates, $1.50 off of 2nd SB
Scrubber, $4.00 off of Kitchen Gourmet rice
cooker, FAR for Jane pwdr $4.99 = $10.49 plus
10% GC=$11.53 for a total in rebates of $17.32.
I will actually pay
$.09 for all of this. I owe a lot of
my success to everyone on RC and want to Thank
All of You." Sandra H.
"My King Soopers store had the Kleenex
Tissues on sale 10 for $10.00. Fortunately I
found $.50 Kleenex coupons at the Safeway
store in the Olympic Coupon Booklets making
all these Kleenex FREE when doubled. My
grandson, Sam, is in the Kleenex fort he
helped build. I got 125 boxes but have
already shared some so only 118 boxes are in
the photo. Of course I had to make a few
trips to the store, but it was still great
fun to see all these boxes add up." Barb
Espinoza Lakewood, Colorado
"Here are some of my recent stockpiles all for
FREE!
Some of these were done last week, and some done
today 9-1-08.
The Garnier Fructis I bought for the rebate this
month. Lucky me, there happened to be attached
coupons on some of the bottles for $1 off each.
I spent the initial $20 needed, used the coupons
from the August rebate booklet, and a $1 off
manufactures coupon on each to make them end up
being FREE (actually a $1.06 profit).
The arm & hammer essentials are FREE per on-line
rebate form.
The Glade sprays were FREE after being on sale
and using a manf. coupon and Walgreens coupon.
The Oust were FREE with BOGO, then $1 off
coupons, and the $1 each per rebate last month.
The Crest mouthwash were also FREE today. They
were on sale for $4.49 and each printed out a
$4.50 RR.
The Excedrin express gel caps are FREE this
month per rebate, and the other Excedrin's are
on sale this week for an amazing $1.99 with the
$1 RR printing out to make them only $.99
each...but I had two- $2 off Excedrin PM coupons
that they took so that was the missing $4 off
that should have been OOP.
Thus...everything FREE!!!!!" Jill, MO
"I went to Walgreens for the B1G1 Free
Glade Scented Oil Warmers. The cashier
told me I could not use the B1G1 Free
manufacturers coupons. I asked to see
the manager. He also told me I could
not use them because I was getting 1
free from Walgreens. I then remembered
that Michelle had noted that in the
weekly flier it said to look in Most
Sunday papers for MFR coupons. I showed
this to the manager & he could not
refute what was stated in the flier. I
got 32 Oil Warmers total $156.29 totally
FREE.
That is my Beanie Baby in the picture he
has 1 yellow eye & 1 blue eye. The blue
eye turns red when the light catches it
just right. He was so proud of his MaMa
& the GREAT bargain I got.
The manager told me no more and I said
it was the last day of the sale & I
would not be back. He said no I left no
more for anyone else & I said that the
other manager was out there right now
putting 30 more on the shelves. He just
smiled & said I have never seen anything
like this. I asked what he meant by
that & he said that someone comes in the
store & walks out paying nothing!!! I
said that's not true I bought other
things that were on sale & he said
Yes he knew that & that I used coupons
on those, too!! He laughed & walked
away!" Estelle in Boston MA
"I wanted to tell you about my wonderful
experience at Walgreens last night. I had
several coupons and wanted to take advantage of
the overlaps and FARS. Here is a list of the
items I purchased:
6 Oust Air Sanitizers $3.99 ea - coupon BOGOF &
$ 1/1
6 Glade Oil Warmers $4.79 ea - coupon BOGOF &
sale BOGOF
6 Glade plug in oil refills $3.89 ea - coupon
BOGOF, sale BOGOF & $1/1
1 Glade Fabric & Air Spray $ 3.89 - coupon
$1.50, aug wags $1/1 & july wags $1.50/1
1 Preparation H 10 count Portable Wipes - $4.49
- coupon - $2/1 & wags $2/1
1 Chemistry Shampoo - $7.99 - FAR
1 John Frieda Shampoo - $6.49 - coupon $2/2 &
wags, buy 1 get 50% on 2nd
1 John Frieda Conditioner - $6.49 - coupon $2/2
& wags, buy 1 get 50% on 2nd
1 John Frieda Mousse - $6.49
1 John Frieda Boost - $6.49
1 L'oreal Advanced Revatalift Anti-Wrinkle
Concentrate $16.49 - 25% off & coupon $4/1
3 Peter Pan Creamy Peanut Butter $3.49 ea -
coupon .55/1 & wags 3 for $5
I was nervous because the clerk wanted to do the
$10 coupon last and I asked her to do it first.
She said sure no problem. She was very nice but
examined every coupon, mind you it was 11 at
night and the store was pretty empty. The total
I guess dropped to below the $40 before taxes
and it voided the coupon. She called the manager
to assist her. He was very nice and took it off
anyway since it was only a difference of a few
cents to bring it back up to $40.
Total $127.26
wags coupon $10 off $40
plus I should have received $9 in Catalina
(didn't get, will have to call about that) plus
$15.99 in rebates (August & September)
oop $31.58 - rebates = $6.59
I am trying to stock up for things things to
sell for a yard sale. We are in the process of
adopting a child from another country so any
extra money is wonderful. Thanks to everyone for
their wonderful tips on all of the great
deals." Jennifer
" Here's my 4 year old posing w/ Mommy's new
stash. Is she eyeing the candy or the lip
gloss?
The things I went to CVS for today were
already gone. But I found a jackpot! In
the clearance bin were Physicians
Formula Lip sheens marked down to .79
each. I had 3) $5/2 coupons='s $15.00.
So I grabbed the clearance basket and
went to find a manager. I asked if I
could buy 19 of them which would = 15.01
and use all of the coupons. Yes!
Awesome! There where still plenty left
for others too. I also threw in 2)
nutmeg spices clearanced at .10 each and
6 tumblers also .10 each, 1 candy bar
.50 and 1 breath mint for 1.50 (should
have chosen a cheaper item here, cashier
said I needed it but I don't think I
even did for the total to take the ECB,
not gonna complain though) and then paid
with a $2 ECB and
$1.75
out of pocket for all of it!! Original
pre sale price for all of it would have
been: $165.45
My 9 year old daughter had gone along
with me so she was eyeing some of the
lip gloss:) We'll keep some and then
pass a bunch along around Christmas for
stocking stuffers for teens on a giving
tree. My daughter always says "Mom, you
never pay full price for anything" Watch
and learn baby girl:)! Watch and learn!
And then do... :)" - Melanie A., IL
Darci Tryles
"Tonight I went to 3
Walgreens and this was the latest deal- The
OOP was $41.59. I bought the John Frieda
Luxurious hair products
5 transactions of 2
products- cost was $10.61(-$3 JF
coupon)$7.61 X 5 = $38.05. Earned five $9
Register Rewards
I then purchased 2 $20
dollar Walgreen Gift Cards, 8 packs Jolt Gum
.80 each had $1 off 2, and two Baby Ruth
Candy Bars=$1.77
I used the Gift Cards
to Purchase another 5 sets for $38.05 and
then purchased another 2 $20 gift cards, 8
packs Jolt & candy=$1.77. Earned five $9
Register Rewards.
I did a partial repeat
and when I ran out of coupons I ended up
with:
28 Packs of Jolt Gum
9 Hair Spray
6 Mousse
4 Root Boost
3 Shampoo
2 Conditioners
$40 Gift Cards
$18 RR left
So a profit of $16.41 plus all the
products!!! As you can see it gave my
husband something to smile about!!!!"
Lynn in Louisiana
The Great Eskimo Pie Caper
"Our family loves to have frozen treats in the
freezer so when I saw that Giant had a special
deal on Eskimo Pie Popsicles, I knew I could
fill up our freezer for next to nothing. The
Eskimo Pies (12 to a box) were on sale for 2 for
$4.00. I had a coupon for $1 off of one box.
In addition, if you bought 4 boxes Giant would
give you a coupon for $4 off your next shopping
order. So I went the store and got my 4 boxes,
used 2 coupons (wish I had four…) and counting
the $4 of my next order coupon I ended up paying
just $2.00 for 48 Eskimo pie popsicles. That is
less about 4 cents a piece for each yummy
treat. What a great deal!"
ShawnMarie M.
"Here is Jeremy age 2, Kaley age 9 months, and
Draven age 6. All are showing how happy they are
to receive 48 free 12-packs of Coke. This was a
year of collecting Coke points at home and finds
of lids that had been discarded." - Jim
Morgan
"When I got
wind of the
PowerAde .75 off 1 and $1 off 1
bottle coupons from Chit Chat, I was sooo
excited. We drink about 2 cases or more a
week of PowerAde and/or
Gatorade. With my husband coaching 2
soccer teams and our son playing...well,
they are quite thirsty as you can imagine.
I ended up
trading for about 70 coupons and I used them
at Winn Dixie and received a Bonus 24 pack
of Dasani Water with every 10 bottles I
bought. Then onto Publix where each bottle
had a Publix coupon attached for buy 10
bottles get 5 bottle free. Well Oh
yea....not only were my bottle free (on sale
for .99 each) but I was to get 5 free for
every 10....um yep I was there when the
store opened. Albertsons here I come. I
actually found this deal by accident. I went
in for some free Scott TP and they had a
area up front on clearance. They were
clearancing the Pink and Purple PowerAde's
for .79 each. I had many $1 coupons left so
for every bottle I earned .21 toward my
purchase. They had 2 coupons attached to the
Dasani and I ended up getting 2 cases of
water from Albertsons as well.
All in all
I ended up with 70 32oz bottles and 6 cases
of Dasani 1/2 liter bottles. and I paid
NOTHING for them, except what I paid in
trades for the coupons. Thank you so much RC
Boards and Chit Chat for the help." Tanya
Senseney
"My cousin and I decided we were going to
have a
crazy night out, so we went to
Walgreens at midnight! We wanted to go
couponing so we gathered our binders and
headed out. We were ready for a
crazy night on the town!!! They
were having a deal on
Ragu Pasta Sauce and
Skippy Peanut Butter. We bought 4
Ragu and 2 Skippy and after coupons, we paid
7.00 OOP. We got a $4 RR and used it on 2
Scott 12 Roll Packs, we paid 9.03 OOP and
got $3 RR that we will use for our next big
night out on the town! We also bought 12
Ragu and 6 Skippy in groups of 6, we paid $7
OOP, we got $4 RR for each for the future
damage we will do. Pictured is my daughter
Desiree with everything her crazy mother and
cousin brought back from our wild night!"
Christy and Angela, TX
"When the
Powerade $1/1 coupons appeared in the Sunday
paper my friend Melissa and I knew we needed as
many of these coupons as we could get. We were
able to gather over 200 coupons – now it was
just a matter of finding the best way to
maximize the potential for free Powerade! Our
local Albertson’s ran a sale the following week
– 10 for $10 and receive an $8.00 Catalina
coupon for every 25 participating items
purchased. We decided to stop at the Poulsbo
store and to our surprise a tag hanging on the
shelf advertised “buy 10 – get 5 free!” WOW –
even better! We were able to do multiple
transactions of 25 and use 25 coupons on each –
leaving an overage of $5.00 on each transaction
for the 5 free bottles plus the $8.00 catalina.
Altogether we ended up with over 200 bottles of
Powerade and $13.00 in our pocket for each
transaction with the Catalina coupon and
overage. These will come in handy as we are
both returning to college in the fall and have
many hours of lecture ahead of us. Here is a
picture of our future couponers… Melissa’s
daughter Chloe and my children Michael and
Karen. They had so much fun stacking the
bottles for the picture!" Vicki Easley
"Here's a picture of my son,
Tai, with a whole lot of
FREE items I picked up at
CVS. This wasn't even all
of it - I gave the second
half of this loot away to
friends and family before I
took the picture! The
Loreal Vive was B1G1 at and
I used B1G1 coupons to make
those FREE. The Pert Plus
Botanicals was $2.99/bottle
and I used my $3 off coupons
making those FREE. The
Schick Intuition Razors were
$3.99 and I used my $4 off
coupons making those FREE.
Combining great coupons with
great sales is so exciting!
I've only been couponing
since June, but I have
gotten so much help from RefundCents.com
and have had some very
successful shopping
trips. Thank you for the
fantistic site that directs
me toward fantastic deals!"
- Lindsay Auran
"Huge thank you to everyone at Refundcents!
I saw on Centsible Chat Thursday night at
9.30 pm that Walgreen's catalina machines
were printing double register rewards on the
Kelloggs/Keebler deal. I called my husband
and told him and he said "go for it" . I
jumped in the car and raced 3 blocks to my
Walgreens (they close at 10.pm). In 30
minutes I did the deal four times. Then I
drove 12 miles to the 24 hour Walgreens and
stayed for an hour. On the off chance
Friday morning I was at another
Walgreens when they opened. I am lucky
enough to have 4 Walgreens within a 15
minute drive so I hit them all. My kids
built the castle you see using :
2 Keebler Fudge Cookies
4 Club Crackers
5 Cheese its
10 Rice Krispi Treats
20 Nutrigrain Bars
29 Pop Tarts
Total spent after Register Rewards---CAN YOU
SAY "SALES TAX"
The hillarity of watching my four kids work
on this castle---PRICELESS"
Joy Myers in Mississippi
"Recently, our Harris Teeter grocery
store tripled coupons. This is an EVENT for
me and my family; not just a shopping
trip. Teeter triples between three and four
times a year it seems and I always look
forward to it. My husband is kind enough to
help me go on the morning of before work.
Our Teeter opens at 6 AM so we set our alarm
clocks for 5 AM so we can get first pick. I
saw a lot more people in the aisles than I
normally see and wondered if the depressed
economy made more people come out.
In the
pictures you see me posing with
my pantry goodies after I put the cold stuff
up. There were many items free and many
items we love that we got good deals on. I
got $ 325 worth of groceries for $ 55. The
best deals were on Windex, Scrubbing Bubbles
cleaner, Uncle Bens Rice, Hefty Paper
plates, Utz chips and more. The rule of
thumb is to use a coupon on a sale item for
the best deal.
I'm loving
it! This hobby has its benefits." Emily
"Tonight my husband
joined me in my new hobby! We went to
Kroger for the Mega sale. We did purchase
in groups of 10 so 10 transactions- a little
time consuming but my Kroger will only
double a coupon on 3 like items in a
transaction so we bought:
21 Warm Delights (.50/pack)
20 Irish Spring triple packs (.30/pack)
20 Softsoaps (.35)
20 Ken’s Bottle Dressings($1)
7 Ken’s Spray Dressings ($1)
4 Fruit by the foot (.50/2)
4 Cookie Mixes(.50)
3 Betty Crocker Frostings(.55)
1 Cattlemen’s BBQ Sauce (.75)
Our OOP was $31.62
And our savings was $210.55 That is
87% savings.
Thanks to all those that give advice
and share your stories!!!!!" Lynn in
Louisiana
"Here is our little guy, Laiken, buried in a
pile of wipes.
Today I decided to work on building up my
stockpile of wipes. We have two in diapers,
one of which is potty training, so we use a
lot of wipes, especially flushables. At
Wal-Mart we bought thirteen 16-ct. Huggies
wipes, priced at $.98 each. With our $1 off
any Huggies bath & body, we got all of them
free! Too bad they didn't have more! We
also purchased 20 packages of Huggies Clean
Team flushable wipes, priced at $1.64 each.
With our $3/2 Huggies Clean Team coupons, we
got these for $.14 each! These will go
great with our $.99 per package diapers we
will be buying tomorrow and Saturday." -
Kristin Brutsman
This was my 3rd deal at
Walgreens. My trip included 4
Pullups, 4 Bandaids, 3 Bottles Liquid
Mallox (1 with bonus bottle), 3 Bottles
Mallox Chewable Tablets, 1 Bottle
Benefiber 76 count capsules, 1 Intuition
Razor Kit w/ Bonus Dove Shampoo &
Conditioner, 4 Packs Quattro
Razors (1 with 2 bonus razors), 1
Bic Soleil Shimmer, and 1 Skintimate
Shavin Cream (not pictured because it
busted open and I need to take it back
and exchange it).
How did I do you ask? Not too bad, after
all said and done only $12.67 out of
pocket after $5 RR from the Pullups.
Here is how I did it.
4 Pullups @ $5.99 each = $23.96 - July
$5 off 2 Diapers ($10) - Aug $5 off 2
Diapers ($10) - $2 off 1 Diaper ($8) = $
-4.04
4 Bandaids @ 2 for $2.79 = $5.58 - $1
off 1 Bandaid ($2) = $3.58
3 Liquid Mallox @ $5.49 each = $16.47 -
$2 off 1 (3 manuf = $6) - July $2 off 1
($6) = $4.47
3 Chewable Mallox @ $3.99 each = $11.97
- $2 off 1 (3 manuf = $6) - July $2 off
1 ($6) = $-0.03
1 Benefiber Capules @ $3.19 (clearance
price) = $3.19 - $2 off 1 (manuf) - July
$2 off 1 - Aug $2 off 1 = $ -2.81
1 Intuition Razor Kit @ $9.49 = $9.49 -
$4 off 1 (manuf) - July $2 off 1 - Aug
$2 off 1 = $1.49
4 Packs Quattro Razors @ $7.99 each =
$31.96 - B1G1F (manuf 2 = $15.98) - July
$2 off 1 ($8) = $7.98
1 Bic Soleil Shimmer @ $6.99 = $6.99 -
Aug $2 off 1 - $4 off 1 (manuf) = $0.99
1 Skintimate @ $2.49 = $2.49 - In ad
coupon $0.50 - $0.55 (manuf) = $1.44
Total Before In Ad Coupons , Easysaver
Coupons and
Manufacturer Coupons = $112.10
(not including tax)
Total After all In Ad Coupons, Easysaver
Copons and Manufacturer Coupons = $13.07
(not inclding tax)
Total After RR = $8.07 (not including
tax)
Casey B,
Colorado
"Here is a pic of my small Walgreens deal
today using the $5/$20 coupon. I was in the
store less than 45 minutes to put this
together.
1) Pert + on sale for $3.79 - $2 c/o = $1.79
There is an ES rebate on this for $4.29
(profit!)
2) Dove Minis on sale 2/$6 - B1G1F c/o =
$3.99
3) Hershey Bliss 2/$7 - B1G1F c/o + $3.99
I did the Hershey Bliss twice.
4) Coke Zero $1.19 - $1.19 Try It Free c/o
Then minus the $5/$20 which made the out of
pocket $4.27!
Total coupon savings was $19.71" - Jan
Basham
"CVS has the candy deal where you buy $10 worth,
you get $5 ECB, limit 5. On that list was B1G1F
Lifesaver bags. Well, I had coupons for B1G1F
Lifesavers so that made 2 bags for free.
So 48 x $2.19 - $105.12
- 24 bags that were free = $52.56
- 24 coupons that made the other bag free = $0
 Tax
oop was $1.06 which I put on a gift card that I
had gotten from MyPoints. The best thing.... I
got back $25 in ECBs! Woo Hoo! The pictures is
of my two kids that are happy about all the free
candy they got. But I'm going to be using this
at Halloween!" Nicole
"First of
all an ENORMOUS THANK YOU to all who continue
working out all the awesome deals. When I read
about the Walgreens diaper deal I just had to
get in on it. I am not pregnant nor do I have a
baby in diapers, but occasionally I make diaper
cakes and also like to have extra gifts on hand.
I have a great Walgreens and the cashiers were
wonderful. I only had an hour to make the most
of this deal, a few of my transactions were only
.29 cents for 3 packs or diapers and a razor
pack. The young ladies were amazed at my deals
and even held my bags for me while I continued
to shop. My grand total is 33 packages of
diapers and 17 packages of various name brand
razors. My OOP was less than $20.00 and I still
have $55.00 in RR to spend. In the picture you
will see my beautiful daughter Annelisa holding
my receipts and RR with a huge smile. She loves
to help me use coupons. To the right is my
handsome son Noah and his friend Cole on the
left. When I got my haul home my wonderful hubby
asked "Where are you going to store all that
stuff?" My response: SURPRISE honey.. you're
building me more closets. And with deals like
these I definitely need more storage space. My
linen closet, daughter's closet, and every
cabinet with any kind of space is overflowing.
This deal was so fun and regular price would
have been over $350.00. I can not wait for the
next overlap extravaganza. Thanks again to all
the deal finders for passing along your wisdom
!" -- Jessica Winebarger, FL
We Went NUTS for a Bargain!
"We stocked up on Planters products recently
when Walgreens had such a string of good deals.
By combining the great sale prices with the
internet printable coupons and the register
rewards on each transaction, we were able to get
about 25 cans of Planters Nuts and 25 bags of
Planters Trail Mix, all for free. We went to
several stores on several different occasions,
each time picking up four to six Planters
products. The trail mix was on sale for $.99
with an in-ad coupon. I was able to use a
coupon for $3 off Planters products if I bought
four, and a $1.50 register printed out with each
transaction. The next week I discovered
Planters nuts on sale 2/$5. I used another $3
coupon (thanks to those who posted multiple
links to these coupons—I printed 10), but this
time the register reward was $6.50. I also
submitted for the EasySaver rebate of $5 back
on a $15 purchase of Kraft products. By the end
of the month we had this great stash of nuts,
which doesn’t include all that we ate throughout
the month. Thanks, Refund Cents!" Jaimie F.,
MO
My 2 1/2 yr. old son is pointing at all
mommy's loot. Went Wednesday and bought 12
packages of diapers, and scored $20.00 in RR.
Went back Friday hoping to do even better, but
was a little disappointed to find my first
Walgreens would only let me buy 3 packages of
diapers. Plus she only would give me 5.00 off
the 3 packages with the first coupon, but then
she took the other two so it worked out. I tried
to buy the Lamisil but the coupon beeped. She
price overroad it to $0.99, but then I couldn't
use my $4.00 off coupon or my $2.00 off coupon
because they wouldn't price adjust. I also got
Walitin allergy meds, and Lysol neutra air for
a total of $8.65. So on to my next Walgreens I
went, and I scored big time. I got 8 packages of
diapers, 2 clean and clear products, 3 Maalox
Jr. chewables, 2 Pantene shampoo/cond., Similac
formula with iron, Bic Soleil razor, and 2
L'oreal natural match haircolors. Total out of
pocket $0.68. 2nd order 8 packages of diapers, 2
Pantene shampoo/cond., 6 cans of Campbell's
Tortilla soup (not pictured). I already gave
away 5 packages of diapers, the soup, the Neutra
air, and the allergy meds. Friday I spent
$15.52, got $15.00 in RR, getting $8.00 back
from Pantene, and $3.00 from Neutra Air. So I
profited $10.48. I Just want to thank my MOM,
without her I wouldn't have been able to do all
this. She taught me everything she knows, and
introduced me to this site. So thank you lots
and lots Mom, I appreciate everything you do.
Thanks to everyone else for all the great
information they put out there. It's really
great to be a part of this site. Thanks again,
Jaime, TN
"I know this isn't a huge haul but I was so
pleased to be able to take advantage of the
overlapping deals at Walgreen's for
July/August! I went in with confidence and had
to ask the manager for the new Easysaver booklet
but he gave it to me without any trouble. I
then matched up all the EasySaver coupons with
the list I printed from refundcents along with
the manufacturer's coupons I had already gotten
together. I paper clipped the coupons I was
using to my list and went through the store. I
took all of the items to the cosmetics counter
and the cashier didn't blink an eye at all of my
overlapping coupons! The register also accepted
the two Easysaver coupons as well as the the
pharmacy coupon! My total before coupons was
$159.62. My total after coupons was $42.41. I
earned $6 in register rewards, 1 movie ticket
from the Easysaver rebate and $7 in Easysaver
rebates making my overall total $17.41! Thank
you, Refund Cents!"
Jessica J., NC
"My Mommy got all this shampoo for FREE
using coupons. She bought the L'Oreal Vive
at Walgreen's and CVS during their Buy 1 Get
1 FREE sale using her Buy 1 Get 1 FREE
coupons. She got the Pert Plus using the $3
off coupons when she found it on sale for $3
at Homeland. The Herbal Essence was on
clearance at Homeland also and she used the
$3/2 coupons. The Suave shampoos are $1.09
each at Homeland and they double coupons up
to $1 so when Mommy uses her $0.50 off any
Suave or the $1/2 Suave she pays only 9 or
10 cents a bottle. My brothers use the
Suave shampoo as bubble bath. Now all I
need to do is grow hair so I can help Mommy,
Daddy, Alex and Lee use all this shampoo.
There are 29 bottles of it!!" Jesse
(4 1/2 months) son to Karen Perea
"This is my second big deal at Walgreens. The 2
little girls in the picture are our daughters
Katlyn and Rachel. I got the following things: 4
Reynolds Wrap, 1 Bottle Water, 7 Johnsons
Lotions/Baby Wash, 1 Thera Breath, 1 Chocolate
Bar, 1 Excedrin Back & Body, 2 Zantac, 2 Sure
Deodorants, 2 Carmex, 5 Double Pack Erasers, 4
Packs Highlighters, 12 - 6 Count Pens/Pencils, 4
Double Pack Pens, 1 Markers, 1 Bic Razors, 1
Package Combs, 2 Glue Sticks, 3 Colored Pencils,
3 Crayons. I did all this and the Diaper Deal
together, so total for all of this and my 58
packages of Diapers/Pullups after coupons &
rebates is a PROFIT of $48.46."
Casey B.
 "Our local
Walgreens is a bit of a drive for me, but I
wanted to take advantage of the diaper deal
after hearing all the great stories on RC. I
went with a friend and a total of four kids
(under 4) packed in my minivan. My friend and I
took turns going into Walgreens to buy our 3
packs/purchase. We both got 9 packs and left the
rest of the stock for other deal-getters. I went
back into the store to use some of the RRs I got
with the diapers. Another two purchases scored 2
aluminum foil packages, 2 bottles of Pantene, 2
bottles of insect repellent, and lots of back to
school items that were on sale including 3
rulers, 3 packs of pencils, crayola markers, and
paper clips. For everything, I paid $20.95
including tax. I still have one $5 RR and will
receive $6.99 in rebates. This was a pretty good
shopping trip for only $8.96 OOP!" - Amy
Spence
"This picture is mostly from last week! All
of the Vive pro gloss shampoo and
conditioner were FREE, as well as all of the
bottles of Neutra Air freshener, I just paid
tax!! For 4 bottles of shampoo/conditioner
and 4 bottles of neutra air, my total was
$1.12 for all 8 items! These were all bought
at Rite Aid last week when they had their
B1G1 free sale and I had B1G1 free coupons
for the Vive and Neutra air.!! The Powerade
was on sale at Giant Eagle last week, when
you buy 10, you get 5 free. So I had 10
coupons for $1 off one bottle, they were on
sale $1 each. So I took 15 to the register,
got 10 free with the coupons, and the other
5 FREE because I bought ten, total 15 free
The peanuts were bought, there were a total
of 18 cans, some have mysteriously
disappeared....:) with the $3 off of
planters nuts coupon, they were all free,
and I bought the .10cent koolaid, 3 per can
of planters, so for .30cents I got a can of
nuts and 3 koolaid packets. Now I need some
recipes to use up the 98 or so packets of
koolaid that I have as I also found the FREE
wheat thins coupons when you buy 3 kraft
products attached to the wheat thins at
Giant Eagle and ended up getting 15 boxes of
those, for .30cents each box and 3 koolaids
to go with it. The planters were also
bought before the 13th of July, so I did
mine in multiples of 5 and got the $6.50
catalina as well, huge profit! I was able
to buy toilet paper and other paper products
that we will surely need in the months
ahead. Excellent deals lately!! Then the
rest is from CVS. The xtra gum was free, I
got it on Saturday, so I was there to do the
Sally Hansen nailpolish and decided to get
some gum as well. The sally hansen
nailpolish was on sale for .99cents each. I
had a printed $3 on 2 nailpolish coupon, so
I bought 3 nailpolishes, the register took
off the whole $2.97, making 3 free
nailpolishes. The Air wicks were on sale for
$4.99, and there are coupons you can print
for $4 off of 1, making them .99cents each.
The cvs face wipes are the monthly deal,
they are $2.99 for the month, there are $2
printable coupons to use on each pack, so I
paid .99ents each, then you get a .99 extra
care buck back for each one, making them all
free! The pads are were from the monthly
deal so those were FREE as well. All the
chocolate you see I had to throw in as I was
checking out because my total was -$3.xx and
I didn't want that to happen so I grabbed
the closest things I could find to get my
total ABOVE ZERO! It worked out this way on
both purchases thanks to those $3 off of a
$15 register cpns, so I took advantage of
those. Thank you RefundCents!" - Beth
Conley
"This morning we made a trip to Walgreens to
pick up a few of their terrific deals for the
week. The 20 ft. rolls of Reynolds Wrap were on
sale for $.89 and I had coupons for $1.50/2. We
bought 20 rolls for only $.14 each! Here is our
little guy, Laiken, holding his treasure. He
just LOVES to get deals with his momma!" -
Kristin B.
"My son, Victory, loves peanuts and cashews
and I love a coupon bargain challenge. My
mouth watered at the great Planters nuts
deal everyone was talking about on Refund
Centsible Chat. But I live an hour away
from any Walgreen's store, so I had no hope
I could join in the savings fun. I simply
can not justify the fuel cost and my time
driving out of town to join in the Refund
Centsible Chat bargain finds.
Luckily, one day my husband needed to travel
to one of the neighboring towns with
Walgreens, so I quickly put my plan into
motion. I called the Kraft phone
number advertised on the web site and asked
how many internet coupons I could print off
and use. The Kraft customer service
employee told me I could use all the coupons
I wanted to print off, but only one coupon
per Planters container. I went to my
husbands office and printed off a huge pile
of the Kraft Planters internet coupons.
This coupon was on the Kraft web site and
advertised “Save $3 on Planters Nuts when
you buy 3 Kraft Products.” I was overcome
with excitement at being able to join in the
other Refund members savings fun. I love
the thrill of finding great bargains and
saving my family money.
When I went into the Walgreen's store I
quickly grabbed my cart, tried to curb my
growing excitement, and keep from running
over to the huge supply of Planters nuts on
the shelves. The Planters salted nuts
were two for $5.00 and the whole cashews
were $6.99. I wanted to spurge and buy some
cashews because my son really loves the big
whole nuts. I do not buy the cashews often
as they cost a lot more than the regular
nuts. I grabbed two of the lightly salted
nuts and one whole cashew can. I had read
about a $5.00 rebate from Walgreen's
EasySaver Catalog if you spent $15.00 select
Kraft Products, so I picked up Kraft Shells
and Cheese. The Kraft Shells and Cheese
were on sale and another special treat for
my sons. The Kraft Shells and Cheese, like
the cashews, are usually an expensive
product we do not purchase. At the check
stand my cashier quickly scanned my products
and coupons without any problems. I had
expected the cashier to take off the $2.50
sale price of the Planters nuts instead of
the $3.00 coupon price. I explained the
price difference to the cashier and she said
she took whatever the machine took without
beeping. I used my Mastercard credit card
for payment, earning cash back for my
purchase. My family makes sure we always
pay the credit card in full each month so no
interest charges are made. I had read on
Centsible Chat about a $4.00 off your next
purchase Catalina coupon when you purchase
three Planters items. (I later re-read the
information and understand I could have
purchased up to six Planters items for a
$6.00 Catalina coupon.) I waited breathless
until the golden $4.00 Catalina coupon
rolled off the machine and was placed in my
outstretched hand. It was all I could do
not to grab the $4.00 Catalina coupon off my
next purchase right out of the machine
myself. I grinned and skipped out to my car
and quickly unloaded my bounty.
I turn right around and return to the
Walgreen's store and attempted to purchase
another three Planters products but the
cashier refused. The cashier made up her
own rules and said I could only use coupons
on one shopping purchase. I was so happy to
be sharing in the fun with other Refund
Centsible Chat members so I simply smile and
left and traveled on to my next Walgreen's
store.
At the next store I purchased my three
Planters products and used the coupons. The
cashier even commented how great the ending
price was when the total came up on the
screen. I tried to explain how to find
internet coupons and offered her a Refund
Cents magazine I keep with me in my coupons
folder. The cashier refused my offer and
said she did not have time to bother with
coupons.
I used all my printed $3.00 Planters
internet coupons in one day. I just wanted
to yell and cheer as I was busting with
excitement and joy at the fun of all the
Planters products I was able to get. It was
also the last day to receive the special
Walgreen's Catalina coupons for money off
your next order. Because I do not live
near a Walgreen's store, I decided I should
use my stack of $4.00 off your next order
Catalina coupons. Guiltily I poured over
the wooden picture frames. Pictures are my
passion and I love to have nice frames to
display them all over my home. I picked out
a great matching set of various sizes. My
original checkout clerk had taken a break,
so a store manager was poised at the check
stand. The manager spent over 15 minutes on
the phone checking with other people, and I
believe, tried every reason she could that I
could not use all the $4.00 Catalina's.
Finally she said I could use the same number
of Catalina's as the number of items I
purchased. I did not argue with her. I
read all the problems other shoppers have
with different stores and using coupons. I
was simply grateful to have the opportunity
to use any of the Planters internet coupons
and earn any Walgreen's Catalina's. I did
not think I would really win any arguments
with the manager so I just agreed with her
and told her thank you and expressed how
grateful I was to be able to use the
Catalina's. I purchased all the wooden
photo frames I wanted and grabbed some large
Walgreen's brand band-aids on sale that I
knew my family could use, to add up my
number of items I was purchasing.
In total I purchased 42 Planters peanuts
and 21 Planters cashews. I earned 21 $4.00
off your next purchase Catalina coupons. By
using 63 $3.00 Planters internet coupons I
saved over $199.00. I tried to check all
the expire dates on the Planters cans, only
purchasing cans expiring in 2010. I shared
several cans with friends, and donated
several cans to my favorite local charity.
I then carefully placed my stockpile in
clear containers with lock lids and put in
our storage which is dark and keeps a cool
temperature. Thank you to Kraft and
Walgreens. And my biggest thank you to
Refund Cents and all the great sharing
friends on Centsible Chat." Bernetta
Stewart
"Here is a picture of my shopping today, not
including more shampoo and razors we donated to
the food pantry on the way home. Thank you to
everyone posting the deals!! Thank you to Dela
for the email with detailed how tos. I really
appreciate the how to basics here, even though I
have been couponing for a long time- what a
thrill to have a great day of shopping!! Having
the double dip chart available saved so much
time and made it easier to catch all the HOT
Deals. I went with a very tight budget and came
home with change to spare. All these items are
from Walgreens and Krogers. The Perfect 10 hair
color was a freebie from attending the Dallas
Proctor & Gamble expo. This bumped up my 'before
coupon' total enough to be able to use a $5.00
off Entertainment book coupon. I am sending off
for two free manicures, as well as the Sure and
the Pert Plus refunds! I have a husband & two
teen sons that all shave so the razor deal, the
mens body wash, Cutter, and Brut septic stick
was perfect for my family. My two younger
children and I enjoy the scented shampoos &
conditioner.
GDA - the BOGO Suave body wash was marked down
on clearance to $1.61 at my Kroger. There is a
BOGO coupon and coupons for .50 off any (1)Suave
that can stack.
Walmart today they have bags of frozen Tyson
boneless chicken marked to 5.00.
There is a $1.00 off any Tyson chicken on the
database from a display Kroger had out a couple
months ago. I just by chance had those in my
purse when we went in to get school supplies.
Thank you Refund Cents!!!!" Mary G., TX
Totally Nuts
"My kids and I really went ‘nuts’ over the
Kraft/Planters deal.
By combining the internet printed coupon along
with the Catalina deal at
Meijer, we were able to get 18 canisters of
various nuts and 54 packets
of Kool-Aid, with a retail value of $68.76 for
an out of pocket expense
of $25.98. Afterward we had 3 Catalinas worth
$6.50 off your next order
–Total $19.50-so all together this stash cost us
$6.18.
Thanks to all of the posters on Centsible Chat
who kept posting
different web addresses to print the coupon off
of I was able to get 18
coupons for “Save $3 on Planters Nuts when you
buy 3 Kraft Products” by printing out the
coupons from my desktop computer and my laptop
computer. The kicker was that one of the
qualifying products was
Kool-Aid that Meijer sells for $.20 per packet.
At the same time there
was a promotion running from Kraft that you
could get a Catalina for
$6.50 on your next order when you purchased 6
Planters products.
With all my coupons in hand the kids and I went
to Meijer and did 3
separate transactions. Each transaction had 18
packs of Kool-Aid, 6
Planters Nuts, and at the end I would give the
cashier six (6) $3 off
coupons. Everything went smoothly and we walked
away with quite a haul.
We were getting low on nuts anyway, so this was
quite a blessing. On top
of that my kids LOVE nuts for an afternoon
snack. Thanks to this deal I
discovered my 1 year old loves almonds. I never
would have guessed! (He
is not pictured as he is napping).
Thanks to RC and the Centsible Chat community
for all the links to print
the coupons and the heads up on this great deal!
Here is Patrick and our
cat Franklin showing off our haul of Kool-Aid
and Planters nuts."
Dawn Green
"I had been waiting for just the right sale to
use up my 12 $3 Planters coupons and boy did I
hit the jackpot! Meijer had the Planters nuts
on sale for $3.00 per can and along with that
their Kool-aid Singles were also on sale for
$1.00 per box. So I quickly drove the 25
minutes to the nearest Meijer with coupons in
hand. I purchased 9 boxes of Kool-aid Singles
and 3 cans of Planters per trip with a total of
4 trips to use up my 12 printable coupons. I
also was lucky enough to have $1/1 Kool-aid
singles coupons as well so EVERYTHING was
free!!! But that's not even the best part! For
each set of 3 cans of Planters I also received a
$4.00 catalina off my next shopping order! So
at the end of my 4 orders I had spent
ZERO (no tax on
food here in Michigan) and left with
$20 in
catalinas to use on my next trip! Well worth
the gas and time, and my daughters eyes lit up
at the sight of all that kool-aid as well as my
husbands when he saw all the cashews and peanuts
I brought home."
Jennifer Waltke, Michigan
"I made two separate runs on this particular
Kraft promo. I used the Planters Peanut IP
on both runs, as well as the Kraft free cheese
from the Parade mag in the Sunday papers. My
first trip netted me 2 jars of peanuts, 5 mini
mallow bags, 2 mallow cream jars, 10 pkgs of
kraft cheese, 8 bottles of kraft bbq sauce, 5
tubs of cool whip, and 20 boxes of mac'n cheese
for a grand total of
$4.00. On the second trip I utilized
all of the same coupons along with the Weber
marinade coupons, wild harvest ip's, deli fresh
blinkies, lunchable juniors blinkies, best foods
coupon, starkist catalina for a free pouch that
a guy dropped in the recycle bin on his way out
right in front of me! (I don't think people look
at these), jello snack blinkies, and barbaras
puffins organic cereal coupons. My trip cost me
$13.05, this
time I was able to acquire 12 jars of peanuts, 1
heartland organic pasta, 2 bags wild harvest
organic tortilla chips, 36 boxes of mac'n
cheese, 3 boxes of organic peanut butter cereal
(very yummy), 2 oscar meyer bun length hot dogs,
2 jello snack packs, 10 pkgs of cheese, 1 jar
mayo, 2 pkgs deli fresh roast beef, 2 lunchable
juniors and a package of 12 hamburger patties!
Thank you all for teaching me new tricks and
spotting the deals!" - Diane Smith, NV
Nice story about RC'er Christy Howell,
which was posted on the
marionrsh.org website ---
Turning Coupons into Cat Food: "When
Steeleville Illinois resident Christy Howell
heard we needed help she did what she does very
well, start collecting coupons. Christy can work
magic when it comes to turning coupons into
tangible product. She set to work on the
internet asking coupon traders and collectors
from all over the United States to send her
Purina coupons. In the end, Christy had drawn
coupons from as far away as Alaska and had
accumulated enough that the Kroger store in
Marion had to special order 300 pounds of the
new Purina product Healthy Life to cover her
coupons. Thanks a million to Christy, wish we
had a million of you. You will always be our
undisputed coupon queen. Shown receiving the
food for our shelter is Sam Lattuca"
And here is what Christy says:
"I had gotten 45lbs of cat
chow earlier at 4 different stores before I
got the idea to see if Krogers would special
order it. So I called and spoke with Donnie.
He's a manager at the Marion Krogers. He was
very very helpful. He worked with me to get
the cat food ordered and then he called to
let me know when it arrived. So my hubby and
I got in the car and drove for an hour. We
went in and I was so scared that they would
give me a hard time, but it went so
smoothly. It did take a while to check out
but while I checked out my hubby and Sam and
the store clerk got everything loaded up.
So I paid for 292 pounds of cat food at the
Marion Kroger store which came to $662.15
and $51.87 was tax. I had a $20 gift card
from filling a prescription and a $1 off
your next order in addition to the 292 free
healthful life cat food coupons, so I only
paid $30.87 in tax . The total amount
donated the the Marion Regional Humane
Society was 337
pounds of cat food which will
last them only 2 weeks. I'd really like to
thank Sally for a cash donation and Cathy,
Carolyn, Felecia, Connie, Linda, Janice, and
everyone else who helped me to collect that
many coupons. This was so much fun I can't
wait to do it again."
Christy
"I wanted to share. My sister has always been a
no fuss kind of gal, always bought off brand
stuff and never really messed with coupons.
Well, I traded for some coupons off
www.refundcents.com and was armed with lots of
coupons and I dragged her with me. She was in
shock and now has vowed to never pay full price
for anything again! We have over
40 bottles
FREE and
she was teasing the kids about their clean
heads! Love the pic and the joy this program has
brought to my life and in turn is touching
others! Thank you and I can't say that enough!"
Melaine In Texas
"My Hubby works long hours so its always a rare
treat when he and I get to go to the store by
ourselves and makes it really special when he
gets to witness what refund cents is saving us!
2 different stores and 3 transactions!
2 gallons of milk
2 pkgs, of biscuits
2 pkgs of cinnamon rolls
2 pkgs. of gravy mix
24 dz eggs( not pictured)
1 pkg of sharp cheddar cheese(not pictured)
25 bottles of powerade
16 bx of crackers
1 swiffer wet mop starter kit
1 box of dove icecream bars
1 box of m&m icecream bars
TOTAL OOP $ 19.42 which = TO ONE REALLY HAPPY
DADDY!!!"
Melaine Brown, TX
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