On Sunday, I did something I haven't done in ages - I bought newspapers! The price of whole coupon inserts is just getting too high. I picked up six papers at $1.50 each - much cheaper than I could find them online. I'm not sure what I'll do next weekend though. The major newspaper in my area doesn't carry the Red Plum insert, so I may have to get the inserts online. I bought these when I was up by da boyfriend. He's in a different county whose paper still carries the RP.
Rite Aid - so happy to finally find the John Frieda in stock, until I got home and looked at my receipt. My cashier rang them up as "Merchandise taxable" so they won't be recognized by the SCR system as qualifying items. I knew something was off when she put them in as $4.99 and I got my Wellness discount. I wish I'd checked the receipt before leaving! I'll have to get back there by 6/28, that's the last day for the June SCR's. Tack on another item to the to-do list.
- Sun/Mon/Tues ONLY: Got2B Fat-tastic Dry Shampoo, Mousse or Root Boost $4.99, used $2 coupon (Sept 2010 or June 2011 All You magazine) and will get back $4.99 (SCR #37) = $2 profit
- Prell Conditioner $3.19 ($3.99 reg price, 20% Wellness discount), used $2 coupon and will get back $2 (SCR #38) = $0.81 profit
- Excedrin Extra Strength (20 - 24 ct) $1.99, used $1 RA coupon (June Video Values), $0.75 coupon (6/5 SS) and got back $1 UP (Limit 2) = $0.76 profit
- Ensure - just realized I have to take this back too! Grr, definitely not a good day. I bought this to send away for a TMF rebate, but the minimum price has to be $6.97+. This store sold them for $7.99, so with my Wellness discount, they rang up for $6.39.
- Used $1 off purchase coupon (June/July Video Values), $1.99 UP, $2 UP and $2 UP, total was $1.29
Second store - this is where I found the JF- Sun/Mon/Tues ONLY: Got2B Fat-tastic Dry Shampoo, Mousse or Root Boost $4.99, will get back $4.99 (SCR #37) = FREE
- Excedrin Extra Strength (20 - 24 ct) $1.99, used $1 RA coupon (June Video Values), $0.75 coupon (6/5 SS) and got back $1 UP (Limit 2) = $0.76 profit
- 2 John Frieda Full Repair Root Lift Foams $4.99 each (rang up $3.99 each b/c the cashier goofed), used two $5 coupons (Told her to adjust these down but she didn't! 6/5 SS) and once I get the receipt fixed, I will get back $10 ($5 each, SCR #36, Limit 2) = $12.02 profit
- Used $1 off purchase coupon (June/July Video Values), used $2 UP, total was $0.99
Sounds like someone's got a case of the Mundays. Sigh
On Sunday, I did something I haven't done in ages - I bought newspapers! The price of whole coupon inserts is just getting too high. I picked up six papers at $1.50 each - much cheaper than I could find them online. I'm not sure what I'll do next weekend though. The major newspaper in my area doesn't carry the Red Plum insert, so I may have to get the inserts online. I bought these when I was up by da boyfriend. He's in a different county whose paper still carries the RP.
Rite Aid - so happy to finally find the John Frieda in stock, until I got home and looked at my receipt. My cashier rang them up as "Merchandise taxable" so they won't be recognized by the SCR system as qualifying items. I knew something was off when she put them in as $4.99 and I got my Wellness discount. I wish I'd checked the receipt before leaving! I'll have to get back there by 6/28, that's the last day for the June SCR's. Tack on another item to the to-do list.
Hey- not sure if your cvs sells them, but I always use my cvs ecb to buy papers. I'm using the deal with tampons on my dh's card for this Sunday's papers.
ReplyDelete-Hug- ! Sorry you had a rough Monday. The thing with couponing is that it's not "free" money really - it takes work.
ReplyDeleteIn the past week, I've had 3 items that were rang up wrong - one at Safeway, one at Albertsons and one at Walgreens. Safeway was the only one I caught while still at the store.
Takes a lot of work to get the deals!
It's the worst when a good plan turns out bad! Sorry your shopping trip was less than exciting!
ReplyDeleteOn another note- you might check to see if another county that is close by you with a paper carries both inserts- that's how it is for me. PLUS that paper is only $.75 and has both smart source and red plum- SCORE! (If I can find it that is- this couponing crazy is taking over and there is dang near never a paper to be found anymore, grrrr)
Sexy,
ReplyDeleteThat's what I always used to do - use my EB's towards papers. But the CVS by DBF is usually very low in stock and the coupons are often missing. I got these at a convenience store. I never have a problem with them missing inserts.
Leanna,
Mondays are the worst! You're absolutely right - this is definitely work. Some weeks its much more fun than others.
Mynde,
I may have to start doing that. I used to buy papers from the county over, but the coupons were awful. Maybe I'll try a different paper this time and see if I have better luck.
I bought inserts LAST week because I saw some good coupons on Saturday (I get my Sunday stuff on Saturday) and I checked on the coupon site and she didn't have the ones I really wanted...so I got 5 or 6 papers...it was fun...it was like the old days :)
ReplyDeleteBUT, I do find that for the most part around here, that the coupon site I use has way better coupons...for example...the ones in my paper are $1/2 or .50/2....yet the ones I get in the mail are $1/1 or .75/1...which I LOVE. So I kind of weigh them out...plus I hate going through the papers at Shop Rite (we go there Sundays to get DH his lunch stuff for the week). I used to grab and go, but I kept finding missing inserts, so now I look through each one....and I get the weird looks by the customer service people. I dont care if they think I'm nuts, but I just don't want them thinking I'm stealing anything, ya know? And there's NO CVS near my house....only by work :(
I was using Mad Coupons, but stopped a few months ago because her prices went higher than just buying them here.
ReplyDeletespaghetti,
ReplyDeleteI know exactly what you mean about getting those looks while you're thumbing through the paper. But you know if you don't check, you'll be missing some inserts!
debbielynne,
I used to use Mad Coupons too, but her prices just kept going up. Plus I had a couple issues with getting the inserts in a timely manner (or at all) so I gave up.
Suz, Do you have a Dollar Tree near you? That is where I get my papers and they're only $1/ea.
ReplyDeleteSheila,
ReplyDeleteYou know, I do have a Dollar Tree down the street. I'm gonna check them out on Sunday, thanks for the tip!