Today I have a coupon fail and a coupon success. I'll be reporting on my success first.
One other thing that I've noticed that's really pissing me off: when you read all the scenarios for getting all this good stuff for free, am I the only one who doesn't realize that you still have to go out of pocket for things up front? Or I didn't, anyway.
Probably due to my inexperience.
So when I report my Rite Aid success, I will disclose right up front: I had $11 in their +Up rewards from a previous visit to Rite Aid (where I learned that you still have to pay for things first THEN get the coupon for your NEXT visit). The $11 went a LONG way toward my success today.
So here's what I got:
4 boxes of Colgate toothpaste, on sale for $2.99 each. I had one lonely coupon for 75 cents off (one fail here: I had three coupons for $1 off but for Colgate TOTAL only. Phooey).
I bought two boxes of 36 count St. Joseph's aspirin for $1.50 each and two packs of Stride gum for $2 ($1 each).
I bought one box of Zantac cool mint tabs, 24 count, for $7.99.
And I bought one of their vegetable plants, a jalapeno, for half off and paid $2.15.
So with tax, it was $28.73.
I had a $5 coupon for the Zantac and a $2 Rite Aid coupon from their Video Values.
I had a 50 cent off coupon from Rite Aid for the gum.
I used the 75 cent off coupon for the toothpaste.
And I used a $10 +up and a $1 +up coupon, so I paid $9.48 out of pocket.
Yep, that's about 67% off. That made me happy.
But wait, there's more! Since I used my wellness reward card, I also got the following +Up rewards:
2.99 off next purchase times four for the toothpaste
1.50 off next purchase times two for the aspirin
$2 off next purchase for the Zantac
and $1 off next purchase for the gum.
so I have $17.96 worth of coupons for the next shopping trip to Rite Aid. So this is why it can be said that I made money on this purchase.
I'm really excited because I have a daughter who's going on a trip tomorrow and she needs some make up! I'll be referring her to Rite Aid for sure.
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