My “double dip” day at Walgreens went perfectly! It’s known as a double dip because for two days, the September EasySaver rebates overlapped with the October EasySaver rebates, meaning that you can buy items for both rebate periods, and use the coupons from both rebate books.
First transaction:
Total spent: Nothing out of pocket, put $9.00 on a gift card
Total before coupons: $15.00
And I got a $10 Register Reward back!
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Got:
3 bottles of Dimetapp – I used the $2/1 printable found here. Thanks, Money Saving Mom!
I bought this simply because it was a small moneymaker, and worked nicely with the other deals I had planned. And if you compare the ingredients to adult cough syrup, it’s actually no different – it’s just a smaller dose.
Second transaction:
Total Spent: Nothing out of pocket, put $2.99 on a gift card
Total before coupons: $19.99
And I got a $8 Register Reward back!
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Got:
1 box of Crest Whitestrips, 56 count – I used the $10 Register Reward that I earned in the last transaction, and a $7/1 coupon that I received in the mail. Click here if you’d like to sign up for Whitestrips coupons. Also, I believe there is a $7 Whitestrip coupon coming out in Sunday’s P&G insert, although I haven’t gotten a paper yet to check.
I started using these last month and I really like them, so I was glad to find this good deal, since they’re normally expensive.
Third transaction:
Total spent: $3.38 on a gift card, and $13.28 out of pocket. But I will get back $14.27 in rebates!
Total before coupons: 33.66
And, I got back a $3 Register Reward this time.
View receipt – I omitted the second half, since it had my debit card number on it.
Got:
1 gallon of milk
1 package of Oreos
1 package of Chips Ahoy – the Register Reward was for buying the milk & cookies. Thanks to Common Sense With Money for the inspiration!
2 6-packs of TP
1 Glade candle – free after coupons & rebate. I stacked September’s EasySaver coupon for this with a recent insert coupon – 8/24 SS, I think. Props to Money Saving Mom again for pointing out this deal!
16 Halloween cups
20 Halloween pencils (I throw a huge Halloween party every year, so these will be perfect party favors!)
1 package of L’Oreal makeup remover – October “free after rebate” item
2 bottles of 6 hour energy drink things – October “free after rebate” item
I also used the $5/20 coupon that I mentioned yesterday, and the $8 Register Reward from the last transaction.
Fourth and final transaction:
Total spent: 0. They handed me .54 change back! And I’m getting back a $3.49 rebate!
Total before coupons: $16.46
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Got:
1 4-pack of TP
3 Halloween puzzles
3 bottles of Pert Plus – used a $2/1 coupon from the 8/3 inserts, stacked with this month’s $2.50/1 EasySaver coupon
1 bottle of Dawn – used .50/1 coupon
2 lint rollers
Ok, so this one was a surprise! My plan was to use up my last Register Reward by getting a few things I needed, and combine it with the Pert deal. The Pert is on sale for $3.49 each, but by stacking the insert coupon with the Easysaver coupon, you get $4.50 off, resulting in $1.01 overage. Where I went wrong was that I completely forgot to double check the price. I had printed off a copy of Money Saving Mom’s scenarios, just to make it easier to figure out the deals – my Walgreens is in the next town over, so I have to be prepared! Anyway, I just glanced at the price she had listed from the sale flyer, which was $3.79; but my store had it priced less, at $3.49. I’m usually very detail-oriented, but I just forgot to look at the price this time. So when the cashier rung me up, it showed negative .54 cents! Oops! The checker called a manager over, who looked at my coupons, looked at the receipt, and then said to the person ringing me up, “Well, it looks like you owe her .54 cents!” The manager proceeded to open the till and hand me the change!
And as if that wasn’t good enough, I get to claim a $3.49 rebate for one of the bottles of Pert!
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