A tiny cross-border brag

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Sun, Oct 9th, 2011, 10:19 PM
avoncallingu

A tiny cross-border brag

1/2 hr in CVS ran like this:

got several coupons from their coupon machine

1 was - $2.50 spend on anything

1 was - buy 3 greeting cards and get a 4th free (up to $2.69 value)

Also in their flyer - buy 3 greeting cards get $3.00 back on your next purchase

So.....bought 4 X .99 greeting cards = 3.97-2.50=1.47-2.69 (from the card) so had to buy MORE to cover the overage -

got a chocolate bar and a bag of mints and paid something like .75

Then got the $3.00 back and bought 2- 9Volt batteries (for the smoke detectors) on sale for 3.99 for .99 .

A nice little detour while my husband bought gas.
Sun, Oct 9th, 2011, 10:24 PM
Nicole013

Have you checked out the CVS bloggers? They are amazing, most of the time.
Sun, Oct 9th, 2011, 10:27 PM
couponing4life

$0.75 oop is not bad at all!
Wed, Oct 12th, 2011, 02:14 PM
Keykey

Just came back from PA and have a bunch of Smart Source coupons from this Sunday's paper if you want to trade. Not sure how often you go over shopping...:)
Wed, Oct 12th, 2011, 04:10 PM
KathyN

Yay for coupons!
Wed, Oct 12th, 2011, 05:22 PM
xox2010

Great deals!
Wed, Oct 12th, 2011, 05:27 PM
nancy_27

nice brag, would be nice if it was that easy here sometimes:)
Wed, Oct 12th, 2011, 05:29 PM
emmy3111

sweet!!! I didn't do nearly so well at CVS last month... will have to watch for next time we go south. :)
Wed, Oct 12th, 2011, 06:07 PM
kristeven

Great brag! I live near Toronto, so the time and expense of a shopping trip to the US might be worth it for me.
Whenever I think of US shopping, I think of clothes, and that isn't enough incentive for me. But, when I know that I can get these kinds of deals, I'll be more inclined to do the travelling!
Wed, Oct 12th, 2011, 10:02 PM
ninna

awesome brag!

I like cross border shopping but I admit that I fall off the coupon bandwagon when I go stateside simply because I don't have coupons to begin with and it can be overwhelming to try and keep up with Canadian AND US deals at the same time--especially since there are different rules down there. LOL.