When I first started figuring out how to do the Olay deal, I was working with the theory of buying the 3/$18 body washes. But that had me paying alot out of pocket, which made the Target deal with the $5 gift cards back look like the better deal.
But then I wondered, hm, if those Olays ring up at $6.00 each, then I can break them up into separate transactions and be able to use more $5/$20 coupons.
They did ring up at $6.00 each, so for the first two transactions I combined it with a pack of diapers (and a bottle of Bayer aspirin, for no particular reason).
My out of pocket after coupons was $4.37 plus tax, and I get a $3.00 SCR on the diapers, and then the Olay was 1/3 of the $15.00 Olay MIR.
That store didn't have anymore razors so I had to go to a different store after that, and it was while I was shopping for the third bottle of Olay Body Wash, it dawned on me...Why do I care what the Olay Body Wash costs? There's no spending limit for the MIR, and I was getting it free with the Buy Venus Get Olay Free coupon anyway. Duhhhhh.
The last deal I did was buying Zyrtec. I got an email from Rite Aid letting me know I still needed to spend $9.05 more to qualify for a $10.00 Gift Card and that the deal was ending 2/27. This week there was a $2.00 Rite Aid coupon in the paper, plus I had a $2.00 MQ, so I got the $14.99 package of Zyrtec and qualify for a $10.00 Gift Card.
By the way...the first Rite Aid I went to, the cashier is very friendly and has gotten to know me and doesn't give me a hard time like many of them will, for no reason except to be hateful apparently.
Anyway, I forgot to give her a Video Values coupon for the Huggies, and I asked her if there was anything we could do, or was I just out of luck this time? She said, Oh sure, and did a Post Coupon Sale, rang up the coupon, and gave me $1.00 back.
So all those that tell you they "Can't" are more just saying they "Won't".
Transaction #1 & 2:
$2.49 Bayer Aspirin
$8.99 Huggies Diapers
$6.00 Olay Body Wash
$5.99 Venus Embrace Disposable razors
= $23.47
-5.00/20.00 RA Vv q
-2.00 Bayer RA Vv q
-1.00 Bayer MQ 1/31 SS
-1.00 Huggies RA Vv q
-3.00 Huggies MQ Home Mailer
-6.00 Olay wyb Venus Embrace 2/07 P&G
-2.00 Venus Embrace 2/07 P&G
Spent $3.47 + 1.29 tax = $4.76 oop
SCR $3.00 Huggies
Transaction #3:
$8.99 Huggies Diapers
$8.99 Olay Body Wash
$5.99 Venus Embrace Disposable razors
= $23.97
-5.00/20.00 RA Vv q
-1.00 Huggies RA Vv q
-2.00 Huggies IPq (No longer available?)
-8.99 Olay wyb Venus Embrace 2/07 P&G
-2.00 Venus Embrace 2/07 P&G
Spent $4.98 + 1.14 tax = $6.12 oop
SCR $3.00 Huggies
MIR $15.00 Olay
Transaction #4:
$14.99 Zyrtec
$2.49 Bayer Aspirin
$2.49 Bayer Aspirin
$1.59 Glade Plugins
$1.59 Glade Plugins
$2.00 GE Lightbulbs
$2.00 GE Lightbulbs
= $27.15
-5.00/20.00
-2.00 Zyrtec in-ad q
-2.00 Zyrtec MQ Brochure found in drug store some time ago
-2.00 Bayer RA Vv q
-2.00 Bayer RA Vv q
-1.00 Bayer MQ 1/31 SS
-1.00 Bayer MQ 1/31 SS
-1.50 Glade MQ 1/24 SS
-1.50 Glade MQ 1/24 SS
-3.00 Lightbulbs in-ad q
Spent $6.15 + 1.33 tax = $7.48 oop
SCR: $10.00 Gift Card Zyrtec
Totals:
Value of all: $98.06
Spent: $18.07 + 5.05 tax = $23.12 oop
SCRs: $9.00 Huggies, $10.00 Gift Card Zyrtec
MIR: $15.00 Olay
Final Total $10.88 Profit, and I will sell the diapers for $5.00 a bag on Craigslist for another $15.00 Profit.
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