You can get very inexpensive deodorant, Easter candy, and Herbal Essences hair products this week at CVS by utilizing coupons and the Extra Care Bucks program.
If you’re new to CVS, your first step is to learn the ins and outs of the Extra Care program and to learn to read this shopping list. If you are just getting started and have questions, please leave them in the comments as other readers and I are willing to help you learn how to save money.
Your turn: What other deals did you find at CVS?
Week-Long Extra Care Buck Deals
**UPDATE** Buy 2 Right Guard Sport, Xtreme, or Dry Idea Deodorant for $2.50 each, Earn $2 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 1)
Buy 2 and use $2/2 printable coupon or two $1.50/1 printable coupons (if this variety is included in the sale) after registering
Spend $2, get $2 Extra Care Bucks back
Final price: Two free after coupons and Extra Care Bucks
**UPDATE** Spend $15 on select Caress, Degree, Dove, or Lever Products, Earn $5 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 1)
Available coupons include:
$3/2 Degree Men printable coupon (Firefox)
$3/2 Degree Men printable coupon (Internet Explorer)
$3/2 Degree Girl printable coupon (Firefox)
$3/2 Degree Girl printable coupon (Internet Explorer)
$1.25/1 Degree Men printable coupon (Firefox)
$1.25/1 Degree Men printable coupon (Internet Explorer)
$1.25/1 Degree Girl printable coupon (Firefox)
$1.25/1 Degree Girl printable coupon (Internet Explorer)
$1/1 Degree printable coupon
***Deal idea #1***
Buy 6 Degree Invisible Solid Deodorant for $2.50 each
Use three $3/2 Degree Men printable coupons (Firefox) or $3/2 Degree Men printable coupons (Internet Explorer) or $3/2 Degree Girl printable coupons (Firefox) or $3/2 Degree Girl printable coupons (Internet Explorer)
Spend $6, get $5 Extra Care Bucks back
Final price: $0.17 each after coupons and Extra Care Bucks
***Deal idea #2***
Buy 4 Dove hair care products for $4 each
Use four $2/1 Dove Hair Care printable coupons (you will need access to two computers)
Spend $8, get $5 Extra Care Bucks back
Final price: $0.75 each after coupons and Extra Care Bucks
(Thanks, Common Sense with Money!)
Buy 1 Aussie or Herbal Essences Shampoo, Conditioner, or Styler for $2.99, Earn $1 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 1)
***Deal idea***
Buy 1 Herbal Essences Shampoo or Conditioner
Plus, buy 1 Herbal Essences Styler
Use buy one, get one free coupon from the 2/7 Procter & Gamble insert and $1/1 coupon from the 3/14 Red Plum insert
Spend $1.99, get $1 Extra Care Bucks back
Final price: $0.50 each after coupons and Extra Care Bucks
**UPDATE** Spend $10 on Easter Candy, Earn $3 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 2)
***Deal idea***
Buy 4 bags of Hershey’s Easter Kisses or Minis for $2.50 each
Use $2/3 coupon from the 3/14 Smart Source insert
Plus, use $1/1 coupon from the February March All You magazine
Spend $7, get $3 Extra Care Bucks back
Final price: $1.00 each after coupons and Extra Care Bucks**
**$1.00 per bag is my “buy price” for holiday candy
Spend $10 on select Glade Products, Earn $4 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 2)
***Deal idea #1***
Buy 2 Glade Sense & Spray Kits for $6 each
Use two $3/1 Glade printable coupons
Spend $6, get $4 Extra Care Bucks back
Final price: $1.00 each after coupons and Extra Care Bucks
***Deal idea #2***
Buy 1 Glade Fragrance Collection Reed Diffuser or Soy Candle 10oz for $6
Plus, buy 1 Glade Sense & Spray Kit for $6
Use $2/1 Glade printable coupon and $3/1 Glade printable coupon
Spend $7, get $4 Extra Care Bucks back
Final price: $1.50 each after coupons and Extra Care Bucks
Buy 1 Gillette Disposable Razors 2-12ct for $6.49, Earn $2 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 1)
Use $2/1 coupon or $3/1 from the 3/7 Procter & Gamble insert
Spend as little as $3.49, get $2 Extra Care Bucks back
Final price: $1.49 after coupon and Extra Care Bucks**
**Not the world’s best price on razors, but if you need them this is better than full price
Buy 1 CVS Ultra Bath Tissue 24 Big Rolls for $9.99, Earn $3 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 2)
Spend $9.99, get $3 Extra Care Bucks back
Final price: $6.99 after Extra Care Bucks
Buy 1 Claritin Reditabs 30ct or Liqui-Gels 24ct for $19.99, Earn $5 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 1)
Use $4/1 coupon from the 2/21 Smart Source insert (we did not get this coupon in Minnesota)
Spend $15.99, get $5 Extra Care Bucks back
Final price: $10.99 after coupon and Extra Care Bucks
**NEW**Buy 1 Neutrogena Clinical Facial Lifting for $35.99 (estimated), Earn $5 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 1)
Use $5/1 coupon from March All You Magazine or $5/1 Neutrogena printable coupon
Spend $30.99, get $5 Extra Care Bucks
Plus, submit for this $15 Neutrogena Clinical mail-in rebate
FInal price: $10.99 after coupon, Extra Care Bucks and mail-in rebate
Week-Long Coupon Deals (non-Extra Care Buck)
**UPDATE** Sure for Men Deodorant $1.50 (on clearance at some stores)
Use $1.50/1 coupon from the 1/24 or 2/28 Smart Source inserts
Submit for Sure for Men mail-in rebate (if you purchase a specially-marked product)
Spend $0, get $1.50 back with mail-in rebate
Final price: Better than free after coupon and mail-in rebate
Betty Crocker Warm Delights $0.99
Use $0.50/1 Betty Crocker printable coupon or on Smart Source.com or on BettyCrocker.com or on Box Tops 4 Education.com
Final price: $0.49 after coupon
Kashi Go Lean Crunch or Heart to Heart Cereal or Crackers 2/$5
Buy 2 and use two $1.50/1 Kashi printable coupons (Firefox) or $1.50/1 Kashi printable coupons (Internet Explorer) or $1.50/1 Kashi printable coupons after registering
Final price: $1.00 each after coupons
Oral-B Pulsar Toothbrush $4.99
Use $3/1 coupon from the 3/7 Procter & Gamble insert (we did not get this coupon in Minnesota)
Final price: $1.99 after coupon
Scott Mega Rolls 6-pack $4.99
Use $1/1 coupon from the All You March magazine
Final price: $3.99 after coupon
Nature’s Bounty or Flex-a-min – on sale buy one, get one free (Limit 6)
Buy 2 and use two $2/1 Nature’s Bounty printable coupons or two $4/1 Flexamin printable coupons
Final price: ??
Purex Complete 3-in-1 Laundry Sheets or Liquid – on sale buy one, get one free
Buy 2 and use two $1/1 Purex Natural Elements printable coupons (if this variety is included in the sale)
Final price: ??
Month-Long Extra Care Buck Deals
Buy 1 Stayfree Regular Pads (14-24ct) for $3.89, Earn $2 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 4)
Buy 2 and use buy one, get one free coupon from 1/3 Red Plum #1 insert and $1/1 Stayfree printable coupon after registering
Spend $2.89, get $4 Extra Care Bucks back
Final price: Two better than free after coupons and Extra Care Bucks
Thanks to Hip2Save for putting a starting list of deals together that I added to based on the forums at A Full Cup. Pocket Your Dollars is part of BeCentsable’s Grocery Gathering, a compilation of shopping lists for stores nationwide. If you want a shopping list for a store not covered by Pocket Your Dollars, then check out the Grocery Gathering.
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Degree coupon campaign is over per link
No Right Guard coupons (they are for RG total Defense) – Also Purex 3 in 1 last I checked was $8.99 at CVS – not good price. Cub was closing it out last week for $1.99 and w/ my $1/1 Q I picked up 5 for less than $5.
The Men’s is over but I still got the ladies to work.
Kristin – The Men’s coupon has now been reset. Yippee!
My March ALL YOU did not have the Hershey’s Candy $1 coupon in it. Am I missing it? Does anyone else find it?
Anne – Try February’s All You.
Any ideas on coupons for other items with the degree as I got two of the womens but need one more and mens is out?
I was able to print the $3/2 Degree girl coupons but then could not find that one in my local CVS (in EP). (The men Degree was stocked but the Girl version didn’t appear to be sold there.) Has anyone found this at another CVS?
I bought Ladies Degree and the coupons worked. Are the Girl version different from the Ladies? I did not see anything but women’s and men’s there.
I plan to get an aussie item free w/ $2 off coupon
I can’t find the coupon for 2 dollars off 2 of the Right Guard from the link you posted…only found 1.50 off one New Right Guard Total Defense 5 (which are not the ones you posted that are 2.50)? Can anyone help me with this?
centrum ultra vitamins is on sale for $9.99 and $2 extra care bucks plus you can get $5 coupon for if you buy 2 at http://www.centrum.com after registering..that would make it $5.49 each after coupon and extra bucks…I think i’ts already a good deal for vitamins?
Today I there was a Sure for Men with the Try Me Free sticker that was mentioned many months ago! So, with the $1.50 coupon plus the rebate (trysurefree.com), it’s a great deal!
Rachel – thanks for the reminder! I was just updating my list of ongoing rebates and saw this one today.
Am I the only one that finds CVS frustrating? Sure they have great deals, but good luck getting any of them unless you are in the store first thing Sunday morning when they open. I have tried different times of the week/different times of the day and none of the great extra care bucks deals are in stock. And they don’t appear to restock throughout the week. Anyone else have this problem?
Erica – I used to have the same frustrations with CVS, too, until I discovered that they give out rainchecks. Yippee! The cashiers are totally used to giving out rainchecks and don’t even bat an eye when you ask for one at the register. I just keep the rainchecks in my coupon binder (they never expire) and use them the next time I go to CVS (if the product is stocked yet). Sometimes it can be beneficial to wait, too, if you get a better coupon later that you can use with an old ECB deal.
My CVS told me that I can get a rain check on the sale price only – not on the ECB deal. So I can’t get the ECB deal at a later date, just the sale price – which often isn’t really that great a deal if you don’t figure in the ECB.
Hmmm. I’ve never heard of that, so it might just be your CVS. Mine writes out the ECB deal on the raincheck by looking at the ad and writing down the code that will generate the ECB printout. Have you contacted CVS customer service?
No, I might have to do that. . . thanks!