Today was an awesome day for us at CVS! There was an awesome moneymaker scenario on Centrum Pro Nutrients, plus we also got some free Combos snacks. We converted some ECBs (Extra Care Bucks) into gift cards, which is great because we can use CVS gift cards to pay sales tax in future weeks, which is something you can’t do with ECBs. I was also able to use the $4 off $20 CVS store coupon that I was unable to use on last week’s sale. It made the first transaction of the day extra awesome

Here is the summary of our transactions for today. Note that you can still do the Centrum deal even if you do not have the newspaper coupons. There are printable manufacturer coupons for $5 off available here; you won’t make as much money on the deal, but you will land the Centrum products for free or very cheap.

TRANSACTION #1 – ME
THREE CENTRUM PRO NUTRIENTS 50 CT., $9.99 on sale ($12.99 regular price)
Used one $4/$20 CVS store coupon emailed to select Extra Care card holders
and used one $5/1 Pro Nutrients CVS store coupon from the red coupon machine at the front of the store
and used three $7/1 Centrum Pro Nutrients manufacturer coupons, 12/11 SS newspaper insert (exp 12/25/11)
(Note: the last coupon had to be adjusted down to $6.97 by the cashier to avoid going negative.)
PRICE AT REGISTER: $0.00 & received a $10 CVS gift card (Centrum Pro Nutrients is part of the buy $30, get a $10 gift card promotion and it prints if you spend $29.40 or higher.)
NET PRICE FOR THIS TRANSACTION: $10 MONEYMAKER!

TRANSACTION #2 – ME
THREE CENTRUM PRO NUTRIENTS 50 CT., $9.99 on sale ($12.99 regular price)
ONE COMBOS 7 OZ. PKG., $2.00 on sale ($2.57 regular price)
Used three $7/1 Centrum Pro Nutrients manufacturer coupons, 12/11 SS newspaper insert (exp 12/25/11)
PRICE AT REGISTER: $10.97 & received $2 Extra Care Bucks (Combos) and a $10 Gift Card (Pro Nutrients)
NET PRICE FOR THIS TRANSACTION: $1.03 MONEYMAKER!

TRANSACTION #3 – ROOMMATE
THREE CENTRUM PRO NUTRIENTS 50 CT., $9.99 on sale ($12.99 regular price)
ONE COMBOS 7 OZ. PKG., $2.00 on sale ($2.57 regular price)
Used one $5/1 Pro Nutrients CVS store coupon from the red coupon machine at the front of the store
and used three $7/1 Centrum Pro Nutrients manufacturer coupons, 12/11 SS newspaper insert (exp 12/25/11)
PRICE AT REGISTER: $5.97 & received $2 Extra Care Bucks (Combos) and a $10 Gift Card (Pro Nutrients)
NET PRICE FOR THIS TRANSACTION: $6.03 MONEYMAKER!

TRANSACTION #4 – ROOMMATE
THREE CENTRUM PRO NUTRIENTS 50 CT., $9.99 on sale ($12.99 regular price)
Used three $7/1 Centrum Pro Nutrients manufacturer coupons, 12/11 SS newspaper insert (exp 12/25/11)
PRICE AT REGISTER: $8.97 & received a $10 Gift Card (Pro Nutrients)
NET PRICE FOR THIS TRANSACTION: $1.03 MONEYMAKER!

Note: We paid a grand total of $0.00 out of pocket today. We were able to use ECBs to pay most of the “price at register” on each transaction, and then we paid the remainder with gift cards earned previously at CVS. This is not a factor in how much we saved/profited, as we treat ECBs and gift cards just like cash for accounting purposes when breaking down our trip summaries.

THE TOTAL BOTTOM LINE FOR ALL PURCHASES: There is only one “bottom line” calculation for these transactions because there was no sales tax on any of the items. We made a profit of $18.09 and received $161.02 of merchandise when calculated at regular prices, a savings of 111.2%. Then we went out for breakfast and spent about that much money