Ok, shopping at CVS is like investing.... On your first transaction you will INVEST some money.
Like this week. I took hubby and he bought Crest Pro Health $3.49 OOP and he got $3.49 right back as an ECB. He just kept using his ECB to buy 1 more, doing this, until there were no more toothpaste on the shelf. At the end he still had a $3.49 ECB. I took that and bought the make-up. $8.99 minus the $3.49 ECB making OOP $5.50 plus tax, if you had the $3.00 of Q, it would be $2.50 plus tax
Got a $8.99 ECB back
so in reality, that night we were OOP $8.99 plus tax
but left with $8.99 ECB
We also left with
8 Crest ProHealth
7 Mineral Make-up with the brushes
So our investment paid off and we still have $8.99 to invest again, because we will keep rolling it over. You try to figure how to spend it to get the same amount or more back.
Once you get the hang and investment, your stuff will be free, or you will pay less than a $1 and if you have Q's to go with the free stuff, they become "money makers" Yeah!
The way I see it, you leave the store with the Free stuff and more ECB's with as litte OOP as possible!
Hope this helps, and good luck!
Look at the Black Friday ads and make you a plan. Buy, turn around and use ECB, buy turn around and use ECB's, and so on! Don't forget your Q's!!
