[dustin2012]

Originally Posted by monkeydawn

You will have to be above $30 after use of the 10% coupon. And the 10% will only be off of sale items but if the 10%is greater than the sale price you will get the 10% instead. Sale for the purposes of RA shopping means a reduced price, not just if you earn an Ups for buying the item. So if it is reg price and you earn an Ups, you could use the 10%. Some cashiers are confused about that but that is the way it works.

~~ Greater than sale price i.e. 10% brings total under $30 you will only get the 10%. I think is what I got from that.

So if the price is reduced and/or I can get UPS for the product it's considered a sale item to which I can apply the 10% off? Quick sample:

Misc items OOP cost: $35 (say they qualify for the $30 for $10UPS making them sale items)
I can then apply 10%: -$3.50
Total: $31.50 (since this is still above $30 I can still get my $10 UP
Then apply coupons as normal

I am glad you took my comments in the manner that they were being offered. I had hoped I wasnt being too much of a downer, just trying to offer honest feedback of my perceptions. You are doing a great job!

Thank you. No problems. Personally I feel since I've been couponing more sweets (skinny cow, m&ms, twix, etc) have been bought. I think I can wait until the candy seasons. I'm applying for a summer job at Rite-Aid so we'll see how that goes.

I have CVS, Wags and RA. CVS has been the best game in town for awhile now IMO. In fact I recently dropped Wags, I still monitor the deal going on there but nothings happened in a couple of months that has gotten me into the store. Part of that may be the RA and CVS are more plentiful around here so there is more inventory to work with. I still love RA because of the SCR deals but I find myself checking CVS more than RA these days.

If you do start to shop CVS and you think you are going to be buying stuff that falls under the Beauty Club, be sure to register for that on line. BC members get $5 ECB back for every $50 they spend on BC items. Also register yourself as a girl. BC Girls get a $3 ECB on their BDay, boys dont seem to.

Haha, ways to get around the system
Yeah, I shopped at Wags like twice and the deals were so so. When I discovered RA and the UPS program I think I'll be shopping there a lot more. (My card has reached 93pts since 4/24/12. It might even be a shorter time period because my first RA trip may have been a week to a week and a half after that date.

My only problem with CVS is it's probably a 40 minute round trip. So if they have the gas points it may be worth it. If it's only ECB's it might not be as efficient. Sadly that's the same story for kmart and target. It would be awesome if they opened a store closer, but CVS would be competing with three drug stores and kmart/target competing with a super walmart

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