[crosscountrysoccermom]

I have a 5/30 CVS coupon & 10.00 ECB. Have the following mfc coupons:

(1)Save 1.00 Playtex Glide
(1)Save 1.00 Clearasil
(1)Save 1.00 Revlon Color Cosmetic Product
(1)Save 1.00 Colgate Total
(2) Save 1.00 on any 1 Bandaid

I also have some of the Nivea coupons.

Thank you.

[mrsfloyd]

Well you could do this:

1 playtex 3.99
1 clearasil 3.99
1 revlon 3.99
1 colgate 2.99
2 bandaids (2.99x2) 5.98
2 speedstick (3.99x2) 7.98
1 filler 1.50

subtotal: $30.42

Use:
5/30
(1)Save 1.00 Playtex Glide
(1)Save 1.00 Clearasil
(1)Save 1.00 Revlon Color Cosmetic Product
(1)Save 1.00 Colgate Total
(2) Save 1.00 on any 1 Bandaid
10.00 ECBs

Pay $9.42 + tax
Get back a total of $23.97 ECBs. If you account for the cash you pay and the $10 ECB you use, it's still a $4.55 profit.




If you happen to have one of the 'up to $30' Contour/Breeze2 coupons, you could work a cheaper deal to make more money:

1 Breeze2 19.99
1 clearasil 3.99
1 playtex 3.99
1 colgate 2.99
1 revlon 3.99
2 bandaids 5.98

subtotal: 40.93

use:
5/30
10.00 ecb
'up to $30' Breeze2 coupon (*19.99)
(1)Save 1.00 Playtex Glide
(1)Save 1.00 Clearasil
(1)Save 1.00 Revlon Color Cosmetic Product
(1)Save 1.00 Colgate Total
(2) Save 1.00 on any 1 Bandaid

Your subtotal after coupons will either be -$0.06 (with tax then added back in) or $0.00 (again w/ tax added back in) depending on whether the cashier decides to adjust down the last coupon you hand them.

Pay basically $0.00 + tax
Get back: $15.99 ECBs
- $5.99 profit after accounting for the $10 ECB you spent in the transaction

So you would get back less total, but you'd have a much better OOP and a slightly better profit. If you do have one of those coupons (or, hey, $20 worth of ANY coupons that would happen to make items free if possible) I would definitely go w/ option # 2.

Oh and you could then go and get some of the free-after-ecb speedstick with some of your ecbs if you wanted to, and of course have a $0.00 OOP.

[Drea]

WOW, thats great figuring......thanks

[crosscountrysoccermom]

Thank you mrsfloyd.