[brouhaha]

Hi All You Wags Experts. Here's what I have in terms of coupons (NOTE: haven't gotten to the store yet to get the Diabetes coupon book or the November coupons yet):

2 BOGO Herbal Essence coupons
3 $2 off Lubriderm
3 $1 off J&J
$1 on campbell's cooking soups
$1 on three dial multibar packs, foaming washes or liquid hand soap
2 Save .50 on Dial antibacterial foaming soap
1 BOGO on Tag
1 Buy 2 get 1 on Tag
$1 off gillette
Free body wash with Gillette

I have the following RR amounts/Suppliers
$7 unilever
$3 chapstick
$3 chapstick
$1 trident
$1 halls
$1 halls
$1 trident
$2 unilever
$4 no specific mfr

What is my best way to use them in order to make good RR purchases. Note, I'm interested in doing the Almay deal too if I can.

Much appreciated to all of you who have helped me develop a new hobby!

[becaroo1975]

okay, here is what I see....

Now, of course you will need the Diabetes and You book

buy this in the first trans:

Almay Pure Blends foundation 9.99
Almay Pure Blends Mascara 6.99
3 Lubriderm 6 oz 3.79x 3
1 gillette deo 4.00
1 gillette body wash 4.00
2 Herbal Essence 7.00
3 J&J products 8.97
2 cambells soups $1
Dial $1.99
6 cheap fillers (halloween clearance?)

Total b4 coupons: $54.81 plus fillers

use these coupons

3 Lubriderm q's
$1 off Gillette
bogo Gillette Body Wash
bogo Herbal Essence
3 J&J $1 off q's
Campbells q
Dial q
D&Y coupon for Lubriderm

Use all your rr's and your oop will be $3.32 plus fillers

Get back these rr's: 10, 5 (Almay), 8 Lubriderm, 2 Gillette, 2 Herbal Essence, 8 J&J, 1 Dial $14 MM... Yay. Not bad for a Newbie.

Then do this next transaction:
2 Herbal Essence
Almay Pure Blends Foundation
Almay Pure Blends Mascara
3 Tag body sprays
1 Dial

Use both Tag q's, dial q, $8 from Lubriderm, $8 from J&J, $2 from Gillette deal (P&G) ... dont worry, this one is rolling.

oop will be .98 plus tax and you will get back $10, $5, $2, $2, $1 $2 MM.

So you started with $23 in RR's and will end with $36 in rr's plus got all the products. All of this depends on your Wags working with the BOGO Almay. Some are only giving 50% off second item. Just depends. I have 4 stores near me and 3 were BOGO and 1 was 50% off so YMMV.

Hope this helps you

[becaroo1975]

And of course, keep doing the Almay deal as long as it works and use the $2 rr's to bring your oop down. You will pay around $6 but get $15 in rr's.

[brouhaha]

I TRIED to do the deals exactly as you described (thank you so much for the guidance). Issue was no one WAGS had everything I needed. End of day, my OOP was higher than I had hoped, but I came home with lots of goodies and now have $48 in RR to use instead. I just wish the stores had more inventory available -- really can make things seem tricky when you're hunting around, with a list, and then find yourself only able to locate about 1/2 of what you need at any given store. But, a special find -- 2 of my Tag sprays rang up at 149 each which was nice because the Lubriderm at my NJ store is 4.29 a bottle. PS - Found some $2 off peelies on J&J products -- some sort of bandage with neosporin in them. Just check the exp. dates, as they seem to be passed already.

[williamsmom2]

Originally Posted by becaroo1975

okay, here is what I see....

Now, of course you will need the Diabetes and You book

buy this in the first trans:

Almay Pure Blends foundation 9.99
Almay Pure Blends Mascara 6.99
3 Lubriderm 6 oz 3.79x 3
1 gillette deo 4.00
1 gillette body wash 4.00
2 Herbal Essence 7.00
3 J&J products 8.97
2 cambells soups $1
Dial $1.99
6 cheap fillers (halloween clearance?)

Total b4 coupons: $54.81 plus fillers

use these coupons

3 Lubriderm q's
$1 off Gillette
bogo Gillette Body Wash
bogo Herbal Essence
3 J&J $1 off q's
Campbells q
Dial q
D&Y coupon for Lubriderm

Use all your rr's and your oop will be $3.32 plus fillers

Get back these rr's: 10, 5 (Almay), 8 Lubriderm, 2 Gillette, 2 Herbal Essence, 8 J&J, 1 Dial $14 MM... Yay. Not bad for a Newbie.

Then do this next transaction:
2 Herbal Essence
Almay Pure Blends Foundation
Almay Pure Blends Mascara
3 Tag body sprays
1 Dial

Use both Tag q's, dial q, $8 from Lubriderm, $8 from J&J, $2 from Gillette deal (P&G) ... dont worry, this one is rolling.

oop will be .98 plus tax and you will get back $10, $5, $2, $2, $1 $2 MM.

So you started with $23 in RR's and will end with $36 in rr's plus got all the products. All of this depends on your Wags working with the BOGO Almay. Some are only giving 50% off second item. Just depends. I have 4 stores near me and 3 were BOGO and 1 was 50% off so YMMV.

Hope this helps you

I am impressed! Figuring something like that would have taken me hours ! But the more I do deals at Wags, the easier it gets. Hopefully soon I'll be able to get my time down to just 1 hour

[marycoupon879]

Where would I find the Diabetes and You book??

[Retsbar2Go]

The J&J and the Lubriderm is for the same $8RR.......will you get(2) $8 RR's if you do them BOTH in One Transaction?

[becaroo1975]

Originally Posted by Retsbar2Go

The J&J and the Lubriderm is for the same $8RR.......will you get(2) $8 RR's if you do them BOTH in One Transaction?

no, I didn't realize that when I told her about the deal. Good thing she didn't find everything she needed.. ! But evidently, you can buy any three items that are shown in the box of the flier so if your store only has 2 Lubriderm you can grab a j & j product and you will get your rr.

I try to get to the stores early on Sunday or on Thurs and Fri when they restock. Altho this weekend, I will b hitting all the 24 hour Wags in Madison(about an hour away) to get my meters because I counted up my coupons and shamefully, I have over a hundred. I had some left from the last go round and scored alot this time too. Most stores can only order 15 of each kind but my fav store ordered 30 of each just for me but I'll never get out of there with that many. The cranky asst mgr will block the door or something.

[brouhaha]

I actually realized that both the Lubriderm and the J&J RR were the same when I went to pay for a transaction for one with the other and I didn't get the RR and had to pay out of pocket a larger % of cash. Was in the store WAY TOO LONG but got it resolved kinda in the end.

[williamsmom2]

Originally Posted by marycoupon879

Where would I find the Diabetes and You book??

Diabetes & You book was on the Pharmacy counter when I went. HTH