I written many times about the awesome deals you can get at CVS, but I’ve lost a bit of the enthusiasm I once had. Not too long ago savvy CVS shoppers were treated to a feast of free products and plenty of coupons to make the deals even better, but things seem to have changed. Here’s a few of the reasons I’m not as keen on CVS anymore:

1. Fewer deals. What was free after Extra Care Bucks for July? Tampons and panty liners. Somehow as a 6 foot tall man I have trouble getting excited about that. Of course they did have the free photo books last week, but overall the deals haven’t been great this month, and they weren’t especially good in June either. Hopefully August will see and improvement in the deals.
2. Fewer coupons. Six months ago it seemed like there was always a plethora of coupons out there to make your CVS deals even better. Now the classic $ off $$ coupons are nowhere to be found, and most serious shoppers aren’t getting coupons on their receipts anymore either. And don’t post a link to a CVS coupon if they do by some miracle release one, or the CVS gestapo will come after you!
3. More coupon nazis. It seems like a lot of the CVS stores in the Houston area have decided coupon shoppers are public enemy number one. There have been numerous reports of stores only allowing a single CVS coupon per visit (and including the Extra Care Bucks in that limit) and refusals of coupons printed from the CVS website. I got this last month when trying to redeem a transferred prescription coupon, which was refused initially with a BS story that my prescription was subsidized through Medicare (sorry, I’m middle class, so I get nothing from the government except a tax bill) and then refused because it was a “copy”. I was so mad I called Walgreens from the CVS pharmacy counter and transferred the prescription over there, and they accepted my CVS coupon without issue. It is sad when Walgreens is willing to accept a CVS coupon but CVS isn’t!

So there is my explanation for being down on CVS right now. Thankfully Walgreens seems to be getting better with the deals, and they have even had $5 of $20 purchase coupons on multiple occasions over the last few months.

Tags: Coupons, CVS, Extra Care Bucks, Walgreens

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