I love CVS deals, and here are two more where you can actually make money. As always YMMV, but here are the details:
1. Purchase the Breeze2 blood glucose monitor, receive $9.99 in ECB (limit 5, good for all of Jan 2008). The monitor is on sale for $9.99 all month, and if you can find or still have the blue and white CVS diabetes booklet that was released in November there is a $50 off coupon for the Breeze2 inside. The fine folks over at SD have largely reported three possible outcomes to trying to use the coupon on this deal:
- The coupon is processed for $9.99 off, making the monitor free and generating the $9.99 ECBs. The coupon will require a manual override.
- The coupon is processed for $50 off, making the monitor free and giving you an overage of $40. This one is pretty rare that you’ll find someone with the authority to process the coupon and the attitude to allow you to take another $40 of stuff for nothing. Some people have been able to do it, but don’t count on it.
- The coupon is refused, either by citing the statement on the back that says no other discounts apply, or by arguing that you can’t use the coupon on it since it is already on sale. Worst case scenario.
2. Purchase two of the Contour blood glucose monitors, get $10 in ECBs (limit 1, good for the week ending 1/12/2008 only). This is the same type of deal as the Breeze2, although not as well known. You can use the same coupon from the diabetes booklet to get the Contour for free. The advertised deal on this is to buy one of the monitors and a box of the testing strips, but the CVS computers can’t handle the require of one of each, so it is essentially any two. The price on the monitor is $14.99 each.
Did I also mention there is a rebate in the box for these monitors for the purchase price up to $40 and $50, respectively? Just be sure to black out the coupons and total so it isn’t obvious you paid nothing for it, and you should get the register price back. Don’t worry if the rebate form is expired, either. I called today and they said they will process the rebates even if the form is expired. And there is no limit to the number of rebates you can submit. That means that including the ECBs you’ll make $19.57 ($9.99 + 9.99 – 0.41) on each Breeze2 and $39.16 ($14.99 + 14.99 + 10.00 – 0.82) on each pair of Contour monitors.
Another hint is that if you can’t find the CVS diabetes books, there was also a manufacturer coupon in the newspaper a few months ago. Reportedly there are several for sale on eBay if you need them.
Unfortunately I still haven’t found the Breeze2, but I was able to find four of the Contours to complete the deal on both of our cards and now have $20 in ECB in my pocket. I also found six pennies at the CVS stores I stopped at. Add all of this to my “Frugal Funds” total and YTD I have $148.00 derived from my being a cheap bastard! Of course once the rebates come I can add another $59.96 to that total.
Happy hunting!
