Another Rite Aid Trip, Another Money Maker!

Transaction #1:
Bought:
2 Stayfree Maxi Pads (on sale Buy 1 Get 1 50% Off) $4.29 each
1 Visine All Day Itchy Relief .17 oz $12.99
1 Motrin PM 40 count $4.99
1 Johnson first Aid tape $1.99

Coupons:
1, $5/$25 Rite Aid coupon printable
1, bogo free staygree 1/3 RP (made the 50% off item $2.14 FREE)
1, $1.00 Stayfree coupon from a mailing
1, $3.00 Visine in-ad coupon
1, $3.00 Visine coupon 3/14 RP
1, $1.00 Motrin coupon 3/14 RP
1, $1.00 Johnson first aid 1/3 RP

Paid: $9.26


Transaction #2:

Bought:
1 Neosporin Cream $3.99
1 Band-aid Brand Bandages $1.99
1 KY Yours & Mine Couples Lubricant $14.99
1 Johnson’s bedtime bath $4.49

Coupons:
$5/$25 Rite Aid coupon
1, $1.00 Johnsons Baby in-ad coupon
1, $1.00 Johnson’s coupon printable
1, $3.00/2 Neosporin/Band-aid coupon 2/21 SS

Paid: Zero (paid with a gift card). Would have been $17.40 if I'd paid out of pocket.

Total from both transactions:

Will get back $25 Single Check Rebate #24 Making my total cost FREE! Plus a $15.74 moneymaker! Plus I'll probably auction off the yours and mine on e-bay making this a bigger money maker.

As I mentioned in my last Rite Aid post, I shop for my mom and grandma since they aren't Rite Aid shoppers. If you're just shopping for yourself you can only do one Single Check Rebate per household.

Johnson and Johnson for FREE, $16.41 Money Maker!

So the Rite Aid I typically go to now knows me and they tend to believe me when I tell them things like, "yes, you can use a bogo coupon on a bogo 1/2 off". If in doubt they refer to the coupon policy that I gave them. The other one about 3 blocks from the first, not so much. I have to fight with them (in a nice way, usually) constantly. So much so, I almost dread stepping in the store. In any case between the two stores I was able to get everything I needed.

Transaction 1

Bought:
1 KY yours and mine $14.99 (the bottles are inside the package, yes I checked this time)
1 Johnson and Johnson baby bath $4.29

Coupons:
1, $5.00 off $20 RA
1, $1.00 off J&J Man. (for some reason this one didn't scan and I was too tired to fight)
1, $1.00 off J&J RA in ad
1, $2.00 off KY (I didn't have anymore of the $5.00 off)
1, $2.00 off skin care item $2.99 or more wellness CRT

Paid:
$10.14 OOP ($19.28 towards spend $50.00 get $25.00 SCR on J&J products)

Transaction 2

Bought:
1 J&J oatmeal baby lotion $4.29
1 J&J oatmeal baby bath $4.29
1 visine $7.49
1 Neosporin $3.99
1 Band Aid $1.99

Coupons:
1, $5.00 off $20 RA
1, $3.00 visine RA in ad
1, $2.00 visine Man.
1, $3.00 off bandaid and neosporin
1, $1.00 off J&J RA in ad
1, $1.00 off J&J Value Video
1, $1.00 off J&J Man.
1, $1.00 off J&J Man.

Paid:
$5.44 OOP ($22.05 towards SCR)

Transaction 3

Bought:
2 Cortaid $3.99 each
3 First Aid tape $1.99 each
2 Renpure shampoos $6.99 bogo

Coupons:
1, $5.00 off 20 RA
2, $2.00 off cortaid
1, $3.00 of renpure RA value video
3, $1.00 off J&J first aid product

Paid:
$Zero, I paid with a gift card I got from the heart health rebate ($13.95 to the SCR)

Total for all 3 transactions= $15.58! and I qualify for the $25.00 J&J rebate for a money maker of $9.42! Plus I'll submit for the $6.99 Renpure try me free rebate (on a hang tag around the bottle), making this deal a $16.41 moneymaker!! Plus I'll auction the KY off on e-bay hopefully for $10 bucks or so.

Note: Transaction 3 would have cost $5.50 if I hadn't paid with a gift card, making the OOP $21.08, still a $3.92 money maker (even if you never bothered to submit for the Renpure)!

Weekend Rite Aid Trips

Here's several transactions worth of goods:

All together I spent $101.56 (yes that's a lot and that's AFTER coupons, so the value of the items pre-sale and coupon price was really high) but wait... here's what I'll get back

$20.00 on the Alli ($10 SCR times 2)
$23.97 on the gel tears ($7.99 times 3)
$6.00 on the colgate ($2.00 times 3)
$10.00 on the KY intense ($5.00 times 2)-One KY and a pack of gum is missing, want to know why? See my last post.

Total $59.97 back in Single Check Rebates plus I earned 2, $25 Rite Aid gift cards from the Healthy Heart promotion (alli $49.99 plus a soy joy bar at $1.00 to put me over the $50.00 I needed to spend to get the $25 card).

So if you subtract the two gift cards (I don't since they are store specific) it's like I spent $9.97 for everything above.

But wait... (I feel like an infomercial now), I plan to auction off the alli and the KY and anticipate I'll make around $30.00 each for the allis ($60.00 total) and $15.00 each for the KYs ($30.00) for a total moneymaker (fingers crossed) of approximately $30.00 and 2, $25 gift cards!

Reasons You Should Check your Reciepts and Products

before leaving the store...

1. You won't get charged for two frozen pizzas when you in fact purchased one.
2. You won't return home from Rite Aid to take photos of the KY intense gel that you planned to auction on e-bay to find that the package was in fact opened, and the product is missing.

Ugg...I noticed the pizza right away, and went back to the customer service desk (strangely she asked me to bring out the pizza...umm your cashier charged me for two but gave me one, what am I suppose to show you, the pizza you never gave me??)

But in all honesty never thought to check the KY box to make sure the gel was actually in the packaging. When I got home I noticed the box was a little bent on the bottom. Upon closer inspection, the seal was broken and the product was missing. Note to self, stop going to the Sketchy Rite Aid, where people steal things. Perhaps those folks need a lesson on coupons so they can legally "steal" goods and keep their dirty little mitts off my coupon deals.

Hopefully when I return to Rite Aid they will be understanding, I would imagine they know the demographics of people that shop at that location and won't think I'm trying to scam them, but lately Rite Aid has really hassled me with coupons (insisting that value video coupons are manufacturers coupons and not letting me stack without a fight). Cross your fingers for me

Update: The empty box was returned tonight and I actually received the product I paid for without any problems.