This post will examine how to search for a deal when you find a high dollar value coupon in your inserts. I saw the $3/1 Purex coupon three weeks ago when I was in Nashville (took a little trip to the recycle bin and stocked up on inserts while I was in town). I just knew that I would be able to find a good deal with this coupon if I held onto it. I was really hoping for free Purex 3-in-1 sheets. Thankfully I found some.
You won't be able to do this deal unless you got a raincheck from Rite-Aid last week on the Purex 3-in-1 sheets (sorry, just posting as an example of how to spot a good deal). I was reading my circular for Rite-Aid and saw that the Purex sheets were on sale for B1G1 last week. I went out to Rite-Aid's website and started searching through the video values sections to see what other items I could get for "free" or "free with overage." I had read on a few websites that there was a $5/$25 Rite Aid coupon. I grabbed it. I had also read on "I Prefer Publix" about the Boudreaux's Butt paste deal so I searched for the video values Q and grabbed it. I went to Rite Aid last week looking for both the sheets and the butt paste and they were out of both so I picked up rainchecks.
I combined all of the above to score my deal. Sometimes you have to think outside the box to make a deal work. You have to go looking for a deal instead of having it handed to you on a blog. Some of my best deals come from my experience as a couponer by searching for things on my own. I encourage you to do the same as it will make you a better couponer.
**As an encouragement......you often times become a better couponer by having a deal fail or by working a deal really hard but then having it turn out completely different than you thought it would because you forgot a coupon or you didn't understand the way the deal worked. So, don't get discouraged when things don't work out. Just remember that you are gaining experience and that experience will come in handy one day.
Here's the deal:
4 Purex 3-in-1 sheets $8.99 (B1G1 price of $4.50 ea)
- $3/1 Q from 8/15 RP
= $1.50 ea.
1 Boudreaux's Butt Paste $9.99 (sale price of $3.99 ea)
- $3/1 Video Values Q
- $2/1 Q from 4/11 SS
= FREE + $1.00 overage
1 Boudreaux's Butt Paste $9.99 (sale price of $3.99 ea)
- $3/1 Video Values Q
- $1/1 peelie on package (doesn't expire until 12/2013)
= FREE
$5/25 Rite Aid Q
TOTAL: $55.94
TOTAL AFTER COUPONS: $1.36
SAVINGS: 98%
NOTE: I still have a raincheck for 8 more of the Purex 3-in-1 sheets (they only had 4 on the shelf and my raincheck was for 12). The cashier just crossed out the 12 and wrote in 8 and then signed it. Hopefully I won't have any trouble with this in the future but I did take her name down in case I needed to reference it with the manager when I come in to get the rest of them.
NOTE: Does anyone know if you can use two Rite Aid Video value Q's for the same product in one transaction? The second Boudreaux's butt paste Rite Aid video values Q beeped and she put it through because I told her that I had spoken with the manager about using two of the Q's when he wrote me the raincheck. Do I need to do two separate transactions when using a video values Q for an item. When I printed the Q from my computer I just printed two copies since it gave me the option on my printer to do that. Do the Q's have separate identifier numbers on them. If you know the answer to this question please post it here (Brandy maybe)?
You won't be able to do this deal unless you got a raincheck from Rite-Aid last week on the Purex 3-in-1 sheets (sorry, just posting as an example of how to spot a good deal). I was reading my circular for Rite-Aid and saw that the Purex sheets were on sale for B1G1 last week. I went out to Rite-Aid's website and started searching through the video values sections to see what other items I could get for "free" or "free with overage." I had read on a few websites that there was a $5/$25 Rite Aid coupon. I grabbed it. I had also read on "I Prefer Publix" about the Boudreaux's Butt paste deal so I searched for the video values Q and grabbed it. I went to Rite Aid last week looking for both the sheets and the butt paste and they were out of both so I picked up rainchecks.
I combined all of the above to score my deal. Sometimes you have to think outside the box to make a deal work. You have to go looking for a deal instead of having it handed to you on a blog. Some of my best deals come from my experience as a couponer by searching for things on my own. I encourage you to do the same as it will make you a better couponer.
**As an encouragement......you often times become a better couponer by having a deal fail or by working a deal really hard but then having it turn out completely different than you thought it would because you forgot a coupon or you didn't understand the way the deal worked. So, don't get discouraged when things don't work out. Just remember that you are gaining experience and that experience will come in handy one day.
Here's the deal:
4 Purex 3-in-1 sheets $8.99 (B1G1 price of $4.50 ea)
- $3/1 Q from 8/15 RP
= $1.50 ea.
1 Boudreaux's Butt Paste $9.99 (sale price of $3.99 ea)
- $3/1 Video Values Q
- $2/1 Q from 4/11 SS
= FREE + $1.00 overage
1 Boudreaux's Butt Paste $9.99 (sale price of $3.99 ea)
- $3/1 Video Values Q
- $1/1 peelie on package (doesn't expire until 12/2013)
= FREE
$5/25 Rite Aid Q
TOTAL: $55.94
TOTAL AFTER COUPONS: $1.36
SAVINGS: 98%
NOTE: I still have a raincheck for 8 more of the Purex 3-in-1 sheets (they only had 4 on the shelf and my raincheck was for 12). The cashier just crossed out the 12 and wrote in 8 and then signed it. Hopefully I won't have any trouble with this in the future but I did take her name down in case I needed to reference it with the manager when I come in to get the rest of them.
NOTE: Does anyone know if you can use two Rite Aid Video value Q's for the same product in one transaction? The second Boudreaux's butt paste Rite Aid video values Q beeped and she put it through because I told her that I had spoken with the manager about using two of the Q's when he wrote me the raincheck. Do I need to do two separate transactions when using a video values Q for an item. When I printed the Q from my computer I just printed two copies since it gave me the option on my printer to do that. Do the Q's have separate identifier numbers on them. If you know the answer to this question please post it here (Brandy maybe)?
4 comments:
Kelly, most of the video value coupons have unique bar codes now, so when you print one from your account and use it, that's it, it's no more good, even to use with another card.
However, if you printed a video value coupon from another account, then you could use both in the same transaction.
But you wouldn't be able to use it again with the other account.
Thanks for your comment Melissa. I really appreciate it!
Thanks for always helping/encouraging us to think outside the box...I think that's why I love coming to your site so much!!!
Thanks Thrifty T. :) I love that you still come to my site. Glad to know that someone is still reading.
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