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Michele Easter,
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Deal Divas 4
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"I was a little nervous to do the
Herbal Essences deal at Rite Aid
this week. The store had a BOGO on
their shampoo and conditioner and I
had a BOGO coupon for the same
thing. I knew it would make both
products free, but I read many
stories of being shot down or being
told no by the manager who had no
idea how coupons worked. However,
this deal was too good to pass up,
so I decided to forge ahead and
try. As soon as I saw it posted on
Refund Cents, I traded for 29
coupons through the RC trading
boards. When my coupons came, I
headed out to my first Rite Aid
store and got two bottles. When I
used one coupon and got them both
for 24 cents without comment from
the cashier, I knew I was on to
something great! I went back for
more from that store and hit two
more stores, neither of which gave
me a problem. I ended up getting 58
bottles for free except for tax. My
cashiers all commented on what a
good deal I was getting and asked
where I get my coupons. I told them
I belong to a great club!!
And...what was I going to do with
all of them? I told them I would
have fabulous hair for at least 2
years to come. I love this hobby!"
Julie Stroup North Carolina
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"My family LOVES cereal!
They eat it for meals, as
well as snacks. I was
thrilled when I realized
that
WalMart had the
cereal on sale for $1.50/box
and I had some $3 coupons
and a lot of $1.50 coupons.
After 2 trips to WalMart, I
bought 17 boxes of cereal
that would've cost $51 and
they paid me $3 to bring
them home!!! And half of the
boxes have coupons on them!!
And to think that this time
last year, I was paying full
price for cereal!!!! I LOVE
COUPONING!!!!!
Many thanks to all those on
this site who share their
great finds! I treasure
this site!"
Tonya Wilson
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 "My
mommy and I were able to get 59 packs of
character Band-Aids for free last week!
Walgreens had the Johnson and Johnson
bandaids, including the character
band-aids, on sale for $1.99 with the
in-ad coupon. My mommy had two
Walgreens activity books that she bought
earlier in the summer which contained
multiple Walgreens
coupons for kids items. One of
the coupons was good for $2 off any
character band-aid. We stopped at
several Walgreens during the week and
picked up a few each time - and since it
was a Walgreens coupon, it took $2 off
each pack no matter how many we bought.
Only one cashier insisted on keeping the
coupon so my mommy was able to use the
second one multiple times. My Aunt Dawn
(also a RC member) found more activity
books and my mommy bought 5 more from
her just in case any of the other
cashiers decided to keep the coupon. Two
of the stores we stopped at also didn't
have any character band-aids in stock,
so my mom got rain checks so we can pick
up a few more packs later. We're all set
for when I'm old enough to get ouchies,
even though it's a long way off!!"
Dana Schrader, IN |
" The
stars must have been aligned for us the
week we did this. My family and I
bought 25 boxes of Capri Sun and 50 bags
of Nabisco 8oz. bags of cookies. We
will be getting the 25 Easy Mac to send
in for the rebate. The cookies were no
longer on sale at Wal-Mart, but we asked
them to special order them anyways.
First that ordered the multi packs -
they then had to order the right ones.
By the time they came in the cookies
were in Targets add for $1.00. :) So we
price matched at Wal-Mart with Target
and used the coupons I had collected for
everyone. We will send in for the
rebate and get everything pictured for
free. Pictured at the top is big AJ
(neighbor) with my son AJ, Middle row is
Tucker and Parker (both neighbors) and
bottom row is Kiahanna (neighbor) and my
daughter Sarah. Needless to say our
place is the place they like to be at.
:)" Marci Eckroth |
"Can’t beat FREE. I am rather new to
RefundCents and I am so thankful that my
friend finally talked me into joining. I
was a little leery at first, but thank
goodness I came to my senses (or is
cents’!). For the past 3 months I have
slowly been learning ‘all the tricks of
the trade’ and this past month was my
best ever. I was able to get about 100
free cans of soup (thanks to all my
family, friends, neighbors and ladies at
work for helping me print off coupons!),
Airwick Air Fresheners, Rubber Gloves,
Candy, Pop, Health Choice meals (loved
that deal at Kroger’s), Laundry Soap,
Tin foil, Toilet paper, Toothpaste,
Razors, Shampoo and the list goes on
and on. The items in the picture are
just a sneak peak into what my basement
really holds! I am getting to the point
where I need my husband to build some
shelves, the boxes are not going to do
it! I can not thank everyone enough on
how helpful all the postings and updates
are, they really have helped me out
during my ‘training’. I have become a
coupon/best deal addict (and love it!).
My husband now
asking me every time I come home from
the store – “so how little did you
spend?” I even threw in a few things in
my sister’s garage sale and made $115.00
(not bad for my first time). My plan is
to get my two kids together and help me
gather most of the free soup and other
items and donate them to the local Food
Pantry and Homeless shelter. My sister
and family have fallen on hard times
(both out of work and 5 kids) so I plan
on giving the rest to her. My family is
just amazed at all the deals I come home
with, and all the thanks go to
RefundCents and all the subscribers!
Thanks again - From the newbie. Looking
forward to all the deals we plan to get
at Christmas!" Tricia L, OH |
 "Thanks
to all you wonderful people I was able
to make this deal better. I live in a
relatively
small town in Texas, but I can
get the
Dallas and Austin newspapers from
the gas station by my house. I usually
pick up 1 Dallas paper since its $3.00,
and 2 Austin papers now $2.00, but I
sent my husband to pick up the papers
and I ended up with two of each. Any way
I had already thrown the papers in the
recycling bin when I checked the
"Centsible Chat" and it said that
Parade magazine had a $3.00
Surf coupon. So I dug through the
recycling bin and pulled out all 4
Parade Magazine's. Wal-mart had the
40 load boxes of Surf for $4.50 a box.
Lucky for me there were only 4 boxes
left. With my (4) $3.00 coupons they
were $1.50 a box. The
Glade Sense and Sprays were at
Wal-mart for $5.00 each. I had (4) $4.00
coupons from the 8/23 smart source and
they were $1.00 each. For the Glade
Soy candles I had a $2.00 coupon
for a 3 wick candle and a $3.00 coupon
on any size from the August All You
magazine. The 4.9 oz was $3.00 free
after coupon, and the 3 wick candle
was $4.50, and $2.50 after coupon. I am
so proud of the deal. My son was
impressed, but unfortunately my husband,
the rest of my family, and friends do
not share in my joy.
Surf
$18.00
Q's $12.00
OOP $6.00
Glade Sense and Spray
$20.00
Q's $16.00
OOP $4.00
Soy Candles
$7.50
Q's $5.00
OOP $2.50
Total: $45.50
OOP with tax: $13.53"
Bryttani Hasty |
 "My
little girl Heaven and I took advantage
of the RiteAid deals posted on Chat. We
printed the $1 off coupons on Johnson &
Johnson website first, then watched the
RA video to get $5 off $20. J&J products
were on sale $2.99 each. Some even had
blue peelies on them for $1 off. So we
bought ten products @$2.99 minus $10
worth of coupons and also bought one
Suave Lotion on sale for $1.99 minus $1
coupon from Sunday paper. We also used
the $5 off $20 coupon. Then we will send
off for the $1 Suave rebate and the $15
J&J rebate and also the Fall Gift of
Savings $5 rebate. So in all I spent
$13.90 out of pocket, but after rebates
will get all our money back and have a
profit of $6.10. My messy little girl
will be clean, clean, clean." Sheri
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"Banshee is patiently waiting for Abbi to finish her portion of Chef Michaels Canine Creations (yes, cats love it too). My deal started the day before when I went to my local PetSmart to finish buying the Fancy Feast Appetizers for Cats 2 for 1s. I was walking thru the isles waiting for my son to come pick me up when I noticed on the dog side of the store the Chef Michaels 2 for 1 deal. Buy 2 cans for .89. These packages also had the coupons on top for up to $1 off a can. I thought I had coupons left from the last deal on these. To my horror I did not. But I was not going to let this get me down. I just went to the store and purchased 10 2 for 1 cans (which cost me more than my entire deal at this store. It was worth it though). After going out to my car a couple of times and cutting the coupons off then going back into the store and buying 10 more. I decided to talk to the store manager and see if he would work with me on this. I told him no matter how I did it I was going to be buying all of the 2 for 1 packages he had on the shelf. I explained to him this would make it easier on myself and his checker if I could just take all of the cans off of the shelf and go to a register not being used and cut all of the coupons off then do them all at one time. He said that he did not see any problem doing this (he even went and got me a cart). After clearing off the shelves and 15 minutes of cutting coupons off the packages I was finally ready to check out. At this store my final purchase was before coupons $126.11 after coupons $19.31 and I got 130 2 for 1 packages (260 cans total). After this excitement I thought I would try another PetSmart in a neighboring town. They did not have as many cans so I just kept going into the store and buying 10 at a time. I was able to get 50 2 for 1 packages there (100 cans total) and one of the cool reusable bags that gives 20% back to a PetSmart Charity. At this store my final purchase before coupons was $48.62 after coupons $4.01. I forgot to mention that I got the reusable bag free also because on one of my purchases I got the survey for $3 off my next purchase.
My final total after both stores. 180 2 for 1 packages (360 cans total) and reusable bag. Final purchase before coupons $178.10 after coupons $23.32."
Marde Swigart
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"This is one of my great shopping sprees at Kmart. I had some problems with the registers but that's normal....if you've done Kmart doubles before. All in all, it was a good day and I was able to score all of this for about $14. Not bad, for over $400 in products. I made around $3,900 in my yard sales this summer. Thanks so much for teaching me how to save money and make money. Also, these are my daughters Katee and Emilee. They love to arrange things on the table for me when I get home... they love picking out the candy for themselves!" Carla P. Ohio
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"It took me a few weeks to really understand all the deals that RCer's post about. It's like trying to drink from a fire hydrant! Deals are plentiful here!
My oldest son, Dalton, and I did very well one recent Saturday night. We went to Walgreens, Target and Dillons. Using the deals and coupons we read about on RC, we were able to save $287.68! Out of pocket, we spent just under $60. I have always heard about those coupon queens that are able to feed their family for pennies, but I never imagined I'd be able to do it too. In June, when we started couponing, we were saving 7% average. Now, using the information from RC, we average 60% savings, and we've even done as well as 97%.
Thank you Michele and thank you to all the wonderful people on RC that take the time to post the good deals! We could not have learned how to save thousands without you!!" Melissa Schnieders and family
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" I
got those when there was a deal at our
local Superone Foods 10 for $10.00 on
Charmin and Scott 4 packs, I ordered
$1.00 off 1
Charmin coupons and $1.00 off 1
Scott coupons and got all of this
toilet paper and more for just
tax. I ended up with over 300 4 packs
of toilet paper for tax only, and lined
my shelves with enough toilet paper to
last a lifetime at my house and also
supplied my mother and sister with
enough toilet paper for a while too."
Kathy Schrader
"While waiting to go to my doctors
appointment, my husband and I went to a
few of our local Super One Foods stores
as they were having a GREAT sale on
Kelloggs products. They were on
sale 10 for $25.00 and also had an in
store coupon for $10.00 off when you buy
10 kelloggs products, making them 10 for
$15.00. I matched up coupons that i had
for $1.00/2 making the final cost of
$10.00 for 10 kelloggs cereals and
poptarts. Even better there is the
Kelloggs Fuel for School $10.00 rebate
when you buy 10, so final cost after
rebate is 10 boxes of cereal or pop
tarts for FREE!! After several trips to
the stores and many friends and family
to send the rebates in for, we ending up
with 80 boxes of Kelloggs cereal and 20
boxes of kelloggs pop tarts in a matter
of 2 hours. Spent $100.00 out of pocket
today and will get back $100.00 in
rebates for
friends and family members. Also
all the cereal i got had double dvd
rewards so will also get 16 FREE DVDS
out of the deal also!!! So 80 boxes of
cereal, 20 boxes of poptarts and 16 dvds
all for FREE!!!!(pics of all the
Kelloggs cereal and poptarts with the 3
kids my daughter Katie 3, my niece
Dakota 4, and my nephew Billy 2)"
Kathy Schrader |
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"We have improved on our coupon skills with every sale and would like to share another photo with all of you of the deals we made on our last K-Mart Double Days, we had so much stuff we couldn't get it all in the photo. We never miss a sale and we always come out with boat loads of stuff. We appreciate the coupon values more and more with every good sale we come across. CVS and Walgreens are great and we roll every week at all the local stores, and Krogers is good during the 10-4-10 sales, but you can't beat a weeks worth of shopping during the K-Mart double days. In fact we are getting so good that we have doubled the amount of products that we get in a week and for less than we could have imagined. In one week of K-Mart sales we added up all of our receipts and we brought home $2176.50 worth of all kinds of different products (as you can see from the photo) and spent only $265.76 out of pocket and we also received $67.00 in catalina rewards at checkout. So we really only had $198.76 OOP!! We took the catalina rewards and bought socks, clothes and books for Savana. How great is that!!
We have recently expanded our coupon shopping to Target & Meijers and WOW! ... What you can get at those stores is turning out to be as good and sometimes greater than the deals we get at K-Mart due to the fact that they still have their own store coupons that can be used with a manufacturer coupon. It's like Christmas every week. :) HO.HO,HO.
We have never had so much fun and so much stuff in our house as we do now and we owe it all to the wonderful world of coupons.
JUST A LITTLE NOTE; Since we have started our coupon excursion and are doing so well in these trying times because of it, we felt it a need to give to those that are less fortunate. So we are doing our part to help. We give to those that have lost their jobs recently, a family that's house burnt down and to some family & friends that are just plain squeaking by. That makes our hearts whole knowing that we can make a difference if only a small difference and we will continue to do so. Thanks Refundcents for posting all the great deals, keep up the good work.
Good luck, Great sales, and Happy Couponing!
With coupon love, The Meeks' "
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"I think my husband and family may have
to call for an intervention soon, my
shelves are quickly filling up with any
and every kind of air freshener out
there! This is started because there are
usually such high value coupons for
them, BUT, this time they made me
money!! Recently Rite Aid had a sale
where they put the Air Wick I-Motion air
fresheners on for 50% off. This made
them $6.99 each, and the smaller ones
$4.99 each. I remembered having high
value coupons from Sunday papers for
these so I started gathering them from
my coupon box to take to the store. I
thought that if they weren’t REALLY
cheap or free I just wouldn’t bother.
Then I realized that the Rake in the
Fall Savings event was happening and my
wheels were turning! I had coupons for
$6.00 off the large I-Motion fresheners
and $4.00 off the small I-Motion
fresheners, this would make each one
only .99. I began thinking about
Christmas baskets and presents for
teachers and my church and thought I
could spring for them at that price (the
original price on these at Rite Aid is
$13.99 and $8.99 each!!) So, I bought 5
or 6 on my first trip and when I got
home I entered my receipt at
www.riteaid.com for the Fall
Savings promotion. They were calculating
my total based on pre-coupon
prices! So instead of counting the .99
per air freshener (which is what I
actually paid) it counted 6.99 per air
freshener towards the Fall promotion.
The promotion if you are not familiar
with it was buy $100 and get a $20 gift
certificate. After a few trips to Rite
Aid I was over the $100 quota and
received my $20 gift certificate within
a couple of weeks (spending maybe $15.00
towards the {softline$100). Now, with
this in hand I thought about how I could
roll it over into anther offer. There
was a P&G offer for spending $30 on
participating products, get a $10 Rite
Aid Gift card. I pulled coupons for the
P&G items (Olay soap and Herbal Essences
shampoo). I threw in a few 75% off
clearance items (for Christmas presents)
and bought $40 worth of stuff for only
$4.63! I did this using the $5 off $25
coupon I printed from the internet,
manufacturer coupons for the P&G items,
and my $20 Fall Savings Gift
Certificate. When I got home I started
entering my Rite Aid receipt for the P&G
offer and hope to receive a $10 gift
card! This is the way I pay less out of
pocket and stock my shelves for the
upcoming holiday season! My house will
be smelling good well into 2010 and
beyond!! Now what’s the next offer..."
Teresa Davis |
"I’m so pleased with the deals I’m
finding at RiteAid lately, and, the
cooperation that I am getting from the
management, too! Last week, or maybe
even a couple of weeks ago I shopped at
RiteAid and did the Magnum Razor deal. I
had $4 and $3 coupons and bought (3)
packs, and they were supposed to give
you a FREE cartridge re-fill pack with
each purchase. Well, my Rite Aid only
had one of the re-fill cartridge packs,
so the manager gave me a rain check for
two FREE packs when they got them
shipped in!! I visited Rite Aid
yesterday and..............
This is a list of what I bought:
Re-useable Rite Aid grocery sack
Rite Aid Sun Block
Rite Aid Lip protection
1 pack of Trident Gum
Jumbo pack of Huggies Diapers
(6) Bags of Halloween Candy
Crest w/Scope Toothpaste
Gillette Fusion Razor
Nivea Lip Balm
(2) Magnum Razor re-fill packs
This is how I paid:
.50 Nivea Lip Balm
$1.00 coupon on Crest
$4.00 coupon on Fusion Razor
$1.00 coupon on (2) packs M&M candies
$5.00 off $25.00 @ Rite Aid
FREE coupon from Rite Aid Voucher on
Huggies Diapers (from last months
rebates)
FREE coupon for Rite Aid re-useable Bag
FREE coupon for Rite Aid Sun block
FREE coupon for Rite Aid lip protection
FREE coupon for pack of Trident Gum
(above all from tote bag offer from last
month)
FREE rain check on (2) Magnum Razor
cartridge re-fill packs (from last
week’s
deal)
(2) $25 Gift Cards to Rite Aid from
August Rebate book
So, for $88.36 worth of items.........I
PAID only $2.01 OUT OF POCKET FOR ALL!!!
And, I’ll be submitting for my $5,$2.69
& $2.00 rebates for the Crest,
Gillette Razor
& Nivea Lip Balm too. Plus, some
of my total may go towards the Rite-Aid
"Rake in the Savings" Rebate as well!" Nancy Raimer |
"I took good advantage of
the deal in September at
Walgreens where you buy 2
Hershey's bars and get a
free 20 oz.
Coke. I traded for
and bought a bunch of the
55ct/1 Reese's product
coupons and combined them
with the ones I clipped from
my own inserts. In total, I
ended up getting 160 candy
bars, which resulted in 80
free bottles of Coke. For
each 10 bars, I got 5
Cokes and used 9
coupons = 5 cents for the
set. That was only 80 cents
I paid in total OOP. I also
spend $21 in total on the
coupons, so the grand total
was $21.08. My husband and
I just bought our
first house and are closing
on Oct. 30th - we are going
to give out the bars for
Halloween. Great way
to become the kids' favorite
house in the new
neighborhood! A lot of the
sodas are missing in the pic
because we drank a lot
already!
My hubby, David, is in the
pic (in his PJs...lol). He
was a willing model!
Included in the pic are the
$10 Macy's coupons we were
able to track down - 27 in
total! My hubby even
tracked down 5 on his own!
I love this hobby and David
is totally on board as
well! He's so proud of all
my deals (as is the rest of
my family)! Thanks RC!"
Jessica Daniele, CT
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 "I
haven't been able to get on RefundCents
as much as usual since I had my daughter
in August, but luckily, I was able to
get on the day the deal at RiteAid for
the Johnson and Johnson products was
posted. I got my coupons together, and
Sophie and I drove to RiteAid right away
since it was late in the week and we
wanted to make sure there were still
products available. We scored all of
these Johnson and Johnson products for
just tax after the Single Check rebate
for $15, plus we'll get another $5 for
the Fall Gift of Savings program. Thanks
RC, without you I would never know about
all these great deals!!" Dana
Schrader, IN |
"When I have a $4/$20 purchase at CVS, I
like to take advantage of them. So I
did a total of 5 transactions yesterday
on two cards and this is what I got and
the cost. I totally love doing this!
Transaction #1:
Benadryl -
$5.00
Benadryl - $5.00
Benadryl - $5.00
Benadryl - $5.00
Subtotal - $20.00
Coupons Used:
$4 off a $20 Purchase
$1 off of Benadryl
$1 off of Benadryl
$1 off of Benadryl
$1 off of Benadryl
Total after Coupons - $12.00
Used - $12 ECB
Total - $0
Rec’d $10 in ECB
Transaction #2:
Tone Soap 4.5 oz - $1.88
Revlon Nail Polish - $3.99
Benadryl - $5.00
Colgate Total 4oz. - $2.99
Benefiber - $6.49
Subtotal: $20.35
Coupons Used:
$4 off a $20 Purchase
$1 off of Benadryl
$1 off of Tone Soap
$1 off of Colgate
$2 off of Benefiber
Total after Coupons - $11.35
USED: $0.50, $5 and $5 in ECB
Subtotal after coupons and ECB: $0.85
Total - $0.90
Transaction #4
Revlon Nail Polish - $3.99
Benadryl - $5.00
Benadryl - $5.00
Benadryl - $5.00
Subtotal: $18.99
Coupons Used:
$4 off a $20 Purchase$1 off of Benadryl
$1 off of Benadryl
$1 off of Benadryl
Total after Coupons - $11.99
USED: $6 in ECB
Subtotal after coupons and ECB: $5.99
Total - $6.45
ECBs Rec’d - $3, $10,
$10
Transaction #5
Revlon Nail
Polish - $3.99
Revlon Nail Polish - $3.99
Noxzema- $4.99
St. Ives - $5.49
Sally Hansen Nail Polish - $1
Sally Hansen Nail Polish - $1
Sally Hansen Nail Polish - $1
Sally Hansen Nail Polish - $1
Sally Hansen Nail Polish - $1
Sally Hansen Nail Polish - $1
Sally Hansen Nail Polish - $1
Sally Hansen Nail Polish - $1
Subtotal: $27.46
Coupons Used:
$4 off a $20 Purchase
$1 off of Sally Hansen Nail Polish
$1 off of Sally Hansen Nail Polish
$1 off of Sally Hansen Nail Polish
$1 off of Sally Hansen Nail Polish
$1 off of Sally Hansen Nail Polish
$1 off of Sally Hansen Nail Polish
$1 off of Sally Hansen Nail Polish
$1 off of Sally Hansen Nail Polish
$1 off of Sally Hansen Nail Polish
Total after Coupons - $14.46
USED: $2 and $10 in ECB
Subtotal after coupons and ECB: $2.46
Total - $2.65
Total Cash of All
Transactions: $15.68
Total ECB Used: $46.00
Total ECB Rec’d: $56.00
Final Total
Cost: $5.68
Jennifer Dean |
 "I
am so excited I finally have something
great to share! I got all of these
detergents and fabric softeners for a
total of $31.83 at Walgreens! Thanks to
one of our wonderful readers for cluing
me in on this deal. I went to my 3 local
Walgreens looking at first. I found one
bottle at that time. I went to one just
a little further and hit the jackpot! I
love RefundCents.com!" Jenn C. |
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