Easter Bunny Letter

Hello again everyone. It is almost time for work so the blogging will have to wait until later on but I wanted to pass this one on to all of you. Those of us with young children know how much they like Easter and if you remember back to when you were their age then getting a letter from the Easter Bunny would have been mind blowing to us. So why not make them smile even more and get them a free personalized letter from the Easter Bunny!!

Go here to get your letter. All you have to do is enter some basic information like your child's name and hometown. There are no signups to do. Just enter the basic information and the letter will pop up in a new window for you to print.

Hope this makes at least one other person's Easter that much brighter!!

Official Coupon Policies

Here are some official coupon policies I have located. Go to each site and print them out and have them in your coupon arsenal. They cannot argue official company policy.

Walmart

Giant Eagle

Target (Emailed them about it---will post when they reply).

BJ's Wholesale Club

CVS (Emailed them about it--will post when they reply). My local CVS has accepted every coupon I have given them though---printed off the Internet or cut from the circulars.

Kroger (Emailed them about it--will post when they reply). I don't shop there myself but I want to have that information for those of you who do.

********UPDATE ON KROGER'S POLICY********

I figured it would be best to direct you to another post on Kroger's Coupon Policy. It was sent to me in an email which I just now received. This is the policy they gave me. I hope this helps to clarify things.

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Toys R Us (Emailed them also---will post when they reply).

UPDATE 4/22/09 : They finally sent me an answer on this. Read about their policy concerning Internet coupon usage here. What is really bad about this is the amount of time it took for them to send me their answer (an entire month!!)...and the answer doesn't even sound correct. What store DOESN'T get reimbursed by the manufacturer when a customer submits an Internet coupon to them legitimately? Apparently Toys R US!!

Any others I find I will post for you!!

CVS and printable coupons

There seems to be some confusion whether or not CVS accepts them. My local CVS has accepted every printable coupon I have presented.

To be sure your Internet printed coupon is honored you should make sure of the following:

1. Print it in COLOR
2. Use the highest setting on your printer for maximum print quality
3. Make sure it has a scannable bar code on it

From what I have been reading, on a number of sites no less, is that CVS takes Internet coupons with a scannable bar code at the discretion of the store manager. So apparently it is up to the store on an individual basis according to their manager. I am going to write CVS and see if they will provide me a copy of their official corporate coupon policy. I will update this post once they write me back.

Again though, my local CVS has accepted every coupon I have presented--even if it was printed off my computer. I have heard other people say they have had problems getting them to accept them at different stores so it might be the case where printed coupons are accepted at one store and not at the other. I will let you know when I get my response from corporate.

If you haven't already done so, you should definitely have a copy of the coupon policy of any store you plan to use coupons in. It will help in the case of a dispute. Remember that if it is stated in their corporate policy that they accept printed coupons then they HAVE to accept the coupons. Don't let them snowball you. Be nice about it but keep asking to talk to a supervisor if you run into problems until you win. If they still give you problems then write the company. I will post in other posts the addresses where you can obtain the official coupon policies of Giant Eagle, Walmart, Target and any others that I find.

CVS shopping trip March 23, 2009

As I am new to this whole CVS thing (I just got my card two weeks ago) I am still on the learning curve so to speak but I am getting there fast. One of the guys at work told me about this whole CVS thing about 6 months ago but it all seemed too complicated to bother with. It really isn't and I am glad I finally "got with the program". By combining CVS coupons, ECB's and manufacturers coupons you really can walk out of there with a lot of stuff and spending very little.

Today would have been about $3.00 out of pocket but the deal they had on the Schick Quattro razor combined with coupons and EB rewards was just too good to pass up (I will just give that razor to my sister--I don't really need it).

Here's what I got today up there at CVS. I walked out of there with more EB's than I spent so that's always a good thing:

1. 1 Schick Quattro Razor
2. 1 Crest Pro-Health Enamel Care toothpaste
3. 1 Dry Idea Roll On Antiperspirant/Deodorant
4. 2 Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup (Buy one get one free store sale)
5. 2 Boxes Post Trail Mix Crunch (Buy one get one free store sale)

Coupons used (total in coupons : $11.50)

1. $4.00 off one manufacturer's coupon on the razor
2. $2.00 off one Dry Idea
3. $0.50 off one Crest Pro-Health Enamel Care
4. $1.00 off two Campbell's Soups
5. Two $2.00 off one Post Trail Mix Cereals ($4.00 total)

Extra Bucks used: $10.98

Extra Bucks received : $11.49 (always nice to leave with more extra bucks than you walked in with.

Total of merchandise before card discounts: $36.83

Before Tax Total minus card discounts : $26.95

Note: Remember--to be accurate on your "Today you saved..." amount that prints out on your receipt you have to take CVS card discounts into account--which amounted to $9.88 today for me.

Total after coupons and EB's (including tax): $5.07 out of pocket.

This would have been even better had I not bought the razor for my sister...but she can use that and I don't need it and since we are both really close with one another it was worth the extra $2.11 on my CVS bill...

From what I have been reading on other sites....this week wasn't particularly great as far as the deals go so all things considered (being new to it and starting on a week with deals that aren't as good as they usually are)...I think I did OK. I saved $32.36 today!

My results will get even better with a little more time at this under my belt.