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Archive for November 25th, 2007

Looking for ways to save a few pennies? Have you heard of CVS’ card deals? Check out an explanation here at Money Saving Mom’s blog. Each week she publishes the best deals at CVS, and essentially, how to get free products!

I am a skeptic and thought how could it be a good thing since products at CVS usually tend to be priced higher than places like Wal-Mart or K-Mart? Well, once you learn how to use the CVS card to your advantage, it’s apparent that you can save a lot of money (much more than shopping somewhere like Wal-Mart).

In a nutshell (and Money Saving Mom’s blog explains it much better than I can), you initially pay for products in the beginning. But the products that you buy are ones that put money on your CVS card. For instance, my husband is a die-hard Diet Coke drinker. A few weeks ago, we purchased 4 12 packs for $12. We earned $3 on our card to use later. So, in one sense, we really got the Diet Coke at 3 / $9 – a much better deal than Wal-Mart offers! At our next visit, we’ll use the $3 towards our purchase and at the same time, purchase things that put money back on the card. And then on the visit after that, use the money on the card, make purchases that earn money etc.

The goal is to reach the point where you can purchase multiple products and only pay a couple of dollars out of pocket. Some people are able to purchase upwards of $30 every week for only a few actual dollars by continally rolling over the money on the card. Again, if I confused you, check out Money Saving Mom’s blog for a much better explanation!

Plus CVS offers coupons like spend $20 and get $5 off. And you can use manufacturer’s coupons too to make the deals even better!