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Refresher on Drug Store Rebate Programs
CVS
An ECB is an Extra Care Buck coupon that prints out at the bottom of your CVS receipt when you buy qualifying items. It’s like an
instant rebate. Instead of sending away to get your rebate, it prints out right after you buy the product. You can then use it right away on
other products or hold on to it to use later. Just make sure you use it before it expires. You can buy all the items in one transaction and
receive a separate ECB coupon for each item at the end of the transaction. Another option is that you can purchase each one
individually and use the ECB you earn to pay for the next ECB item you are purchasing. It reduces your out-of-pocket expense but does
take longer at the register.
Walgreens
Walgreens also has a rebate program called Register Rewards. Just like ECB’s, the coupon (called a Register Reward and also
known as an RR) prints out at the end of the transaction. The RR is on a separate coupon and not attached to the register receipt.
Rite Aid
Rite Aid has a rebate program called Single Check Rebates (SCR). With this program, you purchase the rebate items listed in the
monthly single check rebate booklet . If you use a manufacturer coupon to lower the cost, you will still receive the full rebate amount
listed in the booklet (unless otherwise specified). Sometimes this means you make money on the item. If the toothpaste is on sale for
$2.99 and the rebate amount is for $2.99, it will be free after rebate. If you also have a $1 manufacturer coupon, you only pay $1.99 at
the register (plus tax, if applicable) but you will actually receive the full $2.99 rebate. That’s known as a money maker!
Once you buy the rebate items, you then go online to the Rite Aid rebate site (listed in the rebate booklet) and enter your receipt
information. You can then request your check and it will usually arrive in a few weeks. Although these rebates are not instant, they are
still a great way to stock up on bath and beauty items all year long. Purchase the rebate items you use this month and then roll the first
rebate check into the rebate deals for the second month and then use that rebate money for the third month’s deals and so on. Ideally,
you only pay for the rebates the first month and then just keep rolling the rebate money each month into more free or almost free rebate
items you use.
Crack the Code
Wondering what all those abbreviations in the good deals list really mean? Here's the answer.
All You = All You Magazine found in Walmart stores
Blinkie = coupons found on store shelves (usually Smart source coupons found in red boxes)
BOGO = Buy One Get One Free
DND = Do Not Double
EXP. = Expiration date
FL = Food Lion
FLIP = Food Lion Internet Printable coupon
IP = Internet printable
MQ = Manufacturer coupon
Peelies = Coupons found on products that can be peeled off and redeemed
PG = Proctor and Gamble coupon insert from Sunday paper
RP = Red Plum coupon insert from Sunday paper
SS = Smart Source insert from Sunday paper
When you see the date with SS, RP or PG next to it, that is the date that the coupon was in the Sunday paper and the insert it was in
that week.