Welcome to my first edition of The CVS $5 Challenge! This is a great week to conquer CVS if you are a newbie- there are several money making scenarios.
Here are the rules of the Challenge:
1. Come up with your best scenario/scenarios for the upcoming week at CVS using the current weekly ad, monthly deals, and coupons available. Your budget for Out of Pocket (OOP) expenses on the first transaction is only $5.00 (either cash OOP or ECBs on hand).
2. Using up to (3) scenarios (we don’t want to overwhelm the newbies with too many transactions), offer up your best scenarios to “grow” that $5.00 into more ECBs to use in following weeks.
3. If you want to divide your $5.00 allowance over the three scenarios to make them work, that’s fine!
4. Be sure to list coupons by inserts and/or with links to printables to make it easier for everyone to follow along.
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Here’s MY $5.00 Scenario:
Buy 1 Maybelline The Colossal Volume Express Mascara: $4.99, get $2 ECBs (limit 5).
* Coupon: $1/1 coupon from the 4/27 Red Plum insert or you can order from The Coupon Clippers.
Total After Coupon: $3.99
New ECB’s Earned: $2.00
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*The CVS ECB game can be tricky and intimidating to newbies who’ve never tried it or to those out there who are new to coupons in general.
*When starting the CVS ECB game, it’s best to set a low OOP budget, like $5.00, and “grow” your ECBs over multiple transactions.
*Many of us are very experienced at the CVS ECB game; this is a chance to use that knowledge to help beginners throughout the blogosphere.
There you have it! A new way to play the CVS ECB game by helping newbies learn the ropes. And who knows – you just might be inspired yourself by some of the deals you find, too!
Have a $5.00 CVS Challenge scenario you’d like to share? Post it at your blog, then add your post’s permalink below. Please link directly to your post and link back to Keeping the Kingdom First, too. Thanks!
Don’t have a blog? You can leave a comment with your scenario, too.
Wondering how to start a blog? Read my post here.
I invite everyone to participate in The $5.00 CVS Challenge – no deal is too small, believe me! I can’t wait to see what y’all come up with!
How fun! This was the first time I tried this-what a great challenge. Loads easier than trying to fill out a large order, lol. Have a beautiful day!
Hey Alyssa!
I ment to subscribe to the post not post in the challange! lol I cant figure out how to delete it… been a long day!
Megan
What a cool challenge! I’ll have to jump in the next time I go to CVS.
Great idea! I’m not a newbie to CVS but I don’t always have tons of ECB’s or cash to take advantage of some of the deals. This is a great way to find some simple deals without spending lots OOP.
I’ll be checking back often.
LOVE this challenge!!!
There are some amazing deals out there! Thank you to everyone who has participated so far.
Doesn’t it feel great to help others learn the ropes?
It’s not too late to join in the fun. All of these deals are valid until Saturday, July 5th.
Keep those scenarios coming!