I had a great trip to Walgreens today. I had an awesome 20x Everyday Points on Beauty/Personal Care coupon (valid 5/13 & 5/14 only) in my Walgreens Balance Rewards account, so I clipped it to my card and earned a bunch of extra points today. If you have this coupon, run to the store if yours is still open. I was credited for it on both of my transactions today. Also, from what I can tell from the one receipt I didn’t misplace, this coupon also double dipped with the 5x Everyday Points in-ad store coupon. I received my 1x for Everyday Points, 19x more for the 20x Beauty/Personal Care Paperless Coupon, plus I received 4x more for clipping the same coupon that is in the weekly ad for 5x Everyday Points with $10+ purchase. (That means I got a total of 24x the regular Everyday Points!)
I am going to estimate the points earned in the second transaction, because I misplaced my receipt. However, I should be able to get it pretty close to correct, since I redeemed points to pay almost my entire bill. That means that the only part that should’ve earned points will be the part of my bill paid with manufacturer’s coupons. In this case, I know I used $17.75 of manufacturer’s coupons on that order. That means I should’ve earned 170 regular points times 24 because of the 24x multiplier combination I mentioned above. So my estimate is 4080 points ($4.08-$5.10 value when redeemed.) These points are included in the final statistics for this trip and I used the higher $5.10 value since I (almost) always redeem my points in chunks of 40,000 for $50. (I do this because every 1000 points redeemed are worth $1.25 when you redeem this many in a single transaction.)
TRANSACTION #1
FOUR SCHICK HYDRO SILK DISPOSABLE RAZORS 3 CT, on sale $5.99 (reg. $12.99)
Get 5000 Balance Rewards points (value $5-$6.25) for buying $20 of Schick, Edge or Skintimate
Get 20x Everyday Points on Beauty/Personal Care 5/13 & 5/14 only with Walgreens Paperless Coupon (if you have it; I did and clipped it)
Get 5x Everyday Points with $10+ purchase and in-ad or Walgreens Paperless Coupon
***As explained above (in a possibly confusing way), these two coupons will make sure you get 24x Everyday Points when overlapped. I earned 5520 points for this transaction in addition to the 5000 points for buying $20 of Schick/Edge/Skintimate. Total points earned for this deal = 10,520 (value $10.52-$13.15 when redeemed)
Used four $3/1 Schick Disposable Razors printable coupons (preclipped)
Price at Register: $11.96, but earned 10,520 Balance Rewards points (value up to $13.15)
NET PRICE FOR ALL: FREE + $1.19 MONEYMAKER!
***I realize this is confusing, but that’s the correct account/explanation of everything.
TRANSACTION #2
EIGHT IRISH SPRING BODY WASHES, on sale $3.99 (four were reg. $4.59 and the four “Signature” ones were reg. $5.29)
Get 5000 Balance Rewards points (value $5-$6.25) for every two purchased
Used four $1/1 Irish Spring Body Wash printable coupons (no longer available)
and used one $1/1 Irish Spring Body Wash Walgreens Paperless Coupon (no longer available to activate)
and used three $0.75/1 Irish Spring Body Wash printable coupons
Price at Register: $24.67, but received 20,000 BR points (value up to $25)
NET PRICE FOR ALL: FREE + $0.33 MONEYMAKER!
SIX SOFTSOAP BODY WASHES, on sale $3.99 (reg. $4.49)
Get 5000 Balance Rewards points (value $5-$6.25) for every two purchased
Used four $0.75/1 Softsoap Body Wash coupons, 5/7 SS insert
and used two $0.75/1 Softsoap Body Wash printable coupons
Price at Register: $19.44, but received 15,000 BR points (value up to $18.75)
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $0.69 (or 11 cents each!)
ONE M&M’S CARAMEL SHARING SIZE, on sale $1.25 (reg. $1.99)
Get $1.25 Register Rewards for buying M&M’s Caramel Sharing Size
No coupons used
Price at Register: $1.25, but received $1.25 Register Rewards
NET PRICE: FREE!
THREE COLGATE TOTAL ADVANCED WHITENING TOOTHPASTE, reg. $3.49
Get $5 Register Rewards for buying $10 of select Colgate products
Used three $2/1 Colgate Optic White Beauty Radiant, Optic White Platinum, Total Advanced, Enamel Health, or Sensitive Toothpaste 3 oz or larger coupons, 5/7 SS insert
Price at Register: $4.47, but received $5 Register Rewards
NET PRICE FOR ALL: FREE + $0.53 MONEYMAKER!
The final stats below also include the $5.10 max value for the estimated 4800 Balance Rewards points earned in the second transaction. (These points are explained in the second paragraph of this post.)
Total Retail Value of All Merchandise: $130.88
Net Price Paid for Everything: $6.46 PROFIT!
Savings Rate (excluding tax): 104.9%
In case you’re wondering, there’s no picture of this haul because we lost the original image while moving the site to a new server some time ago.