Walgreens $5 Challenge: April 25 – May 1

April 24, 2010 · 8 comments

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Welcome, my fellow Walgreens fans! It’s Sunday, time for our weekly Walgreens $5 Challenge.  The place to come for simple scenarios with step-by-step instructions.

It is a decent week at Wags, so grab your weekly Walgreens ad, a printer and some scissors to get started.

If you are new to shopping at Walgreens, and wanting to learn the basics, check out this post. New to couponing? Learn the lingo here.

If you are a first time visitor, here’s the lowdown:

Join me each week as I host The Walgreens $5 Challenge!

Seasoned WAGS shoppers: share your best scenario(s) for the upcoming week at Walgreens.

Your budget: $5.00 out-of-pocket cash.

Your mission: to grow that $5.00 into more Register Rewards (RR) to use in upcoming weeks.

Want to participate? Start by reading the rules here.

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Here is MY $5 Scenario for the week of April 25th:
*coupons in red (scenarios never include tax as this will vary by region)

Transaction #1
Buy 1 Placker’s Dental Flossers, 90 ct. @ $2.00
$0.50/1 Plackers Dental Flossers Coupon (RP insert 04/18/10)

Total After Coupon = $1.50

RRs Earned= $2.00

Transaction #2
Buy 1 Skintimate Shave Cream @ $2.99
Pay with $2.00 RR from above

Total After RRs= $0.99

RRs Earned= $2.99

Transaction #3
Buy 1 Tone Body Wash @ $3.99
Buy 1 Butterfinger, Nestle Crunch, or SweetTarts @ $0.39
$1.00/1 Tone Body Wash Printable Coupon
Pay with $2.99 RR from above

Total After Coupon and RRs= $0.39

RRs Earned= $3.00

Grand Total OOP=$2.88

Total Value= $9.37 with $3.00 in Register Rewards remaining!

Keep rolling those RR’s for more savings!

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Let’s see what fabulous scenarios you come up with for $5.00 or less!

Simply post your scenarios on your blog, then drop by Keeping the Kingdom First and add your permalink to Mr. Linky below. (If you are reading via email or in a reader please click through to see the Mr. Linky)

Please link directly to your scenarios. Links directly to your homepage will be deleted. Linking back to this meme to share it with others is greatly appreciated!

Don’t have a blog? You can leave a comment with your scenario, too. I invite everyone to participate.

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{ 7 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Claire at Saving Money Plan April 24, 2010 at 11:15 pm

Thanks for the linky!

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2 julia April 25, 2010 at 6:39 am

i couldn’t get the coupon for the Tone body wash to come up. it said “no available coupons for this campaign”

…. hmmm…
.-= julia´s last blog ..the sacrifices i make to save a few bucks =-.

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3 Misty April 25, 2010 at 2:10 pm

This is what I came up with for my friends who are just starting out in couponing, and using RRs at Walgreen’s…

Buy 1 16 or 24 pack Stayfree Maxi Pads $2.99
USE 04-25 S (x06-30) Stayfree Product $1.00
OR 03-28 RP (x06-30) Stayfree Product $2.00
MAX OOP$2.00+tax
Get back $2.99 RR

BUY Skintimate Shave Cream 6 oz. $2.99
Use $2.99 RR from Stayfree
OOP tax only
Get back $2.99 RR

BUY Tone Body Wash 18 oz. $3.99
USE $2.99 RR from Skintimate
OOP $1+tax
Get back $3.00 RR

Buy Skintimate Shave Cream (again) $2.99
Use $3.00 RR from Tone
OOP tax only
Get back $2.99 RR

Buy Tone Body Wash (again) $3.99
Use $2.99 RR from Skintimate
OOP $1 +tax
Get back $3.00 RR

Total OOP $4 + tax
Total Value $17

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4 Sandra April 25, 2010 at 3:16 pm

Ok I am so NEW and don’t get Walgreens Register Rewards at all!

I want to get the Tone body wash, I actually want to get 2 of them. I have 2 coupons, so I know that I’ll be getting $6 in RR and I know I have to purchase them seperately.

Question, Can I use the $3 RR from the first Tone on the second Tone? Question if I have $6 in RR and 2 coupons, do I have to purchase 8 items? None of this makes sense to me. lol I don’t want to look like a fool when I go into the store. Can someone please just post something explaining how to use the RR’s in a simple way?

CVS was easy for me to understand, but Wags is not.

Thanks for any help
.-= Sandra´s last blog ..FREE Papa John’s Pizza NEW Point Reward Program =-.

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connie Reply:

Sandra
If you use a RR from one Tone on the purchase of the next one, the register won’t spit out a new RR. They call it “double dipping”. But you can use the RR on a different purchase. I try to steer clear of the same company even, as it has kicked me out in the past. If it happens, just ask for manager and they can fix it for you.

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5 Lennova April 26, 2010 at 8:34 am

Always a joy to read your articles, and always learn something new! thumbs up!
.-= Lennova´s last blog ..The Strong Taiwan Earthquake Of 6.9 Degrees =-.

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6 Kelly April 28, 2010 at 3:14 pm

Hi! Here is what I did…

Transaction 1
Stayfree $2.99
Plackers $2.00
nestle crunch $.39
use $2/1 stayfree
$.50/1 plackers
and $2.50RR from last week
total .38 + tax = .52 OOP
get back $3RR and $2RR

Transaction 2
sudafed PE 4.99
benadryl 4.99
2009 camp rock calendar .10 (clearance)
use $5/2 sudafed/benadryl
$3RR and $2RR from transaction 1
total .08 OOP
get $5 RR

transaction 3
Schick Hydro Razor 7.99
Plackers flossers 2.00
use $4/1 schick razor coupon
and $5 RR from #2
total .99 + .70 tax = 1.69 OOP
get back $5 RR and $2 RR

transaction 4
Tone body wash 3.99
stayfree 2.99
nestle crunch .39
use $2/1 stayfree coupon and $5RR from #3
total .37 + .28 tax = .65 OOP
get back $3 RR + $3RR

total for all $2.96 OOP with in $8 RR remaining.

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7 Compare ISAs April 30, 2010 at 6:11 am

I want to get the Tone body wash, I actually want to get 2 of them. I have 2 coupons, so I know that I’ll be getting $6 in RR and I know I have to purchase them seperately.Compare ISAs

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