While my three older children can afford to pay more money to whiten their teeth, it is harder to delve out the money for hubby, myself or my three younger children (all teens now). I saw one of those recent stories how somebody else did it cheap by getting samples or trials, which required giving your credit card and having to remember to cancel your "subscription" on time, or they would automatic charge your card and send you your next shipment.
Walgreens has become my new favorite store this year. If you would have told me a year ago that I would shop at Walgreens more than Walmart, I would have laughed and thought you were crazy. I will do other blogs in the future on the wonderful benefits of Walgreens in the future along with other tips to help people survive on a tight budget. As I already mentioned, I have six children, five of which still live at home, so I am ALWAYS looking for a way to save money. I have also found ways to buy Name Brand products for ridiculously low prices!
To help you out a little, I'll explain Register Rewards (RR) for those of you who do not understand what they are. A RR is a coupon for money off your next purchase (or future purchase) and they are normally only good for a week-and-a-half so you do not have long to "spend" them. This week, you can buy a 12oz bottle of New Softsoap Nutri Serums for $3.99 and then after you pay, it will print out a RR for $4. So in essence you get the New Softsoap Nutri Serums for free (or basically pay tax on the item).
Now let's explain about redeeming a RR. A Register Reward is considered a "coupon". You may only use ONE coupon per item. So you can not purchase ONE item and use a manufacturers coupons AND a RR. You have to add another item on to your purchase and your purchase MUST exceed the RR. Walgreens will NOT give you money/cash back!
Walgreens has a special this week, that if you buy both the Listerine Whitening Strips + the Listerine Whitening Pen, you will get $10 in RR. They ALSO have a special that ends Saturday, Aug. 22, that if you spend $25 (after coupons have been deducted, your total purchase must be $25) you will get a $5 RR.
If you DO NOT have manufacturer coupons, then you spend $25 for these two items and get a $10RR and a $5RR = $15 in RR. So, in reality it cost you $10 plus tax to buy both Listerine Whitening products.
(Coupons for $3 off each of these products can be found in coupon flyers in the Sunday newspaper: Red Plum coupons on 4/26; and Smart Source coupons 6/14.)
If you are using two of the $3 off coupons, you need to add items to total the $25 in order to get the extra $5 RR.
Here is the "current" special for Walgreens and how I did this:
Offer good until Sat. August 22, 2009:
Listerine Whitening Strips $15 (in ad)
Listerine Whitening Pen $10 (in ad)
New Softsoap Nutri Serums $3.99 (in ad)
Conair Professional Brush $2.99 (in ad)
Total: $31.98
-$ 6.00 (2 x $3 off coupon off Listerine Whitening)
Total: $25.98 plus tax
After you pay $25.98 plus tax you will get back these Register Rewards:
$5.00 register reward - for spending over $25 in ONE transaction
$10.00 register reward - Listerine Whitening Strips & Listerine Whitening Pen
$4.00 register reward - New Softsoap Nutri Serums
$2.00 register reward - Conair Professional Brush
$21.00 register rewards in total!
$25.98 plus tax - $21.00 = $4.98
So, in reality, it really only cost you $4.98 plus tax to buy those four items! Now you can go spend that same $21 again!
Enjoy your whiter teeth on a budget!
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