CVS and more on why it's worth considering

I had a $10.00 gift card to spend.

Purchase #1: A greeting card. Nothing exciting there.

Purchase #2: One of those heating packs that you wear for about 8 hours. It cost $3.79, but when you purchase it, you get $3.79 in extra care bucks. So, now I just have the remaining gift card balance of $4.19 and a receipt for $3.79 in extra care bucks which equals $7.98 to "spend "at CVS

So far I have a card and a heating pad and have "spent" about $2.00 but not really because because I used a  gift card!

Purchase #3: Five 12 pack cases of diet coke. Each cost $3.00. I had $2.00 in manufacturers coupons for the cokes and $7.98 to put toward my purchase. I ended up paying $5.02 + tax or $5.39 out of pocket for those 5 cases of diet cokes.

BUT because the CVS deal was that if you buy $15.00 in coke products, you get $5.00 in extra care bucks back, I got $5.00 back!!  Not to mention $1.00 more for using my bag tag. 

So, now I have $6.00 to spend.  All that and $6.00 more to spend. Yep.

Will let you know how much I can buy with the $6.00.

In sum:  a card, a heating pad, 5 12-packs of diet coke for $5.39. But they gave me $6.00 for doing all of that. Awesome.