Yes, I braved the cash registers of Target and lived to post about it…Wanted to run a few of the Olay Spend $50 get back $20.  Target has this deal where you get a $5 Target gc for every 2 Olay items you purchase.  So the obvious way to work this is to buy as many of the cheap products as you can, in pairs, to reach $50.

I ran this deal twice; the picture includes both transactions, 8 toners and 8 foaming face wash in each.  A total of $51.52  ($3.60 x 8 =28.80  and $2.84 x 8 = 22.72) spent and I got back $40 in Target gift cards for each transaction.  I was able to use $8 in Olay mfr coupons from the two latest P&G inserts at CS, however, I would not recommend using coupons because 1) Target cash registers will not accept the coupon because the registers reduce the price of the item by the value of the gift card (and how fucked up is that?!) and 2) the new P&G coupons all read that only four of a like coupon can be used in the same transaction.  The second transaction should be paid using the prior transaction’s gift cards to reduce your OOP.

When I do this deal again, I will not attempt coupons since it’s too much hassle (yes, I’m turning down money).  Unless, of course, one of the television stations wants to pay me to show how Target screws this part up, too.

So what kind of cash are we talking about?  $51.52 – $40 in Target gc = $12.52 (plus tax), and get back $20 from Olay.  I, of course, am ahead an extra $8 on each transaction, due to coupons.  And, I was paying for the first transaction with a bunch of Target gift cards from the Trib and various razor deals.  So ymmv – well, hell’s bells, it surely will!