The insync natural probiotic on sale for $10 with $10 RR has a $2 coupon inside.  I’d read this much earlier, but these boxes are sealed with heavy clear tape that rips if you try to remove it, so I didn’t post it – – get caught doing this one time and you will be pretty much banned from all stores in that district (they talk you know!).

Well, yesterday I picked up one box and took it off the shelf (they had lots) and a coupon flew out of the box as I put it in the cart!  Apparently the coupon is inserted on the non-taped side and slides out easy as pie!  So, while I was planning on another deal, I ended up picking up each box for $10 less the 15% senior discount, $2 coupon and 5,000 points for a total of $1.65 a box.  I’d forgotten about that Senior Day and was pretty much freaked out that only three shoppers had neither canes nor walkers.

The deal I tried:  This weeks ad shows Fructis shampoos, conditioners and stylers (certain ones) on sale for 2/$6 and generating points based on multiples of $10.  Most people don’t have access to 20 or 50 coupons, but this week I got lucky and on paper this scenario worked out great – – reality bites:

20 bottles of products for $60, less 15% discount, less $40 in mfr coupons (from 3/2 rp) would get you down to $11.  At that point you could have used a filler (mebbe a bag of chips) with the $10 RR from the previous paragraph…to end up paying a buck plus filler plus high tax.  Register wouldn’t take over 13 or 14 coupons (I forget ’cause we tried it a few times).  Yes, a mgr could override this, but they get red-flagged.  One or two coupons, sure, but we all know Walgreens registers are programmed by trolls secretly employed by CVS.

So now I’ve got a whole handful of $10 RRs to use up within the next two weeks.  Luckily Sunday’s ad has another of those 5,000 bonus points when you spend $25+ valid Sunday through Tuesday.  can’t believe i’m so low now on points…