Welcome, my fellow Walgreens fans! It’s time for our weekly Walgreens $5 Challenge. The place to come for simple scenarios with step-by-step instructions.
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.
CVS or Rite Aid shoppers, be sure to check out the other weekly challenges for more scenarios.
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 one $5 Scenario for the week of June 12th:
*coupons in red (scenarios never include tax as this will vary by region)
Transaction #1
Buy 1 Colgate 360° Toothbrush @ $2.99
– $1/1 Colgate 360 Toothbrush (ALL YOU May ’11)
Total After Coupon= $1.99
RRs Earned= $2.00
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Blistex RPM for Men Lip Care @ $2.00
Pay with $2.00 RR from above
Total After RRs= $0.00
RRs Earned= $2.00
Transaction #3
Buy 1 Wal-Fex 24-hr. Allergy Relief @ $3.99
Pay with $2.00 RR from above
Total After RRs= $1.99
RRs Earned= $3.99
Grand Total OOP=$3.98
Total Value= $8.98 with $3.99 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 leave your link 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, not your homepage. 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.
I read your challenges every week. This is the first time I did one and posted it. Thanks for the tips.
I did mess up the title. Meant to put the blog title but it asked for name and I put mine. You can tell I’m new at this. I don’t know how to change it.
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@Andrea Waters, No worries, Andrea. Thanks so much for participating and reading!
The Walgreens here in TX don’t allow you to use RR and receive RR. So, these scenarios don’t work in all places… unfortunately.
@Michelle W., Hi Michelle, I am in Texas and have not experienced what you mentioned at all. All Walgreens should follow their official coupon policy, which can be found here. If your Walgreens is not following this policy, I would definitely suggest a call to customer service to complain.
Wow that’s terrible. I never heard that before. I thought all RR’s rolled as long as you didn’t use them on the same product. So I guess you just get your RR’s and use them on items you need that don’t give you back RR’s?
I’d hate that. 🙁
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@Andrea Waters, Andrea, they should roll just fine as long as you are buying a different product. Walgreens coupon policy does indeed allow this.
FYI I just got a great deal! Nivea mens body wash regularly 2 for $7, on sale 2 for $5, And a 2.00 off each bottle coupon available from THECOUPONCLIPPER.COM that made each bottle .50 cents. I bought 22 (in 11 seperate transactions) to be sure to walk out of Walgreens with my $22 in RR 🙂 and I feel great!
Happy deal-hunting,
Jason Cuba
Maricao Puerto Rico
I added my link to your list. thanks.
I really enjoyed ready the list of foods about having/not having pesticides on them.
We grow all our own herbs, much cheaper and have a garden to keep our veggies fresh.
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I have an issue with Walgreens.. Maybe I am doing it wrong.. Went today and purchased the Blistex RPM For Men.. did NOT get a$2 RR for it.. Did NOT get $2 RR for the Colgate 360.. Also did NOT get $1 RR for the Clairol Natural instincts…I did get the RR for the Walfex and the Bayer..
Manager said that I had been the 4th person to mention this to them… His best advice was to go off the printed ads and not your site for the RRs. So is he just lazy, am I doing something wrong, or what???
BTW – when I did not get the RRs for the above items, I returned them for a refund!
@Catherine, It is always best to grab the ad in your store to make sure all the deals you want are available. Sometimes there are regional differences. If it is in the ad the you should get the RR.
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