Week 6: Coupon Class (2/22/10)

Welcome to Week 6 of the ten week couponing course!

It’s a great week, and you’re about to get over $62 of items for less than $5 at Walgreens!

If you aren’t part of the couponing class, go here to learn more about my free couponing course.

This week we’ll be working on CATALINAS and REGISTER REWARDS. Although we have explored some of this before, it’s a good time to go back and make sure you understand exactly how register rewards and catalinas work.

What is a Catalina and/or Register Reward?

A catalina is essentially a coupon that is automatically printed out at the register when you buy a certain item. At Walgreens, these are called Register Rewards. Like other deals, you can find out about Catalinas in a store’s inserts or at a money-saving coupon blog like Saving Money Plan.

The big thing to remember about Catalinas/Register Rewards is that they count to the machine as a “coupon.” Let’s say you are buying 1 item. If you are already using a manufacturer’s coupon then your Register Reward will “count” as a second coupon, meaning the register will think you are using two coupons for one product, and won’t allow the transaction. The solution is to buy a really cheap item (a piece of candy, say), called a “filler” by most couponers so that you can get the one coupon-to-one item ratio back.

Another thing to remember with Register Rewards is that they are not just like ECBS at CVS. Yes, you do present them to the clerk like cash, but you cannot use a register reward you got on a shampoo deal to then buy more of the same shampoo deal. Instead, if you want to keep buying the shampoo deal, you’ve got to use either a different register rewards coupon (say for a soup deal), or cash! Finally, Register Rewards are set to print as one Register Reward for each item – so if there is no limit on the number of free shampoo you can get, you still must do separate transactions to get each and every register reward on each bottle!

Make sense? I know it may seem a bit confusing, but it’s something that you’ll get the hang of easily with a little practice.

Let’s get to the deals!

Here are the deals I want you to do at Walgreens:

1. Gillette Venus Embrace: Razor System or 3 pack disposable razors fusion MVP, power or manual razor system $8.99
Get $4 Register Rewards
Use $2/1 Venus Embrace or Spa Breeze razor (P&G 2/7/10)
Use Free Olay Body Wash when you buy Venus Embrace or Venus Breeze (P&G 2/7/10)
Use $4/1 Gillette Fusion Razor, exp. 3-31-10 (P&G 02/07/10)
Final price $.99 after coupons and register rewards

2. Goody Ouchless Elastics 27 pack $2.99
Get $2 Register Rewards
Use $1/1 Goody Product (RP 1/3/10)
Final price FREE after coupons and register rewards

3. Tylenol Cough, Cold, Sinus or Allergy Relief 20 or 24 ct.; liquid, 8 oz. $4.99

Get $3 Register Rewards when you buy 2 or more
Use any two of the following coupons:

$1/1 Tylenol Cold, Sinus, Sudafed PE or OM, exp. 4-3 (RP #2 1/3/10)
$3/2 Tylenol Cold, Sinus, Sudafed PE or OM, exp. 4-3 (RP #2 1/3/10)
$1/1 Tylenol Cold or Tylenol Sinus, exp. 3-31-10 (RP 12/6/09)
$2/1 Tylenol Cold Product printable
$1.50/1 Tylenol Cold Product printable
$1/1 Select Tylenol Cold, and Allergy Products, exp. 5-31 (RP 2/7/10)
$3/2 Select Tylenol Cold and Allergy Products, exp. 5-31 (RP 2/7/10)
$1/1 Select Tylenol Cold or Sinus Products, exp. 3-31-10 (RP 12/6/09)
Final price as low as $1.49 each after coupons and register rewards

4. Cold or Allergy Relief Triaminic: 14 pack, Thin Strips, liquid 4 oz; Nasal spray .67 oz, Theraflu: 6 packets, liquid 8.3 oz. 2 for $10
Get $5 Register Rewards when you buy 2 or more
Use any two of the following coupons:

$2/1 Theraflu printable
$2/1 Theraflu Product printable
$2/1 Theraflu Product printable
$2/1 Theraflu Product printable (IE) or printable (FF)
$2/1 Theraflu Caplets, exp. 4-4-10 (SS 02/07/10)
$1.50 Triaminic Product (SS 2/7/10)
$1.50 Triaminic Product Printable
Final price as low as $.50 each after coupons and register rewards

5. Joint Juice 30 ct.; prices start at $10
Get $10 Register Reward
FREE

6. Buy $10 or more Hershey’s Pieces 10-10.5 oz. $2.50

Get $5 Register Rewards
$1/1 Hershey’s Candy Pieces, exp. 4-17-10 (SS 01/31/10)
Final price $.25 each when you buy 4 and use 4 of the $1/1 Smartsource coupon above

7. Excedrin Menstrual Complete Express Gels 20 ct $2.50
Get $2 Register Rewards
$.75/1 Excedrin (SS 1/3/10)
$2 Excedrin printable
Final price FREE plus $1.50 moneymaker

Another good deal that does not involve a Catalina/register reward:

8. Right Guard or Dry Idea Antiperspirant/deodorant 2-4 oz.  B1G1
$2/2 Right Guard Product printable
$2/2 Right Guard Product printable
$2/2 Right Guard Product printable
$3/1 Select Right Guard/Dry Idea Products, exp. 2-27 (Walgreens, Feb)
= 2 FREE deodorants, possible moneymaker!

As always, make sure to post comments with any questions you may have, or email me, and then go on and get your free (and cheap) stuff!