Be sure and check today’s paper for these two pharmacy coupons in your KMart and Target weekly ads. I’m able to make money every few months by using these at my local CVS. Here’s how you do it:
1) Each Sunday, look through the weekly ads for Rx coupons, particularly those that say “New” prescription. I check all the store ads even if they’re store I don’t shop: CVS, Kmart, Rite Aid, Safeway, Target and Walgreens (you may have other ads in your paper).
2) Find a pharmacy that takes competitor’s coupons. In my area, that’s the big drugstores–CVS, Rite Aid, and Walgreens. It’s up to you if you where you want to fill your prescriptions, but I would not recommend using multiple pharmacies. It can be confusing and it’s hard for your pharmacist to know if your medications are interacting with each other. I use just one pharmacy that takes all coupons.
3) Present your coupon when you pick up your prescription. The cashier will ring up the gift card, then deduct the amount with the coupon. Coupons for “new” prescriptions do not come up very often, so I always clip those and hold onto them. I carry them in the car so I’ll have them when I’m coming from an unexpected appointment at the pediatrician’s office.
4) Spend your gift card. With my frequent $10 gift cards at CVS, I purchase toiletries and can even splurge once in a while on expensive face cream. It’s an easy way to keep my household budget in check each month. I love shopping with other people’s money!
I do this as well as my mother.I love getting gift cards every month that help so much!
Love your blog! Do you know if CVS has a limit on the number or frequency of these coupons that they will take to get the gift card?