Oh my, I'm a CVS shop-a-holic and rarely spend any out of pocket cash there. I continue to "ROLL" my earned Extra Care Bucks (ECBs) into each new shopping trip, trying to buy other items with manufacturer coupons and combined with new CVS deals that offer more ECBs. If you want to get real Savvy on how to best earn and use the CVS ECBs, then go to these two sites:
www.slickdeals.net, this is a FREE site, just register and then read/use as you like. info on CVS can be found when you click on FORUMS and "Drugstores..." or plug-in CVS ECBs on the SEARCH tab. You won't believe how much you'll see and learn there about different scenarios for using manufacturer coupons, coupled with CVS weekly & monthly deals and earning more ECBs to use again on your next trip.
www.grocerygame.com, you can do a TRIAL usage of this site for $1 for 4 weeks to see if you'd like to continue using. most of the women that use this site believe that they SAVE so much money from this system that it more than pays for the monthly fee. however, i'm on such a tight budget, that i cannot currently afford to use it. so, i just on to the site and click on MESSAGE BOARDS (on the left side) and then on TODAY'S POSTS to see all the HOT TIPS on CVS and many other stores (grocery & drugstores). there is no fee req'd to just read the boards for tips.
I hope all this helps. You definitely don't want to earn and lose anymore of your valuable ECBs from CVS as it is just like cash. ENJOY the savings. Many Blessings - L.