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I got my first Walgreens EasySaver gift card in the mail last week. I decided to try the EasySaver plan a try after reading about the program at BeingFrugal.
My first purchase was a 6 oz. tube of Aquafresh toothpaste. The transaction ended up where my toothpaste paid me 17 cents to buy it even after tax. Not bad, right?
The giftcard with the 10% bonus came in the mail, full of $3.84 worth of spending goodness. The new month kicked in with a new list of items that you can get for free after rebate. Most of them were not of any interest to me, but there was an Oral-B toothbrush for free after rebate at a cost of $4.49.
Here’s how the transaction will play out:
- Toothbrush cost: $4.49
- Tax (5%): $0.22
- Total: $4.71
- Use Gift Card ($3.84): $0.87 paid with AMEX card
- Rebate w/10% bonus to gift card: $4.49 x 1.10 = $4.94
- Rebate minus cost: $4.94 – 4.71 = $0.23
Again, it doesn’t seem like much and I did have to invest an additional 87 cents to get the toothbrush. This brings my total investment to the cost of the toothpaste and toothbrush, or $3.66 plus 0.87. Total investment thus far is $4.53, and for that money I’ve gotten a toothbrush and toothpaste. On top of that, I’ll end up with $4.94 in money to spend at Walgreens on the next item.
It’s only one item a month that I am currently buying. Next month there may be nothing of interest to me to buy, and that’s fine. As I mentioned last time, this isn’t going to make me rich. But the mentality to go out and find a deal on simple every day items will add up over time.
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You are inspiring me. I’ve always felt like these types of programs are tedious and not worth the effort. I’m still not 100% sold but if you keep up with series you might flip me.
Okay, it’s killing me that you’re not using coupons! You will still get the full rebate back from Walgreens, but you will have saved $1 on that toothbrush (there were Oral B coupons in last week’s paper). This means the toothbrush actually nets you $1 on top of the 10% that goes on the giftcard.
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