Frugal Tip: Play The Drugstore Game
The drugstore game refers to shopping at CVS, Walgreens, and/or Rite Aid, and using a combination of their rewards programs and coupons to get many items for free or even sometimes effectively get paid to buy them. I do not have Rite Aid where I live, but I have dabbled in this activity at both CVS and Walgreens and left with items for literally pennies, or even on rare occasion, stacked coupons so that my discount ended up more than the original cost of an item.
I am no means an expert, so I won’t try to teach anyone how to do it, but there are many great sites out there that go through their CVS, Walgreens, or Rite Aid exploits weekly and explain all the best deals to be had. Today, just by clipping a coupon out of the Walgreen’s circular, I got a 5 pack of mechanical pencils for $0.05.
Give the Drugstore Game a try. At the very least, you can find a few great deals!
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July 25th, 2008 05:58
[...] on the Festival of Frugality blog, I wrote my frugal tip about playing the Drugstore Game. The Drugstore Game is basically using coupons and saver programs at Walgreens, Rite Aid, and/or [...]
August 6th, 2008 00:36
You can save so much playing the drugstore game.