$.01 Happy

| February 23, 2010

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We can not wait to surprise a friend with this Happy. The best part of this is the appreciation our friend will have not only to receive the Happy but that we only paid one red penny for it (not including tax of course). She is a “coupon lady” as well.

Here is the deal from Rite Aid:
NYC Mascara $3.99 B1G1 $.01
-B1G1 March All You
Final Price: $.01

For those of you who are new to Frugal Fairhope and don’t have a clue what a  “Happy” could be, keep reading.

If you get anything out of Frugal Fairhope we hope that it is not just to get the best deals but to give back to your community. The smallest thing could mean a lot to one person.

“You Can’t Help Everyone Everywhere, But You Can Help Someone Somewhere”. ~Felipe, Biggest Looser

This statement sums up the entire purpose of why we started Frugal Fairhope.

We want to help as many people as we can.

“Rough economic times” or not we are here to make an impact on someone’s life.

Post by post, coupon by coupon, freebie by freebie…saving that $.50 to getting a smile on your face or when you open the mailbox and find something there besides bills. A “Happy” (gift) as my 99 year old great grandmother Mamo use to put it. She loved getting a “Happy”. She was such a caring person that she wanted to re-gift the “Happy” and give it back to the original person or to someone new. It was almost like she wanted to share the happiness with everyone.

Frugal Fairhope is our “Happy” to you and we hope that you will share it with everyone you meet.

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Frances Frugal Fairhope Tip: $6.01 Rite Aid Money Maker

| January 31, 2010

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We made this purchase at the Fairhope Rite Aid this afternoon and not only got it for free but we made $6.01.  “Working” Rite Aid deals are the easiest thing, their rebate system is top notch in our humble opinion. No mailing in forms, receipts, UPC codes, addressing envelopes, or remembering to mail or request your rebate, it really is very simple. Here are the items we purchased from the Rite Aid 1/31 Deals:

Deal Idea
Blink Tears $7.99
Colgate Total $2.99
3 Aero TM 3 Insoles $5 each

-Use $5 off $25 printable
-Use $1 Colgate Total coupon
-Use 3 $2 Aero printable
Out of Pocket: $13.98

Receive the following rebates at the end of the month:

Blink Tears $7.99
Colgate Total $2
Aero TM 3 Insoles $10 WYB 3
Total Rebates: $19.99

Final Price: Free plus $6.01 money maker

Once you have set up Rite Aid Single Check Rebate (SCR) account you can qualify for the rebates. Here is the link to get started. This form is very simple, name address, create user name and password. Once you have set up your user name and password you can access your rebate account and start entering in receipts for your purchase. You can only set up one Rite Aid rebate account per address.

Once you have made your purchase, you only need 4 things from your receipt to qualify for a Single Check Rebate:

  1. Store Number
  2. Register Number
  3. Transaction Code
  4. Date of Transaction

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All this information is at the very top of your receipt. After you have entered your receipt, forget about it… You don’t have to do anything else, just sit back and they will send you a confirmation that your receipt has been received, they will send you an email that let’s you know that you have qualified for a rebate, then at the end of the rebate period they will send you an email letting you know that a check has been issued and sent to your home. The rebate comes in form of a check that can be cashed at any bank.

You will find the Rite Aid deals every week on Frugal Fairhope, which start on Sunday and end on Saturday. We list our Rite Aid deals as follows:

Colgate Total Advanced Toothpaste 4oz $2.99
-$2 SCR #3
-$1 coupon 1/13 SS
-$1 February All You
Final Price: Free – $.50

When you see “-$2 SCR #3″ this tells you that there is a Single Check Rebate for $2 and the number of the rebate is 3. If you went to the Rite Aid Single Check Rebate site and clicked on Rebate List and entered “3″ into the Description field you would find that Single Check Rebate #3 is for the Colgate Toothpaste rebate of $2. You could also enter “Colgate” and it will give you three rebates that involve a Colgate purchase.
Each rebate description will give you the following information:

  • February 2010 = Month of rebate
  • Rebate #3 = Rebate Number
  • Valid from 01/24/10 to 02/27/10 = Time Frame of Offer (Rebate Period)
  • $2.00 Rebate = Value of the Rebate
    Colgate Toothpaste = What the Rebate is for
  • Purchase One (1):  Total Advanced or Total Enamel Strength, 4 oz. = How to Qualify
  • LIMIT ONE (1) $2.00 REBATE = Other limitations on the rebate

As mentioned above with the purchase of Colgate you could qualify for up to two rebates with a single purchase. The single tube of Colgate 4.0 oz could qualify for two rebates, if those rebate terms were met through the rebate period. We have already qualified for SCR #3 and our purchase counts as qualifying for SCR #552. SCR # 552 is for a $10 Rite Aid Gift Card WYB $25 in qualifying items. The Colgate value of $2.99 for our purchase above is deducted from the $25. If we purchase another $22.01 in any of the other products listed in SCR #64 (before 3/27/10) we would get a $10 Rite Aid Gift Card at the end of the rebate period. Frugal Fairhope calls this Stacking Rebates.  Stacking rebates means you qualify for more than one rebate with the purchase of one item. The full $2.99 value of the item purchased is before coupons. So even though we used a $1 coupon to purchase the Colgate, the rebate does not consider the coupon.

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$2.20 Huggies Diapers at Rite Aid

| December 22, 2009

Need to act fast on this deal to get it before the offer ends. This will take two transactions and possibly some friends to help you gather the Rite Aid video coupons. If your store will not allow but one Rite Aid coupon per transaction your final total would be $2.70.

To make this an even better deal, transfer two prescriptions and use the $25 gift cards to pay for this, free diapers!!!

Here is what you need to do to get two $5 off $20-$25 coupons:

1st Sign up on RiteAid.com at this link and print the coupons. This will include a $5 off $25 coupon
2nd Sign up and watch the RiteAid videos at this link, watch 20 credits to get the $5 off $20 coupon

Huggies Jumbo Pack Diapers, GoodNites Underpants or Overnights

1st Transaction
3 Huggies $8.99 = $26.97
-Use 3 $2 printable & printable (FF) & printable (IE)
-Use 3 $1 RiteAid video coupons
-$5 off $25 coupon from RiteAid.com

2nd Transaction
2 Huggies $8.99 = $17.98
Purchase a $2.02 Filler

-Use 2 $2 printable & printable (FF) & printable (IE)
-Use 2 $1 RiteAid video coupons
-$5 off $20 coupon from RiteAid videos

-Qualify for free Huggies diaper WYB 5 Rebate #800 (expires 12/26/09)
-Qualify for $5 Rite Aid Fall Gift of Savings WYB $25 (expires 12/24/09)
-$3.75 Caregivers Marketplace rebate

Final Price: $2.20 each WYB 5 Get 1 Free

If your store has the Huggies Pure & Natural as part of this deal, your total would be $1.37 per diaper using the $3 coupon from 11/15 SS.

Make sure you have not purchased Huggies diapers from Rite Aid before you start, rebate #800 has been around since 9/27/09.

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Sometimes we run into problems

| April 29, 2009

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This is our trip to Rite Aid this week. We ran into The We Can’t Take Internet Coupons issue at the Daphne store. We must have jinked ourselves by writing about this yesterday.

The Daphne Rite Aid clerk questioned our internet coupons. The Daphne Rite Aid has in the past taken our internet coupons while the Fairhope store has been hit and miss on taking them. The last trip was a hit, the store manager physically took the coupons (see comment from Rite Aid post). This time the Daphne clerk said “we can’t accept them unless they have a Rite Aid logo on the coupon”. We just smiled and said “Is this a new policy at this store?” She said “you know what I am not sure, let me check with the manager”. We said “OK, we don’t want to get you in trouble”.  Few minutes later she said the manager would take them.

Success!!!  Smiling and being nice does it almost every time. :-D

We were prepared to buy the products for a fraction of the cost without the internet coupons (see below). Here are the details of what we bought with the internet coupons.

MiniDrops Eye Therapy 30ct $6.49
-$1 off MiniDrops printable
SaltAire Sinus & Allergy Relief 1ct $6.99
-$1 off Saltaire printable
Skintimate Shave Cream 6oz $2.99
-$.75 coupon 4/26 SS
Electrasol/Finish Quantum Tabs 12ct $4.49
-$2.50 coupon 4/19 SS We didn’t have this coupon, shocking we know. :-)
Listerine Mouthwash $4 (bought 2)
Note: The fresh burst came with a free bottle of Listerine Tooth Defense-$4/2 Listerine in ad store coupon
-$4/2 store coupon
-$.50 printable (used 2)

-$5 off $25 Rite Aid printable

Total of Products: $28.96

Out of Pocket: $16.21 (not including tax)
Rebates:$17.72
Total cost after rebates: Money Maker of $1.51 (not including tax)

  • $6.49 SCR #30 (limit 1)
  • $6.99 SCR #33 (limit 1)
  • $2.24 SCR #96 (limit 1)
  • $2 SCR #114

If we buy 2 more bottles of Listerine before the end of May we will qualify for  $5 SRC #50.

Just for grins and giggles, let’s say that you did not pick up last Sunday’s paper and the store would not take the internet coupons only the Rite Aid coupons. Here is the cost for purchasing the same products.

MiniDrops Eye Therapy 30ct $6.49
SaltAire Sinus & Allergy Relief 1ct $6.99
Skintimate Shave Cream 6oz $2.99
Electrasol/Finish Quantum Tabs 12ct $4.49
Listerine Mouthwash $4 (buy 2)

-$4/2 Rite Aid coupon
-$5 off $25 Rite Aid printable

Total of Products: $28.96

Out of Pocket Charged to the Debit Card: $19.96 (not including tax)
Rebates:$17.72

Total cost: $2.24 (before tax)

See we can do this with or without coupons, better if you have coupons but you get the idea. :-D

Are you new to Rite Aid? Check out this link  for more information.


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