Frances Frugal Fairhope Tip: Rolling or Not
Rolling your CVS Extra Care Bucks (ECBs) from week to week is by far the better way to get the greatest amount of savings for your dollar. ECBs are basically store credit that you can use to purchase almost anything at CVS. Rolling ECBs simply means to pay for something with ECBs and get ECBs back. Here is an example of what we mean by rolling your ECBs. Let’s say the CVS has Bausch & Lomb on sale for $2.99 this week and if you purchase this you will receive $2.99 in ECBs.
Bausch & Lomb Multipurpose Solution 2-oz $2.99 Get $2.99 ECBs
The next week CVS has Complete Multipurpose on sale for $7.99 and if you purchase this you will receive $7.99 in ECBs.
Complete Multipurpose Solution $7.99 Get $7.99 ECBs
Here is how this deal would work between the two weeks:
1st Transaction (this week)
Bausch & Lomb Multipurpose Solution $2.99
Out of Pocket: $2.99
Receive $2.99 ECBs
2nd Transaction (next week)
Complete Multipurpose Solution $7.99
-Use $2.99 in ECBs from 1st Transaction
Out of Pocket: $5
Receive $7.99 ECBs
As you can see we used the ECBs from the first transaction to pay down the second transaction out of pocket and received additional ECBs, this is rolling.
Sometimes you may find that you get busy and while ECBs have a three week expiration date, life sometimes takes over and you may not have time to roll these over into another deal or there is just not anything you need. If you decided to not roll your ECBs, you are still getting your money’s worth and more. Here’s how:
1st Transaction
Bausch & Lomb Multipurpose Solution $2.99
Out of Pocket: $2.99
Receive $2.99 ECBs
2nd Transaction
4 Bumble Bee Albacore B1G1 $2.29
-$2.99 in ECBs from 1st Transaction
Out of Pocket: $1.59 or $.40 each
As you can see you are still getting the Bausch & Lomb for free and we used the $2.99 from the 1st transaction to pay for tuna the next week. Of course it is better if you can roll the ECBs into something that will give you more ECBs but you don’t have to do this.
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