CVS Coupon Policy

What are Extra Care Bucks or ECB’s?






ECB’s are CVS’s shoppers rewards system that can be used like cash on your next transaction. They print out immediately as a separate slip semi-attached to the bottom of your receipt. They expire 4 weeks from printing and can be used on anything in the store except alcohol, tobacco, stamps and gift cards.





How do I earn ECB’s?

There are 3 different ways that you can earn Extra Care Bucks:



1.The first way is by your total spending each quarter. You will get back 2% of what you spend (after coupons and discounts) at the end of each quarter. You can also get $1.00 back for every 2 prescriptions you get filled at the pharmacy.

2.The second way is by purchasing certain promotional items advertised in their ads. Some are buy a specific item for a certain amount and get $ ECB’s back and some are buy a certain amount in participating items and get $ in ECB’s back. If you have to buy a certain dollar amount, that amount is calculated before coupons, making the deals even sweeter when you have corresponding coupons! It is often possible to get FREE items or even make a profit!

3.The third way is to sign up at https://www.cvsadvisor.com/ . A few times a year, they will offer ECB’s for completing surveys for them.

What is the best way to use ECB’s?

The best use of ECB’s is to roll them from one transaction to the next. In other words, purchase items with the smallest out of pocket first, then use the ECB’s from that transaction to purchase larger value items that also produce ECB’s and keep going. This keeps your out of pocket as low as possible.



CVS’s Coupon Policy

This is CVS’s coupon policy from their customer service representative.



■Our registers are set to allow 1 CVS coupon and 1 manufacturer coupon per item.

■Free coupons or “offers at the register” (OAR’s) are unearned and issued to you as a valued member of the CVS/pharmacy ExtraCare program. These coupons take the form of “open ended” coupons such as $3 off $15 or a certain dollar amount off a specific item. In any given transaction our registers will allow only one “open ended” coupon per transaction.

■You can use more than one Extra Buck coupon provided the purchase threshold has been met for each offer amount on a per-transaction basis.

■In the case where a particular item is on sale for “buy one get one free” (BOGO), you are only allowed to use one manufacturer’s BOGO coupon. For instance, if Revlon lipstick is on sale for BOGO, you can use one manufacturer’s BOGO coupon. You would get both items free and pay any applicable tax. We reserve the right to limit quantities.

■If our store is running a sale for BOGO, you can use two manufacturer’s coupons for a specific dollar amount off. For example, if Revlon lipstick is on sale at our store for BOGO, you can use two $1.00 off Revlon lipstick manufacturer coupons.

■CVS/pharmacy does accept manufacturers’ coupons that have been obtained from manufacturer sponsored and/or authorized Web sites. The coupon should be complete and contain a bar code that can be scanned at the register. If the coupon does not scan, the cashier should politely inform you that we cannot accept your coupon. We do not allow manual overrides at the register for coupons printed from the Internet.

■CVS/pharmacy will not accept offers printed from unauthorized Internet postings or reproductions, copies, or facsimiles.

■We do not accept competitors’ coupons for front store items. We feel that our sales and ExtraCare program are comparable if not better than any sales or coupons offered by our competitors.

■We also do not accept any expired coupons, CVS or otherwise.

■We do not “double” or “triple” coupons.