Walgreens $5 Scenario - Week of July 19th

You can pick up a ton of school/office supplies this week at Walgreens for very little money and you won't have to print or clip a coupon.

If you were lucky and had the $1 off 3 Scotch tape coupon in the 7/12/09 SmartSource insert - your deal is even better. Sorry, St Louisans, it wasn't in the Post-Dispatch.

When you do multiple transactions, I would suggest checking out at the Cosmetic's register. The cashier in this area is usually not very busy with customers, and will probably have more patience for multiple transactions.

Transaction #1
Purchase (1) Pilot G2 Gel Pens $1
= $1 out of pocket + receive $1 Register Reward

Transactions #2 to #5
Repeat transaction #1 (4) more times because you get only (1) Pilot Register Reward per transaction.

Transaction #6
Purchase (4) pocket folders .36
Purchase (4) poster boards .36
Purchase (3) #2 pencils .27
Purchase (5) Paper Mate Mechanical Pencils .95
Purchase (2) Paper Clips .38
Purchase (4) Scotch Transparent Tapes $1.56
Purchase (2) Scotch Mailers $1.18
Use (5) $1 Register Rewards from Pilot Pens
= .06 out of pocket

Price of merchandise before sales $39.81
Total out of pocket: $5.06 or 87% savings