How to Make Money on Your Medications

I know, it sounds crazy.  With the prices of medications skyrocketing, how in the world could you make money buying them? 

If you have prescriptions filled regularly, like your child's flouride for example, you can transfer those prescriptions from pharmacy to pharmacy and earn money doing it.  This works best if you have good pharmacy benefits or if the prescription(s) you are taking is part of a store's $4 prescription list (like at Walmart or Target).  Here's what I do:

1) Get new prescription from my doctor
2) Take that prescription to Target and use my "Free $10 Gift Card with purchase of a new or transferred prescription" coupon
3) Once my prescription has run out, I take my Target medication bottle to Fred Meyer, Rite Aid or QFC (whichever pharmacy is having a promotion like the Target one) and ask them to transfer my prescription. 
4) If there is currently no promotion at another store, I will refill it at Target until I find another promotion going on.  DO NOT transfer it until you have a coupon (or know of a promotion at Fred Meyer, where they don't require a coupon).
5) Continue transferring your prescription until you have had it filled at all the stores that do this promotion.  Here are the ones I know of:

• Fred Meyer - $25 for each transferred prescription (through May 14).  The $25 is given to you in the form of a credit on your rewards card, which may be used on any purchase of $25 or more when you use your rewards card.  Make sure you mention to the pharmacy tech when you pick up your prescription that this is a transfer, and they will scan a special barcode that gives you the $25 credit.
• Target - $10 for each NEW or transferred prescription (must have coupon; can get as many gift cards as you want, as long as you have enough coupons for each prescription).  This is the only pharmacy that I know of that will give you a gift card for a NEW prescription, so always start the cycle here, and transfer it from here to another pharmacy.
• Rite Aid - $25 for a transferred prescription.  You will receive a $25 gift card for Rite Aid.  I haven't seen one of these coupons in a while, so I'm not sure if they are participating any more.  If the coupons come out, they'll be in their Sunday store ad.  If you see one, use it before Fred Meyer, because the Rite Aid ones are rarer.
• Albertsons - $25 for each transferred prescription.  You'll receive a $25 Albertsons gift card.  These are also fairly infrequent, but totally worth it when they come around.
• QFC - $25 for each transferred prescription.  I believe you can only do this one if you aren't transferring the prescription from another Kroger affiliate store (Fred Meyer, for example).  The information about these will be in the QFC store ad.

I used to get all my prescriptions through the mail order pharmacy because it was easier.  Now, I get everything from the retail pharmacies and transfer them as often as I can.  If you have a current prescription at a pharmacy other than Fred Meyer, and it has refills available on it, try transferring it to Fred Meyer sometime before May 14 and get your credit.  You can transfer as many different prescriptions as you'd like.

Albertsons Deals for April 6-12

Check out Happy Money Saver's post listing all of this week's Albertsons coupon match-ups.  Not a ton of incredible deals, but you may want to browse the list in case you're looking for some of the items that are on sale.

If you haven't printed it yet, don't forget your copy of the Albertsons Corporate Coupon Policy. 

Cheap Chinet Plates or Cups at Safeway

This week at Safeway (through April 12) you can get Chinet plates or cups for $0.49 each!  Here's how:

Buy Chinet 15 to 25-ct plates or bowls $2.50
Use in-ad coupon, making the price $1.99 ea.
Use $1.00/1 Chinet coupon (must login or register-you can print 2 per computer)
Use Safeway double (-$0.50)
Fianl price: $0.49 each

Remember, to use any in-ad coupons at Safeway your total (before coupons) must be at least $10.  In this case, you could purchase 2 pkg. of plates or bowls (that's the limit on the coupon), which brings your pre-coupon price to $5, which means you must purchase at least $5 in additional products to qualify for the in-ad coupons.  Check out this week's Safeway deals here to find other items to add to your purchase.

Target Assignment---Cheap Diet Pepsi Skinny

Here's an easy way to try your hand at Target coupons stacked with a manufacturer coupon.

Remember to watch the register to make sure your total is going down.

Special Purchase Offer:
Save $3 when you buy a Diet Pepsi Skinny 4 Pack AND People Magazine (this was not advertised at my store, but it did deduct $3)

Deal Scenario #1:
Buy 2 Diet Pepsi Skinny Cans 4 Pack $1.99 each
Buy People Magazine $4.99
Total = $8.97
Minus the automatic $3 deduction at checkout
Use the buy one get one free Diet Pepsi Skinny coupon found here
Plus, use the $2/1 People Magazine Manufacturer’s Coupon found on Target.com
Final cost ONLY $1.98 for all 3 items!

Deal Scenario #2:
Buy 2 Diet Pepsi Skinny Cans 4 Pack $1.99 each
Buy 2 People Magazines $4.99 each
Total = $13.96
Minus automatic $6 deduction at checkout
Use the buy one get one free Diet Pepsi Skinny coupon found here
Plus, use two $2/1 People Magazine Manufacturer’s Coupons found on Target.com
Final cost ONLY $1.97 for all 4 items!

I just went and did this deal at Target. My People magazine (which I'll look through for coupons & then throw away!) rang up at $4.49.

This will cost you $1.97-$1.98, including deposit.

Thanks, Hip2Save

Safeway Deals for 4/6-12

Frugal Living NW has posted their deals for Safeway using their Double Coupon.

To see their listing click here.

Customize your Coupon plan for any Diet!

The top question on many people’s minds after watching shows like Extreme Couponing on TLC is simple: Can I experience my own extreme coupon savings without the extreme lifestyle? Is it possible to save money without spending countless hours clipping furiously? Can I save 50% on a $100 grocery cart full of healthy foods? The answer is “yes”! The best thing about couponing, is you can tailor it to fit any lifestyle, any diet and any family- seriously! This will be the first in a series of posts on HOW TO GET THE EXTREME COUPONING SAVINGS WITHOUT THE EXTREME LIFESTYLE!

This article is from The Krazy Coupon Lady.

To read the whole article, please visit KCL's site (here).

Why couponing is so great for your family!!

Last week I couldn't have cared less about doing any couponing deals.I really don't know what I missed & that's OK with me, some weeks are like that.
This week has been great so far & it's only been 2 days. I don't do any shopping on Sundays so that's why it's only been 2 days for me.
You'll need to click on the photos to see them up close, I'm having trouble with iPhoto right now. When I fix it, then I'll get them fixed here.
DAY 1:
The paper I got at Staples for FREE (after rebate/coupons), however I used previous rebate $, so no money left my wallet!
The rest of the stuff is from Rite Aid, oh I had a blast!!After coupons, +Ups & rebates I will make $16.57!! But you could really say I got all of these products PLUS $16.57 because once again I paid for all of those items at the register using previous rebate $.


DAY 1 Con't:
Onto Albertsons
I did this in 2 transactions at 2 different stores.All in total I paid $6.50, plus I also have 2 coupons for FREE milk to use later.

Monday was a HUGE day, it only cost me $6.50 for all of that!

DAY 2:
Albertsons (yes, again)This cost me $4, notice the M&Ms? There were peelie coupons on the Rice Krispies for FREE M&Ms at checkout. PLUS 2 more coupons for FREE milk.


Now, if you've seen the Kelloggs deal (here) you'll see how I did it.
Kelloggs is also offering a rebate of $10 for every 10 boxes you buy (select kinds). This is a program that is going all year so you don't have to buy them right now, but I would suggest soon. They may end the program early, you just never know. Go here for details on the rebate program.
So now I have acquired 10+ of the participating boxes & will get a $10 gift card soon.
Tuesday cost me $4!

Then all this came in the mail Monday & Tuesday.Always send away for free things in the mail, my pile is huge with this stuff and they're great little gifts if you don't use them.Plus, a lot of times you'll get some great coupons!


I may be all couponed out this week, but look at what I got in 2 days with only spending $10.50 OOP (out of pocket).
If you think you don't have time or it's too complicated and you decide that it's just not worth it, then you're missing out.Look how I just saved my family tons of $ in just 2 days, even with all 3 kids with me most of the time.
Kris & I would love to show you how you can incorporate this into your schedule.Does it take a lot of time? It is time consuming, but it doesn't rule my week.
If you'd like to learn how, please contact us with the link provided at the top of this blog.Let us know & we'll keep you informed of upcoming classes.
-Charlie