Printable coupons come and go. The coupon you are looking for may have temporarily reached it’s print limit.

I’m sorry, but I don’t know of any stores that do that. At least not in my area.

The stores that double coupons in my area are Albertson’s, Kroger, and Tom Thumb. Usually the store will advertise that they double coupons in the weekly ad.

Oh, and what stores (asking not just about CVS) double coupons?

I do not know of any stores that will do this. You could always ask, especially if there is only 1 item left.

The cashier should have let you use the $10/$50. I suggest emailing Customer Service with your question so that you can have the response in writing to show the cashier if it happens again.

I have never had a problem with this. The email from CS will probably clear everything up for you.

I don’t know anything about a CareMark card – I’m sorry I can’t help you.

Thanks,
Marie

The cashier thought I duplicated the coupons. What is the policy with CVS regarding these types of coupons?

Your recommendation for what to say to the cashier would be appreciated. Thanks.
Angie

I got this response from another blogger:
Bargain Briana April 21, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Marie Claire’s people said it was fine to use this coupon and print 3 times! Even though the # is the same, it is that way on paper coupons. The coupon states one coupon per purchase which is not the same as one per transaction or one per person! It means one coupon per one item purchased! So all is good but it is a YMMV by cashier. I personally dislike those types of coupons because they don’t look official like bricks, smartsource or the printable red plum ones, kwim?

If anyone has any questions for a real-live CVS employee, ask away.

Thanks for all the info! I am just getting started and your site is quite helpful.

I have never been told I had too many coupons. I don’t believe there is a limit, but I could be wrong.

I would not feel guilty about the Glucerna, they will get the full value of the coupon back from the manufacturer!

I’m not sure about the $/$$ coupons. In my experience I’ve found that they either have a print limit or will tie to your card once they’ve been used. So, when you try to use a 2nd one it will probably beep. It would be up to the cashier on whether or not they would let you use it and push it through.

I hope that helps! I’m happy to answer all your questions!

~Stephanie

Thank you for answering my question so quickly! I wanted to mention something that happened to me at CVS today which still puzzles me, and then ask another question that I forgot last time. (The scenario turned out to be quite long . . . skip to the end for the question if it gets too boring!)

Got a CVS $10 of $30 coupon at the end of my register receipt (yay!) on Sunday, when I did one of the Dove $5 ECB deals. Since it had a very short 4 day time frame, I had to use it by today. Wanted to do another Dove deal, but pay as little as possible OOP. Bought 2 Dove Cream Oil Body Washes ($8.99 each, using 2 $1.50/1 Q), 2 Glucerna cereals (using 2 $5/1 Q on cereals that were only $4.59 each), and an Aveeno lotion ($3.39, using a $2/1 Q — thought I’d get $2 ECB’s, too, but had wrong lotion . . . darn). And had a $4.99 ECB to use to bring down OOP.

Anyway, gave the cashier the coupons in the proper order: CVS card, then $10/$30 coupon, waited for everything to ring through above $30, then handed over the coupons. The 2nd Glucerna coupon beeped, because there was a BOGO 50% off, and I explained that I was fine with both cereals at full price with the $5 coupons off (my brain had tried to explode when I tried to work out how to do the coupon + the BOGO, so I decided to play it safe . . . plus I wanted to pay very little out of pocket). The cashier went back in and made an adjustment.

Thought that I’d be paying about $2 OOP. Instead, the amount went negative and I had to throw in a couple of candy bars to end at 67 cents. Since I had calculated pretty carefully, I checked the receipt in the car. The register had taken off the first $5 coupon, then adjusted the price for the second box of cereal to 1/2 price, then the second coupon scanned for $4.18 . . . $4.59/box times 2 minus first $5 coupon, as far as I can tell. I had sort of gotten it beyond free, and actually feel rather guilty about this, but since there had already been a small tussle over the Aveeno not counting towards ECBs I didn’t have the heart to go back in. And I’m still not sure exactly how this happened.

Okay, that was a lot longer than I thought it would be!!!

Short question — are the $/$$ coupons usable more than once before their expiration date? I know you have to hand the coupon over, but can you print another and do another shopping trip? I’ve seen other people ask this in the comments, but can’t find the answer.

Thank you again for ALL your help.

Mary Beth