September 2009

Collin over at Hip2Save has a great list of Target deals. There are weekly match-ups with the flyer as well as ongoing deals. I had an interesting conversation with a woman in the Target corporate office (not the India call center) last week and hopefully she’ll be able to straighten one of my local stores out on the coupon policy. I hate that it can be so frustrating sometime and was again advised that the “limit one offer per transaction” does NOT mean you can only use 1 Target coupon at a time. She stressed that transaction is different from purchase and you can only use 1 Target coupon per item (ie transaction) but can use as many as you want per purchase so long as there is just 1 per item. Whew. Now on to the match-ups.

For Collin’s full list, check out her new post. She has a ton of ongoing deals for FREE items!

Buy 2 Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Extra Power 2-packs $1.99 each = $3.98
Use the buy one get one free coupon from the 9/27PG
Plus, use the $1/1 coupon from the 8/30PG (expires 9/30)
Final cost $0.49 per 2 pack!

Chex Mix on a temporary Price cut for $1.75
Use the $0.50/1 coupon from here
Plus, use the $1 Target coupon
Final cost $0.25 per bag!

Chex Mix small 3.75 oz bags $0.99(these are found in the checkout lanes)
Use the $1/1 Target coupon
Final cost FREE!
**The coupon will beep and need to be adjusted down. This is allowed as per corporate and Target’s coupon policy. If you have an issue in the store, call Guest Services while in the store and hopefully they will help clear it up.

Hormel Compleats $1.89
Buy 2 and use the buy one get one free coupon from the August All You mag.
Plus, use the $2/1 coupon from the October issue of All You mag
Final cost 2 for FREE + $0.11 in overage!

Get a $5 Target Gift Card when you buy 2 Fusion Manual or Venus Embrace Razors or Cartridges priced at $7.94 each.
Deal scenario:Buy 2 Gillette Fusion Manual Razors $7.94 each=$15.88
Use 2 $4/1 coupons from the 9/27PG
Pay $7.88
Get back a $5 Target gift card
Final cost $1.44 per razor!

So I decided to hit Kmart today again after finding some more great deals. I ended up paying just 2 cents for 49 items! At the end of the transaction they actually owed me money (because of the $5 off $50 coupon and the $5 instant reward for buying the 5 Special K products) so I went to get a candy bar and ended up owing just 2 cents! Make sure to also read this post to see how I got 32 items for just 7 cents yesterday!
18 cans of Alpo dog food, $.60 each
Used 6 of the Save $1.00 when you buy 3 from the 8/23 SS
Coupon doubled so all were FREE

2 Ziploc bags, $2.00 each
Used BOGO coupon from 8/30 SS
Coupon doubled so both were FREE

2 Glade Refillable Candles, $3.69
Used 2 of the $1.50 coupons found inside the tin
Coupon doubled so each item was $.69

2 Refills for the candles, $2.50 each
Used 2 of the coupons for buy a candle get the refill free
Got both for FREE

1 Friskies Natural Treats, $1.99
Used FREE coupon from 9/27 SS
Item was FREE

3 Starbucks single serve Frappuccinos, $2.39 each
Used 3 of the $1.00 printable coupons
Coupons doubled and each was $.39

1 Little Debbie Chocolate Cupcakes, $3.00
Used $1.00 coupon from October All You Magazine
Coupon doubled and item was $1.00

1 bag of Hershey’s Kisses, $2.50
Used $1.00 coupon from 9/13 SS

1 Reese Whipps, $.67
This was the item I needed to buy so they wouldn’t owe me money

2 Hormel Compleats meals, $2.00 each
Used the BOGO coupon from the August All You
Coupon doubled so both were FREE

3 Rice Crispies Cereals, $2.25 each
Used 3 of the $1.00 Vocalpoint coupons
Coupons doubled so each item was $.25

5 Special K Cereals, $2.50 each
Used 5 of the $1.00 printable coupons
Coupons doubled so each was just $.50
BUT there was an instant $5 reward for buying 5 Special K Products and so I actually got a $2.50 overage here!

6 Coffee Mate Stick Pack Carton, $1.39 each (I bought 3 vanilla and 3 original)
Used 3 BOGO coupons from the 8/9 RP
Coupons doubled so each item was FREE

1 Kotex Liners, $1.29
Used $1.00 coupon from home mailer
Coupon doubled and item was FREE

1 Carefree liners, $1.39
Used $1.00 coupon from 8/30 SS
Coupon doubled and item was FREE

I used the $5 off $50 coupon before I handed over the rest of my coupons. I got the Whips bar as the cash register showed them owing me some money.