CVS: *HOT* FREE or 49¢ Conair Curling Iron (After ExtraBucks Reward)
Calling all you CVS shoppers! As mentioned in the CVS Weekly Deals, when you purchase a select Conair Hair Appliance, you’ll score a $10 Ecb (limit 1). Well, it turns out that the Conair Curls ‘ n Curls Curling Iron priced at $9.99 is part of the deal and is in fact producing the $10 Ecb. That means you can snatch up a curling iron for FREE or close to FREE (after ExtraBucks Reward)!
Deal Idea…
Buy 1 Conair Curls ‘n Curls 1″ or 5/8″ Curling Iron $9.99 up to $10.49 – varies by region
Get back a $10 Ecb
Final Cost Free or 49¢!
(Thanks, Selvi!)
Man! I just got home from cvs. my timing is terrible. I see another trip in my future. 🙂
I may be wrong but I thought the original post stated an appliance $19.99 & up?
The ad does say that, but as you can see from the ecb/receipt, it is working on the $9.99 item.
The weekly ad does state regular retail of $19.99+
Online it says prices start at $8.29, so they are aware. CVS probably doesn’t put it in the print ad so they won’t have to write rainchecks on freebies.
Going to test this out now nice item to donate. Wish me luck.
My same thought. Teenage girl for Christmas
It worked and they are $9.99 at my local CVS!
YUP it worked and they are $9.79 in Dallas, TX PLUS i used my 25% off making it an awesome $2.65 money maker!! Thanks Collin!
I live in Southern California and they are prices at $10.79. I gave it a shot and I got $10 extra bucks!! Woohoo! Thanks!
stupid question ok you buy it now can you use the ECB $10.00 on the spot?
On different transaction, yes.
Just bought one. Nice. Thanks!
Thanks!
No Monica. The ECB prints out after you finish your transaction 🙂
Thanks YG
You’re welcome!
Hi Monica. Yes you can, I do that all the time. I check out twice. Once to get the ECB then again to use it.
So you have to buy one first to get the $10 off on a second one?
U can only buy one conair (limit 1). You can use th ecb you get from the first one to buy other items on second transaction.
Kirsten: take the Conair to the register and pay with real money, or with extra bucks you already have, or a combo of the two. When the cashier gives you your receipt, your $10ecb will be at the bottom of the receipt. You can buy another Conair and use your $10 ecb from the first purchase but u won’t receive anymore ecbs for a Conair purchase. You could use the $10ecbs on other items that may or may not give you ecbs back, or take the $$10ecb home and wait for an amazing deal. (Like this one lol)
Just did this deal $9.99 used $10 eb then got back $10 eb only paid taxes
My CVS only had one (only the 5/8″) of these, so I wouldn’t bother making a special trip unless you have the time/energy or really need this! I’ve never really seen more than one or two of the less expensive appliances at the stores I frequent.
I saw three of 5/8″ and one for 1″.
It worked for me as well. I’m in Northern CA.
anyone in Chicago try this yet?
I haven’t heard yet ,might try (: did you girls get in on Coke deal last week ?buy 3 cases 12 pack $8.99 got $5 ECB ( went till Thursday and then got fixed ):
No i didnt hear about the coke deal 🙁
Yes. It works! Loyola
Thank you for posting this deal- very helpful.
It worked in Houston, Tx! Thanks Collin, you’re awesome!
Mine are priced at 9.79. Will it work??
Worked for me! Used a 25% off coupon on a $9.79 one and got the $10ECB.
Great idea! I got 30% off and really wanted a straightener!
Where are you getting a 25 percent off coupon?
In my email. You sign up on cvs website for emails and they send one about once a week.
i use to get all kinds of coupons emailed to me and mail but now i get nothing and some how my bf gets them and he goes there once in a blue moon!
Worked on Frederick, Maryland!! Thanks! It’s $10.99 here
Oh and great idea about making it an untrim a tree present for a teenager girl.
Got mine! Thanks Colin! $9.79 and used a 25% off coupon too! Still got $10 ecb!!!
You are not getting it free… you are getting whatever you buy next for free.. these Extra Bucks are deceiving.
If you pay with ecb, it ends up being just tax. I wouldn’t spend my own money on something I don’t want, but it’s a good way to roll ecb that might be expiring.
That’s what I did. I hate $10 ECBs, so I rolled mine into another to give me time to find $10 worth of deals on which to use it.
I know! I hate when people say it’s free because technically you still have to pay $10!
Paid $10 and got $10 back so the net is 0, what else should it be called then?
Once you have some ecbs at cvs you can roll them forever. I started shopping at cvs back in 2011 and hardly ever pay out of pocket. I just keep rolling ecbs! It helps that my cvs accepts expired ecbs so I save a lot of mine for mm or free deals.
Yeap it is still considered free. I used my ecb to roll week to week so I don’t use actual money.
Well I look at it like: “Thanks for buying this $10 item. We like you so much so we are giving you your $10 back!” However I usually have $10 in ecbs and use it to purchase
the item 🙂
Understood. With these store-credit-back-deals, I had to get it in my head that I am getting the “free” credit at either one end of the deal, or the other. It can be misleading to think it’s free to buy such an item, AND that I have $10 free to spend. That can lead to overspending. For me, I consider the value of the deal for the original transaction, but the credits I receive are “real money” when I spend them.
I mentally apply my ECB when it’s earned, it’s just easier for me to figure out the cost of the item that way. You do have to make sure you cash in the ECB (not lose it or let it expire) and that you spend it on something that you would buy anyway (or roll it).
Well, it depends on how you look at it. I don’t always consider it as free because I’ve paid for it first in order to get the ECB. But, I frequently shop at CVS, and so I always have ECB to roll that lowers my out-of-pocket, which is my goal… the lower my out-of-pocket, the better. If after paying with coupon, only paid tax, and still get the ECB for its full price, then I consider it as free. If you are not a frequent CVS shopper, then it won’t make sense at all.
Eventually, I always need to buy something that CVS stocks- after using my ECB and no cash out of pocket…it is “free” in the world I am living in. And- It feels good!
How is it deceiving and yes it is free if you were already going to spend $10 at CVS then you purchase this first and then use your ECB to buy the other stuff. I buy milk and other stuff at CVS with extrabucks regularly and I have to buy milk and its cheaper at CVS than my local grocery store.
All depends on how you look at things. Glass half full..glass half empty. Yes your paying for the item but then you are getting your money back. I always have other items to buy…milk..deodorant..body wash…makeup…the list goes on. So yes the item ends up being free.
ECBs are good only at CVS and expire in four weeks, so no, you aren’t getting your money back. That’s an important distinction to make because newbie couponers have been known to get sucked into playing drugstore games and ultimately paying a lot for “freebies” they don’t even want. That said, it is a great deal for some people, though it isn’t accurate to say it is free.
It isn’t misleading if you read the post completely or read the couponing tutorials that most coupon sites have posted. I generally float about $70 for ECB that i have gotten from various money making deals, and from CVS survey emails. The first time you shop at any drug store, yes you pay full price, then you get money back for your next purchase. My first coupon purchase at CVS ever was buying Huggies this spring. Before that I only ever went to CVS when someone was sick in the middle of the night. CVS had Huggies on sale for the same price as Walmart normally carries them. I used the coupons I found through a coupon website, and got my diapers for the same price as I would have paid at Walmart. THEN I got $10 ECB back for something else. I would have bought diapers anyway, so this was a good deal for me. Then I only used my ECB on things that produced rewards. If you have extra bucks to use already, then yes it is free. Many couponers float ECBs and roll them from week to week. If this is your first ever coupon trip, then yeah, you’ll pay the money up front. So if you don’t want/need the item, skip it for something else. But if you were going to pick up something at CVS any way, then get your curling iron, pay the $10 that you would have spent on whatever you were there fore, and use the $10 ECB to buy what you came for. It’s not misleading if you read the post before complaining.
I don’t think anyone is “complaining” per se. People are just making a point or stating their opinions. CVS doesn’t even refer to such deals as “free”–they say “it’s *like* getting it for free,” which is not the the same (otherwise they’d just come out and say something is free and get a lot of additional store traffic). Visitor3 makes an excellent point above about accounting for the free item at one end of the transaction or the other, but not at both. You might be surprised by how many creative accountants there are out there who will think of it as getting a free curling iron PLUS $10 worth of other merchandise–even some bloggers. I’m not suggesting that’s the case here, of course–Collin always states free “after ECBs”–but these deals can indeed be confusing as evidenced by the questions posted.
Enjoy rolling your ECBs; it can be a job, especially when you no longer have children to diaper and can find better deals on the products you want elsewhere without jumping through hoops. Mine are good through Black Friday, then I plan to cash out after five years of rolling and take a much-deserved break!
CVS sells lots of food products at good prices there is no reason for a newbie or anyone to have a CVS ECB expire. You can turn right around and use this to get milk, cereal, etc. This was free for me, people who don’t like the deal should just skip it.
The deal is only free if you have ecb’s in your back pocket to roll. But if you go in to get this deal and it’s your first time shopping at CVS, your OOP will be $10 or whatever. THEN you get a $10 ECB to use on your NEXT purchase. If you count it upon earning, as well as when you spend it, you are double counting the reward. You can’t say you got the iron free, then say you got milk, bread, eggs free too with the same $10 reward. You DID have to spend $10 of YOUR money to get $10 in CVS money. To make it easy on my spreadsheet, I only count my ECBs when I spend them, not on that earning transaction.
Got mine! Thanks a lot!! $9.49 less 30% CVS coupon.
Got mine. They had 5/8 and 1″ also had 19.98 hair dryers. Used 25% off coupon and got a dryer super cheap. Don’t forget beauty bucks.
Yay! Worked for me here in Phoenix, AZ 🙂 i had a $10 Ecb already to help lower OOP 🙂 i bought 2 using 2 different CVS cards. Great for gifts (seeing as how I’m a guy with short hair :P) thx Hip2Save & others
Yay! Just bought this, so happy because my old curling iron stopped working a while back finally able to replace it 🙂 9.49 in Norfolk, VA.
This will be great for my yard sale benefitting breast cancer
Scored one in Ohio! I have been waiting for a good deal on a curling iron and it does not get any better than this. Thanks so much Collin- I am so excited…WootWoot!
I forgot to use my 25% off coupon :(. can i redo the deal?
Thanks Colin & Selvi, i got my curling iron for $0.49 after $10Ecb, my Christmas gift for my cousin.
Worked in TN. $9.79, used a ecb. Only paid tax. Thanks for the awesome deal!! 🙂 my 14 year old is thrilled!
$10.49 at CVS in San Diego
PIcked one up earlier! .52 cents + tax. I also picked up this weeks freebie deal at CVS, which was the free fiber. Great freebie if you already have ECB to roll!
Hi Joan Castillo. Yes, I sure did. I immediately used the $5 ECB on three Pantene products which were 3 for $9.99, I had a coupon save $5 on three Pantene products plus my $5 ECB made that deal sweet!! I didn’t pay anything out of pocket. 😀
Thank you all
$10.50 in nj
Used 25% off
Paid a total of $8.41
Received the $10.00 eb
Then purchased
The elderberry gummies $26.99
25% off
$5. Mfc
$2cvs coupon for vitamins
$10. eb from conair purchase
$0.50 eb from summer
Paid a total of $2.74
Sent my receipt to ibotta for $10 rebate on the elderberry.
8.41(conair curling iron) 2.74 (elderberry gummies)= 11.15 – 10. Ibotta
$1.15 for everything
Use my link if you wish to sign up for ibotta
https://ibotta.com/r/goxqovu
Thank in advance
Sorry $10.49 in New jersey
Thanks, Selvi & Collin!
I got one! You both have made so many couponers happy!! 😀
It just worked for me too. Thank you, Collin, there is s local residence for young women in our metro area, and this is ideal for them.
I live in medina ohio and it is just one 19.99 and up ones they would not let me…. Easy of a trip
Thanks Collin! I was able to score (1) tonite–I had $10 in ecb’s already so I only had to pay 49 cents oop–Thanks for sharing!
I got the deal today at the CVS on 24th street in Billings MT.
oh…thanks Collin.
I didn’t get the $10 one but got a 14.99 one
Is this only good today, Sunday?
Great deal! Plus, another $10 closer to my next Beauty reward.
$9.49 at my MS store. Thanks!
does it work in Georgia?
I did it in North carolina. My store even had signs up on the $10.00 products. You could always try it and if it doesn’t produce the ebc return it. Really can’t lose.
I’d be careful about returning things if you pay with ECBs, though. I bought something on Saturday that then went on sale cheaper on Sunday (ugh!). I took my receipt in to see if they could price adjust and it was a tremendous ordeal because I paid with ECBs (and cash). Because the full price minus the ECBs was less than the advertised sale price, the computer wasn’t allowing a price adjustment (the manager told me I got “a better deal” than the sale price . . . even though if I had initially gotten the sale price, I wouldn’t have had to pay anything out of pocket, LOL). I know she could have chosen to return the items, put the money on a CVS gift card, rerung the items at the sale price, applied the gift card, and given me the remaining balance on the gift card (which was the difference between the regular and sale prices), but she just wasn’t having that. Clearly this manager does NOT view ECBs as “cash back” on your purchase as others argue above, LOL!
If you return something that was paid for with ecbs they pay you back on a CVS gift card
Thank u I paid $9.49 at my store in Orlando,Fl I got $10 ECB
Has anybody tried this on Monday yet?
Yes, still working! I am in Michigan.
Yup, it works. just got mine from the store now!!!
Where did you see the offer online??
Still working in Central Indiana as of 10:30am EST.
If you purchase online when do you get the ECBs?
You cannot purchase online and get the ECBs.
Just got mine in Ohio! Thanks Collin!
Got one! Thanks!