What is that ?!? ECB's and RR's?!?

ECB=Extra Care Bucks 
These are coupons given to you for certain amounts of cash off your next purchase - So if your looking at a cvs news ad with this weeks sale items it might show an item that costs $1.99 and they might come with $1.99 ECB making the item free - What this means is that you are going to have to pay that $1.99 upfront but they are going to give you a $1.99 coupon off your next purchase from cvs


CVS allows you to roll your ECB's basically on all items with a few exclusions like giftcards, alcohol, stamps, tobacco, medicines basically items that are governed by specific rules you would need to check the fine print for the exact items not covered

What is rolling your ECB and why do I want to do this:
Rolling your ECB means buying another item that produces an ECB and using your ECB to pay for that item. The reason you want to do this is because your ECB's come with expiration dates and when you roll your ECB into a new item that gives you an ECB you will get a new expiration date on the new ECB - Using your ECB's reduces your out of pocket expense each time

How to roll these over:
Use your ECB to purchase another item that gives you an ECB back - The great thing about ECB's are you can use them practically on any item even if you got an ECB from a particular brand you can use it to buy another item from the same brand

Better to use it then lose it:
If your ECB is going to expire and you can't roll it into another item that gives you an ECB use it on something you would have to buy anyways - Because its better to use that ECB on an item that does not give you an ECB then to let it expire



RR=Register Rewards
These are coupons given to you for certain amounts of cash off your next purchase - So if your looking at a walgreens news ad with this weeks sale items it might show an item that costs $1.99 and they might come with $1.99 RR making the item free - What this means is that you are going to have to pay that $1.99 upfront but they are going to give you a $1.99 coupon off your next purchase from walgreens

Walgreens allows you to roll your RR's basically on all items with a few exclusions like giftcards, alcohol, stamps, tobacco, medicines basically items that are governed by specific rules you would need to check the fine print for the exact items not covered

What is rolling your RR and why do I want to do this:
Rolling your RR means buying another item that produces an RR and using your RR to pay for that item. The reason you want to do this is because your RR's come with expiration dates and when you roll your RR into a new item that gives you an RR you will get a new expiration date on the new RR - Using your RR's reduces your out of pocket expense each time

How to roll these over:
Use your RR to purchase another item that gives you an RR back - The big difference between CVS and Wags is that Wags is more picky - Each RR you get will say thank you from a specific product for instant it might say thanks from P & G (Proctor and Gamble) and if you try to roll that RR into another P&G product to get a new RR it will not give it to you - However say you have P&G RR you can use that to buy a Dove product and the Dove product will give you a new RR - This is why this one is a little more trickier as your gonna need to get familiar with your parent companies of items you buy P & G is the biggest company that provides RR's and has tons of them if your not sure just google the item to find out who makes the item before you buy it - Once you get familiar with the products and who produce them then you will be rolling your RR's like a pro

Better to use it then lose it:
If your RR is going to expire and you can't roll it into another item that gives you an RR use it on something you would have to buy anyways - Because its better to use that RR on an item that does not give you an RR then to let it expire