2010-03-26 -- $1.39

I started with 7.99ECB and wanted to take advantage of the heavily discounted price for Nestle PureLife bottled water this week.  There were very few other items worth buying this week, and the few ECB offers that were available all required a significant additional out-of-pocket expense.  Plus, the lack of no weekly store $5OFF$20 store coupon and the desire to spend minimal OOP led me to just burn down my ECBs and wait for future deals -- and hopefully future regional store coupons.

Regular Prices:
4.49 Nestle PureLife Water (24ct)
4.49 Nestle PureLife Water (24ct)
2.40 CRV (48 X $0.05)

11.38 TOTAL Regular Prices

Sale Prices:
2.99 Nestle PureLife Water (24ct)
2.99 Nestle PureLife Water (24ct)
2.40 CRV (48 X $0.05)

8.38 TOTAL Sale Prices

Coupons and Discounts Applied:
1.00 MANUFACTURER Coupon "Buy 2 Nestle PureLife"
3.99 ExtraBuck
2.00 ExtraBuck

6.99 TOTAL Coupons and Discounts

My OOP expense for this quick transaction, came to $1.39, including the $2.40 CRV charge for 48 bottles of water.  There were a few other store items I could have gotten for nearly free, but I opted to just buy the water.

This transaction pretty much wipes out my stockpile of ExtraBucks.  I started with 7.99ECB, spent 5.99ECB, and earned NO ECB.  That leaves my total ECB balance for my this card at a paltry 2ECB.