When you are finished with registering at Rite Aid and setting up your Wellness+ Online page, go to the Rite Aid home page. Scroll down a bit until you see a box on the lower right-hand side of your screen that says, "Rite Aid Video Values". You'll want to click on that (here is a direct link).
Here's where shopping at Rite Aid starts to get fun. Rite Aid will reward you for watching a wide assortment of videos about products and services at Rite Aid. The videos range from about 30 seconds to about 3 minutes each; most are 30 seconds. If the video is about a specific product (Kit Kat candy for example), once you've viewed the video, you'll be rewarded with a coupon good toward the purchase of that product. This will be a Rite Aid Coupon, not a manufacturer's coupon. This is an important distinction. Rite Aid allows you to "stack" one of their coupons with a manufacturer's coupon. This means that if you have a coupon you have clipped from the newspaper or have printed from an online coupon source (coupons.com, redplum.com, smartsource.com) you can use BOTH in a single transaction for the SAME ITEM. You could look at it as a sort of coupon doubling, although the values of the two coupons might be different. Where your savings can really start to add up is if you have a Rite Aid coupon, a manufacturer's coupon, AND Rite Aid is offering a +UP Reward (basically a coupon good for any future purchase at Rite Aid) for the purchase of that product (I'll explain +UP Rewards in a later post).
As you look over the Video Values page, you will see that there are several boxes, each with its own category of videos. Take special note for any boxes that mention a bonus offer. For this month, you'll see that there is a Beauty Bonus Offer. When you watch all 12 of the videos in that section, not only will you be rewarded with individual coupons for the products highlighted, but you'll be able to also print out a coupon good for $2 off any Beauty product purchase of $10. Not a single item, but your total purchase in that category should total $10. Keep in mind that this $10 total is before subtracting the value of any manufacturer's coupons you may have. For example, if you've looked over your coupons that you saved from Sunday's paper, there should have been some Cover Girl coupons. The value of those coupons would be subtracted after you have met the $10 minimum.
Now, about watching those videos. There are new ones issued each month. We are now at the first of March, so it's time to get started! IMPORTANT: The programming for these videos will not allow you to play them while you pull up another tab or document on your computer. If you leave that screen, the video will pause. Therefore, what I do is pick a time when I will be doing other things at my desk and start to play the videos, one after the other. You need to be at your computer while they are playing, because as soon as the video is over, a screen will pop up with a "Captcha" code that you must enter within 30 seconds. I like to get all the video watching taken care of all in one setting so that I know right from the start of the month what I have to work with. So I pick an activity that will take me a while (bill paying or going through paperwork) so that I can get them all viewed at once. You may find it works better for you to watch them in several segments. But I encourage you to get the task done as early in the week as possible, so that you can get the coupons you want printed and filed away and ready to match up with manufacturer's coupons and sales.
You don't have to watch all the videos. Except for the ones included in any Bonus Offer, feel free to pick only the ones for products you might actually purchase. (Keep in mind, however, that even if it's not a brand you typically purchase but it IS a general product you typically buy, it is a good idea to get that coupon. You might be surprised at how cheaply you can get that item should it be featured in a sale...maybe even FREE after coupons and +UP rewards!) Do be sure to watch the videos that are generic Rite Aid videos about the services offered at Rite Aid. When you watch the Rx Services video this month for example, you will be rewarded with $1 off your NON-prescription purchase.
And always open up each category to see what offers are there. I couldn't imagine what was in the "Tax Time" section. Due to the complicated nature of our tax preparation, we always have someone else do it, so I almost didn't click there. It turns out that there are offers there for stationery products (pens, notebooks, etc.) and reading glasses!
Once you've watched all the videos you wish to see, you can click on "All Rewards" (you can see this at the top left-hand side of your screen in the dark grey bar). You will then be presented with a list of all the videos, with check boxes next to the ones you have viewed. Click on each box to check it off, then click on the blue "Print Coupons" link at the top left. Your coupons will print up to 6 per page. They do not have to be printed in color. Be frugal and adjust your printer settings accordingly so that they print only in black ink.
So there is your introduction to the Rite Aid Video Values! You'll be busy watching all those videos, so I'll wait until tomorrow to go over this week's Rite Aid ad along with this week's coupons and the Rite Aid coupons you have printed out.
Have fun!
0 comments:
Post a Comment