CVS Clearance Thread

Quote from netwreck94 : Some Burts Bees stuff was 50 and 75% off at my local CVS's yesterday, as well as a TON of shampoos/hair care stuff. CVS lotions were 50% off as well. Not sure if it's a regional thing or not, but i miss the days of the CVS clearance end caps with the little green price stickers. I remember finding some real gems in there, and it seemed like everything was always 75% off or more. Now days you have to walk down every aisle to see the clearance and it's usually only 50% after starting at 25%.

The end cap clearance has ended chain-wide. The occasional store still has one, but most clearance is being shipped back to warehouse for sale to T/P resellers. It was costing CVS too much in staffing to price the items individually.

Need help!
Tons of CVS brands lotions are on clearance
In the most recent RIB coupon booklet, there is $3 off any one cvs hydrating product shown.
I search CVS site but can't tell or find the one pictured in the store.
Is it a Cerave equivalant? I can barely read what it says in the tiny picture
Help. im wondering if i can use these on any "hydrating" cvs product...

Quote from dodgeball : The end cap clearance has ended chain-wide. The occasional store still has one, but most clearance is being shipped back to warehouse for sale to T/P resellers. It was costing CVS too much in staffing to price the items individually.

Yeah that's what I was told as well when it began disappearing several months ago. I do think that they put most of it on clearance at least for a short while before sending it off. I have a "salvage/surplus/closeout" store near me that orders entire pallets of clearance/discontinued items from CVS and Rite Aid and most of the time I recognize everything they get from being on clearance at one point or another. Example that great deal on those Conair I-Stubble Razors/Groomers that CVS had @ 75% off for $14.95 (from $60) just began showing up at this discount store recently. How they weren't purchased for that price at the CVS location that they came from is beyond me.

What I've always wondered is just how cheap these retailers will wholesale their unsaleable/discontinued/etc inventory out for. This guy buys it by the pallet so it's always mixed with some junk as well as some good stuff. I just can't see it being any cheaper than the 75% off that it sometimes gets marked down to, which is why it might be easier for them just to box it up and send it off rather than dealing with it themselves.

Jcp is no reference but as example... I was told all the summer stuff that was ringing up 25c was supposed to be sold by the lb
Certainly love finding forgotten 25c stuff

I almost always see Target holiday clearance items at my local Goodwill maybe a month after they're salvaged. I'm guessing they must get some kind of tax credit? The pallet/truckload sales, I'm guessing, must be saving them money in the long run in staffing hours. It takes time to ticket, enter in the system, and make space for the endcap clearance.

Quote from comp199 : I almost always see Target holiday clearance items at my local Goodwill maybe a month after they're salvaged. I'm guessing they must get some kind of tax credit? The pallet/truckload sales, I'm guessing, must be saving them money in the long run in staffing hours. It takes time to ticket, enter in the system, and make space for the endcap clearance.

target seasonal holiday clearance is on automatic markdown and never gets ticketed, never needs to be entered into the system and is usually salvaged instead of being put on an endcap. any seasonal holiday clearance you see on an endcap usually was inadvertantly put there, not on purpose.

they have a for profit relationship w/ goodwill so they sell it to goodwill and don't get any tax credit.

the pallet/truckload sales clears sales floor space to put full-priced items which gives them a chance for higher profit margin than clearance that for whatever reason hasn't sold within a certain period of time. you may have noticed that target brings new products in constantly and some new products to the market are clearanced out even before the tv ad hits the waves.

Some of my 90% off clearance (YMMV)

CVS Bleach 96 fl oz $.27c

Tide Stain Release Boost 21 fl oz $.48c

Downy Ultra April Fresh 103 fl oz $1.30c

Quote from LuvFreebies : Some of my 90% off clearance (YMMV) CVS Bleach 96 fl oz $.27c Tide Stain Release Boost 21 fl oz $.48c Downy Ultra April Fresh 103 fl oz $1.30c

they removed this stuff will at least i know that the Tide Boost was at cvs one of them had it last month or in October i dont remember how long ago ... i asked the manager and was told they sent it all back
i wish i could get the stuff at 90% at the cvs in my city its been over 1 year since the last 90% off clearance!

btw i just had to make another trip as i needed raincheck for Lumene since the cvs store near my place never has any of the $3.99 or $6.99 or $6.49 stuff
and also Wipes they were out of the diapers so i had to get that my coupons are going to expire and the new P&G didn't have wipes coupons so upsetting!

75% off (may not be labeled, should scan @75% off)

4.99 physician's formula, intensive wrinkle corrector eye cream "look 6 years younger in 4 weeks"

3.69 cvs age refine eye cream "compare to l'oreal age perfect"

Here's some of the 75% off stuff I saw today...

Several Skin Effects Products

CVS Skin Care (Neutrogena generics)

Shampoos/Hair Care

Purpose Cream

Burts Bees

SmartLean Weight Loss Supplement

A few others as well, but the vast majority of the overall clearance tickets were at 75% off which is a pretty rare find.

Just a heads up, the cosmetic clearance started today. Way too much to list just check for the 75% and 50% off stickers.

Quote from LadybugSedivy : Just a heads up, the cosmetic clearance started today. Way too much to list just check for the 75% and 50% off stickers.

Yeap..too many things.

Saw the Revlon Colorburst, almost all shades at 75% off.

Quote from LuvFreebies : Yeap..too many things. Saw the Revlon Colorburst, almost all shades at 75% off.

anything free with coupons? tia

Quote from munchkin77 : anything free with coupons? tia

I was going to ask the same thing. There are no tags up at my store, so rather than scan everything in cosmetics, I'm wondering if there are any awesome deals with Qs.