CVS Clearance Thread

I actually find that clearance at CVS can be highly YMMV. Yeah, eventually everything goes down, but when a store does that can vary wildly...by weeks, even.

My store right now has the HE Tousle Me Softly shampoo for 75% off. The matching conditioner? 50% per the scanner. And yet the conditioner has been reported elsewhere at 75% off just a few posts up. Clearance Pantene stylers have been reported at 75% here, but my store has them at 50% per the scanner.

I definitely agree that scanning everything is important, as clearance tags aren't a big priority for stores...the price at the scanner can certainly be different.

CVS clearance deals are very rarely YMMV. I buy clearance stuff quite often from several different CVS stores in different areas, and 99% off the time if 1 store has an item at X price the others will be the same. Don't pay any attention to the little clearance % tags in front of the items, often times the employees are either late in changing them, or just miss the item all together. For example, they recently had a nice little Kodak Camcorder that took a few weeks to work it's way up to 75% off. When it finally hit 75% every CVS I went to had it for the same price, even though many still had 50% tags up.

And just a little info as to how their clearance works. They usually start at just 25% off a given item, then every week (usually Monday) it will move up another 25% until it hits 75% off. Once at 75% it will sit for a couple of weeks before they send it back and it then gets Wholesaled off. I actually have a store near me that gets CVS and Rite aid Clearance/discontinued items by the Pallet and it's always funny to see things I purchased at 75% off turn up on their shelves for double that.

Also, their policy for any/all clearance items is all sales final...no returns or exchanges regardless of your reason.

anywhere else 75 off yet

anywhere else 75 off yet