Wed 2/9 CVS Green Bag Tag

[marvholly]

It's already 10 am CT and no question of the day posted yet!!!

Do you have/use the CVS Green Bag Tag?

If not, why not? Its FREE money! In the 15ish months I have had mine I have gotten about $40 in EB. ;D

[Deleted]

Hey! I just post QOD!!! Never mind, I'll get rid of mine

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

We have one of those nifty CVS tag thingies

[naturallyfrugal]

I have and use the CVS green tag. I tried to use it twice in one day at the same CVS and the cashier wouldn't even scan it and said that it can only be used once daily. I wasn't in the mood to argue about 0.25 (the value of one scan), but I found it odd. Now don't flame me, there are times when I question a small discrepancy, I just didn't feel like it that day.

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Feb 9, 2011 11:03:44 GMT -5 marvholly said:

Do you have/use the CVS Green Bag Tag?

Nope, never even heard of it.

Feb 9, 2011 11:03:44 GMT -5 marvholly said:

If not, why not?

Probably because there is no CVS near me

[rubyslippers]

Yes, I like earning a quarter each time mine is scanned and I like putting what I buy in my own bag. It's easier to haul than carrying in all those plastic bags.

[Artemis Windsong]

I didn't know I got a quarter for the green tag bag. I will check out the bag the next time I go in. Is it off the purchase amount or an EB or on your rewards card?

[dancinmama]

Feb 9, 2011 16:54:05 GMT -5 Artemis Windsong said:

I didn't know I got a quarter for the green tag bag. I will check out the bag the next time I go in. Is it off the purchase amount or an EB or on your rewards card?

Artemis: Each time they scan your tag you get $.25 in EB credit; after (4) scans the computer automatically prints out a $1 EB.

[dancinmama]

Feb 9, 2011 12:47:24 GMT -5 naturallyfrugal said:

I have and use the CVS green tag. I tried to use it twice in one day at the same CVS and the cashier wouldn't even scan it and said that it can only be used once daily. I wasn't in the mood to argue about 0.25 (the value of one scan), but I found it odd. Now don't flame me, there are times when I question a small discrepancy, I just didn't feel like it that day.

The computer will not recognize more than one scan per card per day.

[constanz22]

Feb 9, 2011 17:04:06 GMT -5 dancinmama said:

Feb 9, 2011 12:47:24 GMT -5 naturallyfrugal said:

I have and use the CVS green tag. I tried to use it twice in one day at the same CVS and the cashier wouldn't even scan it and said that it can only be used once daily. I wasn't in the mood to argue about 0.25 (the value of one scan), but I found it odd. Now don't flame me, there are times when I question a small discrepancy, I just didn't feel like it that day.

The computer will not recognize more than one scan per card per day.

It's actually one scan per day, period, not one per card. It will only register the first time you use it if you have multiple cards. I LOVE the bag tag and have mentioned to Wags employees several times that they should institute a similar program. I haven't shopped at CVS much since the first of the year, but, I thought I read somewhere that it is now 5 bag tag scans for $1 EB, instead of 4.

[Deleted]

We don't have any CVS stores in NW Arkansas. We've got some Walgreens, but otherwise, we're smack in the middle of the Walmart home office territory....and they pretty well dictate who and what we have.

[jsjjkelly]

Just went to CVS the other day and didn't know about that. Brought my own bag and the cashier offered it to me. It costs $1 though, but he said after 4 scans, you get $1 EB back. Didn't say anything about more than 1 per day or whatever....

But yes, now I have one!
Shawn in FL

[Anne_in_VA]

Didn't know about this. We don't have a CVS near us, but will check it out. Thanks!

[Sam_2.0]

It's actually one scan per day, period, not one per card. It will only register the first time you use it if you have multiple cards.

Not quite. I worked at CVS a couple months ago. The bar codes on the green bag tags are all identical. You can use it once per day, per card. You can try to scan it several times per day, but the register won't usually track it (sometimes it will). I go to several stores on the weekends, and give my GBT each time, just incase. Since I am at a different store for each transaction, the cashier's don't know its been scanned before & they have no problems scanning it again.

Since the bar codes are identical, you only need one tag for several cards. I guess if you wanted to be really sneaky you could use one of the online barcode generators to make your own tag & not even have to pay the $1 to buy it in the first place.

[dancinmama]

Feb 11, 2011 10:23:01 GMT -5 Sam_2.0 said:

It's actually one scan per day, period, not one per card. It will only register the first time you use it if you have multiple cards.

Not quite. I worked at CVS a couple months ago. The bar codes on the green bag tags are all identical. You can use it once per day, per card. You can try to scan it several times per day, but the register won't usually track it (sometimes it will). I go to several stores on the weekends, and give my GBT each time, just incase. Since I am at a different store for each transaction, the cashier's don't know its been scanned before & they have no problems scanning it again.

sam: Thanks for the clarification. I have used it on more than one card in the same day on several occasions and have always seemed to get credit for the scan.