Looks like no “Monitor Mania” this year

Darn. Last year from Oct to January, CVS shoppers went thru what I call “monitor mania.” The deals went something like this–Buy a glucometer (blood sugar monitor) and you received anywhere from $5 to $20, yes $20, ECBs back. Here’s what was so awesome about it–if you went back to the pharmacy, they had these special Diabetes coupon booklets for FREE monitors. And many of the monitor deals were LIMIT 5. So I would go, get a monitor or two, pay for them with the FREE coupons, and receive $20 back in ECBs for each one. And some of them were month-long deals too, so you had plenty of time for your stores to restock the monitors if they were out.

I had literally hundreds of dollars in ECBs last year. It was fun. I donated all the monitors to various places and they were happy to get them.

But alas, this year’s Diabetes coupon booklet is out. And no coupons for free monitors. Just plain old “Buy a monitor, get $xx back in ECBs.” So unless some decent manufacturer’s coupons come out, no monitor mania this autumn.