Each drug store has its game and they all work differently. Rite Aid offers their “Single Check Rebate” program. When you buy certain items, you get a Single Check Rebate for some or all of the purchase price. For example, Rite Aid will have Colgate Toothpaste on sale for $2.99 with a $1.00 Single Check Rebate.
Now unlike CVS, the Single Check Rebate is an actual check and you don’t have to spend it at Rite Aid. As a marketing professional, I think this is kind of stupid. But as a consumer I am OK with it.
Here’s how it works:
1. Sign up on Riteaid.com to receive your single check rebates.
2. Each month Rite Aid has a whole slew of Single Check Rebate Offers. For instance, the January program features 128 rebate offers, totaling up to $540 in rebate savings.
3. Make your purchases, and hold on to the receipt.
4. Log on to riteaid.com and enter your receipt information as instructed.
5. Request your check. You must wait until the end of the month to request your check so it can be paid out all at once.
I’ve gotten a lot of great, and free, stuff at Rite Aid. Ive also MADE money purchasing thing at Rite Aid. Here are some pros and cons:
Pros:
1. Rite Aid will often offer Free items after Single Check Rebate. For example, they’ll have a buy 1 Chapstick at $2.49 and get a SCR for $2.49 deal.
2. Rite Aid typically takes internet coupons! So if you have a $1.00 coupon for Chapstick, using the scenario above you’d be net $1.00 after the SCR.
3. Single Check Rebates are cash. Unlike CVS, you don’t have to spend them at Rite Aid.
Cons
1. The deals really aren’t as good as CVS. But they have their moments…
2. Entering receipts online is kind of a pain. It’s not that it is a lot of work, it’s just something you have to do. But it is a small price to pay for free stuff.
3. You have to wait for your money. Rite Aid wants you to request your check only after you’ve entered in receipts for the entire month.
4. The transaction does not automatically show up online; it takes a few days to process. If you throw out your receipt, there’s no guarantee you’re going to get your SCR.
