CVS GreenBagTags Are Here!

Saturday night I walked across the street to CVS looking for that Neosporin lip stuff that should have been free after coupon, and check for clearanced diapers. This is what I consider a hot Saturday night these days.

My store didn't have it (the coupon's no longer available, either).  But guess what they did have? The new GreenBagTag, which you can buy for 99 cents and then have scanned along with your ExtraCare card every time you bring your own bag. Every fourth time it scans, you get $1 ECB. 

I'm frankly surprised CVS is doing something so progressive, and I think it's great. I happily bought one as a filler along with my gallon of milk and newspaper (I had A $5 ECB to spend so it worked out perfectly). The only disappointment was to read on the back of the tag that it can only be used once per day per household -- so if you go over there to do five transactions on the same card, you can only get the .25 ECB once. Oh well, I'm sure I'll be able to earn an ECB a week easily with this thing.