UPDATE: It appears the sunscreen that is shrinkwrapped as a bonus pack is NOT triggering the gift card. I would skip those to save yourself a lot of trouble and just get the plain sunscreen without the extra sample.
This week Target is featuring a $5 gift card when you buy 2 Aveeno sunscreen. I found the sunscreen priced at $8.99 in my store and the spray sunscreen priced at $9.99.
Well it looks like this deal is actually much better- many people are finding signs indicating a $10 gift card when you buy 2. This makes a seriously good deal on sunscreen!
Here is how it looks with a $5 gift card:
Buy 2 items starting at $8.99
Use (2) $2/1 Recyclebank coupons –this has a single print limit and you can only order 1 per month 🙁
or Use $1/1 Aveeno Product, exp. 5-15-11 (SS 03/27/11)
or Use $3/2 Aveeno Product, exp. 5-15-11 (SS 03/27/11)
and Use (2) $1/1 Target coupon
Pay $11.98 and get a $5 gift card back- so $3.49 each
*If you can only get the $2 Aveeno coupon once, use that $3 off and pay $3.99 each
Some people are finding when they go to Target, the signs actually say get a $10 gift card with purchase! (Note the red stripe at the top of the tag that says $10 gift card pictured above.)
If you find this deal at your store the math looks like this:
Buy 2 items starting at $8.99
Use (2) $2/1 Recyclebank coupons- this has a single print limit and can only be ordered once per month
or Use $1/1 Aveeno Product, exp. 5-15-11 (SS 03/27/11)
or Use $3/2 Aveeno Product, exp. 5-15-11 (SS 03/27/11)
and Use (2) $1/1 Target coupon
Pay $11.98 and get a $10 gift card back- so $.99 each!!
*If you can only get the $2 Aveeno coupon once, use that $3 off and pay $1.49 each
I don’t know if this is a regional offer or not but it is for sure worth looking for if you intend to hit Target! I checked the prices yesterday at my store but I didn’t notice if it said $10 or $5 on the tag. I am for sure going back today to check this out. The spray sunscreen we go through like crazy here and that is a spectacular deal!
I am thinking Target might catch this error and correct it so again you want to be sure to look for the $10 note on the tags. Let us know if you try this and how it works out for you!
Also just modify the scenarios above if you have a Target store that will not allow (2) Target coupons in one transaction.
See lots more Target coupon deals here.
Thanks Passion for Savings!
kelly says
Thanks for this great find! I posted on my site and linked back to you 🙂
Ally says
Just FYI, Recyclebank will only allow you to purchase that Aveeno reward 1x/month
Gina chatteson says
I tried this and they referred me back to the weekly add where it says I have to purchase two aveeno items. I Said it was false advertising and they would not budge. Oh well.
Charlene says
Oh I am sorry Gina 🙁 I am going to try in a bit myself.
Charlene says
Wait- you do need to buy 2 items. Did you try to buy 1 item at $8.99 and get a $10 gift card?
April says
$5 gc at Target in Rsvl 🙁
Gina Chatterson says
Typo-I did try to buy two….they did have the 10.00 GC shown in front of the item but the register was set to give 5.00. I showed them the tag and they said it was an error but you may have better luck! My store is a stinker:( Weird!
bree says
April, which rsvl target-douglas or fairway?
april says
Bree- It was at the one on Douglas Blvd.
Charlene says
April- did you find Easter clearance? I went to Fairway and could not believe how much Easter clearance. They had bags of candy for .62.
Heather says
Charlene, did you find the $10 gift card deal at Fairway? Is Easter clearance 75% or 90%?
bree says
Thanks April-maybe I will try fairway-if it’s any different I will let you all know.
Charlene says
No like I said, I didn’t notice if it said $10 gc or $5 gc when I was there. I planned to buy these anyway at $5 each so this is a good deal to me no matter what.
April says
Yes they had easter stuff 70% off, mostly plastic eggs ($.09 ea), easter grass, a little wrapping paper and a little candy.
April says
Yes they had easter stuff 70% off, mostly plastic eggs ($.09 ea), easter grass, a little wrapping paper and a little candy. But tjey also had Scotch scissors on sale for $1.49 and $2.99 for the nicer ones…great deal with the $1 off coupons!
Kim M says
I went today and the baby sunscreen had a $10 gc and regular sunscreen had a $5 gc. I bought the regular, and when they rung me up I got a $10 Gift Card! Woohoo!
Kelly says
It worked for me at the Fairway location, but I had to get the $10 gift card from customer service because it wouldn’t trigger it at the register. Charlene, this is one trip I’m glad I made before yours. Your Easter candy clearance comment would have really tempted me!
brigitte says
when I did this deal, the manager told me I couldn’t use the $1 target coupons along with my manufacturer coupons and get a gift card! I told him he was wrong that target coupons have nothing to do with geting a gift card but he told me they counteract the gift card?? I’ve never had problems using target q’s to get a gift card with purchase. I’m going to write corporate to double check on what he told me.
Charlene says
You know the whole thing is so confusing to me too. If you are minding your own business and handing over your coupons and then going on your way- why do they pester people? The coupons have nothing to do with the gift card and it is not prohibited in Target’s coupon policy. So he can shove it 😉
Annye says
Ooo, Charlene’s feeling feisty today! Love it!
Charlene says
Ha, ha. Feisty everyday Annye. You should see my bloggers group on Skype 😛
Jennifer May says
My Target did have the $10 GC (woo hoo!) HOWEVER the register would not take the $3/2 Aveno coupon because it is for the Active Naturals product and the sunscreen did not say Active Naturals. 🙁 Bought 6, used 5 $1/1 Target coupons so it still wound up being $3/each. ( 8.99 x 6 – $5 – $30 back in gc). Did anyone else have issues using their coupons?
Annye says
On really rough days, do you guys celebrate Margarita Monday? (Followed of course by Tequila Tuesday, Whiskey Wednesday,…)
Seriously, I’d bet your group is hilarious — and would make a much better reality TV show than 90 percent of what’s out there now!
Charlene says
Well Mark Burnett is casting a reality show about bloggers 🙂 They were looking for people at a conference last year. I would never do something like that myself. Watching me finally shower at 2pm and eat “breakfast” is not that exciting.
Charlene says
Ah poop. I thought Active Naturals was part of it?
Jennifer May says
I actually went to the Aveeno website and there are no Active Naturals products listed under sun care. 🙁 Still, not a bad deal after Target coupons and gift cards.
bree says
I am totally confused-I bought the sunblock spray and it does in fact say active naturals right under aveeno. Anyhow, Target is strange…I went to Douglas instead of Fairway because allergies were acting up too much and fairway was just too much out of the way-the gc offer said $5 but when I checked out the checker rang up 3 sunblock instead of 2 so I told him and he took it off but then kept the gift card, because he thought that’s what he was deducting I guess. I told him I was suppose to get the gift card so after a little hesitation on his part just gave it to me, rang up my next order and I realized as I paid with the gc the register had given me a $10 gc not $5 so…..who know’s what’s going on with Target?
Charlene says
Bree- I think even if it says $5 it is triggering $10 🙂
Rebecca says
Went to two Targets in my area. The first had all the sunblock marked at $5 gc, except for the most expensive baby sunblock which had the $10. I bought two of those.. and went to the next Target.. where ALL had the $10 gift card. So I exchanged the two expensive ones for lower priced ones, and got 4 more.
Had issues with ALL my coupons at the first target… saying I couldn’t use both $2/1 recycle bank Q’s (even though I was buying two bottles of block)… then argued about the two Target Q’s.. finally pushed it all through in the end. 2nd Target took all my Q’s.. no questions asked, and even let me break into two orders and roll my first giftcard into the next order. Go figure. Paid $21 OOP including tax, and left with 6 bottles of sunblock and a $10 gc! Sweet!! Averaged $1.83 a bottle!!!
Amy says
Confusing promotion, but great deal in the end! I felt bad for holding up the line as it took a while to get the gift card to work, and there was another customer in the next line also having problems! Hint: don’t buy the sunscreen shrink-wrapped with a little trial size free product – it will mess up the gift card. But a $10 gift card is a fantastic deal! Thanks!
jen says
How do you guys get past the Target Q’s “One coupon per transaction” limitation? We don’t have any Targets here that let us use more than one of the same Target Q, even though we are buying multiple of the same product. It’s so frustrating! Rebecca, did what was the outcome of you arguing about using the two Target q’s? Did they give in? Wish our Targets were more coupon friendly.
Charlene says
Jen- there are only a few Target stores that are stinkers about the one coupon thing. I have only had drama once about it and I don’t usually shop at the store that gives me a pain. One idea is if you have the beauty bag with samples from awhile back? There is a $1 coupon inside for Aveeno. So maybe you can use one of those and one printable and see what happens 🙂
Charlene says
PS: The reason that change happened is because customers behaved badly by the way. In the olden days at Target you could print unlimited coupons and you could even print them in store at a kiosk. Well a lot of times travel items would be free- I remember travel size Lipton green tea and coffee in particular. So people would sit in a store, print 75 coupons and go wipe out every shelf. That is why they changed it. So before I get upset with Target I always remember the story of one lady printing out 362 coupons from the Target kiosk, loading up 5 bags of free travel size coffee, not paying one dime for any of it and then coming on blogs and forums to brag about her great trip 🙁
Erin says
This worked for me today at the Target in Gig Harbor, Washington, but not easily. The signs said “$10 gift card” but it didn’t prompt the cashier. I asked her for the gc at the end and she rescanned the items and told me the aveeno face sunscreen was part of the deal, but not aveeno baby. I told her the signs were in front of both items. She thought about it and then asked if she could just take $5 off my order (so the register must have shown a $5 gc for the aveeno face). I told her the sign said $10 gc and she looked at me like I was crazy. I asked her to have someone check. They confirmed it for her, so she gave me $10 cash (probably because my credit card had completed already). Thanks Charlene! Great price for Aveeno.
Haana K says
Another deal on Aveeno Sunblockis at Ulta, they have the aveeno sunblock at $9.34 each so when you buy 2 products it wokrs out to $18.68. Then we can use the manf Q’ps and get $4 off and then use the $5 off on $10 or more purchase. So the bill comes up to $9.68, making it $4.84 each. Which is a bit more than $3.49, but its good if you dont have the recycle bank Q’pn.
Kim says
So I just went out and bought this deal. We did have the $10 gift card tag at the store but at the time of payment,I just received a $ 5 gift card. Then I just walked back to Customer service and told them about th $ 10 gift card, and after checking with another store attendent the service representative did refund $ 5 in cash. So finaly I did get my $10 back! Yaayy!!!!!!
MMcKenna says
Yeah I also had the problem with only getting a $5gc. Every lotion that had a tag had one for $10gc. The ones I bought I checked and the tags listed the item I bought on it.
I went to CS but the first lady I had was terribly rude and wouldn’t believe me, which lead to a group walk down to the isle. She was didn’t think I could read the sign. After much deliberation they went with $5 off my order and $5gc.
There might be something to this Aveeno Baby being your best bet. I got one baby and one face. It would be interesting to see if there is anyone who had no problems and just got 2 baby. Or no problems and 2 other products. I’m sure that is the cause of the issue.