Target: FREE Travel Size Tide Sink Packets + More

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Jul 28, 2011 @ 10:00 AM MDT

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Reader, Amy, found a great bargain in the travel size section at her local Target! She spotted Travel Size Tide Sink Packets liquid detergent priced at $0.99, so only $0.49 after the $0.50/1 coupon found in the 7/3 PG (there is also a $0.35/1 Tide coupon available in the 6/5 PG). Even sweeter, inside these travel packs are coupons valid for $1/1 Tide product (no size restriction). So, you could potentially use this coupon to score FREE Travel Size Tide Sink packets and then continue to score this freebie every time you go to Target! 🙂

(Thanks, Amy!)

And here are a couple other new Target deals…

V8 Vegetable Juice 64 oz $2.79
Use the $1/2 Target store coupon found here
Plus, use 2 $1/1 coupons found in the 6/5 SS (this value may be lower in your region)
(Or use the $1/2 coupon found here)
Final cost as low as $1.29 each!

Joint Juice Supplement Drink 6 pk $4.49
Use the $1.50/1 Joint Juice coupon found here
Final cost $2.99!

(Thanks, Totally Target!)

**Check out the Target weekly deals this week here.

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Tim July 28, 2011 at 10:08 am MST

Meijer has these too.

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Robin July 28, 2011 at 10:31 am MST

The original deal works out to be .35 cent per load after tax in my city. .99 x 9% tax= $1.08

1.08/3 loads = .35 cent per load

That seems high in my opinion. If it weren’t for the additonal coupon in each pack, this deal would not be worth it.

But, it may be worth it to avid Tide people…*shrugs*

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Robin July 28, 2011 at 10:40 am MST

Well, I guess I calculated wrong. The cost would be .19 cent per load.

1.08 -.50= .58 per 3 = .19 cent per load. A little better! 🙂

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KB July 28, 2011 at 1:15 pm MST

Can’t beat my homemade laundry detergent recipe…
$1.71 for 5 gallons = 190 loads= .009 per load.
One of the best money saving things I did for our family was to start making my own laundry detergent.

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Kim C. July 28, 2011 at 5:33 pm MST

KB,

I’m interested in your laundry detergent recipe. Is it something that you would mind sharing?

Thanks!
Kim

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trailmama July 28, 2011 at 11:52 pm MST

if you google homemade laundry detergent several recipes onlinee up. we used a recipe for cloth diapers consisting of equal amounts of: fels naptha soap, baking soda wash, and borax. my daughter is VERY sensitive and never had issues with borax laundry booster HOWEVER there are many people out there that feel very strongly against using borax. it is very concentrated. so once you mix all this up you only use 1-2 TBS per full load wash. the only reason i stopped doing this is bc i couldn’t take hand grating the fels naptha! you really want to get it “fine” to dissolve in cold water. best wishes!

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KB July 29, 2011 at 8:16 am MST

I have an album with directions and photos on facebook at: https://www.facebook.online/media/set/?set=a.1020116919140.3126.1711703466&l=bc44561789&type=1

But here are the directions as well:

4 cups hot water
1 bar Fels Naptha Soap
1 cup Washing Soda
1/2 cup Borax

Fels-Naptha Soap is about $0.99 per bar. To find a store near you go to: https://www.henkelna.online/henkel-store-locator-9949.htm. I find it at Publix. Harris Teeter also carries it. You need one per batch. The Borax is about $3.79 per box. The 76 oz. box will make 19 batches. The Washing Soda is about $2.29 per box. The 55 oz. box will make 6 batches.

•Grate the bar of soap (I used my food processor) and add to a large saucepan with hot water. Stir over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.
•Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot water. Add the melted soap, Borax and Washing Soda, stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill the pail to the top with more hot water.
•Let sit overnight to gel.
•The next day thoroughly stir the mixture with a whisk (or stir with a clean paint stirrer attached to a household drill) making sure to get to the bottom of the bucket.
•To use- fill an empty detergent bottle with detergent.
•Use 1/3 cup per load (top loading machines), shaking or stirring soap before each use. Front loading machines will use less. Detergent does not suds like conventional detergent does… it doesn’t have to- it still cleans!

By my calculations this recipe cost me $1.71 for 5 gallons and will wash at least 190 loads. That’s $0.009/load. It’s going to cost me 45 cents to fill the empty container that cost me $13.99 at Costco.

I hope you try it!! I haven’t purchased pre-made laundry detergent in years. I use the $5.00 off a $30.00 purchase coupons I get in the mail from Publix to buy the ingredients and I usually end up getting my bar soap for free! That makes it $0.71 per batch or $0.003/load.

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KB July 29, 2011 at 8:31 am MST

Thanks Kim! I posted it below… I hope you try it out… BIG savings!

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Kim C. July 29, 2011 at 12:09 pm MST

Thank you for sharing, KB! I’ll have to try that out!!

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Debbie July 28, 2011 at 10:58 am MST

I originally used the .35 off any Tide coupons and bought a few of these, then continued to turn them over for FREE with the $1.00 off one coupon inside each one. My friend and I take turns using our set of coupons and every week we now get 13 FREE travel size packets. I have family that camp and travel a lot, so they have found these very useful. They are also good for washing out swimsuits every day instead of running the machine.

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Robin July 28, 2011 at 11:23 am MST

Great suggestions!!

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Kim C. July 28, 2011 at 5:34 pm MST

Love the idea to use them for swimsuits! Thanks for sharing!

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Tracy July 28, 2011 at 11:36 am MST

Meijer has the exact same deal. I just keep rolling the new coupons each time I go.

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Jennifer July 28, 2011 at 12:05 pm MST

Is there enough product in one of these to do a whole load of laundry? Would be great for us to take with us on vacation, as we typically do a few loads and I hate to lug a whole jug of detergent with us.

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Wendy F. July 28, 2011 at 12:30 pm MST

Jennifer, I use the Purex 3 in 1 sheets for travel! They work great for vacation, also make your suitcase smell good 🙂

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ABW IndyMom July 28, 2011 at 6:20 pm MST

These do not have enough to do a regular load. These little packs are nice for washing swimsuits, under garments, or anything that you would normally presoak or wash in a sink.

A normal size load in the washer normally takes between 1.5 up to 2.5 oz I believe and each of these packages only have 0.5 oz each. Therefore, you’d need to bring about 4 packages for each load you expect to do and open about 10-12 little packets per load. I do love the $0.97 purex sheets at Walmart for these times…. they smell your luggage up and no need to bring softener or dryer sheets… AND they are light to carry too! HTH

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Elaine July 28, 2011 at 10:48 pm MST

Have you seen any coupons for the purex 3 n 1 sheets. My girlfriends looking for some for her daughter who is heading off to college. I stopped today at Target and bought 5 travel liquid packs of Tide to get her started until we find the Purex. Thanks

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Shaniece July 28, 2011 at 12:22 pm MST

I saw this at Ride Aid when I stopped by today. It was too bad I used my coupons but luckily the coupon is in this uponlineing P&G insert. 🙂

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Liz July 28, 2011 at 1:28 pm MST

I’m going to have to try this. I’ve yet to ever manage to snag a deal on travel sized anything because when I find one they are always sold out. Maybe i’ll get lucky this time.

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ABW IndyMom July 28, 2011 at 5:27 pm MST

Ok, I did the math here. In my state we pay 7% sales tax and the pre-coupon price is what’s taxed,,, so here’s the math:

A huge 150 oz bottle of Tide runs for $17.97 ($19.22 after tax!)

These packets have 0.51 oz for the entire 3 packet package.
(5mL per packet = 15mL for all which is about 0.51 oz total)

You would need to purchase about 295 packages to equal 1 bottle
295 packs = $295 so even though the packets are FREE I would still end up paying $20.65 in sales tax for these. A good deal for 2-3 packets to have as backup or as a luxury, but not good enough price to go crazy rolling coupons for me IMO.

This is not true of all travel size items,,, but for laundry detergent it seems to be so…. You also must consider that these are sink packs so you need to open ALOT of little packets to do one load in a regular size washer. 295 packages each with 3 packets to open equals 885 little tide packs to open and put in landfill. If you’re gonna go crazy with this deal,, just save money and resources and use your coupons for the big bottle! Just my opinion though!

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NolaGirl July 28, 2011 at 6:41 pm MST

Can’t find either of the $1 off 2 MQs (out of prints?), and the Target coupon section no longer allows users to change their ZIP code.

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Zee July 28, 2011 at 8:45 pm MST

BTW, I used 2 $1.50/1 coupon, used 2 as per scenario above, and bought 3 and used another Buy Two and Get One free coupon, too. Got three for 66 cents each.

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Zee July 28, 2011 at 8:46 pm MST

Ooops, that was for the V8 juice, fyi.

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Kyndal July 28, 2011 at 11:59 pm MST

On the Tide, I got 10 and actually took out the coupon out from the inside the package since it wasn’t sealed before checkout. I didnt have any problems with the cashier doing it that way. You cld get tons free!

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