Woot! And Sesame Street is included–definitely getting these!
Swagbucks-now allows more than one account per household!
July 17, 2011 by · 2 Comments
I don’t do Swagbucks. I sometimes feel like I should because I know lots of people earning lots of Paypal and Amazon cards. But I feel like I’m just at the point where I’m enrolled in enough stuff online and don’t need one more thing. Anyway, they have recently changed their rules to announce that they are now allowing more than one account per household. This is good news, especially for those of you who have teens that spend time online. You don’t want to stay logged in to your stuff, so let them get their own account. It will also be fun for them to earn their own rewards and teach money management.
If you don’t know what Swagbucks is–it’s a toolbar you can download on to your computer. When you use their toolbar to do your online searches, you earn Swagbucks. You turn in your Swagbucks for rewards like Paypal and Amazon. You can also earn Swagbucks other ways-referrals, or doing treasure hunts that they host, or doing surveys. From what I’ve seen online, it’s not unreasonable to expect a $5-$10 gift card every month, just by using the search engine.
Thanks to A Life in Balance for the tip!
Are you mad at Netflix?
July 13, 2011 by · 6 Comments
We could always go back to rabbit ears.
In case you hadn’t heard, Netflix is raising their rates. A LOT, in some cases. If you want to see a real train wreck, go view their facebook page–one post has over 35,000 comments, people are pissed!
Me? I don’t have the time or energy to be pissed at Netflix because I’m usually too busy being pissed at Comcast. Although overall it is disappointing, because Netflix was going to be one of our options.
There are other options. Here is the post I did a while back about getting rid of cable. And here is an offer I posted about getting DirectTV which I still think is a valid offer. Don’t forget about Hulu (mentioned in first post I linked to) and the stations’ websites.
I’m not positive, but this looks a lot like the HDTV antenna we have. Why pay Comcast extra $$ for HD, the antenna pays for itself within a few months and the HD stuff can all be gotten on line for free.
Yay! New e-coupons–check out this program, for ALL stores!
July 10, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Ok, lots of stores, except Publix and Safeway (Genuardi’s), boo. But you can still use Cellfire for them.
Saving Star is a new e-coupon program. I’ve signed up but haven’t used it yet. It looks kinda like it’s like Ebates, but for coupons.
SavingStar is a new program where you get additional money back by shopping with your store loyalty card. It’s like e-coupons but instead of saving right at the register you get your money back through PayPal, a direct deposit, or even a gift card (Amazon rocks!). The SavingStar Grocery Coupons program works on most grocery store (and drug store) loyalty cards (except Safeway and Publix stores). Simply sign up online, choose your money saving offers “coupons” to add to your store loyalty card, buy your items, then you’ll receive the money back in your account. No extra cards needed, you can do it all online. Stack Your Savings! Best of all, these offers can be used ON TOP OF paper coupons!!! We LOVE extra savings! So if you’ve been looking for a way to stack your in-store savings beyond what you’re already doing this is definitely the way to do so. That’s right, it stacks!
I can’t wait to try this.
