Something I forgot to mention in yesterday’s post about Ebates-double dipping! With Ebates, you can also use any other coupons or discount codes that you may have. If you’re looking for online shopping codes, try retailmenot. By using codes for free shipping and discounts, plus getting your Ebates money back, it makes for some great deals.
Ebates
October 7, 2008 by · 1 Comment
Do you know about Ebates? Do you shop online? Then you should know about Ebates!
Ebates is a rebate program for online shopping. Here’s how it works. You shop at online retailers that you would normally shop with, and you get a rebate check sent to you in the mail. It’s that simple. What’s the catch? Ok, there is one small catch–one thing that I always forget to do.
If you want to use Ebates, you have to enter the retailer’s site through the Ebates site. I always forget to do this and it’s frustrating. For instance, the other day we placed an order with kodakgallery. Since my husband did remember to use Ebates, we will get 10% back on our purchase–but he had to remember to go to Ebates first, then click on the kodakgallery link in Ebates. I, on the other hand, always forget, and just go right to kodakgallery–which means we don’t get anything back.
They have a huge list of participating stores. And holiday shopping season is coming up, so no better time to get started. I loathe the malls at Christmas time.
Shameless plug portion of post: Register for Ebates here and we’ll both get $5 credited to our accounts when you sign up and use it for the first time. There’s no fee for joining, all you do is register, make sure you shop from within the site, and then just wait for your check to arrive in the mail. Seriously–it’s that easy. If that link doesn’t give you a direct referral, where it asks if you were referred by anyone, you can put lightners at comcast dot net. (Put the email address, I’m spelling it out to avoid spammers)
Once you’ve created your free account, you can then send out referrals to your friends and family.
Back in the game
October 5, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
The Kmart deals yesterday were just the boost I needed to get energized about this again. I had great trips at CVS, Walgreen’s and Peebles. I also finally got around to sorting some receipts I had in a drawer and I am due $12 from Caregiver’s Marketplace in Huggies rebates (I’m getting back $12 for diapers I’ve never paid for!), plus a free big box of Crayons from Frigo cheese. I love a good bargaining day, and this has been a great bargaining 2 days.
Walgreens:
11.94 6 tubes of crest, 6 x 1.99
11.94 6 Oral B toothbrushes, 6 x 1.99
1.99 Glade candle
4.99 Schick razors
The coupons
6.00 crest coupons from Proctor & Gamble insert, 6 x 1.00
6.00 crest coupons from Walgreen’s booklet 6x 1.00
6.00 Oral B coupons from P&G insert, 6 x 1.00
6.00 Oral B coupons from Walgreen’s booklet, 6 x 1.00
1.00 Glade mfr coupon
2.00 Schick razor manufacturer’s coupon
2.00 Schick coupon from Walgreen’s booklet
Total: $2.18; deals good thru Saturday. No, I didn’t need toothbrushes or toothpaste, but it always seems all the deals are Colgate which we don’t like. So now I’m going to give away the free Colgate I have and keep the Crest.
CVS-same transaction on both cards. I know, I just posted I wasn’t going to go there, but I was already at the Walgreen’s on 41, so I figured why not.
2.29 vitamin water
4.98 Always pads
0.99 Colgate toothbrush
2.99 Colgate toothpaste
1.58 CVS brand pretzels 2 x 0.79
5.99 Soleil razor refills
Coupons-
1.00 Colgate toothbrush
1.50 Colgate toothpaste
1.00 Soleil blades (from inside Soleil razor pkg, previous purchase)
1.00 1.00 off 2 CVS brand snacks
Subtotal
$18.xx, then 13.xx after coupons, after using $ 12.79 in ECBs that I already had–final balance was $3.03, used Rx transfer gift card to pay that.
Earned ECBs: $4.00 Soleil, $4.98 Always, $2.29 Vitamin water, $2.00 Colgate, so 11.79 ecbs spent, 13.27 earned. Deals good thru Saturday. The pretzel coupon came from scanning my card under the in-store scanners, be sure to hit them! Both the Landenberg and Kennett stores have one, near the magazines. Jennersville does not have one yet.
Peebles:
I found several cute shirts for Kevin on the clearance rack, $3 each or so. I also found 2 items I planned to give as xmas gifts, so I don’t want to say what they are. They were regularly priced items with 30% off. When I went to pay, the cashier said if I opened a Peebles charge today, I would get another 25% off 2 items and 10% off my entire order. Plus I had my 15% internet printable. So my two xmas gift were regularly priced, minus 30%, minus 25% off that, then another 10% then another 15%. The three clearanced shirts for Kevin were already clearanced to $3.60, minus 10% and minus 15%. When all was said & done, I had planned on paying about $60 for my items and it came to $36. Cashier did not know how long this deal would last. I don’t normally do this–get credit cards at stores. But I am starting to like Peebles more & more, and it’s close, and I have heard that they send out coupons to cardholders frequently, which may help me with the holidays coming.
CVS Oct 5-11
October 5, 2008 by · Leave a Comment
Well, some couponers are excited about this week at CVS but I’m not. I probably won’t even go.
Always Infinity pads: 4.98 with 4.98 in ecb back. Limit 1.
Glaceau vitamin water: 32 oz, 2.29 with 2.29 in ecb back. Limit 1.
Bic Soleil: 5.99 with 4.00 back in ecb; good deal if you have either the $2 or the $4 coupons floating around out there. I don’t–so that means either our papers didn’t get it or I overlooked it.
Acensia breeze meter: 14.99 with 10.00 ecb back. This is a good deal if you have the coupon for a free meter, I believe it was in the papers in July. I don’t know why, but I don’t have it. I donate the meters.
Colgate: some items (check store for specifics) are 2.99 with 2.00 back in ecb, so free if you have the 1.00 coupons from recent papers.
