Have you joinedNielsen Home Scan yet? If not, the benefits are great and Nielsen is accepting new members. See if they are signing up people in your area. You don’t  need to buy anything. All you do is scan products you already purchase, with the handy dandy little scanner Nielsen will send you. I am honestly quite jealous. When I signed up we got this bulky scanner that required a land line. Now you get a sleek little scanner and no land line required. Sometimes they will send surveys to earn easy points on.  In return for your time  Nielsen gives you points that you can redeem for household items, toys, trip experiences, or gift cards.  I have seen Wii’s, vacuums, bikes,  IPODs, shop vacs, and so much more. I saved up my points for a nice coffee grinder one time.

It really is quite simple and takes just a few minutes of your time. If you have kids it is even easier. My kids are always begging to scan what we buy.