Click here to get yours!
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
Friday, October 19, 2012
DEAL! Scalp Massager
Here is a good deal going on right now. This is a Scalp Head Massager for only $0.98 + FREE SHIPPING!! You could use this as a funny grab or yankee swap gift, as a present, or as a stocking stuffer! Better yet, just buy it for yourself!
DEAL! Kids Superhero Cape
Here is a great deal from Living Social; $15 for $30 to spend at Powercapes.com. Pair it with Ebates and get $0.30 CB. You can create a custom cape just for your child! I actually bought one of these vouchers and created a cape for my daughter for Christmas. I already received it and I think it is absolutely adorable!
Something about LivingSocial I think you should know, you can get your voucher for free! After you purchase your voucher get 3 other people to buy the same one through your referral link and you will get yours for free!
Right now Powercapes.com is having a sale on their custom capes for $24.95. If you buy just the custom cape and use your voucher it will cover the shipping costs! It's a win win!
Click here to go to this deal!
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
Something about LivingSocial I think you should know, you can get your voucher for free! After you purchase your voucher get 3 other people to buy the same one through your referral link and you will get yours for free!
Right now Powercapes.com is having a sale on their custom capes for $24.95. If you buy just the custom cape and use your voucher it will cover the shipping costs! It's a win win!
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Free Burger King Voucher
Found this on Amazon Local. It is listed under Boise, ID but it may work where you live. It's free so it's worth a try!
Click Here to get to the voucher!
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
Click Here to get to the voucher!
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
Buying Gifts with Groupon.com
I absolutely love Groupon for gift shopping. I can usually cut my gift budget in half, and earn money back through Ebates!
When I first told my husband about some items I wanted to buy off Groupon for Christmas presents he replied, "I don't want to give everyone cheap gifts!" Listen, these are not cheap gifts, these are smart gifts! When you look at something on the website it will tell you what it retails for. If you buy a pair of earrings, let's say, for $9.00 but they retail for $100.00 you are giving someone a $100.00 present (see below, the deal is going on now!). Just because you paid $9.00 does not make you cheap, it makes you smart or as I like to call it, Savvy!
Here are a list of some current good deals going on right now on Groupon.com. All of these gifts are UNDER $30!
There are a lot more groupons on the site under $30.00. Pair up Groupon.com with Ebates.com and you will be on the fast track to saving money on your gift shopping all year round!
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
When I first told my husband about some items I wanted to buy off Groupon for Christmas presents he replied, "I don't want to give everyone cheap gifts!" Listen, these are not cheap gifts, these are smart gifts! When you look at something on the website it will tell you what it retails for. If you buy a pair of earrings, let's say, for $9.00 but they retail for $100.00 you are giving someone a $100.00 present (see below, the deal is going on now!). Just because you paid $9.00 does not make you cheap, it makes you smart or as I like to call it, Savvy!
Here are a list of some current good deals going on right now on Groupon.com. All of these gifts are UNDER $30!
- **White Topaz Stud Earrings- $9.00**
- Value- $100.00! | Ebates CB- $0.27
- Ultra Thin Wallets - $12.00
- Value-$25.00 | Ebates CB- $0.36
- Coffee For Less- $10.00
- Value- $20.00 | Ebates CB- $0.30
- Christmas Cookies- $15.00
- Value- $40.00 | Ebates CB- $0.45
- BenchPrep- $25.00
- Value- $150.00 | Ebates CB- $0.75
- eMeals.com- $29.00
- Value- $58.00 | Ebates CB- $0.87
- Lash Extender Mascara- $20.00
- Value- $55.00 | Ebates CB- $0.60
- Motorola T325 Bluetooth In-Car Speakerphone- $25.00
- Value- $50.00 | Ebates CB- $0.75
- Case and Stand for iPad- $14.00
- Value- $45.00 | Ebates CB- $0.42
- Picaboo.com- $29.00
- Value- $75.00 | Ebates CB- $0.87
- ScoreBig.com- $9.00
- Value- $40.00 | Ebates CB- $0.27
There are a lot more groupons on the site under $30.00. Pair up Groupon.com with Ebates.com and you will be on the fast track to saving money on your gift shopping all year round!
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
Ebates.com, Cash back for shopping!
Ebates.com pays you cash back every time you shop online as well as provide you with coupons and deals online.
How Does it Work for the Stores:
My understanding is that Ebates.com partners up with business and they agree to give you a certain % cash back. What does the business get in return? Well, if you are looking to buy a product and it is sold at 10 different online stores but 1 store offers cash back, you will most likely buy it from them. The businesses get more traffic, and you are more likely to shop them again. Free advertising, take advantage!
How Does it Work for You:
Go to the website, I have the link all over my page but here it is again, Ebates.com, sign up for a free account, pick a gift card you would like to receive, and you're done! Well, you are just beginning.
Go to the top right search box and start typing in some of your favorite retail stores to see how much cash back they offer. A lot of times I will look at a list of all the stores and order them by cash back % to see what stores offer the highest % cash back. Most of the time I find new stores that offer a lot more cash back. I spend some time checking them out, and there are a lot of neat stores that I may have never known about.
Once you click on a store it will show you a page that says “creating a tracking ticket” and then you will land on the homepage of whatever site you wanted. That's it, just start browsing the site like you normally would, do your check out, and Ebates will do the rest. Most of the time I see the money go into my Ebates account that day or the next. It depends on the store and how fast they process the orders.
Getting Your Check:
Ebates will send you the gift card that you picked when you signed up after you have made your first $25 purchase. I did notice that it took a while to get my gift card, so be patient. A good idea for your free gift card, is to use it as a present for someone!
They send out checks quarterly, only if your account balance is higher than $5. According to the sites FAQ the $5 cannot include any refer-a-friend bonus. My first check was for $5.20, I earned $5.00 on a refer-a-friend bonus and $.20 from buying diapers. So I am not sure if it was just because it was my first check and they were being nice, or if it doesn't matter.
Ebates will send you the gift card that you picked when you signed up after you have made your first $25 purchase. I did notice that it took a while to get my gift card, so be patient. A good idea for your free gift card, is to use it as a present for someone!
Refer-A-Friend:
Through Ebates you can refer a friend. If a friend of yours clicks on your referral link, signs up, and makes a purchase of $25.00 or more you get a cash bonus. The bonus depends on how many people you refer, the more you refer the more money you earn per referral. They also run specials for a limited time. When I first signed up they had a special that if you referred (something like) 50 people you would get an iPad. Currently they are running a special where you will earn $25.00 for the first friend you refer now through 12/31/12.
Ebates Tool Bar:
Initially I paid no attention to the Ebates tool bar for your browser. I hate having tool bars, it makes the browser look cluttered and it bothers me. However, I started reading about it and decided to give it a try and I love it! It makes getting cash back a lot easier.
When I first signed up for Ebates I found that I would forget about going through Ebates before making a purchase. With the tool bar anytime you are on a site that offers cash back it will tell you. Sometimes it activates the cash back automatically other times it will make you go through the site to create the tracking ticket. Another neat feature it has is when you are doing a search for something it will show a little Ebates logo next to a store link that offers cash back.
My Favorite Stores:
I start my Christmas shopping early and try to shop year round, this year I am shopping with Ebates. You can make Ebates work in a couple of different ways. I have heard a lot of people say that they don't like the idea of shopping online because they have to pay shipping. (1) Most of the time sites will offer a special on shipping and/or during the holidays a lot of sites will offer free shipping all together. So keep an eye out for that. (2) Another way to get around the shipping is to find stores that offer “Site to store” or “Free store pick-up”.
So far I have earned $16.83. That amount of money (plus whatever more I earn) will knock down my Christmas bill, even if just by $16.83, that is $16.83 that you didn't have before. Also a nice perk, the next check will be coming right before or after Christmas so that will be a nice bonus!- Groupon.com- 3% CB (Cash back), most goods they sell offer free shipping!
- Livingsocial.com- 2% CB
- Buy.com- 6% CB, Very much like a Walmart or Amazon but offers more CB
Walmart.com- 1% CB, Offer pick up in store. - Toys R' Us/ Babies R' Us- 1% CB, Also offer pick up in the store
- Snapfish.com- 20% CB
- Target- 2% CB
- JCPenny- 8% CB
I hope that you find as much happiness with Ebates as I have!
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Coupon 101: Vocabulary
I will use some shorthand in my posts. These are commonly used when you read other blogs about couponing. I wanted to put this together to help those who are new to couponing have a better understanding of what these mean. Most of the time I will explain what each of them means but it is helpful if you are browsing other blogs or websites for couponing tips.
Q- Coupon
MQ- Manufacture Coupon
SQ- Store Coupon
CAT- Catalina (The long coupons printed at the register)
OOP- Out of pocket
ONYO- On you're next order
BOGO- Buy one get one
WYB- When you buy
RP- Red Plum Insert
SS- Smart Source Insert
P&G- Proctor & gamble Insert
ECB- Extra Care Bucks (CVS)
WAGS- Wallgreens
RA- Rite Aide
Wine Tag- A tag that hangs from alcohol containing a coupon. Some even say "No Wine Purchase Necessary" and are often good for buying fresh produce or meats.
Peelies- Sticker coupons found on a product that you can tear off
Blinkies- Little red machines in grocery store aisles that have a blinking red light
Tear Pads- Pad of coupons near an item that you can tear off
I first learned of the complete list through a book that I read when I was starting out called, "How To Shop For Free" by Kathy Spencer. I bought the book at B&N for $14.95 and felt that it was a great guide to get me started. A lot of of my couponing methods came from reading her book.
Her book is geared towards finding a great deal, buying as much as possible, and stockpiling. Personally I live in a 1000sqft apartment at the moment and don't feel that it would be good for me to stockpile. If you have a deep freezer that you use already or extra space to store dry goods/hygiene products than this is a great method to the madness. My approach is more of, what I feel, a realistic one; get great deals and save where you can. My goal is not to get everything for free (just yet) but to not pay full price anymore.
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
Q- Coupon
MQ- Manufacture Coupon
SQ- Store Coupon
CAT- Catalina (The long coupons printed at the register)
OOP- Out of pocket
ONYO- On you're next order
BOGO- Buy one get one
WYB- When you buy
RP- Red Plum Insert
SS- Smart Source Insert
P&G- Proctor & gamble Insert
ECB- Extra Care Bucks (CVS)
WAGS- Wallgreens
RA- Rite Aide
Wine Tag- A tag that hangs from alcohol containing a coupon. Some even say "No Wine Purchase Necessary" and are often good for buying fresh produce or meats.
Peelies- Sticker coupons found on a product that you can tear off
Blinkies- Little red machines in grocery store aisles that have a blinking red light
Tear Pads- Pad of coupons near an item that you can tear off
I first learned of the complete list through a book that I read when I was starting out called, "How To Shop For Free" by Kathy Spencer. I bought the book at B&N for $14.95 and felt that it was a great guide to get me started. A lot of of my couponing methods came from reading her book.
Her book is geared towards finding a great deal, buying as much as possible, and stockpiling. Personally I live in a 1000sqft apartment at the moment and don't feel that it would be good for me to stockpile. If you have a deep freezer that you use already or extra space to store dry goods/hygiene products than this is a great method to the madness. My approach is more of, what I feel, a realistic one; get great deals and save where you can. My goal is not to get everything for free (just yet) but to not pay full price anymore.
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
K-Mart Deals!
This week at K-mart you can get $10 Catalina when you spend $30 on certain P&G products. A few things to remember about K-Mart (1) They will double up to 5 MQ (manufacture coupon) on like items with a value up to AND INCLUDING $1.00. (2) The $10 WYB (when you buy) $30 is calculated before coupons.
Included in the list of items is Gain Fabric Softener and Downy Fabric Softener. So here is one way you can work it:
You Buy:
- 5 Gain Fabric Softener
- 5 Downy Fabric Softener
Your Total: $30
Use Coupons:
- Five $1/1 Gain in RP 9/16 (Red Plum insert from 9/16)
- Five $1/1 Downy in pg 9/30 (Proctor & Gamble insert from 9/30)
You Spend: $10
***You MUST use your SYW (Save your way) Rewards card. These are easy to sign up for, they are like grocery store cards.***
You will get $10 back good to use instantly. So... rinse and repeat.
If you do not have 20 or so inserts sitting around you can use a coupon clipping service or Ebay. I have used both a couple of times to get some hot coupons! Like when I scored 6 bottles of nail polish for $0.12. I believe I paid a $0.40 handling fee, so it ended up being $0.09 a bottle. You can't complain. I usually do the math before I go ahead and pay a handling and postage for coupons to make sure that it is still worth it. I usually use Coupon Dede. I get my coupons about 2 days after I place my order so I don't run into the trouble of missing the sale before I get the coupons. Right now you could get each coupon for a $0.12 handling fee.
If you bought 20 of each @ $0.12 = $4.80 + $0.95 (postage)= $5.75
With the initial $10.00 you will spend plus the amount for the coupons. Your total for 40 bottles of fabric softener would be $15.75 which is $0.40 a bottle. You will be set for a year (maybe longer!) and only spend $15.75.
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
Your Total: $30
Use Coupons:
- Five $1/1 Gain in RP 9/16 (Red Plum insert from 9/16)
- Five $1/1 Downy in pg 9/30 (Proctor & Gamble insert from 9/30)
You Spend: $10
***You MUST use your SYW (Save your way) Rewards card. These are easy to sign up for, they are like grocery store cards.***
You will get $10 back good to use instantly. So... rinse and repeat.
If you do not have 20 or so inserts sitting around you can use a coupon clipping service or Ebay. I have used both a couple of times to get some hot coupons! Like when I scored 6 bottles of nail polish for $0.12. I believe I paid a $0.40 handling fee, so it ended up being $0.09 a bottle. You can't complain. I usually do the math before I go ahead and pay a handling and postage for coupons to make sure that it is still worth it. I usually use Coupon Dede. I get my coupons about 2 days after I place my order so I don't run into the trouble of missing the sale before I get the coupons. Right now you could get each coupon for a $0.12 handling fee.
If you bought 20 of each @ $0.12 = $4.80 + $0.95 (postage)= $5.75
With the initial $10.00 you will spend plus the amount for the coupons. Your total for 40 bottles of fabric softener would be $15.75 which is $0.40 a bottle. You will be set for a year (maybe longer!) and only spend $15.75.
Leave a comment with any questions. Happy couponing! : )
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