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New $1.50/2 Ore-Ida French Fries Printable Coupon
There is a new $1.50/2 printable coupon for Ore-Ida French Fries, and it’s only available to Swag Bucks members. Here’s what you do to grab this coupon.
If you haven’t yet done so, sign up for Swag Bucks. Do it by tomorrow (3/3) and use promo code COUPONCRAVINGS to get 60 Swag Bucks right out of the gate.
Next, from the main Swag Bucks page, click on Ways to Earn, then Special Offers. Click No Obligation Offers, then keep clicking Skip to the end. For me, the Ore-Ida coupon was the very first offer, and I was able to print out two. Once you click through to the end, you’ll also get 3 Swag Bucks.
I’m still relatively new to Swag Bucks, but have found it’s pretty easy to get started, and I can’t wait to start cashing in my Swag Bucks for Amazon e-gift cards, books, magazine subscriptions and more!
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Magazine Deal: Entertainment Weekly for $10
Entertainment Weekly is the Magazine Steal of the Week through Saturday night on Amazon. You can grab 52 issues for just $10!
Looking for a few more magazine deals? For just $7, you can get a one-year subscription to Glamour or Vegetarian Times, or a two-year subscription to Seventeen.
Thanks, Smart Couponing!
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iTunes: Free House of Soul Music Sampler
Last week, I posted about five free music samplers you can grab from Amazon. Well, I just heard from Kaley at Cha-Ching on a Shoestring that you can also download a FREE House of Soul Music Sampler when you become a Facebook Fan of iTunes. Nice!
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$20 in David Dollars to Spend on Walmart Sporting Goods
Collect any combination of 14.5 oz. DAVID Original Sunflower Seeds or 16 oz. DAVID JUMBO Sunflower Seeds totaling 20 bags. Then mail in the completed DAVID Dollars Offer Form along with your 20 empty bags, and they’ll send you $20 DAVID Dollars to spend on anything from the sporting goods department at Walmart.
Just print out you form when you get to the David’s Site. Plus while you are there you can print a coupon for $1 off 2 bags of David’s Sunflower Seeds.
Looks like you can do this multiple times- the submissions just need to be in separate envelopes. This would be a great “fundraiser” for schools or sports teams.
Anyone know of any sales on these? I know you can pick up a case (12) of Davids for as low as $19.71 on Amazon with free shipping.
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Do You eBay, if So How Much Do You Intend to Save?
I typically shop around quite a bit before making an online purchase. Even if the item is relatively inexpensive I still take a few minutes to compare prices. Froogle is my favorite site and I typically punch in the description and search around the cheapest websites before making a decision.
Lately I’ve found myself shopping at eBay more and more often. If I don’t need an item particularly quickly I’ll find the price at other online retailers and then search for the same item on eBay. If the item is significantly cheaper than I’ll watch the item or bid.
If the eBay bid comes within a few dollars of the price from a respected retailer than I’ll stop watching that item. Online stores provide much better service and return opportunities then eBay sellers, so if the difference is just a couple of dollars I’d prefer not to buy from eBay.
Here’s an example. I wanted to purchase a new video game. I went online and found that the suggested retail price at most online vendors was $39.99, including Amazon.com, which offers free shipping for orders over $25. I then logged onto eBay and searched for that same item. There were quite a few games up for auction that ranged from $20-$30, so I decided to watch a few of them.
Most of the auctions took place over a five day period so I just watched and waited. The final price on the majority of auctions fell between $35 and $38 after accounting for the price of the item plus shipping.
Now the bidder that purchased the game for $35 saved 10% off the retail price, but the bidder who bought the game for $38 saved only 5%. Both bidders will have to wait for the seller to ship the item and hope that it arrives undamaged and matches the seller’s provided description.
So my question is this… Is the 5% savings worth the hassle of buying from eBay rather than an online retailer? What if the seller doesn’t ship the item, ships slowly, says it was lost in the mail, or ships a damaged item? While I know there is recourse for all of these issues, I also know that the process for rectifying a problem can be quite slow.
So do you eBay and if so how much do you intend to save by shopping there? Is there a specific limit that you will not go over?
Feeling Lucky Today
I used to enter a ton of online giveaways. It’s something I would do for 15 minutes or so when I first got home from work, but lately I’ve reduced my entries to only one or two contests a week. I typically cherry pick contests with lots of prizes and ways to win or search for small giveaways with very few entries.
This morning I found out that I won a small prize. Of course, I’m now feeling extra lucky and ready to win some more! My hopes are set on one of the fabulous prizes being offered in the Money Crashers 2010 New Year Giveaway Bash.
The Money Crashers giveaway includes over $9100 in prizes, including over $3000 in cash and $1100 in gift cards, not to mention lots of other great items like Amazon Kindles and Apple iPods. With so many prizes and so many ways to earn extra entries I think there’s a good chance I might just win.
If your interested in learning more about this contest head over to the Money Crashers site before January 31st. That’s when this contest ends.
Fleece Jackets- Men, Women and Kids Starting at $2.99
The Children’s Place has Men, Women and Kids fleece Jackets starting at $2.99. Many of the quanities are limited- so hurry!! Shipping is a flat $5.
You can also get 15% off you order with the coupon codes- C99AA or E79AA.
Lastly, you can shop at The Children’s Place through ShopAtHome or Ebates and earn 3-5% back on your order as well as a $5 bonus if you are new to either- and that could take care of the shipping!!
Thanks Money Saving Mom for the heads up.
I just saw that there are a few toddler fleece in mulitple sizes for $2.99 on Amazon. So, if they don’t have the size you want at the Children’s Place site you might want to try Amazon.
And Amazon is also running an amazing deal on size 4-12 “Pretty Shirts”- only $1.99- Lots of sizes and Colors available, but hurry for the best selection- I ordered 11 shirts for my little ladies!!
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Why Do You Want To Be Rich?
Here’s a question: Why do you want more money?
Maybe you don’t want to luxuriate in a gold-plated bath filled with lilies imported from a meadow in the Swiss Alps. Maybe you just want to get out of debt. Maybe you just want to get a handle on your day-to-day expenses. And more power to you.
But many people want to move beyond that, into the rarefied air of the 35% tax bracket — and beyond.
So here’s my question: Why?
I ask this question with no judgment. I’m not Noam Chomsky. I’m not going to go on some anti-materialism diatribe here. When I was young and foolish, I thought anyone who pursued money was greedy and shallow. Now, I’m older (alas) and wiser (perhaps), and I don’t have as much of a problem with wealth.
Actually, if I’m honest here, I sure do wish I little more jingle in my jangle. I drive to work in a 2001 Volkswagen with an odometer that’s well north of 100K. I try to make dinner in a microwave oven that inexplicably shuts itself off after exactly 2:48. I watch TV on a ratty old couch that Mickey Rourke would probably avoid.
And I find myself thinking: “Man, it would be nice not to have to worry about this stuff.”
Maybe that’s about the extent of my wishes: As Dorothy Parker said, “I want only enough to keep body and soul apart.” But I also have an adorable two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, and I would love to be able to move into a house with a big yard for her to play in.
And to be able to buy her all of the Olivia books, without worrying if we’re going over our amazon allotment for the month.
And to be able to go to restaurants more often.
And to buy a bottle of wine without making sure it’s in this book.
And the occasional trip to, say, France.
And to sleep like Rainer Wolfcastle in The Simpsons: “On top of a pile of money with many beautiful ladies.” (To my wife Jeanne: Just kidding.)
But the point is, it becomes a slippery slope. You want just a little bit more, and soon it becomes like a drug. You want that next thing. Sure your cellphone is nice, but does it have augmented reality? No? Oh man, you have to have augmented reality!
The thing is, I know I’ve got it pretty good. As seen recently on Financial Samurai, we here in the U.S. enjoy a standard of living that most of the world wouldn’t dare dream of. My debt is pretty minimal, I’ve got a great job with amazing benefits, and so on. So I don’t mean to be a malcontent.
But I’ve been able to dip my foot into the waters of the wealthy. Years ago, my ex and I went on a bicycling trip with a high-end travel company through Tuscany. (We were only able to afford it because she was doing some travel writing, one of the sweetest gigs you can have.)
Our group rode some of the Tour de France’s route, and we saw some of the race. I even have a picture of Lance Armstrong raising a glass of champagne right at me. (Well, my ex has it now, but let’s not split hairs.)
And at one point, we stayed at the same Tuscan inn as Robin Williams, who’s apparently a huge cycling fan. And I have to say… living the way the uber-wealthy live was really, really nice. Imagine a football-field–sized bed with the softest sheets imaginable. Elegant linen curtains. A view of the Alps. Delicious dinners with endlessly flowing hand-crafted Italian wine. And so on.
So we got to pretend that we were rich for a little while. And then, like Charlie in Flowers for Algernon, we were sent back to our middling lot in life. (And no, we never saw Robin Williams, either.)
So is it just me who wishes I had a little more? Or are you one of those people who is happy as a pig in mud with what you’ve got? And if so, what’s your secret? I’d love to know it.
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Children’s Place $.99 Girls Yoga Tops and Pants
Amazon has a few Children’s Place Girls Yoga Tops
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Up to 65% off Kids Shoes at Amazon
Looking for some good prices on kids shoes. You can get Up to 65% off Kids Shoes at Amazon. Prices are starting at $10 and it looks like most are eligible of free shipping with a $25 purchase.
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