12 posts tagged “coupons”

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3. Coupons24.com Notifies you when coupon codes are available for popular shopping websites.

Swagbucks

First, you better join this program if you have not already done so. I will have earned 280 Swag Bucks in less than 4 months.

In dollar terms, each Swag Buck is 7.14 cents (redeem 70 for $5 paypal cash).

Here are some tips to help you maximize your effort:

1. Typically, you'll earn 2 Swag Bucks a day through normal searching, on average.
2. Every single day they pick a Swagger who posted a Tweet that included "#swagbucks" and hook them up with 10-20 Free Swag Bucks. The tweet can be about anything related(or not) to the world of Swag
3. If you want to try for more Swag Bucks, enter their Mega Swag Bucks Swagstakes
4. Check the web site every hour you can. Random winners are posted every hour and you'll win 5 instant Swag Bucks by clicking the claim link
5. Get the toolbar to make searching easier
6. Friday is Mega Swagbucks Day. So don't skip Fridays.
   
7. I sent in an old cell phone to be recycled and got 1 Swag Buck (they paid my shipping)
8. You will get more Swag Codes if you follow them on Twitter, become a Facebook fan, read the Blog, and subscribe to their newsletter (these are all on the Swagbucks home page)

1. Who is offering the sample? Is the offer from the company that makes the product or a well-known company like Walmart?

2. Have you heard of it? Have you heard of this product before or is it available at a store near you?

3. Any ads on the page? Are there Google Ads on the free sample request form? This is a red flag that this request form may be bogus and set-up exclusively to attract "hits" to generate ad income and to collect personal information for spammers to spam you.

4. What does the URL look like? Look at the URL, try backing up to the root and check out the home page. If you see what looks like someone's email address in the URL that means it was an offer exclusive to one individual and can not be shared across the internet with others.

5. What links are on the request form? Look at the links on the sample request form - do they take you to the official product home page? If they take you to Amazon.com - then that's a red flag that it is a bogus offer.

6. Do you have to "qualify"? Are you asked to "complete a qualifying offer" before you can get the free sample? Don't do it!

7. Are you asked to submit a code? This may indicate this free sample offer is for a selected audience that was given the code (although I have seen offers where they list the code right on the website, so it depends).

• Eat in more often and cook from scratch as often as possible
• Avoid convenience foods like fast food and prepackaged foods
• See if the store brand meets your needs
• Look for the “dented can” shopping cart as soon as you enter the store
• Bring your own coffee and soda to work rather than buy from a vending machine.
• Use the pricebook
• Buy in bulk when the price book tells you to
• Buy your foil, wax paper, plastic wrap from restaurant supply stores
• Plant a garden
• Use food dehydrators. Here are plans to build your own food dehydrator
• If you can’t do a garden. Check out farm stands, farmers markets, and “pick your own” farms
• Order water at a restaurant instead of soft drinks, coffee, tea or alcohol
• Shop Aldi and other no frills grocery stores
• Become a vegan
• When inside a supermarket, ask the deli manager what time they mark down food items at night
• Buy chuck roasts. Cook and shred the meat for soups, stews, and BBQ beef
• Subscribe to the 99 cent chef blog
• Utilize freezer meals