Saving Money Shopping Online
While reading Beachgirl’s Budget Blog this morning, she talked about how she earned some cash back on some purchases she made. She talked about the site Ebates.com, so I went to go check it out. It’s a pretty good program, where, after logging in to their site, you make your online purchases as normal. Except Ebates pays you a percentage of your purchase back in cash! How exciting is that? Now, most of the sites are US-based, sites, and since I live in Canada, that might determine which sites I can shop on as not all ship to Canada, but I was pleased to see that Ebates.com allowed foreign signups, which meant that I could sign up as well and earn cash back! I know I’ll be checking this out next time I am shopping online.
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Reward Points Exchange Bonus
I just scored and extra $5 in free gas by doing a rewards points exchange! Yes. I am currently collecting RBC rewards points, as well as Esso Extra points. RBC has Esso gift certificates for free gas at Esso, and I was at the point level where I could get a $25 gas certificate. I thought about it for a moment, then decided to check out their point exchange rates. Was that ever a good move!
By converting the same amount of RBC rewards points, I got an extra $5 in free gas at Esso! So instead of just $25 in free gas, I could get $30 in free gas, which is a total bonus.
I’m also a member of Points.com, which helps link up some reward programs that aren’t normally linked, but being in Canada, my choices there are a bit limited. If you’re in the US though, I highly recommend taking advantage of it.
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Movie coupons & tips
About a month ago I purchased some movie coupons from the Entertainment book for only $7 each. That’s a great deal because going to the movies can cost over $10+ per person these days. But of course after I got to the theatre, I realized I was hungry, so I bought some popcorn and a drink…for $9!!! Wow, I hadn’t done that in a while, and I was impressed at the audacity of the theatre to charge that much. That should teach me to bring my own snacks again. Thankfully I don’t go to the theatre often, so this won’t impact my debt repayment schedule, but still I was impressed.
I’m also continuing in my “sell everything in my house people will by on eBay” plan this weekend. I sold a bobble head and coupon I got for free for some pretty decent money. Earlier this year I got into a purging mode for all my stuff in my house, and I figured I’d see if I could make some cash on the stuff to help in my debt repayment. Wouldn’t you know it, but I have made upwards of $440 so far! Impressive. The most impressive part is that my best ROI has been selling things that I’m getting for free. Like that bobblehead doll I got at the ball park one day last year, or coupons I get for free online. My own crap isn’t getting as big a bang for my buck, my at least I’m getting it out of my house, and making some money on it. If any of you are thinking about doing this, I highly recommend it.
Debt Repayment Tip #1:
Keep an eye open for the discounted listing days on eBay, to save money when you list many items. They come up once every couple of months, so it should help you save some listing money. But don’t let this stop you from listing anything at all, list away whenever you want!
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