$10 CVS giftcard for only $4 !!

Here's a great deal for all you drugstore shoppers!

From Hip2Save below

Wowza! Here’s an exclusive deal for all you awesome Hip2Save readers! For a limited time, WeShop.com is offering Hip2Save readers a $10 CVS gift certificate for only $5! Use discount code FRIEND20ZT5KXDEC to receive an additional $1 off the price and your total will be only $4! This gift certificate can be used in-store only. With all the great savings at CVS that are already available on a weekly basis, this gift certificate is like icing on the cake!!

Here’s what you need to do to snatch yours up…

* Head over here and click on the “Buy this Deal” button
* Head to checkout and follow the directions
* You will be emailed a gift card code and link. You then choose to print an in-store CVS/pharmacy gift certificate. You will receive your gift certificate code and link within 1-2 business days but usually immediately.

**Fine Print: Limit 1 per person; Excludes alcohol, gift cards, lottery, money orders, prescriptions, postage stamps, pre-paid cards, tobacco products or items reimbursed by a government program; CVS/pharmacy gift certificates CANNOT be used for any other retailer’s gift card or prepaid card that CVS may carry.

UPDATE: Use the coupon code FRIEND20ZT5KXDEC at checkout to save $1 to snag this $10 gift certificate for ONLY $4! (Thanks, Tory!)

SECOND UPDATE: We Shop just contacted us to let us know that the gift certificate can ONLY be used in-store and NOT online. If you have any questions, please contact We Shop directly.

The Bargainista

Restaurant.com AGAIN

Restaurant.com is again running a great promotion! If you missed out on getting some certificates at 90% off, you can now get some at 80% off by using the code CHEF ! Be sure to go through ebates first for 15% cash back. You can even get a $5 bonus just for signing up for ebates and making a qualified purchase (this one qualifies!). Here's how...

1. Sign up here for an ebates account with $5 bonus: Ebates sign up
2. On the ebates website, click on the "Stores" tab, find Restaurant.com and click on the "Shop Now" button next to it.
3. On Restaurant.com, find the restaurant(s) you want to purchase from and add them to your cart. Be sure to read the fine print first!
4. When on the shopping cart page, enter the discount code "CHEF" and check out when you're ready, you can pay with credit card or even Paypal.

Keep in mind that the restaurant specific certificates expire 1 year from purchase.

If you are unsure on which restaurants you want, but don't want to miss out on this great deal, you can purchase generic Restaurant.com certificates. They will stay in your account indefinitely until you want to use them - they NEVER expire! You can purchase them by going to the "Give a Gift" tab and choosing the denomination ($25 for $10, $50 for $20, etc). When you enter the discount code CHEF at checkout it will bring down the price by 80%.

You will find more restaurants available at the beginning of each month - each restaurant only has so many restaurant.com certificates they will sell each month and once they sell out for the month you can't even see them as an option. Since this is the end of the month (and the CHEF code expireson 9/30), I would recommend buying the generic certificates and then checking the restaurant list on Oct 1 (or the beginning of whatever month you think you want to use a certificate).

Offer expires Wednesday, Sept 30th @ midnight.

Yum on the cheap!

The Bargainista

90% off @ Restaurant.com

To celebrate 9-9-09, for 99 hours (starting midnight PDT), Restaurant.com is offering 90% off the purchase of gift certificates. This means you can get a $25 gift certificate for only $1.00 !! Now be sure to read the fine print - most of the restaurants require that your bill is at least $35 to use the $25 gift certificate, so you'll end up spending a minimum of $10 + tip at the restaurant. Still a great deal! Check it out here:

www.restaurant.com

Enter promotional code NINETY at checkout for the 90% discount. Eat, drink, save money!

The Bargainista

Swagbucks

Have you heard of Swagbucks? Maybe you've seen a post on Facebook talking about it but don't really know how it all works. Let me fill you in. Swagbucks is a website that will reward you with digital dollars (called "swagbucks") that you can then use to buy giftcards and other free fun things in the swag store. It's easy to earn bucks, just use their search engine like you normally would throughout the day, and when you win a buck it will show at the top of the search results. The best deal available for redemption right now is a $5 Amazon giftcard for 45 swagbucks. So far, I've redeemed $85 in Amazon giftcards! That's FREE MONEY right there for doing nothing that I wouldn't have done anyway! You can also redeem for $5 Paypal (70 swagbucks) and some other great stuff, but the best value is the Amazon giftcard.

Sign up is here: Swagbucks signup. And right now, you can earn an extra couple of bucks when you enter the following promotional code when signing up (promotion code valid through 9/10/09): phanscode1 (case sensitive). A non-member signing up with this promotional code will start off with 5 swagbucks in your account!

Tips for winning:

1. Download the swagbucks toolbar so it's easy to use and will always be at the top of your screen. Here's the toolbar to download: http://swagbucks.com/?cmd=sb-plugins . The Swag Guy (otherwise known as TSG) will also randomly release free codes for bucks and the toolbar has a spot where you can see when he's notified you that there's a code. (More on this below.)
   
2. Search randomly, just like you normally would use a search engine. The more spread out your searches are (the more time inbetween each search), the more likely you will win bucks. So search a bit in the morning, a few at lunch, then some more in the evening.
   
3. Save regular websites that you visit as a swag search. For instance, I check our local Craigslist quite often, sometimes several times a day. So I did a swag search for "Omaha Craigslist" and then bookmarked the search results. Now, whenever I want to go to Craigslist, I just pick that swag search from my favorites list and then click through to Craigslist. It's one extra click that I have to do, but I've won several swagbucks just from that saved search. When you save the search, be sure to change the name so you know what it is! You can do this with so many websites, blogs, online stores, etc that you frequent and and it's just like a free search that you normally wouldn't make.
4. Invite your friends! When they sign up under you and win, you win also! You will get matching buck-for-buck for the first 100 swagbucks they win (not including codes posted by TSG). It's only one level deep, so you only get bucks for the people signed up directly underneath you.
5. Use multiple computers. I can't confirm this for sure, but from what I've read online, the searches you do are somehow tied to your actual computer you're using. So if I search from the laptop in the morning and win right away, I can then go to the desktop computer we have and do searches from there and also win bucks, even though I just won on the laptop!

The toolbar mentioned above is the latest new thing from Swagbucks, it was very recently introduced. It is compatible with Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari, but also has some very handy quick links to different parts of the Swagbucks website. If you download the new toolbar, EVERYDAY this month (September) they will release a special code to earn an additional free buck, allowing the opportunity for you to get an addtional 30 bucks in September! These codes are exclusive to the toolbar, there is no other way to get them, and they are account specific, so they can't be shared. Using this new toolbar is the best way to search and earn swagbucks easily and quickly!

The Bargainista