Swagbucks.com is a website that rewards its members with points (called SB) that can be redeemed for gift cards and other goodies. Over the years I’ve earned hundreds of dollars in Amazon gift cards (my favorite!) for searching the internet, answering easy polls, watching a few videos, and telling people about Swagbucks.com. This morning Swagbucks.com … Read more
We’ve been buying discounted gift cards from Cardpool and here’s how we’re making checkout a bit faster … I’m a regular customer of discounted gift card sites. We do our best to buy and use them safely, and it takes a decent chunk out of our Walmart trips. (Nothing to retire on, but a decent … Read more
While some people think that it’s crass to give gift cards or cash as presents, I’m just fine with it. A gift card can show thought just as much as any other gift, especially if you know what the person likes and can give a gift card to a store that they like. And if … Read more
Gift cards are not as liquid as cash. Gift cards are good for most purchases at a particular store — or a particular set of stores — but nowhere else. This is why there’s a secondary market for unwanted gift cards: People sell their unwanted gift cards for a discount to face value. They might … Read more
There are a lot of bargain hunters out there, I just found out. Deals are all over the place, of course, but the better-than-average ones get snagged really quickly. As in, “throw the item into the shopping cart and run for the register” quickly! My wife asked me to get some more powdered milk. We … Read more
Some ways of saving money may be more trouble than they’re worth. There is always a tradeoff between time and money and in the end it’s not always a good idea to squeeze every last cent out of every purchase. There are other ways to save money that are really, really easy, and hardly take … Read more
Spending less on a given purchase can be very easy. The difference in time and energy between going to a website directly, and first going to a rebate portal like Mr. Rebates or EBates, is trivial. I’ve witnessed people saving over $250 on a single order simply by doing this. I’m a huge fan of … Read more
Discounted gift cards are a reasonably easy way to spend less at many stores. Briefly, the market for buying gift cards under face value goes like this: A person sells an unwanted gift card to a liquidator like Cardpool or GiftCardZen for, say, a 20% discount to face value. Another person buys that gift card … Read more