- By sheer luck, I stumbled upon a few Groupon credits, which meant snagging $30 free. Like... free. Thirty bones, just sitting there in my Groupon account, waiting to be spent on something practical like groceries or an oil change. Or, more likely, something indulgent like a massage. And you'd better believe that I'm now obsessively scouring the internet for the existence of any additional free credits.
As much as I enjoy Groupon & LivingSocial, I'm confident that Offermatic is about to blow them both out of the water. You sync it up with your credit card (sounds dodgy but Reuters & TechCrunch swear it's legit), & it offers you deals based on money you're already spending. I, for example, dropped dough at WalMart (don't judge) last month; today, Offermatic offered me $5 off my next WalMart purchase; it's offered me similar deals for Macy's, Fandango & my next gasoline purchase, wherever it may be. Best of all, I acquire points in a variety of ways, & when I reach a certain number, I can trade them in for a $25 gift card to Target or Macy's or someplace else where I'm inclined to spend far too much money I don't have. Except I will have it - for free.
- At this point, nearly everyone is familiar with Restaurant.com, which sells seriously discounted gift certificates to a number of desirable dining spots. What you may not know is that the coupon code "DEAL" nearly always saves you 80% off your Restaurant.com purchase, which is how I scored a $25 credit to a fancy local bistro for... $2. Excited about the bonus cash, Nathan ordered a $40 steak, just because he'd never done it before. Maybe we went overboard? But it was all the more delicious knowing that some of it was free.
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I'm sort of addicted. (And please, no Jewish jokes? Thanks.) Free stuff is fun stuff. Got any deals to share?
...And yet still more exciting than PEMDOS: Order of Operations.
ReplyDeleteEdit: PEMDAS haha
ReplyDeleteI applaud your penny-pinching ways.
ReplyDeleteI love free stuff... or discounted stuff. In Korea, whenever you buy something, it usually comes with something free taped to it. I am going to feel like I'm being ripped off when I return to Canada and there's no yogurt taped to my milk, or no badminton set taped to my cereal, or when my shampoo doesn't come with a free shampoo of the same size taped to it.
ReplyDeleteI <3 groupon sometimes, but I love restaurant.com all the time. It is my go to gift and all of my friends love it. This is the first I am learning about offermatic, but it sounds cool.
ReplyDelete@Tara, I would be in heaven if I found free stuff taped to stuff, lol.
Actually, I hadn't heard of any of those sites, so thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love these ideas! I'm realllly budgeting lately so things like this are a big help. I'm sure everyone knows of retailmenot.com by now, but that's another of my go-to resources for deals and coupon codes.
ReplyDeleteOffermatic? Haven't heard of that one. I will definitely have to check into that, even if it does sound a little suspicious.
ReplyDeleteAnd you're right - free stuff is fun stuff and I wouldn't have thought of making any Jewish jokes had you not mentioned it. Due to a long term relationship with a Jew, I, unfortunately, have far too many (tasteful) Jew jokes stuck in my head. But I'll spare you cause I like you :)
Penny-pinching tips and a Harry Potter reference? Love it.
ReplyDeletei keep buying great livingsocial deals.... and then never using them. IM DOIN IT WRONG.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the side-job!
ReplyDeleteYou and your mom are so cute on Skype.