Comments on: Reader tips: Deals and rebates

By: Martha

Martha — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:11:32 +0000

With the rebates, I’ve decided to use the Walgreens rebates only for more Walgreen rebate purchases–maybe up to $20? Not totally decided there. When it’s over $20(?), then use for small balances. With other rebates, I’m going to put them back in my grocery budget. My grocery budget is so small, but it’s small out of necessity–there’s just no more money to put in it. So the rebates, even a couple of dollars, will help. I enjoyed reading all the other rebate ideas!

By: Amos Johannes Hunt

Amos Johannes Hunt — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:59:43 +0000

I’m signing up for swagbucks.com. Is there a way to indicate that you recommended me, so that you will benefit when I win swag bucks?

By: Marin

Marin — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:53:40 +0000

How did you all get so lucky with the Smart Rinse rebate? I called and she said I should check with my dentist, and then put me on the coupons & promotions list. Nuts. Maybe I’ll get some good coupons out of it?

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:59:00 +0000

To the person who said she is getting $8 back: Can you send in more than one Smart Rinse rebate per address? I thought it was just one, so I sent the second rebate to my mom.

By: 20 Something Money

20 Something Money — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:10:51 +0000

I think it is great what everyone is doing with there rebate money. I have been thinking a lot about this lately and reallly need to put some hard thought into it. I feel like if I am “saving” the money, I should really SAVE the money.

I will let you know when I come up with a true plan.

P.s. I will be calling J&J. I wonder how many rebates they would allow?

By: kristi

kristi — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:43:06 +0000

I put my smaller rebates into our emergency fund kept at a separate bank and not linked to any cards or checking accounts. Since we generally (knock on wood) don’t touch this money and it has a decent interest rate it’s nice to see it keep growing even if it’s just small amounts. Then when emergencies strike like unexpected car repairs we are not draining the entire account.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:28:52 +0000

I receive rebates from ebates and fatwallet for online purchases. That money is being set aside for a missions trip.

By: Michell

Michell — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:59:02 +0000

I wanted to let everyone know that mysavings.com has some really great free samples as well as coupons and vouchers for various items.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:23:21 +0000

Regal Cinemas has Free Family Film Festival every summer. They usually have a good selecion of movies. You can visit the site to see if there is a location near you and what movies they are playing!http://www.regmovies.com/nowshowing/familyfilmfestivalschedule.aspx

By: Angela Tregembo

Angela Tregembo — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:53:04 +0000

V8 is offering a $2.00 of coupon at: http://www.tryv8.com/

I totally love their juice and am thrilled to get such a good coupon.

By: Sarina

Sarina — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:30:12 +0000

WOW is anyone able to walk the rest of us through how exactly they got the rebates and such through the J & J rep? I called and got someone who was not only unable to send me a rebate sheet (or the rebate without the sheet) but was unable to help me at all! Other than to suggest that I could “Try looking in stores”. What did I do wrong?

By: hopeng

hopeng — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:09:18 +0000

I called J & J and they said that they are sending me 2 full value coupons that I should receive in 7-10 business days. Thanks Shari for the tip! (They said they’ve been getting a lot of calls too!)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:04:50 +0000

I put the rebate on things I got for free or almost free towards our med school loan payback fund. For larger items, like electronics, we put the rebate money back into the virtual “envelope” (we do an envelope system on the computer) that the purchase came out of. I make a debit for the original price but make a note that there should be a rebate of a certain amount. Then when the rebate comes, it goes back into that category. Those are often larger amounts, like $30+. We usually count on the final price of those items after rebate when we decide to make the purchase.

When it comes to coupon savings, I don’t put that money anywhere else. I don’t really look at it as savings because I wouldn’t have bought most of the items at their pre-coupon/sale price. I just look at it as a way to make our budget stretch farther.

However, we just made a few changes to our auto insurance policy, which reduced our premium by $200. We reduced the collision coverage to something that made the most sense for us, and we are definitely putting that $200 into our car replacement fund.

By: diane

diane — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:58:01 +0000

Thanks for the heads up Sheri! I called Listerine as well today and was told they were having trouble with the rebate tear off forms getting where they need to be so they were happy to mail me a 4.00 rebate and coupons (I requested these as well.. I mean I was on the phone to them so why not!)

By: Becky@FamilyandFinances

Becky@FamilyandFinances — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:42:42 +0000

Like AD, I generally use my rebate money for when I have amounts due at CVS and Walgreens. I like the kids savings account idea, too!

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:42:32 +0000

With our rebate money, I put it back on my CVS gift card to cover all of those minute check-out expenses.

By: Coral

Coral — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:19:06 +0000

Thanks for the tip about the Smart Rinse. I called and asked for the form and the woman I talked to just offered me the rebate. She asked for the UPC number, lot number, and expiration date on the the bottle and then told me she’d send me a $4 check. She never asked how much I spent. I’m so excited!

By: Fox's Momma

Fox's Momma — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:07:05 +0000

I just called J & J and spoke with a very friendly rep who took my name and info, and said I will be receiving an $8 check in the mail within 7 days for my two purchases!

By: A.D.

A.D. — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:02:07 +0000

I save all my rebate money in a separate envelope in my coupon notebook. When I have a small amount due at CVS or Walgreen’s after using my ecb’s or rr’s, I use the rebate money to pay for it. It makes those items totally FREE! I love it. It means that we are able to budget more tightly in this area, and put more toward our mortgage. We have less than three years to mortgage pay off if all goes well.

By: Emily Anne

Emily Anne — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:58:10 +0000

I called and they told me to write my upc code on receipt, circle item, circle store and write that I could not find rebate form and send it to: Listerine Smart Rinse Anticavity flouride rinse rebate Program at PO Box 3259 Lancaster, PA 17604