Posts made by ctujackbauer

@TravelTom @dangeRuss

I was planning on buying these, but when I googled Alchemy KN95 face mask, the testing results came up on the CDC website. All batches that they tested failed to meet the KN95 standard (95% efficiency).

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/respirators/testing/results/MTT-2020-84.1_International_ShenzhenHangsenStar_TestReport_Redacted-508.pdf

@harperr said in Official Kellogg's Family Rewards Program Codes Master Thread:

Team Mini won.

Second place team still won 500 points. I was on team tony. And the 500 points from the 5-day code/poll deal also credited.

https://us.coca-cola.com/amoe/?amoeId=63707

official rules: https://us.coca-cola.com/legal/63707/

Instant wins are back for Nike on the app with sip & scan, and with a web-based AMOE. Enter 5 times per day, ends 12/18/2020

4,517 GRAND PRIZES: A $25 Nike Digital Gift Card, terms and conditions apply. Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $25.

15,927 FIRST PRIZES: A $10 Nike Digital Gift Card, terms and conditions apply. ARV: $10.

9 SECOND PRIZES: A $5 Nike Digital Gift Card, terms and conditions apply. ARV: $5.

@lawomaniam1 said in Coke Rewards Official thread:

@ctujackbauer said in Coke Rewards Official thread:

For those that don’t check the app often, Coca-Cola opened up the $5,000 prepaid card monthly drawing and the $25,000 check prize drawing to everyone with sip & scan. Only takes one bottle.

It’s actually faster than entering in or scanning a bottle cap/12-pack code, which usually has errors.

Enter 5 times daily.
K, what’s the story this year, anyone know? I’m ready…Coke Rewards?

lawoman, that was from six months ago when they were still doing the prepaid card giveaway and $25,000 check prize giveaway. Coca-cola cut way back on their rewards.

Previously you would just have to open the coca-cola app on a smartphone, go to the experiences tab, and select the contest. Then you would be prompted for a sip & scan icon, which is on the bottle’s label.

For those with outdated versions of Android, it is tougher to have the latest version of the app because after about three years they stop receiving operating system updates, which means you can’t use the latest version of the coca-cola app.

@chaz65 said in FREE Chicken Sandwiches (1 per week for 2 weeks) w/any purchase @Wendys thru 11/8:

Would not honor it at my Wendy’s

Try a mobile order. Go to offers, add one item, add the classic chicken and then I think you can apply the offer. At the drive-thru you tell them your name and that you placed a mobile order.

Not a new class action, just an update because checks were sent out for this one.

From: https://www.westernuniontcpasettlement.com/

Checks were sent out. Nearly $250.00 for me.

I think your startup needs to choose between negotiating monthly bills or renegotiating debt. Two different animals.

There have been countless bill reduction startups in this space that failed. Throw in the fact that cable/satellite television companies and internet service providers are now straight-up not negotiating at all in many cases, throws into question your business model.

Also, there’s no way I (and probably a fair amount of other people) am going to assign money and pay your company, instead of paying the cable television bill, internet bill, phone bill, utilities, or whatever else you negotiate. I may not be your target customer, but that’s a big warning sign to me.

If you’re a gambling man/woman, this week Albertson’s (Safeway) stores have a buy 4 Kellogg’s cereals get one free milk offer.

Sometimes the coupon shows up directly on the milk though making it look free, so I’m not sure where they’ll reimburse you.

iphone SE (2020 I assume) for $199 with activation/lock-in at total wireless or straighttalk wireless (usually 12 months). Its on page 14 of the ad and is part of a 2 day event starting 11/14 at 5 am store time.

Not bad if you want to stay on ios or go to ios on the cheap.

collector bill

Jack-o’-lantern collector’s bills starts Monday October 12 at 12 am PT.

@mrvietnam said in Burger King Today 10/7 only $1 Whopper (in app offer) Whopper Weds.:

Whenever I try to place an order for the $1 Whopper it gives me this error message at checkout:

Uh oh!

We encountered an error creating your order. We are aware of the issue and are working to resolve it. Please try again or contact here.

I called customer service and they are worthless.

For next time, it might be easier to redeem the code at the drive-thru by using ‘redeem in restaurant’ instead of doing a mobile order. They usually ask for the code at the drive-thru when you are ordering.

Buy some Eneloops, you caveman!

@fivetalents

See, I wasn’t dreaming it up, like usual.

I got a push notification for 40 SB if you install and play Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells. Just have to install and open the app. Quick 40 SB.

It says in the Swagbucks activity log that it was from Ad Gem, but I couldn’t find it in the Ad Gem Discover page, so it might be YMMV.

I didn’t even have to sign up and register or anything. I played for a few minutes just to see what it was like.

@fivetalents said in Swagbucks Tips, Offers & Discussion Thread:

@mrvietnam said in Swagbucks Tips, Offers & Discussion Thread:

Interesting. The new offer has special terms that say you must complete Level 28 now to get the pay out.

Special Terms.
*SB will appear as Pending for 7 days. Must be installing the app for the first time. Must Complete Level 28 to earn SB

Both the original and the new offer say level 27 and level 28.

@fivetalents @MrVietnam

As a heads up, I believe if you have your facebook account connected to your pop slots account, your loyalty points would still be synced.

Pop Slots / Myvegas is holding a giveaway of digital gift cards: Vudu, FandangoNow (possibly only rental), Uber Eats/Uber, DoorDash, and Amazon.

Go to “frenzy @ home” section in the Rewards section.

I don’t think you both would have enough loyalty points for the Amazon, but you might have enough for a Vudu gift card (those are easier to obtain throughout the day too, periodically check it every hour or so to see if it has stock remaining).

If you deleted the Pop Slots app, try reinstalling, you should be able to re-sync with your facebook account (provided you have the facebook account on your phone too).

But then again, Pop Slots doesn’t give as many loyalty points so you might not have enough LP (loyalty points), here’s the gift card list:

FandangoNOW 55,000 LP / “Up to $10 value” ($0.18 per 1,000 LP value)
VUDU 55,000 LP / $10 promo code ($0.18 per 1,000 LP value)
DoorDash 71,000 LP / $20 gift card ($0.28 per 1,000 LP value)
UberEats 74,000 LP / $20 gift card ($0.27 per 1,000 LP value)
Amazon 139,000 LP / $30 gift card ($0.215 per 1,000 LP value)

@mrvietnam

Mr. V, read this article from the OC Register about all of the things they banned in California so far, even if temporarily:

Teppanyaki, shabu-shabu, Korean BBQ (self-serve), buffets, things from carts like dim-sum, things prepared table-side like fresh guacamole, things from conveyor belts like conveyor belt sushi, Mongolian barbecue, fondue restaurants, Brazilian churrascaria.

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/05/16/californias-new-coronavirus-dine-in-guidelines-spell-big-shifts-for-some-restaurants/

@mistercheap

I can only speak for the CA locations of Golden Corral, but they have server(s) getting your food at the stations. Which takes out quite a bit of the joy. There were a couple of big Las Vegas buffets that tried this, Wynn Buffet most notably, but they shut down the Wynn Buffet after a couple of months saying it wasn’t practical with servers and social distanced eating spaces.

Even the “essential businesses” (except for Sizzler’s serve-yourself buffet section, that was straight-up outlawed in California) such as casual dining and steakhouses are dying.

Sizzler has had a declining number of locations, and many would say a declining value in the amount of steak you get per dollar, for quite some time now. It hasn’t really been popular since the 70’s and 80’s, but it had its loyal customer base.

But its time has now come. Sizzler USA (parent company) had 14 corporate-owned restaurants and 93 franchised restaurants, though franchises will probably be less affected by the filing than the corporate restaurants.

https://la.eater.com/2020/9/21/21449782/sizzler-bankruptcy-los-angeles-culver-city-chain-steak-coronavirus-covid-19-closing-news

4Q2020 (Oct 1 - Dec 31) categories are Walmart and Paypal.

Available for activation.

@sonofzeus said in 2 6-packs Klondike’s ice cream donuts Completely FREE w/Fetch Rewards thru 9/20:

Got my missing points today and a nice message from Fetch.

In the future, if you’re missing points (you should notice after submitting the receipt) scroll down to the bottom of the receipt page and hit edit/correct receipt (the button should appear) and then you have the option of scanning the barcode of the product or entering in the name of the product through search.

@mrvietnam said in At Albertson's/Safeway family stores: Up to $20 Visa e-GC or store e-GC WYB Unilever Ice Cream products, EXP 11/27/2020:

Same here. I now have 8 credits available, so I qualify for s $10 gift card, making my 8 tubs of Magnum ice cream 9 cents each. Thanks for the deal, OP. Don’t like the ice cream too much (too sweet and too many calories for my taste), but for 9 cents each I wanted to try it.

The offer submission page says you can get up to $50 in gift cards. Only 32 more ice creams more for you to max out the deal.

@mrvietnam said in At Albertson's/Safeway family stores: Up to $20 Visa e-GC or store e-GC WYB Unilever Ice Cream products, EXP 11/27/2020:

So if I buy 4 boxes during the Friday 2/$5 sale at Vons, I would get a $5 e-gift card, so the final cost would be only $1.25 a box. Plus there may be a J4U coupon that applies.

Could I use a second Vons Club card and go the offer a second time? What is the limit of e-gift cards requests on this offer?

They might limit it, but since it is per person you can probably use a second Vons Club card and just send in the both receipts.

Looks like you only get one shot. So I think the better strategy is to build up the ice creams over time because you have until nearly Thanksgiving Day to submit all your receipts. Wait out for the sales and get the higher dollar e-gift card, or if you can do the two batches of four ice creams this Friday and just want the $10 Visa virtual reward account e-gc and you don’t want the $20 e-gift card (non-Visa).

But that’s my strategy to build up the balance and spend less OOP, you might not want to wait.

Don’t forget Fetch Rewards Unilever (10,000 points for $30 spend OOP, max of 5 offers).

This also stacks with the Unilever Fetch Rewards at select grocery stores (10,000 points for every $30 spend, up to 5 offers).

If you’re in California, the $5 Friday deal is 2 for $5 Magnum, which is a Unilever ice cream (max 4 total ice creams).

Heads up, its run by Fandango Loyalty Solutions, so it occasionally requires an email to customer service if they don’t scan the receipt correctly the first time (usually through those automatic scanners).

Also, heads up, I just read the offer details more closely, the Visa e-gc virtual reward account is only at the $10 level. You choose for e-gift card from various stores at the $5 or $20 level. Click the offer details in the upper right corner to see the available store e-gift cards.

https://www.icecreamrewards.com/

MORE TREATS GET YOU
MORE REWARDS
When you buy more Unilever Frozen Treats, you can get more value in eGift cards.

BUY 4
participating Unilever Frozen Treat products, earn a $5 eGift Card
BUY 8
participating Unilever Frozen Treat products, earn a $10 eGift Card or Visa® Rewards Virtual Account
BUY 14
participating Unilever Frozen Treat products, earn a $20 eGift Card

New Wheel of Fortune contest for 5 days, but doesn’t start until Sept 21:

https://www.wheeloffortune.com/win/cookie-jam-giveaway

Between McDonald’s McCafe Monday and Burger King’s Whopper Wednesday, I’m going to be broke fat fatter.

Evidently, my prior post about mall landlord buyout talks was more than likely something floated to the media by the credit-bidding lenders, because the mall landlords just reached a deal to buyout JCPenney.

Malls. We own the land. Now we own the stores, who are paying to use the land. But it may save multiple tens of thousands of jobs, so that’s fine by me.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/09/simon-brookfield-to-save-jc-penney-from-bankruptcy-keep-650-shops.html

@fivetalents said in Swagbucks Tips, Offers & Discussion Thread:

@krazy9katz said in Swagbucks Tips, Offers & Discussion Thread:

Just got Tchaikovsky! (25 SB)

The 25 SB bill is hot again again

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I swear I never get these after the first day (except for once iirc). I just searched his name, no sb.

Looks like they’re “rebranding” Yes2You Rewards to Kohl’s Rewards. Points carry over automatically.

email title: Welcome to Kohl’s Rewards!

edit: on further examination, the app says it is a pilot for certain stores and certain markets. My points will be converted October 1

Mine was a spend $50 or more get $10 back, up to 2 times. On Amex BCE.

Giiiiiiiddy up.

Buyout talks from the mall landlords have fallen apart. Lenders are making a credit bid. All are warning of more store closures and employee layoffs.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/31/jc-penney-lenders-to-make-bid-for-department-store-in-bankruptcy.html

@briarycliffs said in Possible upcoming $0.99 M&M's Ghoul's Mix 11.4 oz. at CVS 9/06 - 9/12:

It’s buy the Mars fun size big bag right above and get the ghouls mix for 99¢. It doesn’t say how much the big bag is. Very deceptive.

Ah, good eye briarycliffs. Dangit.

https://www.iheartcvs.com/2020/08/0906-0912.html

Page 4 at iheartcvs

$0.99 M&M’s Ghoul’s Mix 11.4 oz. (reg $4.29) (peanut version is pictured)

Seems almost too good to be true, no coupon needed that I can see from the ad. Also, ad says Harvest M&M’s and they sometimes have other varieties besides the pictured peanut M&M’s (although IIRC they vary the size from 11.4 oz, so it could be not part of the deal).

Also available at Ralph’s (which is a Kroger, but not sure if at all the other Kroger versions) with a $2.00 off clip/load to card