Posts made by ctujackbauer

Disney Movie Insiders is also dead.

Redbox is dead for anyone who doesn’t follow the physical media news.

@mistercheap said in Free Shoprunner membership to be removed from AMEX March 31, 2025:

Actually had to laugh at the post. Shoprunner? didn’t know they still existed or that anyone used them. Had it once like 12 years ago, but they got crappier and crappier with linked merchants and what they provided.

Like posting “AOL Dial-up to be removed from Amex on 3/31/25”

memba when shoprunner used to work with newegg? I memba.

Should be in hot deals because the whole benefit is for those who shop online.

This was in one of my AMEX credit card statements at the bottom in mice print.

One of the perks, although probably not an often used perk, of AMEX cardmembers was the free Shoprunner membership. You get to keep the free Shoprunner membership until your Shoprunner membership year runs out and two years thereafter, it seems.

ShopRunner Card Benefit Removal
Effective March 31, 2025, ShopRunner membership will no longer be a Card benefit. Card Members currently
enrolled through American Express will continue to receive their complimentary ShopRunner membership for the
remainder of their ShopRunner membership year and two years thereafter, subject to ShopRunner’s policies and
terms and conditions.

@marvomatic January 3rd to January 5th according to Apple’s press release.

Variety Wholesalers thought 200 to 400 store and a few distribution centers were worth something. They will be the new owners and keeping the Big Lots name for those stores. They’re even retaining a lot of those stores’ employees.

https://nypost.com/2024/12/27/business/big-lots-in-deal-to-keep-hundreds-of-stores-open/

@sonofzeus said in Kroger-Albertson's merger halted:

@cheapcharlie9 https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/24/fda-raises-recall-alert-to-highest-level-on-costco-eggs-over-risk-of-severe-illness-or-death-due-to-salmonella.html

Pretty sure the eggs that are $5.99 at Costco aren’t the organic pasture raised eggs. I don’t think they even sell those at our Costcos. I think MrV/CheapCharlie is talking about the 2 dozen Kirkland Signature large cage free eggs.

@cheapcharlie9 said in All remaining Big Lots stores closing. Going out of business sales happening now.:

@ctujackbauer said in All remaining Big Lots stores closing. Going out of business sales happening now.:

@cheapcharlie9 said in All remaining Big Lots stores closing. Going out of business sales happening now.:

@ctujackbauer All the stores are closing, so I’m not sure how your store wasn’t slated for closure. At least in my area, the closure sales are handled by the regular employees, no liquidators

I went there Friday at a store that was still open, it was Buena Park, the only remaining open store in Orange County. The closures were leaked to the press, but the stores weren’t officially in liquidation. They’re technically still not in liquidation yet, Big Lots said liquidation sales will start “soon” and “in the coming days” (their wording.)

Interesting. That’s the exact same store I was at on Friday also. I was there about 145 or 2 PM. What time were you there? The two cashiers working when I was there wouldn’t accept any coupons. It was a man and a woman.

Morning, checkout around 10:30 AM

@cheapcharlie9 said in All remaining Big Lots stores closing. Going out of business sales happening now.:

@ctujackbauer All the stores are closing, so I’m not sure how your store wasn’t slated for closure. At least in my area, the closure sales are handled by the regular employees, no liquidators involved.

I went there Friday at a store that was still open, it was Buena Park, the only remaining open store in Orange County. The closures were leaked to the press, but the stores weren’t officially in liquidation. They’re technically still not in liquidation yet, Big Lots said liquidation sales will start “soon” and “in the coming days” (their wording.)

@cheapcharlie9 said in All remaining Big Lots stores closing. Going out of business sales happening now.:

YMMV on using coupons that are sent to you by Big Lots. II had a $5. Off $15 purchase coupon that I wanted to use and they wouldn’t accept it during the closing sale. They said no coupons allowed.

@niniss said in All remaining Big Lots stores closing. Going out of business sales happening now.:

@cheapcharlie9 same here. I couldn’t use any coupons at all. The store told me they don’t care what the corporate email says, period! So I have a $15gc left that I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be wasted cuz there’s practically nothing left on shelves last time I went.

My store accepted coupons because it was still open, it wasn’t slated for closure nor was part of the previous closures. Once a store is taken over by the liquidators, coupons are a no go.

@mistercheap said in Housekeeping - Patience requested due to screen name change:

@my4mainecoons said in Housekeeping - Patience requested due to screen name change:

@mistercheap Have you emailed Russ?

PM’ed, don’t have an email for him.

support@phatwalletforums.com

I’ve been to Party City but never bought anything. I suppose the store is (now was) a product of its time. They had a really good selection of party balloons.

RIP

Best deal: Ghirardelli white chocolate chips for very little out of pocket after stacking coupons.

I went there today because it’s the last day and I had a $10 coupon from an email. Bought a party-size peanut butter M&M’s (34 oz.) for the regular price of $12.98 (gadzooks!) minus the $10 coupon = $2.98

RIP

You know those old CRT square box televisions? If you filed a claim in 2015, nearly 10 years ago, payments should be incoming (provided you didn’t do something silly like change your email for the last decade.)

This class action was only valid in certain states: apply only to consumers who purchased CRT Products in AZ, D.C., CA, FL, HI, IA, KS, ME, MI, MN, MS, NE, NV, NM, NY, NC, ND, SD, TN, VT, WV, and WI

$7.44 for me. MrV trumped me.

@cheapcharlie9 said in TopCashBack bonus time $2.50 wys $15 12/16 - 12/18:

@cheapcharlie9 said in TopCashBack bonus time $2.50 wys $15 12/16 - 12/18:

In for $15 at Walmart. TYSM

This is the first time this has ever happened. I am getting older and my eyesight isn’t what it used to be. I was typing the address I wanted to send my digital gift card to, but it was off by one letter. On the iPhone keyboard I typed an “r” instead of an “e”. Believe it or not, I even did that on the field where they wanted me to type the e-mail again to verify it. Luckily it looks like the misspelled e-mail was not taken by anyone and when I did a test e-mail it was returned electronically by the postmaster.

I sent a message to Customer Service at TopCashback and explained the situation. We’ll see what comes of it. I’m still waiting to hear back from them a day later. Worst case scenario I’m out $12.50, but I’ve learned a big lesson that the email address is very important to double check and even worthy of me putting on my glasses.

EDIT: I just heard back from TopCashback.com and they said my purchase is tracking with them just fine, as I already knew. The rep sent me a link to contact directly the help desk of the retailer who actually sold me the digital gift card to see what they could do.

Use the autofill feature on iPhone by adding yourself as a contact.

@sonofzeus said in Kroger-Albertson's merger halted:

@mrvietnam The employees that were likely to be unemployed after this marriage are also thrilled that it’s a no-go. Now K and A can focus on fixing their crappy phone apps.

What’s wrong with their apps? I haven’t had a problem with either Albertson’s or Ralph’s (Kroger)

I posted this to ctgolfer’s thread in expired deals, however, not everyone will see the post there. There’s a secondary payment coming up.

Secondary pro rata payments incoming. Spending this one should be “interesting” with Amazon gift card minimums of $5 for prepaid cards. See today’s email, an additional email will arrive in the week of December 16th.

email sender: distribution@equifaxbreachsettlement.com

email title: Your Equifax Settlement Claim (Additional Pro Rata Payment)

The Equifax Data Breach Settlement Agreement says any remaining funds in the Consumer Restitution Fund will be distributed to Settlement Class Members with valid claims.

You have a valid claim and are eligible for an additional payment. It will be sent to you by electronic pre-paid card.

You will receive an email from distribution@EquifaxBreachSettlement.com the week of December 16th, 2024 with instructions to redeem your electronic pre-paid card.

For more information about the Settlement, please visit the Settlement Website at www.EquifaxBreachSettlement.com.

This notice is from the Court-appointed Settlement Administrator (JND Legal Administration), not Equifax. Please do not contact Equifax with questions. You may contact JND by email at info@EquifaxBreachSettlement.com, by phone toll-free at 1-833-759-2982, or by mail at Equifax Data Breach Settlement, c/o JND Legal Administration, P.O. Box 91318, Seattle, WA 98111-9418.

Secondary pro rata payments incoming. Spending this one should be “interesting” with Amazon gift card minimums of $5 for prepaid cards. See today’s email, an additional email will arrive in the week of December 16th.

email sender: distribution@equifaxbreachsettlement.com

email title: Your Equifax Settlement Claim (Additional Pro Rata Payment)

The Equifax Data Breach Settlement Agreement says any remaining funds in the Consumer Restitution Fund will be distributed to Settlement Class Members with valid claims.

You have a valid claim and are eligible for an additional payment. It will be sent to you by electronic pre-paid card.

You will receive an email from distribution@EquifaxBreachSettlement.com the week of December 16th, 2024 with instructions to redeem your electronic pre-paid card.

For more information about the Settlement, please visit the Settlement Website at www.EquifaxBreachSettlement.com.

This notice is from the Court-appointed Settlement Administrator (JND Legal Administration), not Equifax. Please do not contact Equifax with questions. You may contact JND by email at info@EquifaxBreachSettlement.com, by phone toll-free at 1-833-759-2982, or by mail at Equifax Data Breach Settlement, c/o JND Legal Administration, P.O. Box 91318, Seattle, WA 98111-9418.

They put up some low dollar amount gift cards on the rewards page.

$5 Disney Gift Card eGift: Raya and the Last Dragon - Raya

Limit 3 total; one per 1 hour.

100 crowns for selecting your favorite Million Dollar Whopper in today’s email titled: “Whopper Drop”

(use phone’s email to open)

@briarycliffs Thanks briary, an email confirming my receipt came a few weeks after submission. It said there was large demand but I would still get the Peanuts holiday tin within 10 weeks of the promotion’s end.

I would complete this offer sooner rather than later, seems like there was good demand for the tin.

@briarycliffs said in Official Disney Movie Insider Master Thread:

$50 egift card available now for 6500 points if anyone hasn’t cashed out yet.

I finally ran into this because of the lack of appealing offers (to me) or video watching for pennies offers.

Checkout51 will send you a heads up email and you have 30 days to redeem a new offer or watch your balance evaporate.

They closed 49 locations a couple of days ago. 2 locations nearby closed: Long Beach, CA and Cerritos, CA

Bummer, I still have enough points for a free meal and a free appetizer/dessert. Hopefully I get the chance to use it.

Thanks for the heads up @Marvomatic

Play daily until 10/31. There are quite a lot of free food and drink prizes with no purchase necessary to redeem them. You have to use the Carl’s Jr. app and play the game (press and hold on the car to slide left and right) although the app just launches a webpage.

Note: The rewards don’t show up automatically in the app, you have to redeem the promo code that you get in the winning confirmation email.

Official rules: https://www.carlsjr.com/need-burger-get-burger-promotion-official-rules

Twenty-Five Hundred (2,500) Free Large Fry Prizes are available with an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $3.19 ea.

Twenty-Five Hundred (2,500) Free Large Drink Prizes are available with an ARV of $3.65 ea.

Five Thousand (5,000) Free Single Famous Star Burger with Purchase Offers are available with an ARV of $6.50 ea.

Five Thousand (5,000) Free Single Diablo Burger with Purchase Offers are available with an ARV of $7.50 ea.

Five Thousand (5,000) Free Single Bacon Western Burger with Purchase Offers are available with an ARV of $7 ea.

Five Thousand (5,000) Free Single Guacamole Burger with Purchase Offers are available with an ARV of $7.77 ea.

Got a BOGO Whopper. That’s not bad, I’ll probably redeem it.

@MISTERCHEAP probably tried to add swiss cheese, onion rings, xtra tom & xtra lettuce on his mozzarella fries today.

I got nothing but 50 crowns or less on a spin, except for 100 crowns once. Today I spun the wheel while inside the Burger King with location access allowed for the Burger King app. The result? 750 crowns.

@kimi said in DO YOU KNOW THE MUFFIN MAN? $1 for any muffin at DUNKIN with activated APP OFFER, no other purchase req'd ends 9/16:

@yoregano I was going to use my mobile app to order the muffin today (to get the bonus pts), but muffins aren’t on my app menu. Muffins are normally on my app menu so I think they intentionally removed it. (Since I was going to DD anyway, I purchased the muffin in-store. I ordered something else to get the bonus pts.)

Muffins are in the Donuts, Bagels & Bakery section of the app.

@mrvietnam said in Burger King Royal Perks Deals: FREE w/ $1 Purchase: Whopper Jr., Cheeseburger, Croissan'wich & More (Sept. 16 - 21):

@mistercheap said in Burger King Royal Perks Deals: FREE w/ $1 Purchase: Whopper Jr., Cheeseburger, Croissan'wich & More (Sept. 16 - 21):

Burger King Royal Perks Deals: FREE w/ $1 Purchase: Whopper Jr., Cheeseburger, Croissan’wich & More (Sept. 16 - 21)
super slick deals during the week of National Cheeseburger Day.
A free Whopper Jr. with a purchase of $1 or more on Sept. 16
A free Original Chicken Sandwich with a purchase of $1 or more on Sept. 17
A free Cheeseburger with a purchase of $1 or more on Sept.18
A free four-piece Mozzarella Fries with a purchase of $1 or more on Sept. 19
A free Croissan’wich with a purchase of $1 or more on Sept. 20
A free four-piece Chicken Fries with a purchase of $1 or more on Sept. 21

The cheapest item in my area is two cookies and those are $2.39. Good luck finding anything for $1.

Large Frozen Coke: $1.99
Small Frozen Pink Lemonade (if your BK has it): $1.49
Medium Frozen Fanta Blue Raspberry: $1.79 (the small is $.99 but that doesn’t qualify for the $1 minimum)

At the Garden Grove location.

@mistercheap said in General Mills Rebate Spend $40 get $10 9/1/24 - 10/31/24:

@ctujackbauer said in General Mills Rebate Spend $40 get $10 9/1/24 - 10/31/24:

@my4mainecoons said in General Mills Rebate Spend $40 get $10 9/1/24 - 10/31/24:

For anyone else wondering, the Motts and Nature Valley FAR offers expired 8-31-24.

I hope this isn’t a trend towards lower % back. 25% isn’t much. Kellogg’s was $10/$25 and Nestle $20/$40. The previous GM offer % was higher.

Time to start checking the SCO trash can again.

Yea but Kellogg’s and Nestle needed a single transaction. This General Mills offer you can use multiple receipts, which makes it easier to shop low quantity limit sales.

Not only that, there are multiple Fetch and Ibotta offers that easily get you another $6-10 in value on $40 spend. For instance, I have a $2 on 3 GM cereals, that are often on sale for under $2 a box, $1/1 GM Nutrition bars multi pack (4ct+) limit 5. Ongoing FETCH offers for the GM Cereals, etc.

So very easy to pick up close to another $10 on $40 spend netting $20 back. Not to mention, its so easy to find GM products on discarded receipts, so if you luck out and find $10-20 in receipts you get a great head start to the $40. It’s a good deal, and I actually prefer it to paying $40 at once for the $20 Nestle on one receipt.

I’ve had the Progresso soup offer on ibotta come back within less than a week after using it at the store. Same with Fetch, a different Progresso soup offer appeared after I redeemed 2 out of 3 redemptions.

General Mills is pretty much Fetch Rewards coupon partner, although they do spread their bets between ibotta and Fetch sometimes.

I do not know the muffin man.

@my4mainecoons said in General Mills Rebate Spend $40 get $10 9/1/24 - 10/31/24:

For anyone else wondering, the Motts and Nature Valley FAR offers expired 8-31-24.

I hope this isn’t a trend towards lower % back. 25% isn’t much. Kellogg’s was $10/$25 and Nestle $20/$40. The previous GM offer % was higher.

Time to start checking the SCO trash can again.

Yea but Kellogg’s and Nestle needed a single transaction. This General Mills offer you can use multiple receipts, which makes it easier to shop low quantity limit sales.