Topics created by fivetalents

Too bad my fave Great Grains cereal is not included, but still a good deal. Green.

@telflonmail said in 8% eBay Bucks in App, 6% Online, On $25+, Targeted, Exp 11-01-2018:

Got 10% in App, 8% online, on $50+

@fivetalents said in Walmart Pre-Black Friday Early Access Pass 2018:

Walmart Pre-Black Friday Early Access Pass…

Walmart is offering an early access pass to all their pre-Black Friday deals (which usually drop about a week prior to Black Friday). The deals in today’s early access event are scheduled to go live November 1st, but Walmart customers have the opportunity to shop these deals NOW during this sale.

This is now officially live

"The Walmart Dashing Through The Deals Sale is live! You can check out their deals now.

Now that it’s November, Walmart has finally begun showing off its countdown to Black Friday deals. Deals will be added daily, so you’ll want to check back often to see what goodies they include in the coming days.

With gifts featured across 18 categories, there’s sure to be something you’ll want to sneak into Santa’s gift pack this year. As always, shipping is free on orders $35+ at Walmart, and most items are available for free in-store pickup"

@dionaea said in Online Product Prices May Rise as Shipping Costs Increase Due to Demand Exceeding Delivery Capacity:

Amazon Prime or in-store pickup works for us. We use Amazon Prime for TV anyway since the only station we can pick up with our outside antenna is the local PBS station. Between what’s available for free with Amazon Prime and using the $1 digital credits earned with choosing the slowest delivery time on Amazon to buy or rent a series or movie now and then, we manage to find enough to watch. Most of the other places we shop, like Lowes, have in-store pickup. I agree that prices are going to rise, though, so it’s more important than ever that we share genuine good deals whenever we find them.

The problem with increased prices is that you pay more even if you opt for in store pickup… and you spend your gas money and time on top of that. I suspect some retailers will both raise prices AND raise the minimum spend requirements for free shipping, so they’ll get you either way, but maybe I’m being too pessimistic.

Also, you pay a shipping premium already with your prime membership. Yes, you reduce it by your high use of their digital media and not paying for traditional cable (and maybe high volume purchases?), but Prime membership is still a cost and one that keeps rising and rising by large percentages at a rate a lot higher than inflation. You’d have to use the $1 digital credit A LOT to make up the difference. Also, some like me often can’t opt for the $1 digital credit because we’re only offered other slow shipping offers that are “useless” to our needs (like credits for prime pantry, prime now, or the toy department).

We’re similar in that I do the things you do, just less frequently. However, I am concerned that no matter how often you do them they will no longer be enough to offset the coming price increases. So I definitely agree that we need to step up our sharing of high quality deals!

Get a Sam’s Club gift card for up to $300 in-store when you buy and activate select Samsung Galaxy or Apple iPhone mobile phones at full pruce/member-exclusive price.

$300 GC:

Verizon, Sprint, U.S. Cellular: Galaxy S8, S8+, Note 8, S9, S9+, Note 9
iPhone 8, 8 Plus, X, XS, XS Max, and XR AT&T: Galaxy Note 9

$200 GC:

AT&T: Galaxy S8, S8+, Note 8, S9, S9+

$100 GC:

AT&T: iPhone 8, 8 Plus, X, XS, XS Max, XR

Purchase must be made by November 10, 2018

I didn’t see that. I don’t buy any franks except beef ones, and the 5 that are part of the B1G1F deal are not the beef ones though, so I’m still stocking up on the $1.99 beef ones. (grin)

@fivetalents said in Quizzle is Closing on Nov 1‌6, 2018 to Join Bankrate... Bankrate to Offer Expanded Free Credit Monitoring & Analysis Services:

I’m hesitant to call it better without seeing how it performs/how things play out.

As was I, which is why I wrote that it “appears to be slightly superior.” Appearances can be deceiving.

@gatorj said in 10% Off Everything AC @ eBay.com Exp 8am ET Friday 10-26-2018:

@myisland said in 10% Off Everything AC @ eBay.com Exp 8am ET Friday 10-26-2018:

discount keeps getting less and less

I find these discounts to be relatively generous.

While I love the $15 off $75 discounts because it’s 20% off if your total is close to $75, the percentage off decreased if you had to spend more than that (e.g., it would only be 7.5% off $200) and, at the other end of the spectrum, not everyone always has $75 worth of stuff to buy so they’d either buy stuff they don’t want/need or not use the deal. The nice thing about this offer is that there is no minimum spend requirement, yet you still get a decent discount and, on the other end of the spectrum, you can save way more than $15 if you have a large total (anything over $150 saves more than $15). The value depends on what your needs are.

@Dionaea Can you explain why only beef, what you think of the Angus beef variety, and which, if any, are nitrate/nitrite free? I’m considering doing a ClickList order, and I don’t eat pork and usually avoid processed stuff like this so I need some insights on healthier options. The only variety labeled natural (which I presume is nitrate/nitrite free) is Turkey.

Note that this year’s Costco’s online only savings catalog is available here: http://www.bfads.net/adscan/featured-sale/costco-2018

Norelco arrived today.

Bump. Expires tomorrow.

Reminder: this coupon expires tonight.

There is an upcoming lightening deal on a $50 Legal Seafood Gift Card. It will likely be $10 off with no code required. It is also a Prime early access deal (starts for Prime members at 8:59am EST today, 10-20-2018)

Why do they ruin these with nuts? Darned nut allergies.

Even though this ad goes into effect soon on November 12th, remember that there is a coupon on page 3 for 50% off any one item $50 or less that is good from November 19th - 25th, so plan accordingly on pricier items.

I do get the coupons by mail, and I have gotten the “Best Customer” offering in the past, but not lately. I’ll make a note to call them. Thanks.

@briarycliffs said in Various 16oz Planters Peanuts $0.99 AC (Up to 5 Times) @ Kroger and Affliates, Exp 10-06-2018:

There is a $2/2 coupon in the 8/19 ss. Mine was nearly wiped out today. Found 4 jars in the beer aisle, all the pallets in the middle were gone.

I was just going to post that, but you bear me to it. The $2 Kroger discount that comes off is a store coupon, so you can use manufacturer coupons to make them even less than 99 cents each. I didn’t have the $2/2 coupon in my So Cal 8/19 ss.

@ctgolfer said in List of Stores That Will Be Closed on Thanksgiving Day 2018:

Gobblin’ about Thanksgiving already?

Apparently, the consensus is that we’re allowed to start talking about “the holidays” on October 1st now. In my defense, I did wait a day, LOL.

Actually, I’m really curious to see how this Black Friday will play out given a number of factors like the largest competitor (Amazon) raising it’s minimum wage to $15/hour, the trade tariffs on China (I doubt all retailers were able to stockpile enough quantities of all products before the price hike), so many brands closing B&M locations, retailers having difficulty filling seasonal job openings, Toys R Us going defunct, etc. I personally don’t plan to shop much, but it will be interesting to observe.

ETA: and increased shipping prices are now another concern.

This goes into effect today.

yes! thanks @fivetalents I need a new one.

This deal is still working (I removed the 3am EST expiration from the title).