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@mistercheap said in Rite Aid To Close All Stores, Potential Gift Card Warning!:

all this is posted in Drug/Grocery already.

Well, since it was posted in hot deals and with the teaser in the title, I thought I would be more exact.

Rite Aid will no longer honor gift cards after June 5, 2025. To ensure you can use any remaining gift card balances, it’s recommended to do so before this date. Additionally, Rite Aid will no longer accept returns or exchanges after this date as well.

Sad that they are finally biting the dust but I knew it was coming sometime sooner or later. I am glad though that I was able to get on the gravy train when I did and now have a garage full of stuff I got cheap, free, or MM from Rite Aid. Saves me a lot of money now. Instead of going to the store to buy things now at high prices I can just go into my garage.

@c3 said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN May 2025 Recycle 6 ink carts at store get $15 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

@mrvietnam 200 points == $1, not $2

I realize that. I never said 200 points was $2.

It appears the Staples recycling offer has changed downwards starting 5/1/25. I recycled on my two accounts this afternoon and instead of giving 500 points each for 10 cartridges ($25 in savings), they now only give 500 points for 6 cartridges ($15 in savings). I recycled 10 cartridges and I only got 3,400 points (for a total of $17 in savings vs the $25 in savings I got last month). The other 4 cartridges they gave me only 100 points each. Recycling an alkaline battery once a month still nets you 500 points (or $5). Still a good deal as the 10 carts only cost me $2 from eBay, but not as good of a deal as it was.

I just got paid $3.49 this morning for my Mug 2 liter root beer purchase, even though I am in a state that wasn’t part of the offer I applied for, but hey, I’ll take it.

Here are the terms of the MUG2025 rebate, which is good in every state:

#871023-1
MUG® ROOT BEER Last Dog Standing 2025 SMS Offer Terms
OFFER TERMS
MUG® Root Beer - Last Dog Standing Rebate Offer (“Offer”) is valid to individual consumers only who
are legal U.S. residents. Not valid with any other offer. Void where prohibited by law.
The Offer is reimbursement for your purchase price up to $4.00 on a qualifying MUG® Root Beer or
MUG® Root Beer Zero Sugar product (collectively, “MUG ® Root Beer Products”) purchased from an
online retailer or in-store at a retailer location between 4/7/2025-4/18/2025 (the “Program Period”).
The purchase must be made during the Program Period and must include the MUG Root Beer product
visible on the receipt. Reimbursement does not include tax or other applicable fees. Receipt must be
printed from the retailer’s point of sale system or a print screen of the confirmation email from an
online retailer, with a MUG ® Root Beer product, retailer and purchase date visible. New Century
Beverage Company, LLC (“Sponsor”) shall have the right to reject any submission in which such
information is not clearly identified. No receipt may be utilized more than one (1) time for
reimbursement. You must possess the original retailer receipt in order to make a request for
redemption. All rebate requests must be submitted by 4/25/25. Limit one (1) rebate per person. This
promotion is valid for all varieties of bottle/can packages of MUG ® Root Beer products. The rebate will
be paid in the form of payment via PayPal, Inc., or payment via Venmo, Inc.
A receipt must be submitted by texting “MUG2025” to 737-377-3774, no later than 4/25/25.

@mistercheap said in Free MUG Root Beer or Mug Zero Sugar Product after Cash Back - Up to $4 Venmo/Paypal Required exp 4/18:

@mrvietnam said in Free MUG Root Beer or Mug Zero Sugar Product after Cash Back - Up to $4 Venmo/Paypal Required exp 4/18:

Been 36 hours now. I guess I will give it a few days and then inquire.

@MrVietnam FYI, my submission got rejected for 'purchased in invalid state". that was a new one. My state wasn’t excluded, wrote Inmar and they approved it but the email made mention of “Once the payment processes you will receive a text update. Please make sure to follow each prompt received.” So it sounds like they are doing them in batches or possibly at the very end once all submissions are in. Not sure if you heard anything further on yours.

Mine was rejected too for the same reason. I think the rebate you posted was only valid in a handful of states. The rebate that is good in every state was MUG2025, not MUG25. A receipt with the MUG2025 offer can be submitted through 4/25/25. I guess where you copied and pasted from didn’t list the small list of states the MUG25 code was valid in. Also the soda only had a window of four days last month in which it had to be purchased.

Once my receipt was rejected I tried to text them the code MUG2025 but I got a message back that said “Sorry, you must start with a keyword”. Whatever that means. I guess what it means to me is tomorrow the root beer is going back. I hope they take it back as I purchased it 11 days ago tomorrow.

MUG® ROOT BEER Last Dog Standing 2025 SMS Offer Terms OFFER TERMS MUG® Root Beer - Last Dog Standing Rebate Offer (“Offer”) is valid to individual consumers only who are legal U.S. residents residing in RI, IA, WA, MS, TX, CT, GA, TN, VA, or SC. Not valid with any other offer. Void where prohibited by law. The Offer is reimbursement for your purchase price up to $4.00 on a qualifying MUG® Root Beer or MUG® Root Beer Zero Sugar product (collectively, “MUG ® Root Beer Products”) purchased from an online retailer or in-store at a retailer location between 3/17/2025-3/20/2025 (the “Program Period”). The purchase must be made during the Program Period and must include the MUG Root Beer product visible on the receipt. Reimbursement does not include tax or other applicable fees. Receipt must be printed from the retailer’s point of sale system or a print screen of the confirmation email from an online retailer, with a MUG ® Root Beer product, retailer and purchase date visible. New Century Beverage Company, LLC (“Sponsor”) shall have the right to reject any submission in which such information is not clearly identified. No receipt may be utilized more than one (1) time for reimbursement. You must possess the original retailer receipt in order to make a request for redemption. All rebate requests must be submitted by 3/31/25.

A receipt must be submitted by texting “MUG25” to 737-377-3774, no later than 3/31/25.

Been 36 hours now. I guess I will give it a few days and then inquire.

I uploaded my receipt 24 hours ago, but still have not heard back besides the message I got right after the upload: “Once your purchase is verified, we’ll let you know.”

I think I will go get mine tonight.

Yes, they are still available. I was able to clip all three just minutes ago (Sunday, 4/6/25).

I spent my remaining Bonus Cash to zero last month and for the past six months I rarely even set foot in a Rite Aid store.The good times at Rite Aid are long gone. My advice would be to cash out and be done with them. A lot of empty shelves over there and high prices. I’m not sure what attracts anyone to shop there these days. I think it will be just a mater of time before they fold.

@mistercheap said in CVS.com w/pick up Case Water $2.99, A&H Laundry Detergent $1.99 20% cashback at RMN, can pay w/extra bux:

@mrvietnam said in CVS.com w/pick up Case Water $2.99, A&H Laundry Detergent $1.99 20% cashback at RMN, can pay w/extra bux:

@mistercheap said in CVS.com w/pick up Case Water $2.99, A&H Laundry Detergent $1.99 20% cashback at RMN, can pay w/extra bux:

@MrVietnam with the 20% back not a bad price on water.

True, but an even better deal would be to use Staples Rewards to buy the case water. Even though I am almost depleted now of my case water, I still have about 16 gallon or three-quarter jugs of spring water I can still burn through.

I had extra bucks so paid with that. the Staples water sale is pretty hit miss, sometimes 3 months passes before they run it again. Office Depot has had crap lately, not even the free rewards batteries.

Luckily (or not?) I have a closing store nearby so I can get my $10 purchase at Office Depot last month and this month for an item at a 30 or 40% discount off their regular inflated prices. Last month I bought a 2 pound bag of Jelly Bellies jelly beans for only $11. I now only have one Office Depot store left in all of my county (Orange County, CA). Hang in there. The chances are they will have FAR batteries sometime before the end of the month.

@mistercheap said in CVS.com w/pick up Case Water $2.99, A&H Laundry Detergent $1.99 20% cashback at RMN, can pay w/extra bux:

@MrVietnam with the 20% back not a bad price on water.

True, but an even better deal would be to use Staples Rewards to buy the case water. Even though I am almost depleted now of my case water, I still have about 15 gallon or three-quarter jugs of spring water I can still burn through, so I’m good for about the next 6 weeks.

In for $15 at Walmart/Ssm’s Club

Hi there! Thanks so much for submitting your image. This campaign is valid for $3 off any Starry product when purchased from any restaurant, cafeteria, airport or other retail establishment carrying Starry. Unfortunately, the product you purchased is not sold at those establishments- however, we are offering $2 when purchasing Starry from your local grocery store or retailer, so you can sign up for that here: https://starry.gotoaisle.com and submit your receipt!

So I guess I will submit the receipt for $2 as it is better than nothing. After uploading the receipt I got a welcomed reply:

Money is on the way! Your receipt for STARRY was approved and $2 will be reimbursed within 24-48 hours.

I sent in a picture of me with my soda yesterday but today I still haven’t heard back. Hoping it’s just because of the weekend and on Monday I’ll hear back.

Thanks. I will just take a picture of me holding the two liter bottle and hope for the best.

Starry 2 liters are on sale for $1.49 each at Food4Less this week, so if I am able to get both the Fetch and Aisle offers it would be a $1.50 MM on 3 (not counting tax and CRV). Since I am just holding the bottle I can have my wife hold a bottle and try for a second $3 on her Aisle account using her phone and her data of course.

so by the words food service establishment does that mean I can’t buy my Starry 2 L at a grocery store and still qualify for the aisle offer?

Good thing I don’t drink coffee!

@mistercheap said in Burger King APP: New Bounce Basketball Game, win crowns/food prizes 1x per day:

got 75 crowns today, best play yet.

@MrVietnam are you doing this?

I wasn’t, but I am now. Just scored a free chicken sandwich with a $1 purchase.

Just as an update, I just got off the phone with PayPal customer service and they said that the points are showing as pending in their system, even though it’s not showing in the app. She said it can take up to 14 days after the purchase date for the points to show up in your account. So some of you that got points right away that’s great, but in my case, she sees it in the system, but it’s not able to be seen on my end yet and she says probably by next week they’ll post to my account. I don’t care when they show up as long as I eventually get them. So that was basically $10 off my oil change today at Walmart since zI use the Walmart gift card I bought for this offer to pay.

I bought a $10.01 gift card to Walmart on TopCashback and I don’t see the 1000 points in my PayPal app either. I’ll give it till tomorrow and then I’ll put in a customer service request to PayPal after that. Thankfully because I bought a gift card I’m not out any money, even if the deal doesn’t go through.

I day left at this rate per RMN

13.5 oz is a fairly tiny-sized bottle.

@marvomatic said in Disney + Hulu $2.99/mo for 4 months Ends On March 30th:

@mrvietnam I don’t think the the non-ad version, is discounted on Black Friday, I have it!
“During Black Friday last November, you could’ve got not bundle for a whole year for the same price per month” (The Ad version)

Ok. I stand corrected. I didn’t realize this was for the non-ad version and you didn’t mention that in your title. You might want to adjust your title to your thread to mention it’s for the non-ad version as that makes this deal more attractive.

EDIT: I clicked on your link just now and it said both Hulu and Disney+ are with ads, not without ads. So the offer on Black Friday was more attractive because you got the same price locked in for 12 months instead of just four months…

During Black Friday last November, you could’ve got that bundle for a whole year for the same price per month.

Too bad still no options to buy or redeem for Kroger gift cards.

I went with the $15 Walmart gift card. Thanks!

I am not seeing this offer in my coupons. I do see an offer for $40 off a $100 order but not a $75 order like you have…

This morning I went to Staples to recycle my monthly 10 cartridges and 1 alkaline battery and something happened at the register that I never had happen before. As the cashier was processing my recycling order, there was an audible voice at the register that said something like: “Stop. Additional information required”, or something like that. The cashier did not ask me for any additional information. Maybe she accidently hit the redeem key and the audible voice is for them to check the customer’s ID?

On a somber note, Years ago I used to have about 6 or 7 Office Depot stores in my entire area, then it went to two last year, but I went to the store in Irvine yesterday to recycle ink cartridges and I saw they are closing that location. The cashier blamed it on the lease expiring. That is the same reason a couple of the other stores gave to me too when I asked. I quickly called the other open store in Fullerton to check if they are closing up too, but they said they are still there. So now there is only one Office Depot in Orange County, CA. To be honest recycling at Office Depot is not as lucrative as Staples. I only get about 50% off the rewards at Office Depot, but at Staples I get about 92% off the rewards earned with no $10 monthly purchase required and a lot more Staples stores to shop at…

@mistercheap said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN March/2/25 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

@mrvietnam said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN March/2/25 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

@mistercheap said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN March/2/25 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

@mrvietnam said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN March/2/25 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

Visa gift cards at Staples have no purchase fee this week. Are Visa gift cards excluded from purchasing with Staples Easy Rewards? I’m sure they are, as that would make it all too easy to cash out and monetize at the same time.

Yes, all gift cards, stamps, etc are excluded. always been that way there.

However, you can buy postage stamps with Staples gift cards. Years ago I used to do that all the time. It was either with rewards or gift cards. My memory is kind of fuzzy on how I paid, but it wasn’t with cash or credit card.

Staples Gift Cards are not rewards, you could never buy Stamps at staples with ink rewards (old program) or the current one either. Only at Office Depot.

Yes, I realize Staples gift cards are not rewards. I was just making a point that you could buy stamps with a gift card, at least you could several years ago.

@my4mainecoons said in Just4U Digital: $40 off a $75 online pickup order at ACME (sister chains?) valid to 3/11 (YMMV):

IBotta denied my item offers, just gave 2%.

I wonder why the denials? Probably you can just use a receipt for one or the other, not both.

@mistercheap said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN March/2/25 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

@mrvietnam said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN March/2/25 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

Visa gift cards at Staples have no purchase fee this week. Are Visa gift cards excluded from purchasing with Staples Easy Rewards? I’m sure they are, as that would make it all too easy to cash out and monetize at the same time.

Yes, all gift cards, stamps, etc are excluded. always been that way there.

However, you can buy postage stamps with Staples gift cards. Years ago I used to do that all the time. It was either with rewards or gift cards. My memory is kind of fuzzy on how I paid, but it wasn’t with cash or credit card.

Visa gift cards at Staples have no purchase fee this week. Are Visa gift cards excluded from purchasing with Staples Easy Rewards? I’m sure they are, as that would make it all too easy to cash out and monetize at the same time.

@c3 said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN March/2/25 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

@my4mainecoons said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN March/2/25 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

@mrvietnam I think they sync with their sales week when its close, ie Sunday to Saturday. So it begins on Sunday March 2 not on March 1. They did that in Jan & February.

It began yesterday 3/1 and ends on 3/31, so they’re back to the calendar month.

Yes, that is what I posted two posts before yours.

@c3 said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN March/2/25 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

@mrvietnam said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN 2/2/25 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

This current cartridge recycling offer expires February 28 so hopefully on March 1, we’ll see a new offer

Yes, either March 1 or 2. It’s in next week’s ad.

The new offer began today, March 1 and expires on March 31, 3025.

I wonder how much the cheapest qualifying item costs and if the $6 makes it free or cheap?

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I bought some Dannon Yo Crunch yogurt, but it looks like it doesn’t qualify because it’s not on the qualifying products list although on the offer it said Dannon yogurt all varieties,.

Take that back. It says in Mr. Cheap’s write up all Dannon yogurt brands, but in the actual terms of the offer, it says for participating Dannon yogurt varieties, and Yo Crunch unfortunately is not a participating in variety…

I guess that’s what I get for not looking at the participating products list first before buying.

@angryeyebrows said in Free small Slurpee today and next Friday (2/28) at participating 7-11 stores:

@ctgolfer I think he missed it😉

Slutpee. LOL Now I get it. Too funny.

The Slurpees taste pretty good. I plan on getting a couple soon after work.

7 Now overcharged me in sales tax on an order around New Years, but I am making it even by taking advantage of these free Slurpee days.

Free small Slurpee today at 7-11. No app coupon needed.

This current cartridge recycling offer expires February 28 so hopefully on March 1, we’ll see a new offer

@mrvietnam said in $5 prepaid Visa on $6+ of groceries in over two dozen states (CA one item $5+) see post for T&C:

I just checked my rebate status and it said:

Track a Rebate

Status : Invalid
We’re sorry, there is a problem or error with your rebate. Please mail any missing material to the resubmissions department.

All required products were not submitted
Promotion Name :
$5 GROCERIES REBATE COMPLIMENTS OF NATURAL LIGHT
Submit Date :
02/13/2025

Not sure shy it was invalid? I am in CA, so I only had to buy one item, totaling $5.01 or more. I went to Costco and my frozen veggies total was $7.99. I did not upload the UPC number. Was that required? is there a phone number or a way to dispute rebates that were denied or discuss them and see exactly what was missing?

Here is a phone number for rebate customer service should anyone else get denied like me:
855-242-1203

The rep looked at my submission and she said it appears to be valid, so she escalated it and said I would get a resolution in the next 7-10 business days.

I just checked my rebate status and it said:

Track a Rebate

Status : Invalid
We’re sorry, there is a problem or error with your rebate. Please mail any missing material to the resubmissions department.

All required products were not submitted
Promotion Name :
$5 GROCERIES REBATE COMPLIMENTS OF NATURAL LIGHT
Submit Date :
02/13/2025

Not sure shy it was invalid? I am in CA, so I only had to buy one item, totaling $5.01 or more. I went to Costco and my frozen veggies total was $7.99. I did not upload the UPC number. Was that required? is there a phone number or a way to dispute rebates that were denied or discuss them and see exactly what was missing?