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@dionaea Make sure that you order through a CB site. For $80 you will have FS. Going to Staples website incognito and signing up for emails used to generate a code. Yopmail addresses used to work. I haven’t tried recently.

Does the Mix It Up eGC have a bar code on it? The last time I had one it was challenging to use the WM eGC in a store.

If nothing else it will expire when the weekly sale ends.

New $10 iBotta for Zegerid after I submitted my receipt.
I got this last night. Will do better today.
2 Zegerid $29.99 BOG50%
1 Reboost $11.99RR, $8.99SP
2 Bandaids @$1.99 ea.
$57.xx - $10/$40 - $6 Zegerid =$41.95
Earned $42BC ($10/$50+$2 Reboost+ $30 Zegerid) and $8.50 iBotta ($2 Bandaids, $6.50 Reboost)

@mistercheap said in Possible big MM deal at Rite Aid B&M on Dove/Suave/Tresseme Hair Care ac/bc/bcc/fetch (see post):

If anyone is doing online deals this week and needs a good $9 filler.

The Carmax weather guard lip balm is $2.24 each,$2BC on 2, limit not stated (either 2 or 4)

There’s a .75/1 IB offer limit 5 if you’re IB account is linked to your RA account.

So if you buy 4, pay $8.96, get $4BC and $3 IB = $1.96 for 4 (or free a/bc-ib when factoring in $10bc/50) for online orders this week.

To find out a limit add the item to an online cart. I added 8 and it showed that I would earn $8BC so the limit appears to be 4.

@sonofzeus said in Walgreens 16oz Wonderful Pistachio Nuts $5 shipped with $1 dig coupon clipped. free ship no min today:

Ms SOZ likes the boneless/skinless version for $4.

If I didn’t have shells I would eat them by the handful. The shell makes me eat them one at a time.

OT. We sold my Dad’s house this year. I just received a gift from the realtor: 45 empty ink carts 😁. I mentioned Staples recycling to her once but it obviously made an impression.

Not surprising. I would have thought they would have filed a few years ago.

@kimi Remember, you earn 2x J4U Rewards for 3rd party gc excluding phone, gas and prepaid MC/VC. No Rewards for buying Safeway branded gc.

I bought Shaw’s eGC from Amazon. Then used the Shaw’s eGC to buy Shaw’s plastic gc in store. I’d earn 2% back from iBotta on the transaction but no J4u. Then I used the plastic Shaw’s gc to buy Amazon g.c. That earned another 2% from iBotta as well as 2x J4u Rewards. Many cashiers were baffled by eGC so it was smoother for me to convert paper to plastic where the cashiers knew how to use eGC then to use the plastic gc where cashiers were not as savvy. Net 4% ($24) iBotta and a $20/$20 each time I rolled $600.

@sonofzeus said in J&J Be Prepared Rebate $5 - $10 Visa Rebate on $20 or $30 spend by 2/16 (see post) Many participating products LIMIT 2 REBATES:

Stacks with assorted Neutrogena rebates on IB.

Also Aveeno.

@c3 said in Kroger buys Albertson's Co (including all related chains - Acme, Shaws, Safeway, etc):

I was going to buy a Safeway GC from Amazon and found that it’s no longer available, not even the eGC.

I was on Recent Orders (?) on Amazon and clicked Buy It Again on an order of 2@$200 Safeway eGC to see what would happen. Just received them.

@mistercheap But will the SKU for BATTERY RECYCLE generate Rewards? Did your receipt say BATTERY RECYCLE or OTHER TECHNOLOGY? I didn’t want to take the chance so I had it re-rung as OTHER TECHNOLOGY.

You could piece out an old PC. I pulled the hard drive from one. It also has an external wireless card which I can recycle separately. Today I recycled a fax machine that had been in my attic.

Today when I recycled I received both a $10/$30 and a $10/$20.

I got 2 Charmin 18/72 @ $18.99 ($19.99 at Target so not over priced).
$37.98 - $10/$30 -$20 Rewards - 2@$1/1 Charmin mq.
$5.98+tax so $3.17 each

Then did it again to use the $10/$20.
3@$18.99=$56.97-$10/$20-$40 ink Rewards-3@$1/1 mq.
$3.97+tax so ~$1.39 each

Resell for $15 ea.

@jess888 said in Staples.com Online Savings Codes. See last posts for most current codes.:

@george2001 Thanks, guys. Sigh: My local store isn’t participating in these in-store recycling bonus programs. They say they “don’t have the boxes” to do it. Pfft.

Keep something small in your car to recycle just in case you’re near a different Staples at some point in the month. I only make a trip to my local store (5 miles) if I haven’t already recycled elsewhere that month.

@mtnagel It’s a MM for RA shoppers.

@mistercheap Do you remember this from last year? It DD with the $10/30 JnJ rebate.

@zennuts Its been going on since October (?) but only $5 until this month.

@dangeruss I’d be delighted to send you a bunch of NIB Belkin cables to recycle if you really need items to recycle.

@niniss said in FREE Clio Greek Yogurt Bar after Cash Back Rebate via Venmo or PayPal - exp unk:

They have single bar or a box of 4bars. Does the rebate only good on the single bar? Thanks

Single bar. YMMV but I also had iBotta for Clio.

$50 PetSmart gc. Earn 5% cb Discover ($2.50), 1 j4u Reward ($1+, 2x points on 3rd party gc) and $10 OYNO (expires 1 week). $36.50 or better.

I have 10 j4u Rewards, redeemable for $15/$15 groceries. 12 j4u Rewards earns a $20/$20 so the 1 j4u earned buying the gc is worth $2.50 for me.

I use the gc when we have TCB bonuses.

Participating cards:
AMC, Bath & Body Works, Nordstrom, Spa Week, Adidas, Chili’s, Texas Roadhouse, PetSmart, Ulta, Children’s Place, Hulu, Fanatics, Regal Cinemas, Uber, DoorDash, Sony PlayStation, Hotels.com

I just received the email. My point total didn’t change so the 16,057 points does include Super Bowl points.

@MISTERCHEAP 16, 057 is the number of points in my account. If I add up the points in my transaction history it only adds up to 7054 but the transaction history only covers 2022 so the other 5k points must be from older transactions. I thought that points don’t expire but I have some expiring in June.

I ordered a couple of cases of canned food from PetSmart and they arrived dented. When I order from Chewy or Amazon, no dents.

@mistercheap said in Does anyone else have j4u Saturday Sampler - Violife fake cheese?:

Yes, I had it, last day to redeem. Got the shreds of the Violife, store was already wiped out of the herbs, but may try another store later today as we use their garlic variety, very handy to have around when you don’t have fresh garlic on hand.

It’s really easy to make your own emergency garlic. I often ended up composting leftover fresh garlic. In oil is the only safe way to freeze garlic. I put peeled cloves in (canola) oil using a baby food size jar. Oil thaws very quickly at room temp. Glass doesn’t absorb garlic like plastic would. Remove the jar from the freezer, let the oil melt, remove what you need, back into the freezer.

Yesterday I did BOPUS for $10.06 in cat food. Paid 6¢ with PetSmart gc and should get 80¢ back from TCB. 🙂

@jess888 I recently got FoodSaver bags online. I used to get Ziploc bags until the prices skyrocketed. Glad bags are cheaper. Coffee, Pellegrino Limonata. I’ve been getting the $4.99 tub of Clorox wipes with the $5 from tech recycling. Dishwasher detergent, large trash bags. Gallon jugs of Windex and Mr Clean. I like the tub of Weiman stainless steel cleaner wipes.

I live near the B&J factory and after >20 years Free Scoop Day is finally on a day when I can get there! Thanks for the reminder! 🍦

@mmyk said in Staples $10 Tech Recycling In Store Only 4/16 - 6/3:

@my4mainecoons you mean $40 without any purchase minimum… that’s sweet.
I did get $10 2 months ago … just used it before the 3/31 expiration.

Absolutely no purchases by my Dad’s account.
My (ink buying) Premier account got a $110 (?) Reward for no reason and when it was upgraded to Elite it received a $150 Reward. They just appear in the account for no reason.

This appeared on my YT feed a few days ago. I don’t think the algorithm knew that I shop at RA,. I think it was because I watch Dodo and other cat related videos.

Last month I clicked on a video about a “talking” cat that had all of its teeth extracted. There’s no way that YT knew that my cat was about to have all of her teeth extracted. I commented appreciation for the video as I was very anxious about the upcoming surgery. The response to my Comment was amazing. So many people reported on their experiences and offered support.

@mrvietnam said in PSA: First Class Stamps going up to 66c effective 7.9.23:

@mistercheap said in PSA: First Class Stamps going up to 66c effective 7.9.23:

@mrvietnam said in PSA: First Class Stamps going up to 66c effective 7.9.23:

It’s times like these I am glad I have stockpiled $1,850 in Forever stamps. Each price increase for me is gladly welcomed and simply seen as a return on investment.

LOL @MrVietnam , honestly do you mail that much stuff? Even if you used $100 a year in stamps, would take you 18.5 years (maybe less as prices keep rising). I keep about $60-80 on hand, unless you’re going to sell them at a profit somehow, you might be better off investing that money at 5% at year to keep up with rising rates of stamps.

I haven’t bought stamps for years. Those are stamps I bought long ago and their value keeps on going up as price increases come. I would love to sell some off, but how and to who?

I would buy some for a reasonable price. Reasonable factoring in that I got your RA cards to Gold in the past. 😉

I think it is unlikely that the promo begins on a Saturday as the sales week begins on Sunday. Wait until Sunday the 16th. The website could have a mistake that they will correct. It’s harder to correct the thousands of print signs posted in stores.

@sonofzeus said in Staples $10 Tech Recycling In Store Only 4/16 - 6/3:

@my4mainecoons Will they give $10 reward for a drip coffeemaker?

Tech
Adapters & cables
All-in-one computers
Battery backup devices
Cable / satellite receivers
Calculators
Camcorders
CD / DVD / Blu-ray players
Coffee brewers (less than 40 lb.)
Computer speakers
Connected home devices
Copiers
Cordless phones
Desktop computers
Digital cameras
Digital projectors
eReaders
Fax machines
Flash drives
Gaming consoles
GPS devices
Hard drives
Keyboards & mice
Label makers
Laminators
Laptops
MP3 players
Mobile phones
Modems
Monitors (CRT, LED / LCD, plasma)
Printers & multifunction devices
Routers
Scanners
Shredders
Small servers
Stereo receivers
Tablets
Video streaming devices
Webcams

Not on the list but I’ve received the Tech Recycling Reward for a VCR tape rewinder, a Walkman, an electric alarm clock, a clock radio, a digital kitchen scale, a digital thermometer, a blood hemoglobin measuring device, diabetes meters, etc. I’m recycling by size, largest items first since they take up the most space.

This is my 3rd Fire tablet. I’ve used APK to make the Fire an Android device and installed Google Play so I can use Chrome, etc. on the previous 2 Fires.
This is the first time I’ve had the latest version of the tablet with newest OS.
I need help figuring out which version of Google Play Services to download from APK.

The instructions say: Download the file labeled Google Play Services (64-bit ARM, nodpi, Android 9.0+). Note: Look for the first file not labeled beta. You’ll need to click on the Variants text below the file and search for the version we mentioned above.

The article I’m following was written Feb. 21, 2023. There are versions of Google Play Services after that date that don’t say Beta. I scrolled back to a Feb. 2 release then All Variants but I’m not sure if the 2nd one on the list is the correct variant. It says arm64-v-8a + armeabi-v7a for Android 9.0+ nodpi.
Is this the correct one?
The Fire is 12th generation running Fire OS 8.3.1.4.

Thanks.

@fivetalents Thanks very much. I had to try 3 different versions of the Google Play Store to get one that would install. The author of the article noted that this Fire isn’t as easy to adapt as previous generations so it wasn’t just me. This is my 3rd Fire for ~ $20.
$59.99 - 30% for using 1 Amex Reward point - $25 Amazon gc for trade in of previous Fire. I went through TCB for 8% cashback.

Now I can ship the trade in.

@c3 said in Staples.com Online Savings Codes. See last posts for most current codes.:

@my4mainecoons said in Staples.com Online Savings Codes. See last posts for most current codes.:

That’s why I am doing as I posted above. 🙂

Have you tried it? Is there a coupon that’s needed to activate the offer, or is that automatic?

no coupon. its automatic. I’ve done these offers before. I’ve done it on one account so far but haven’t checked Rewards account.

@dangeruss I told an associate, “it’s on the menu, scroll down” (It’s on the menu of the items they accept for recycling). Associate asked, “Do you work for Staples?”

I didn’t think it’s a great deal so I didn’t even think of posting it.
I might not even bother redeeming it.

I had trouble on Sun-Tues but was finally able to get in again on Wednesday. When it was down it didn’t matter what device I used.

$10/$60 office supply products
Coupon code: 21571
Online only. Ends 5/13/23
Offer valid online at staples.com® only. Offer valid on select office, shipping and mailing supplies. Excludes ink and toner, retail store supplies, bags and briefcases, Daily Deals and Auto Restock orders. Limit one coupon per customer, nontransferable.

I called Staples to ask why we didn’t get a $10 and a $5 Reward. The rep gave me his email address and I sent him a screen shot of the ad. He checked around and no one had an answer. He said that because the program was new maybe it wasn’t working properly and to compensate me he sent a $20 Reward coupon.

p.s. They gave me Elite status since they messed something up last year. Elite has a dedicated US based customer service phone number. I wouldn’t have bothered to call if I didn’t have that number.

@mrvietnam More caffeine than coffee usually has or are you talking about the caffeinated fruit beverages? I get the agave lemonade (no added caffeine) and the decaf coffee. I pour hot decaf into a paper cup then fill a large plastic cup with ice. After the decaf has cooled a bit I pour it over the ice to make iced decaf. I re-use both the paper and the plastic cups multiple times. The paper eventually starts to leak and reheating in the microwave melts the glue making them wear out faster. I carry clean empty cups & lids in my car.

@mistercheap Thanks. The most I have on an account is $10 BC. $0 on most of my accounts.

The problem with no shells is that I eat them too quickly. At least with shells it slows me down.