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Effective Friday, September 21, 2018, Credit Freezes (and Unfreezes) are now FREE.

"Starting today you can now freeze and unfreeze your credit report nationwide for free (also referred to as a security freeze, credit report freeze or credit lock). This is thanks to the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act that was signed in May partly in response to the Equifax data breach. Under the new law consumer reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion) have until the next business day to enact a credit freeze and if a consumer wants to lift the freeze it must be done within an hour. These consumer reporting agencies have created dedicated web portals for freezes:

• Equifax
• Experian
• TransUnion

A credit freeze means that your credit report is unable to be accessed or pulled from any of the consumer reporting agencies. Almost all lenders look at an individuals credit report before approving them for a loan, by having your report frozen this can prevent unauthorized loans in your name being processed – something particularly important to victims of identity theft.Previously the fees involved for placing and lifting a security freeze varied state by state. In addition fees also varied based on whether an individual was the victim of identity theft and also the individuals age. Some states already required consumer reporting agencies to provide credit report freezes for free."

Credit DoC

Costco is once again offering $25 off $250+ for ON-LINE purchases (not valid on GC’s, cash cards, new or renewal memberships, pharmacy, etc.)

My Costco B&M was handing out the flyers (see attached) a week or two ago as people exited. I noticed on my most recent trip that the flyers are now available for general consumption (near the exit, in the place where they have flyers for all sorts of advertised services placed, like the Costco Car Rental program).

I grabbed several, so I’ll go ahead and give out ONE CPN CODE per registered person, upon PRIVATE MESSAGE request, for at least TEN (10) requests. (I’m assuming this forum has PM’s).

I may not respond quickly as I haven’t gotten into the habit of checking this site as frequently as I used to check FW. (The look 'n feel is so different, it doesn’t yet feel natural).

If there’s a lot of demand for the codes, and if I’m able to find more flyers on my next Costco Warehouse visit, I’ll pickup some more.

Mods: If this thread should be posted in a different forum (or cloned to a different forum) on here, feel free to do so.

@vegasvegan said in Free $5 Mastercard WYB any of these featured brands: Alexia, Bush’s, or Stouffer’s in any amount from any retailer. Offer good until 3/27/18 or until supplies last. - AllRecipes:

If you google the email address in quotes you can find back issues with the offers.

Did just that and found this 102 page ebook from last year (2017):
http://ebook-dl.com/magazine/allrecipes-march-20172693.pdf

A similar offer from LAST YEAR (2017) is mentioned on page 60. Here’s what the mouse print said then:

Allrecipes Gift-with-Purchase Rules: Receive one reward card valued at $5 when you purchase any of the featured brands between 1/17/17 and 3/28/17. Send in your original receipt with featured brand(s) circled to: Allrecipes Magazine, Attn: Stock Up and Score Gift, 805 Third Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or email a photo of your original receipt with featured brand(s) circled to ARPromotions@meredith.com. For either mail-in or email redemption, include your name, address and phone number. Must be U.S.resident, 18 years or older. One (1) gift per household. Offer good while supplies last or until 3/28/17, whichever comes first. Date/time of request determines who receives gift. Allrecipes Magazine is not responsible for lost, late, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, incorrect, illegible, or postage due requests/mail. No post office boxes allowed. Allow 6 - 8 weeks for shipping from end of promotion. Reward cards may be substituted for an item of equal value at the discretion of Allrecipes magazine. This card is issued by CenterState Bank of Florida, N.A. pursuant to a license from MasterCard International Incorporated. MasterCard is a registered trademark of MasterCard International Incorporated.

In last year’s offer, they also wanted your PHONE NUMBER. May want to include that in case this year’s offer requires it too.

Found the 2018 offer. It’s listed on page 55 of the Feb/Mar 2018 issue, where I haven’t found an official link to that ebook. Here’s that page extracted:

@dangeruss said in Welcome FatWallet Refugees:

@thediggler said in Welcome FatWallet Refugees:

Looks like threads don’t have page numbers (yet). Hopefully that’ll be addressed as this site gets enhanced. In the meantime, just saying hello.

This forum has infiniscroll, but if you prefer pagination, you can enable it under your settings.

So it does… Doesn’t seem to let you configure beyond 20 Topics per page or 20 Posts per thread. I increased both to 50, SAVED SETTINGS, then refreshed the settings page. It reverted both values back to 20. Regardless, pagination is more FW-like. Thx!

Found the above pictured mini 3 outlet power bar @ a local Dollar Tree B&M. Here’s a link to Dollar Tree’s web-site, but it’s for a bulk purchase of 24 units (for $24):
https://www.dollartree.com/Sunbeam-3-Outlet-Power-Bars-12-in-/p410274/index.pro

The bulk pack is available w/ free in-store pickup, so if your local Dollar Tree doesn’t otherwise stock this item, and if you’re OK w/ buying 24 of these, that’s one way to get it shipped free.

This item is ideal for enabling power bricks (and/or other large plugs) to not monopolize multiple plug outlets of an existing (presumably quality) surge protector, power strip, etc.

BTW, Amazon has this item for $5.99 as an ADD-ON item:
https://www.amazon.com/Sunbeam-Outlet-Power-Extension-Cord/dp/B07B85NDVB?tag=phtwllt-20

@sdw

@mrvietnam said in Bank of America® Cash Rewards credit card - $200 back after first $500 you spend in 90 days:

Will I still qualify if I had a Cash Rewards card a few years ago?

I have multiple BofA Cash Rewards cards. Only one is a generic Cash Rewards Card, the rest are based on some organization (such as “National Education Association” Cash Rewards card).

Are Bank of America’s promotions once in a lifetime like Am Ex does now?

Haven’t heard that they switched to this. The following DoC post mentions possible limitation on BofA CC’s (apparently there’s a limit of 8 cc’s – am not at that limit… yet):
Bank of America “Approved In Error” Issues

@fivetalents said in Macy's Black Friday in July: FS With No Minimum Today & Tomorrow, Extra 10% to 25% AC, Daily Flash Deals, Exp 07-14-2019:

Here are a few deals I noticed right away;

• Instant Pot DUO60 7-in-1 Programmable Pressure Cooker 6-Qt. $124.99 $59.99 (use code DEAL to get it for $49.99) <-- Best Deal

Link above opens a handbags page. Correct link seems to be:
Instant Pot DUO60 7-in-1 Programmable Pressure Cooker 6-Qt.

Signed up on-line for a new membership at the beginning of 2018, never got an email notification thanking me for taking advantage of the offer, to date still haven’t gotten the $25 offer credit posted.

Called regular customer service to inform them that the offer doesn’t appear to be automatically applying. They punted and wanted me to wait 90 days after the offer ends before “disputing” the missing credit. There’s a special team @ Amex that handles missing offers, but not all regular CSR’s know about them.

If your AMEX Sam’s Club (or any other) offer hasn’t posted within a few days of the transaction posting to your AMEX account, reach out to the following team @ AMEX:

Amex Digital Assist Team: 800-297-7500

@barrytuneup said in IRS shrinks the 1040 tax form and does away with the 1040A and 1040EZ forms:

He fails to mention the standard deduction has almost tripled for single and married folks.

Math FAIL.

Prior to TCJA [Tax Cuts and Jobs Act], the standard deduction for tax year 2018 was slated to be:

• $13,000 – Married Filing Joint or Surviving Spouse
• $9,550 – Head of Household
• $6,500 – Married Filing Separate or any other Single filer

For years 2018-2025, the Standard Deduction has been increased to:

• $24,000 for Married Filing Joint or Surviving Spouse
• $18,000 for Head of Household
• $12,000 for Married Filing Separate or any Single filer

Even before taking anything else into consideration, not a single category above is anywhere close to TRIPLE the deduction it was in 2017 (in all cases, it’s just BELOW double).

Then after taking this into account:

Taxpayers can claim an exemption for themselves, their spouse, and their dependents (if eligible). Each exemption lowers taxable income by $4,050 under current (2017) law.

The TCJA has suspended all personal and dependent exemptions for tax years 2018-2025.

For an individual who took the Standard Deduction in 2017 and claimed him/herself as a dependent, (s)he got a $6,500 deduction AND a $4,050 personal exemption, totaling $10,550.

In 2018, that’s been replaced w/ a $12,000 personal deduction (which is indeed higher than $10,550), but it’s nowhere near DOUBLE or TRIPLE what it previously was. It gets even worse for people who have multiple DEPENDENTS (i.e. kids), losing out on a $4,050 exemption per child/dependent. (Some of that is offset by a slightly lower tax rate for those folks).

You already mentioned the hit to those who live in higher PROPERTY TAX states, so you’re aware of the drastic (negative) impact to those folks.

Source for much of the above:
https://www.hrblock.com/tax-center/irs/tax-reform/new-standard-deduction-eliminated-exemptions/

Posted the following thread in the “Credit Forum” a few days ago:
Credit Report Freezes (and Unfreezes) are now FREE nationwide (by Federal Law)

The info above, IMO, warrants exposure to as many eyeballs as possible, hence the reason I’ve posted a psuedo-mirror here (to Hot Deals).

I asked the mods to mirror it here (Hot Deals), but apparently there’s no true “mirroring” function at this site.

In the meantime, a copy/paste of my thread (sans hyperlinks) was posted in DD, where there’s been a spirited debate over whether enough eyeballs will see the notification.

Mods: Please allow this psuedo-mirror thread to remain in HD for at least a few weeks. Thereafter, if you truly think it doesn’t belong here, feel free to delete it.

Hurry up and use your SYWR points!

Sears Reportedly Filing For Bankruptcy

Use Your SYWR Points ASAP!!!

Sears Hires Advisers to Prepare Bankruptcy Filing
(Click on the “Follow Link” button at the page above. NO FACEBOOK ACCOUNT REQUIRED.)

Credit DoC

Got one of these things for 1¢ AC (was $4.04 CAD, which converted to $3.01 USD):

Search eBay for “122960869847” (which is the item # of the listing referenced above).

The item above lets you use car powered cords in a regular home outlet. Comes in handy every now 'n then.

Also available @ BestBuy for $250 (in cart):
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-43-class-led-uk6090-series-2160p-smart-4k-uhd-tv-with-hdr/6290168.p?skuId=6290168

Thread Subject said:

LG 43" Class 4K (2160P) Ultra HD Smart LED HDR TV 43UK6090PUA $300 + FS @ Walmart.com

You mean $250, right?

@fivetalents said in LG 43" Class 4K (2160P) Ultra HD Smart LED HDR TV 43UK6090PUA $300 + FS @ Walmart.com:

LG 43" Class 4K (2160P) Ultra HD Smart LED HDR TV 43UK6090PUA

4.6 out of 5 stars (1376 reviews)

Walmart # 574512396

List price $299.99
Now $249.99 (see price in cart)

Check your Kmart.com “Coupons” to see if you have the following STACKABLE coupon:

Online only! $15 Off $50 + Free Shipping. Redeem online at kmart.com or sears.com.

I loaded up a cart w/ $50.xx of SmartSense items. The coupon deducted $15.

My order total (before tax) is $35.xx and I’ll earn almost $32 in SYW points. $30 comes from the “Spend $30+ offer”, $1.25+ comes from the additional $5.xx spend (above $30) that is eligible for “25% back on $5+ of SmartSense items,” the remainder appears to be 1 SYW point per dollar spent (where it seems to be applying it based on the PRE-COUPON order total) so another 50+ points (which is worth 50¢+).

$30 spend = $30 in SYW points
$5 overage spend (eligible for 25% back): $1.25 in SYW points
Additional points (1 point per dollar spent, PRE $15 COUPON): 50¢ in SYW points

The above totals $31.75 in SYW points on $35 out of pocket spend (pre-tax) for purchasing $50+ in items.

I thought the following power extender was a good deal:
https://phatwalletforums.com/topic/7622/sunbeam-3-outlet-mini-power-bar-12in-1ft-1-00-dollar-tree-b-m-ymmv

Until I came across these today in the clearance section of a local Walmart B&M:

Here’s a link to the product @ Walmart.com (for reference only)
On-line it’s $9.88. In-store (if you can find it), it’s $1.00.

You can search BrickSeek for it (SKU: 122583709)

For those who are a distance away I’d suggest calling just to see if they have an item in stock. Let them do the walking, but NEVER request pricing.

It you need to give them the item # (to know what they’re looking for), they’ll see the pricing once they pull up the item (to view the computer inventory in-stock count). My rule of thumb is to simply NOT CALL and take your chances. I’ve had mixed success w/ these types of deals.

In the best case, there was a Magellan stand-alone GPS unit on clearance for $25 (MSRP of around $170 or $180). Brickseek indicated that a nearby B&M had 9 of 'em. They ALL turned out to be in the back (in an unpacked brown cardboard box). Had 3 different associates look for them until they were found.

I asked the mods to mirror my post in the Credit Forum (to Hot Deals):
https://phatwalletforums.com/topic/10611/credit-report-freezes-and-unfreezes-are-now-free-nationwide-by-federal-law

Perhaps this site doesn’t have true mirroring as MC posted it as a new post in this forum (he didn’t agree that it’s a hot deal, which is a subjective call).

Anyway, the original post in Credit (linked above) has hyperlinks to Equifax, Experian and TransUnion for placing your credit freezes.

Already posted in Deal Discussion:

Sears Reportedly Filing For Bankruptcy
(along w/ a link to a WSJ article which bypasses the paywall)

@mrvietnam said in SYWR Points Back with Purchase Offers Thread:

Wsj reports that a deal was reached for chapter 11. Let’s hope they keep the points rolling.

Paywall bypassing link [Click Follow link button]
(May have to open it in an InPrivate/Incognito/Private Browsing window)

@fivetalents said in Roll Call...who uses ShopSafe or Citi's "Virtual Account Numbers"?:

The things I like about VAN:

• You can set how long it will be a valid number/when it expires in 1 month increments up to 12 months (I like to keep a 12 month VAN on file for sites like Google Play that require a CC# for free offers), or just generate a VAN with no limits

Not sure if BofA lets you create a ShopSafe VCC w/ no limit, but their minimum expiry is 2 months while Citi VAN technically lets you generate a VCC that’s valid for a little as 1 month. Both let you set the maximum expiry as 12 months, but in both cases you can extend the expiry up to another 12 months (something you must do so before the VAN/VCC expires).

• You specify the maximum amount that can be charged to the number, dso I always round up to the nearest dollar of the OOP cost (multiple charges to the CC# will be authorized unless and until they exceed this cap)

Citi VAN tends to strictly adhere to the CL you set for your VAN. BofA ShopSafe VCC’s permit a fudge factor (of an additional 5% - 10% of your specified CL), in case you forgot to account for additional charges like S&H. I much prefer the strict adherence of Citi VAN. If you fail to account for S&H, your transaction should be DECLINED, and the onus is then on you to increase the CL (which both programs let you do).

• You can change the expiration and/or maximum allowed charge at any time before the CC# expires (very useful if you forgot to factor tax in something like tax or shipping, or you used a VAN with a $1 cap on a site that requires a CC# for one off free offer then decide to keep using the same number for other free offers but don’t want to risk a decline if the VAN will expire soon)

As far as I know, when you INCREASE the CL of a VAN/VCC (under either program), if the VAN/VCC is expiring in less than 2 months, you must increase its expiry to be at least 2 months out.

• You can see which merchant charged to the VAN

One of the greatest aspects of VAN’s/VCC’s is not only showing you which merchant charged to your VAN/VCC, but only the FIRST MERCHANT to charge to the card is supposed to be allowed to subsequently charge to it. This is a GREAT security feature should a particular merchant’s back-end systems get hacked, having their customer CC data stolen. The VAN/VCC is only supposed to be valid at that merchant, so it should decline elsewhere. In reality, Citi VAN seems to strictly adhere to this. BofA seems to allow some flexibility. For example, if you place a BofA VCC in your PayPal profile and then make several eBay purchases from different sellers, the merchant name may show up as “ebay - Merchat A” for the first seller, “ebay - Merchant B” for the second seller. Citi VAN considers these two be two different merchant names, so your VAN will likely only work for purchases from the the first seller/merchant. BofA tends to be more flexible, allowing both “ebay*” purchases to go through.

• You can drag and drop the CC#, expiration date and security code (or copy and paste)

The drag & drop feature, to my knowledge, only works in the stand-alone Windows Citi VAN app. BofA used to offer a stand-alone ShopSafe Windows app (that also supported drag & drop) but stopped updating it 5+ years ago (the last released version from 2013 stopped working at least 2-3 years ago). Thus, only web-generated ShopSafe VCC’s are available through BofA. As far as I know, drag & drop is not available in the web interface for either Citi VAN or BofA ShopSafe VCC’s (although COPY/PASTE should be available in both).

To me, its weaknesses are

• It’s a pain that you can’t use it in store or for orders online that you pick up in stores (they require you to show your form of payment at pickup). I’ve never tried, but I suppose you could use a virtual number to pay online and then request to change the payment method at pickup (I wouldn’t risk it if the sale price has changed/any promos or discounts are affected if they have to cancel your order and ring it up again)

I’ve ordered on-line for in-store pickup using a VAN/VCC. I simply took a screen shot of the VAN/VCC, printed it out onto my store-pickup slip (implying that I printed out the store pickup email) and showed that to the CSR/cashier. I may have run into some resistance at times, but after explaining that’s it’s a “secure” CC for on-line purchases, that’s been accepted by places. If I’ve ever been outright denied such a pickup, it was many many years ago (as I can’t recall in recent times when that may have happened).

Have even used a printed out VAN/VCC to sign-up in-person at a gym for gym membership (using the excuse of “security,” in that the FIRST MERCHANT to charge to the VAN/VCC is the ONLY MERCHANT who can charge to it).

@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.

https://www.bjs.com/product/berkley-jensen-1-9-qt–stainless-steel-tea-kettle/287020

Smokin’ deal on a decent sized tea kettle and a dirt cheap holiday gift!

Note: When specifying your zip-code, there’s a check-box option to show only those clubs which have the item in-stock. YMMV on finding it. Happy hunting!

EDIT: Looks like you can order it on-line for in-store pickup, provided you select a warehouse location that has it in-stock.

BJ’s Wholesale Club has an Open House in which everybody (including non-members) can shop at B&M locations SURCHARGE FREE through Nov 4, 2018.

As part of the promo, they’re also offering a 3 month free trial membership (not required to sign up), which is useful if you want to shop online @ BJs.com (or continue shopping at B&M locations past Nov 4, 2018).

Attached is a scanned copy of a promo card they provided at a table (upon entry) for non-members, where they try to get you to sign up for 1 yr for $25 or a 3 month free trial. You need not sign-up for either option as the promo card itself has a barcode in the lower right-hand corner which serves as your membership card (to use during checkout).

• Promo Card (Side 1):
  

• Promo Card (Side 2):
  

Deal credit: DoC

Images credit: me

BJ’s currently has a sale on some GC’s (including fee free Visa GC’s, YMMV on finding them). Some are only valid on-line.

More details can be found in this DoC post.

Chase Freedom & Discover are both offering 5% back this quarter on Wholesale Clubs (i.e. BJ’s, Costco, Sams). GC’s above (especially VISA GC’s) are a nice way to cash out the bonus.

Side note: The Southwest Airline GC for $179.99 did not ring up at the sale price in-store. Ended up signing up for a 90 day trial to order the GC on-line @ BJs.com

@dangeruss said in AMEX OFFERS: SAM'S CLUB.COM: Spend $15 or more, get $5 back. Expires 11/30/18:

Got a couple of these. Will probably just buy SC GCs and use them to shop in store.

If the “couple of these” are under different Amex cards/accounts under the same name and/or SSN, you’ll likely find that the offer can only be applied to one card these days. Even if you manage to apply it to multiple cards, upon logging out and logging back in to those other cards, the added offer may disappear.

If the offers are on legitimate Authorized User (AU) accounts, where those AU’s have a different SSN, you can likely add the offer to those accounts (but it’ll prevent those AU’s from adding the offer to their own Primary accounts, if they have any).

@mrsguin While you’re correcting the title, clarify that the $10 is an eGC. Suggested fixed title:

Sam’s Club: $10 eGC + Free Rotisserie Chicken + Other Discounts w/ $45 NEW membership sign up thru 1/31/19

$100 App Store & iTunes Gift Card (Email Delivery) @ $77.77

Credit DoC

@midwestusdealguy said in Farberware® 15-Piece Stainless Steel Knife Set $29.74 shipped, get back $15 Visa Rebate JCPENNEY ac:

While the item page for the Farberware Knife set clearly shows “$15 Rebate Available”, when you click on the rebate form link, the offer for the knife set on the rebate form, shows that the rebate is only valid through 11/24. 😬

Based upon my experiences with JCPenney, I’d say it’s a big roll of the dice to expect them to honor the rebate, even though it shows the link for the rebate on the product page. YMMV.

The link on the product page doesn’t have the correct PRINTED rebate form, but when you click that link, the ensuing page (pop-up box?) has an option to submit the rebate on-line under offer #18-55484.

Using GoogleFu, was able to find the rebate form corresponding to that offer:
JCPenny Offer #18-55484 Rebate Form

What do you know? The above PRINTED rebate form is valid 11/25/18 - 11/28/18.

@fivetalents said in PSA: Sears to liquidate all stores (OFFICIAL):

11th hour reprieve? Sears finally accepted a 4.4 billion offer, that’d help them stay open, from a hedge fund run by their chairman and former CEO. However, a judge must still approve the final agreement. Sears Gets Another Life Line: Lampert’s $4.4 Billion Offer Is Still Alive

Paywall Bypassing Link

Note 1: Click "Follow Link"
Note 2: No Facebook account required
Note 3: May have to open link in an Incognito/Private/InPrivate Browsing window

@dangeruss
Comes up as $6.17 for me (after 5% S&S + 30% Prime savings). The $5.22 price might be if you’ve got enough S&S subscriptions to entitle you to a 15% S&S discount.

This is anyway cooking (Olive) oil, not EVOO. I can get a 48oz bottle of Canola oil (which is not Olive oil) for like $1 - $2 at a supermaket, which is fine for my cooking needs.

@my4mainecoons said in 25¢ Boneless Wings @ Participating Applebee’s, Dine in only:

thanks. 9% meals tax here. So for $5 I could get 15 wings = $4.09 w/tax and and leave a 91¢ tip (22%).

I’m not saying Applebee’s is like this, but some restaurants don’t allow you to pay for the tip w/ a GC. May want to inquire about that before you go hog wild on 15 boneless wings. If you can’t leave tip on the GC, you may as well get 19 wings, paying the extra 18 cents (after tax) on a separate CC, where you can then leave as much (or as little) of a tip as you want on that CC (hopefully a CC which earns a decent CB percentage on restaurant purchases).

@mistercheap said in KOHLS any payment & Free Ship Nov 25 12-2AM Central Time Only Any Three Small Kitchen Items Listed (Crock Pot, Waffle Iron, Griddle, etc) $49.50 get back $36 in Visa Rebate and $15 Kohls Cash:

Best CB rates currently for Kohls are at Lemoney and ShopAtHome. 4.5 and 4%

ebates/Rakuten is 6% CB.

@KohlsPowrShopper, any other $1 (or lower) filler items? Yankee Candle Votives aren’t found on-line (I guess they’re OOS).

Looks like threads don’t have page numbers (yet). Hopefully that’ll be addressed as this site gets enhanced. In the meantime, just saying hello.

@dangeruss said in Welcome FatWallet Refugees:

@frugalfreak said in Welcome FatWallet Refugees:

@dangeruss changed mine to 50, it is working for me

@TheDiggler maybe it was a glitch, can you try again?

@dangeruss tested again in IE11 and FireFox 55.0.3. Behavior is as I initially described it. It also shows me 20 posts per page (actually maybe only 19 posts). For example, page #8 of this thread starts w/ post #142 and ends w/ post 160. There’s already a page #9 which has post #161 (this reply may be post #162).

I think private messages are called “Chats” on this site. Click on my userid, then in the upper right hand corner click the 3 vertical dots (which are in a blue circle for me). From there, choose the option to start a chat.

After you become a Costco member, head on over to the following thread to get yourself a $25 off $250+ coupon for an ON-LINE purchase @ Costco.com:
https://phatwalletforums.com/topic/1747/costco-com-25-off-250-cpn-giveaway-flyers-available-in-store-ymmv

I picked up another stack of flyers, so I can probably dole out 20-30 codes. If you can’t get the “Chat” function working, just reply to this thread asking for a code and I’ll (try to) respond via a private “chat.”

@fivetalents said in Costco.com $25 off $250 CPN giveaway (flyers available in-store, Ymmv):

Expires 12-31-2017 so valid for Black Friday and the holiday shopping season.

Thx. Added exp to OP (thread subject).

EDIT: So far twenty (20) codes have been doled out as of Dec 20, 2017 @ 9:55am US/EST.

EDIT2: On my most recent trip to Costco, picked up a stack of flyers, so at this point I likely have 50+ codes to distribute (on top of what has already been doled out).

Was never able to find three (3) of the 8oz ($1.99) bottles in-stock (on-line for in-store pickup) while the $5 GC offer was available on those sizes. Today the $5 GC offer seems to have disappeared on the 8oz bottles. Miraculously several varieties are available for on-line order (w/ in-store pickup) at somewhat nearby Target locations.

Follow the directions in the OP for a code. See the 3rd post in this thread (by @fivetalents ) for instructions on how to follow those directions.

ShopRunner is completely free for AMEX cardholders. It’s been a while since i signed up, but from what I remember, when you go to the ShopRunner site, you need to provide them w/ your AMEX CC # (to authenticate that you’re an AMEX cardholder).

Given that, it wouldn’t surprise me if a pre-paid AMEX GC (or even an AMEX Rebate GC) could be used to successfully enroll for a free ShopRunner account. YMMV on whether that works though.

@couponclippen
Got the same email.

@mrvietnam said in Amex Offer: Sam’s Club membership - purchase online only - $25 back on $45:

I purchased a new Sam’s Club membership online using my enrolled Am Ex card but no $25 credit back from Am Ex. I think I know why. It looks like Sam’s Club has some shady coding going on. It looks like just a regular charge for $45 and not a new membership charge, thus it did not trigger the $25 credit. Have of any of you had the same problem? How did you get it rectified?

Umm, you upvoted a previous post of mine which offers a solution (worked for me):

https://phatwalletforums.com/post/22825

@high-technology said in Capital One® accounts will move to E*TRADE® later this year:

There appears to be a targeted code of 900ME for 50% higher bonuses that is for retirement accounts only. Of course YMMV on the latter code.

It’s available to anybody who’s already a BOA Preferred Rewards member:
https://www.merrilledge.com/offers/900offer

Anybody ever get their $5 MC GC from this offer?

@mistercheap said in KMART - Spend $30+, get $30 back in points (some exclns):

If it shows the spend $30, get $30 in red under the item you’re interested in, you’re good. Can’t find any T&C on this offer yet.

The T&C are available on any product page in which the offer is eligible (you need to click on the orange/yellow box near the top of the page that says “xx Special Offers,” then expand out the details for the $30 off $30 offer:

Offer valid 6/3/18 - 6/9/18. Maximum $30 CASHBACK in points per Member. Initial $10 in points awarded to member account immediately after purchase. $10 in points will then be awarded to the Members accounts on 6/10/18 and 6/17/18. Excludes Pharmacy. Purchase requirement before taxes and after other discounts and must be made in a single transaction. By accepting Shop Your Way member benefits and offers, you agree to the Shop Your Way terms and conditions, available at www.shopyourway.com/terms. Members earn points on qualifying purchases, excluding sales taxes and other fees. Extra points are inclusive of, and not in addition to, any base points earned on qualifying purchases. When extra point offers are combined, total points earned will be less than the combined point totals for each individual offer.

With both of my very local K-Marts now in the process closing (so I can’t choose them for in-store pickup), my nearest remaining K-Mart is almost 30 miles away.

BTW, I loaded up a cart w/ ~$31 of SmartSense items (all listed as being eligible for 25% back on $5+ spend), but haven’t yet completed checkout. In my Shopping Cart and in my Order Checkout pages, it’s only showing that ~$32.xx in SYW rewards will be earned. If that’s the case (where the last line I boldfaced in the T&C seems to indicate that that’s the case), then it’s not stacking the offers (but it’s at least applying the superior $30 back in SYW points offer).

EDIT: Looks like MC, MrV and I were all composing/updating posts w/ the offer details at around the same time. Not sure who got theirs in 1st.