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That little 1/4" breaker bar is just precious!

@briarycliffs Thanks briarycliffs! That was an easy $10 in-store, and I’m ready to text back “STOP” if this turns out to be a nuisance.

Btw this seems much better than the SYWR $10 points offer for a sign-up with Lending Tree! I’m thinking that could get messy…

@my4mainecoons Lol, what a tangled web these SYWR points offers turn out to be! Yes, I did the $10 purchase first, and then immediately spent those $10 in points (the 2-day expiration proved not to be a giant obstacle!)
As far as the $3 FreeCash thing, it shows “Expires 12/14/18”, with these additional details when I click for more:
FREECASH in points:
Limited-time offers we’ve created just for you. If your order qualifies for one, we’ll show it to you in cart. These offers expire within 1-14 days and are automatically applied first when you redeem Shop Your Way points on an order. While a FREECASH in points offer can be used with points, can’t be combined with Sears card offers, other FREECASH in points offer or certain coupons and promo codes.

@lo Thanks Lo, I did that $10 points on Sears store-pickup deal, got the points immediately upon pickup, then spent them the same day.
Today with the new $30 points back on $30 purchase (already discussed here), I noticed this added bit when clicking on CASHBACK points:

Get an instant $3 FREECASH in points when making a Sears or Kmart purchase and redeem any amount of your current points

@lo Most interesting parenthetical remarks I’ve read in some time! I’ve stayed away from the Sears Marketplace points-back deals, but wondered if anybody has been taking regular advantage of them. I will say that SYW Customer Service has quickly fixed the few issues I’ve had over the years.

Ya gotta wonder though, with the inevitable demise looming, just how long you can expect stuff to keep happening as described.

Anybody do the Sears “Cyber Monday” $25 points back deal more than once?
Did it yesterday, and wondered if I tried again today, if those bonus points showed on the checkout page (they did). Not pulling the trigger quite yet though.

Usually if I’ve already done an offer that is “1 time per member”, the system “knows” and I don’t see those bonus points again.

Anbody else notice the raft of Craftsman merchandise at Lowe’s stores recently?
Not just the tool carts/chests, but also lots of hand tools, all packaged in solid bright red.

I’m guessing all the tools in “traditional” Craftsman packaging, mostly in red/black shading, will be orphaned and eventually clearanced out at Sears/Kmart…?

@briarycliffs Way to roll the dice briarycliffs!
As part of “Small Business Saturday”, I stopped by my local Sears store today and spent that $15 in-store-only Freecash on a few hand tools.

Anbody notice the raft of Craftsman merchandise at Lowe’s stores recently? Not just the tool carts/chests, but also lots of hand tools, all packaged in solid bright red.
I’m guessing all the tools in “traditional” Craftsman packaging, mostly in red/black shading, will be orphaned and eventually clearanced out at Sears/Kmart.

@kohlspowrshopper Only 2 days left for this deal.
Buy two $50 gift cards for $90. Plus you should get 4X fuel points on that $90 as well.
Unlike Lowe’s, seldom do you see discounted Home Depot gift cards.

Also unlike Lowe’s, the “Special Buy of the Day” at Home Depot is often actually a good deal on something worthwhile!

Staples: NETGEAR Nighthawk AC2100 Smart WiFi Router (AC2100), $54.99 ($79.99 - $25 w/ coupon), Free Shipping

Supposedly $179.99 regular price, with $100 Black Friday discount, plus the weekly $25-off-$75 coupon they keep emailing me worked (surprisingly).

This might be a special Netgear model sold only by Staples–can’t find many reviews for it. However, my 2-year old AC1900 works great, and this seems worth it just to have for an “emergency backup” router.

@myisland said in 15% Back Sitewide Via Rebate For MyLowe's Members + FS @ Lowes.com Today Only:

Great day to combine this with discounts from gift cards, cashback sites, promo codes etc

If only Lowe’s online inventory system for picking up items at stores was accurate.
Otherwise, be careful using gift cards on such orders.
It usually takes a while to get Lowe’s to refund you on items that aren’t actually at the store.
I can only imagine how that scenario would gum up this rebate too.

@my4mainecoons said in SYWR Points Back with Purchase Offers Thread:

A friend plays a lot of sweeps and earns a lot from it but said Sweeps had stopped being as rewarding last week. I’ve never earned more than 25¢.

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

@my4mainecoons said in SYWR Points Back with Purchase Offers Thread:

@briarycliffs Do you sell on eBay or elsewhere? You could always use points to buy something for resale.
It would be amazing if your Hometown Store did the deal since they’re an independently owned franchise and not a corporately owned store.

eta: I got all of my 2nd installment SYWR pts

Don’t sell anywhere and I live in a rural area, no yard sales. I need to get rid of stuff, not add stuff. It’s a good problem to have, though.

Off topic, does anyone know how many Wild Wednesday games there are? I played at 7 am, then at 10 am. I don’t know if they are like 4 new games in a day or 1 every hour. A nickel here, a nickel there, adds up.

4 Wild Wednesday games per day, I’ve seen. Sometimes they’re good for $0.10 each.
I’m running with you on the adds-up thing. If you have a cell phone and install their “WIN IT!” app, you get additional chances for instant sweeps points. Several times I’ve hit payouts of 1,000 or 4,000 or even 5,000 points ($1, $4, $5) on “Bonus” or “Wild Wins” that way.
Sounds bizarre, I know–especially for a company going down the tubes!

@ctgolfer The $15 in-store-only freecash showed up this morning in my shopyourway.com points page for the first time–thanks! I texted it in a couple days ago…

@mistercheap said in Attention Kmart shoppers! Spend $25+, get $25 cashback in points. TODAY ONLY: Sunday, November 18th, 4 PM CT to CLOSE (in store or online):

UGH, free shipping at $59 now? WTF? used to be $35.

You’d think at the holidays they’d keep it reasonable.

Yeah, that can be a dealbreaker, especially if your local stores have shut down.
Fwiw, I noticed today that the shopyourway.com main page still says “FREE SHIPPING* Over $35”, but I didn’t follow up on that to see if that still works.

@dorothykansas said in Attention Kmart shoppers! Spend $25+, get $25 cashback in points. TODAY ONLY: Sunday, November 18th, 4 PM CT to CLOSE (in store or online):

Hey folks, just checking. If I use Freecash points as part ofpayment I don’t get the $25 back right? Just asking because I want to buy toys and I have this freecash coupon for toys, but if I use it I think this cashback is void?

Afaik, if on the Kmart or Sears checkout page they say “You get $nn.nn CASHBACK in points to use later”, you should get it. You have to read the terms carefully, as it might be awarded at a later date (as in this $25 cashback deal, where “Points credit to account on 12/4/18 and expire on 12/10/18.”).

I’m thinking as long as you’re out-of-pocket $25 (before tax), as well as after any coupons, freecash, etc. you should be ok. But this is Kmart, after all…

@ukedog said in Sears: Craftsman 6 pc. Folding Metric Nut Driver Set, $9.99 w/ Free store pickup:

@ukedog Expired, sadly.
I’ve noticed Sears “Hot Buy” prices can rapidly change recently, whereas they used to be good for a whole day.
There had some mini-pliers on hot buy sale yesterday for $2.05 for a while, then shot back up to $12.48.

Currently un-expired, that is at 12:47am EST it’s back to $7.40 for the folding metric nut driver set, and the mini-pliers are also $2.05 again.
No doubt they’ll both “cool off” again in a few minutes.

@ukedog Expired, sadly.
I’ve noticed Sears “Hot Buy” prices can rapidly change recently, whereas they used to be good for a whole day.
There had some mini-pliers on hot buy sale yesterday for $2.05 for a while, then shot back up to $12.48.

Craftsman 6 pc. Folding Metric Nut Driver Set $7.40 $9.99, online only, with free store pickup (Normally reduced to as low as $9.99)
Set includes the following sizes: 5mm, 6mm, 8mm, 9mm, 10mm, 12mm

Unlike a lot of recent new gimmicky Craftsman tools, this one can actually be useful.
Note you may need to tighten the 3mm hex head pivot screw to get the right amount of tension.
A drop of loctite on the two pivot screw threads wouldn’t be a bad addition either (I did it on mine).

Too bad that Sears made this one the same (red) color as the corresponding SAE size one…

NOTE: Was a “Hot Buy” at $7.40 when I posted this. Then I go to test the link, and there it is at $9.99…!
Go figure.

@dionaea said in Lowe's: Pink Flamingo 28-in Garden Statue Lawn Ornament $1.59 (Save 80%) YMMV:

WoooooooT! They are now $1.59 at my local Lowe’s, and I just ordered 15 of them. I plan to paint them in various fun fantasy colors and designs.

The trick there would be to get them to look like turkeys.

Thanks, I’ve been really needing these!

@atariman If you get this ladder, I recommend you look into the Werner AC50-JB-3 Utility Bucket, which should lock into the top and provide lots of use.
Lowe’s currently is selling them pretty cheap, say $13.56 in stores near me. Possibly free shipping too, if you’re a MyLowes member.

@my4mainecoons Just got mines (RetailMeNot $2 reward for blowing $50 at Kmart)

@atariman Looking for that coupon…? Yes, the high cost of jump ropes has been keeping me from hours of high-intensity cardio training!

@ctgolfer Act now to get $25-to-$35* worth of food for only $50 $40!
*Depending if you know what you’re doing and only buy stuff on sale.

@harperr Thanks! I went with the pig!

If you have SYWR points to burn and have a jones for Bounty paper towels, Kmart is selling Bounty 6 big roll packs of full size sheets for $8.00, eligible for free delivery ($35 order min). They’re close in cost, sq-ft-wise, to these $6.00 ones from Office Depot ($0.317 vs. $0.301).

I’m a Sparkle fan myself.

@mrvietnam

post removed due to link to old 2017 closing list. not accurate.
Oops!
The list of 142 stores to be closed in the latest round has not yet been disclosed.

@thediggler I noticed that Sears has stopped being a seller for several different tool/tool supplies brand now, which over the last few years I’ve bought aplenty. Included are WEN (for the last couple of weeks) and more recently Powertec (the last few days). Now those items are largely available only through “Marketplace Sellers.”

Sigh. Oh well, my shop is pretty well stocked, at least for now…

@mistercheap Too bad the new gels don’t have an option for asprin-based, only acetaminophen-based (unlike their effervescent tablets). My liver says no thank you.

@mistercheap Yeah, me too on the employees thing. They’ve been super helpful to me, especially in the Sears store online pickup department. Thanks largely to the SYWR points stuff, Sears and Kmart have provided me great deals on tools, household items, and even clothes/shoes over the last few years. I’m always baffled with gripes on SYWR.

Well I’m down to around $2 in SYWR points now, with some UPS shipping notices from Kmart orders just arriving…

@ctgolfer Available still. Check out this (somewhat) related article: This year’s Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to a Python convert

@mistercheap Solid As Sears

@mrvietnam Dude. This may actually be happening, but I distinctly recall you warning about this over a year ago on FatWallet. And it’s been a crazy years worth of deals for me at Sears and Kmart since. Just sayin’

Also, it’s good to see this topic under Deal Discussion where it belongs. Imo it’s too bad it’s under the SYWR points topic in Hot Deals too.

Btw when Sears stores do the announced closing thing (as shown in the picture here), it’s pretty much all over for actual deals. Those people coming out of the store with bagged merchandise have been looking at picked-over stuff that’s been marked up well over normal retail, then “price slashed” to evoke some kind of hot deal effect.

Not expired after all!

@ctgolfer Back down to $12.82, at least at 7pm EDT on Oct 9.

@sportsfan64 “It’s snow lie”, LOL–nice!.. Just when I thought Sears’ self-liquidation promos can’t get any squirrelier, they come up with something like this!

@ctgolfer Good price while it lasted…currently shows $21.18.
Probably sold a lot at $12.82, as it’s “#1 Best Seller in Office Products”.

@myisland I recommend you go to SD That’s where most of the Sears whiners hang out.

Check your junk mail folder for this one. Mine had the email subject line:
"A Special Reward, Just For You"
Printable coupon good for either $5 off $15 or else $15 off $75, good in-store or online
Expires 10/21/2018

I usually don’t go into Big Lots unless I’m armed with one of these.

@fivetalents And when they bring your order out, and your all done running it against your 20-point checklist, don’t forget to give them a BIG TIP! I’m thinking they earned it!

@ctgolfer Imo a much wiser choice, if you’re doing the SYWR points thing, is buying the Yost 905-AS 5" all-steel vise, currently priced at $84.99 (less than Amazon), applying whatever SYWR points and/or coupons to get it down to just over $75. I’ve got a similar Yost all-steel vise and it’s great.

Hmm, I guess this counts as ad-vise…?

@ctgolfer Note this offer works with most non-Craftsman tools too, as long as they’re sold by Sears and available for shipping. There is a related thread about using this offer for the $75 6" Craftsman bench vise. I scarred that one up a little (can’t recommend it).

@ctgolfer Offer applies to items sold by Sears. Online Only. Excludes NewAge & Dewalt Products, Clearance, Great Price, Everyday Great Price, Hot Buy, Smart Buy and Unilateral Pricing Policy items. No in-store price matching allowed. Savings range 10-50% Off.

3 Installments
24 hour delay on 1st installment
2nd installment 10/20
3rd installment 11/20

Points valid 14 days. Offer Valid 9/23 – 10/6

@mrvietnam Sure, but you have to remember the tagline “Solid as Sears”. Another good one is Sherwin Williams “Cover The Earth”.

@backsplatter I recommend you take a look at this 6" vise in person before ordering. I did a few months back, and was pretty disappointed. As in offset jaws, uneven closing, rough castings. Even though (in theory) it’s free, it would likely be a continual source of frustration.

Btw Sears does sell Yost vises, which are great in comparison. Even though much smaller, you’d likely get more satisfaction from the Yost BV-4 bench vise.

Too bad they just raised the price on that to $60–it was $47 just a few days ago. But if you added another $15.01 or more of tools to your order, you could get that “free” too, lol.

And yes, those Bessey vise jaws are the bomb for clamping soft items or tubes etc!

@mistercheap Let UPS bring you this Totally Ghoul 5’ Poseable Skeleton
Hang on your porch come Halloween; hide in your closet the rest of the year.

NOTE: Not recommended for use to get into the HOV lane.