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Who doesn’t need this?!! In for one for the pup tent in our backyard!
Now all unexpected overnight guests will have all the conveniences!

@kohlspowrshopper Fwiw, you can use Amazon no-rush shipping credits towards a download purchase.

@ctgolfer Wow, that didn’t last long! Only available from 3rd party sellers now. A 1-hour-long Office Depot pricematch?

@briarycliffs Thanks cliffs for the heads up (glad for the Edit > Find feature in Firefox too!)
Those VA-only rebate offers seem below average though imo. I wonder if any brewer besides AB has active rebates going…?

By email invite only, where the subject line is: "Hey (your name)… grab your $5 bonus"
Earn $5 extra cash back: August 16th - 18th
Stack the savings with a limited time cash back bonus! Get $5 extra cash back when you spend over $15, on one single transaction this weekend.
Simply activate the promotion via the link below. Once you’ve made a transaction the bonus will appear in your account. When it’s payable, your bonus will be too.
Ends August 18th at 23:59 PT.
Terms and conditions

@briarycliffs I admit to be intrigued by the idea of a Martha Stewart hori-hori knife! As in a future collector’s item, for example.
I wonder if her past incarceration experience factors in with this product endorsement?

Btw I just got an email from topcashback.com promising a $5 extra cash back bonus for any purchase $15 or over. Sears is not on the excluded merchants list either…

@fivetalents Thanks for understanding 5talents, and I did review it on Amazon. It’s somewhere in the sea of 1-star reviews for that particular Cuisinart appliance.
Maybe were all just unlucky recipients of a faulty mfgr run, while others lucked out. However, there is no reasonable explanation for the Cuisinart warranty/customer service struggle.
Btw I’m running with you 4coons on the complexity factor for making hot water. Our speedy no-name unit has a simple press-down-for-on switch that auto-popups-up when done. It does have a Light-Emitting-Diode in the switch though, lol.

@my4mainecoons Interesting spin on this collection of tools, all priced at $25 even, with many looked to be marked up from the normal sale price. Unlike most previous 100%-points-back on x$ offers , this actually does seem to be limited to just these specific tools. I did spot one or two others that also qualify, like a Worx leaf collection gadget. But not much else of interest to me at the moment. I was hoping the offer applied to $25+ worth of tools, in general, like in similar past offers.

@fivetalents I don’t mean to be mean about this deal, but the Cuisinart brand has lost its luster in our house. This after trying to get warranty service from them on a combo coffee maker/hot water dispenser that broke less than 9 months in (the hot water side). It took months of phone calls and several broken promises before they got off the mark and finally sent us a refurbished replacement. So I’d take that “limited 3-year warranty” with a big grain of salt.

On the plus side, this has lots of cool bells and whistles. But on the minus side, note the same thing–as any of them can break!

You have to ask yourself, do I really need all these features? We found that Amazon sells a lot of low-cost cordless electric kettles, and picked out a “no name” one about the same size that has an all stainless steel interior without a water window (no plastic inside) and it has worked perfectly many times a day. Much better/faster than the broken side of our Cuisinart combo unit, for sure!

I’ll probably regret posting this. It’s just a reaction to that last bullet item in the description, lol.

Email subject line is: "$5 off school supplies! Stock up on classroom essentials"
Printable coupon with UPC code, fine print as follows:

Valid in Staples® U.S. stores only. Excludes Texas Instruments™ & Casio® graphing calculators, Paper, Ink & Toner, Tech Services, Warranties, Smart Home, Streaming, Computers, Monitors, Tablets, Beats & AirPods, Apple, Postage Stamps, Gift Cards and Printers. While supplies last. Limit one coupon per customer, nontransferable. Offer is subject to change or cancellation at any time. Each item purchased can only be discounted by one coupon, applied by cashier in the order received. Coupon not valid if purchased or sold and must be surrendered. No cash/credit back. Not valid on prior purchases or purchases made with Staples® Procurement or Convenience Cards. Coupon value applied pre-tax. Expires 8/17/19.

UPDATE 8/31/2019: They keep dropping like flies. This time, as of yet, no nice clean list of stores to be closed from corporate like before.
Yet it’s reported nearly 100 more Kmart and Sears stores will be closed before the end of the year.
USA Today article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/08/31/kmart-sears-store-closings-more-locations-shutter-end-2019/2168435001/

PRIOR NEWS:
Both my local Sears and Kmart stores already closed, but this could affect others who are burning SYWR points.
In this round, it’s 21 Sears stores and 5 Kmart stores to close in October 2019

Sears and Kmart store closings list: 21 Sears and 5 Kmart locations to close in October

https://searsholdings.com/docs/080619_store_closing_list.pdf
NOTE: I realize that some may consider the closing of remaining Sears and Kmart stores itself a “public service”.

I’ll joke about bidet toilet seats, but I draw the line joking about this stuff–it’s great!
I’ve used it for years making all kinds of repairs, and haven’t found anything as good. And yes, it dries “rock hard”. My last use was patching some chipped out areas in a friend’s plaster wall. You can also use it as a art/craft medium, say in molds to make 3D pins, etc. Mix up only what you need, and the rest never goes bad.

Now about the “deal” factor, you typically can find it this cheap at a Home Depot store. But if you have Amazon prime, you get it delivered to you, plus can get the $1 digital credit for no-rush shipping.

Last day for this deal/coupon.

But does it have Bluetooth?
(you did say let 'em fly)

NOTE: If you can wait a week or two, expect to pick one of these super-cheap on the Amazon Warehouse, “used”.
Just be careful the condition is at least “Acceptable”

@my4mainecoons But no 8-track tapes…?

Driving an 18 year old car, I’ve learned this headlight-lens-restoration-biz is a sweet little moneymaker for some garages, especially ones that perform state inspections of cars, and can fail you for clouded headlights. Where they charge you $60 or even more for each lens, holding your car hostage for ransom.

When this happened to me the first time a few years ago, I told them to go ahead and fail it, getting a rejection sticker. I researched it and got a similar kit (possibly even this same one), and did both lenses myself in an hour or so. Then I took it back, got reinspected/approved and got my inspection sticker. Thinking back, I wish I had done this bit of work in their parking lot, lol.

Anyway, I know now to break out this kit and do a little lens de-clouding each year before I go in for a state inspection. Added to the usual pre-inspection checks on stuff like light bulbs and wipers etc.

And there’s tons of stuff on youtube.com about headlight lens restorations too, including an “all-you-need-is-toothpaste” contingent!

@fivetalents That’s a heap of tape!

Seems like a repeat of some previous Staples deals, good for us non-gourmet coffee adicts. Use coupon code 59191 on item 1684921
NOTE: retailmenot.com is offering 8% cashback on Staples orders…

Folgers Classic Roast Ground Coffee, Medium Roast, 30.5 oz.

@mistercheap No, at least not yet (sometimes I’ve noticed these offers don’t roll out for everyone at the same time). I’ll be watching though, thanks!

@mistercheap THIS OFFER CAN’T BE ACTIVATED
You are not qualified for this offer!

@my4mainecoons Well it’s that “new trick” thing, actually. I’m contemplating hopping onto the Stapling ink-rewards train now.
My chief concerns are:

1. Ponying up $30.19 for a Brother inkjet cartridge that I would normally pay $3 for the equivalent generic one.
2. Having the nerve to coolly bring in to my local Staples store, each month, 20 assorted ink cartridges to “recycle” (wink, wink).
3. Staples canceling or otherwise minimizing the 20 x $2/mo. recycle program, say right after my eBay-bought jumbo box of empties arrives.

About a year ago, using the McDonalds app, you could buy a premium sandwich for a $1, for example the “Grilled Artisan Chicken” sandwich, among others. Also some other great deals through the app. That lasted a couple of months. Then they started whittling down on offers, with a $1 McDouble being one of the last notable ones. Maybe a month more of that, and then the “deals” started to resemble these ones. I uninstalled the app months ago, and don’t see a reason to reinstall here.

@mistercheap It didn’t work for me either, but I got a pretty straightforward response trying the redemption code:
"Looks like that’s the wrong code. Please double-check and try again."
I’m pretty sure if you don’t see this offer going to your “My eBay” page, you’re out of luck, i.e. it’s “targeted”.

I bit on this deal, more for the free shipping/no minimum than anything else…not being a regular ink cartridge recycler.

In case anybody’s still looking, I’m curious what my fellow Plus members think are good money-saving picks for the “5 custom items” that you can specify to buy at “best in market pricing”?

Hopefully it’s not more printer paper–I’m all set for that for the next 2 years!

Edit: I’m putting it together now…you guys buy bulk loads of empty cartridges on eBay, then bring em into a Staples store for the rewards, lol. I have so much to learn, in my grasshopper way!

I’m holding out for one of those $5-off-$15 coupons…

Trying to find something(s) worthwhile that qualify… Too bad it can’t be used for that Lowe’s $100 gift card on sale for $90!

Brought back from the Dead! (i.e. NOT expired as of 7/21/2019)

I’ve had success killing those little sugar ants inside using Terro liquid ant killer. But i’ve found to control ants outside, especially around your house foundation, there’s nothing that beats Amdro Ant Block granules.
Price-to-weight-wise, this is a better deal. But I’ll gladly pay the extra to get it over and done with!

I don’t get a whole lot of these targeted Staples coupons, but did find one today in my junk email folder…
Subject line is: “Exclusive! $30 coupon for YOU!” (YMMV of course)
coupon details:
*$30 Off: Valid online at staples.com® only. Excludes Daily Deals and Auto Restock orders. Limit one coupon per customer, nontransferable. Offer is subject to change or cancellation at any time. Minimum purchase requirement must be met with purchases to which no other coupon or instant savings offer applies. Tax and shipping not included in calculating the minimum purchase. Not valid on desktop or laptop computers, tablets, Chromebooks, streaming devices, Amazon products, Apple®, Bose®, Ink & Toner, Epson® EcoTank® printers, Google™ products, HP Instant Ink, JBL®, Samsung®, Staples® Protection & Tech Help, Texas Instruments™ graphing calculators and accessories, Ultimate Ears®, Wacom®, gift cards, phone cards, postage stamps, direct mail services, custom-quoted orders or promotional products. Not valid on prior purchases or purchases made with Staples® Procurement or Convenience Cards. No cash/credit back. Coupon value applied pre-tax. Expires 7/21/19.

@my4mainecoons If this doesn’t make you long for the old Staples “free-after-rebate” caseload paper deals, nothing will!

@fivetalents You’re department-specific links are good, talents. But here’s the deal, if you go to that bottom link, unless you click on something that starts with “Save 20%”, all bets are off. If you go to “See All Departments” from the left menu, you’ve left the select items only reservation.

I found it wasn’t everything under the Amazon Warehouse area, but going through most of those links seemed to show the “select items” this special offer applies to. On the page for any such item, it should show “20% off. Discount taken at checkout.”

I bit on this deal, although I usually don’t darken the doorway at Whole Foods (I’m more of a Kroger type). I found out it wasn’t quite as simple as it’s being promoted.

Even though I’ve had Amazon Prime for two years, and I’ve had my cell phone number linked to my Amazon account, the Whole Foods cashier could not “find me” using that phone number. Nor could their customer service. I did have that phone with me too.

I was told I could use either the Amazon app or Whole Foods app on my cell phone to get to what they need. Neither app was installed (nor will they be). I’m not into the app-commerce thing, in general.

Then they said I could log into Amazon on my cell phone, and once logged in, access the Whole Foods area. So I did that from a browser on my phone, and when I accessed “Whole Foods” from Amazon home screen, up popped a scannable QR “Whole Foods code”, which is evidently what they needed. Right above it it says: “Prime members: Scan at Whole Foods Market to save”.

I made and saved a screen capture of that QR code in case I decide to shop again at Whole Foods (guessing it’s static).
Oh yeah, and then did a “Clear Browsing Data”

Guess this could have gone under the YMMV threads, but I keep forgetting to check there…
Anyway, I ran across these while in a Walmart store. I think it’s finally time to replace all my CFL bulbs!

GE LED 10W Soft White, BR30 Indoor Flood, Dimmable, 4pk Light Bulbs, $1.50 @ Walmart In-Store Only

walmart.com reference link:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/GE-LED-10W-Soft-White-BR30-Indoor-Flood-Medium-Base-Dimmable-4pk-Light-Bulbs/190330838

Brickseek link:
https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker/?sku=190330838

@fivetalents Expired, evidently. (I snoozed)

About 2 weeks ago, Sears canceled my order that I paid for using only points (but was out-of-pocket $4.50 for economy shipping), saying the item was “out of stock”, and still have not refunded me the $18.50 in points. They did credit the shipping charge back after 3 days.

The frustrating part is that item has remained available (including for shipping) since my original order. Plus they’ve sent me emails showing that item with “don’t you want this?” verbiage and so on. Evidently there are some items that you can’t get by paying with just points!

I’ve contacted SYW customer service at info@shopyourway.com asking what’s up with that? They replied it takes 7-10 days for points to be refunded.

Just curious if any other folks paying with all points have run into “out-of-stock” problems?
i.e. participated in some of the mega-points-payouts ($300 @$15 x 20, $500 @$20 x 25)

UPDATE, 7/5: SYW finally came through and credited back the points. Made another order using 100% points for a $23 item (shop vac filter). Now I’m waiting to see if that mysteriously goes out-of-stock…

@fivetalents They’ve had CC info hacked several times, most recently last year.

@fivetalents Nice, you don’t see deals on Home Depot gift cards that often. But with Newegg, I’d recommend using PayPal…

@dangeruss Werd. Then again, you could use one of these to wash down a pack of Ramen, and get 150% of your daily sodium for less than $0.50!

Go through RetailMeNot for a 16% cashback promo going on Bestbuy.com, today and tomorrow…

@briarycliffs Additionally, the SYWR points system seems to have been down since Tuesday (6/25). Both websites for Sears and Kmart were posting a banner on the home page saying that SYW Points and the Delivery Schedule were temporarily down, but would be back soon.

However, now the banner is changed to say this only for the Delivery Schedule. Is this the final chapter for SYWR points?

@briarycliffs Thanks cliffs, I did some Stella rebate already, but wasn’t that impressed with the beer if I recall.
I’m working my way through some Michelob Ultra now ($5 rebate on 18-pack), and questioning why I bit at all!
It’s like taking my standard Old Milwaukee Light (house swill) and then adding 25% more water to it. Sigh.

The irony is that Vienna Lager is brewed 40 miles away from me in VA at the Devils Backbone brewery.
Now that is some real beer!

@my4mainecoons It’s full access to all NYT puzzles, including the daily crossword and mini crossword (7 of each every week), plus scads of other puzzles, logic, spelling, and so on. Not even familiar with all those other puzzles/games.

I’m just into crosswords, and yes, there’s plenty of lower cost/free options for crosswords, etc.

The magic part is the great NYT crossword app on my iPad, primarily. It’s also usable on my cell phone in a pinch. I’m a luddite in many ways, but I’ll likely not go back to paper and pencil here!

I realize this may not be a hot deal to many, but a New York Times crosswords subscription is currently “on sale” at the half price of $19.97 a year. At least it was for me after my free 6 month “basic digital access” NYT subscription expired–which did NOT include the daily crosswords btw. And I’m not renewing/paying for NYT basic news.

However, my now-expired basic digital subscription did allow me access to 3 or 4 “archived” crossword puzzles each week. That’s where I found out how elegant the online NYT crossword app is on a tablet or cell phone. Much better than the WSJ crossword app, for example. So I gladly forked over the $20 for this NYT puzzles-only access today.

Here’s the link to the NYT crossword subscriptions.
https://www.nytimes.com/subscription/crosswords
If you see it costing $39.95/Yr., call 855-698-8545 and ask for the half-off sale price!

Would anyone know if this promotion might apply to less common battery types, e.g. CR2, 123, etc?

Looks like Nissan currently has a $50 Amazon gift card offer for a test drive.
(full disclosure: I saw this on another popular deal site)

To produce the offer popup (with blockers disabled), try going to
https://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/trucks/frontier.html

@fivetalents I agree this $3 promo should be in a separate thread. I found out it was, but under “Free Stuff”.
This one here: $3 Off $3.01 + Purchase eBay Promo Code

Nice, thanks! I’m always “watching” something about this price on eBay!
NOTE: Not sure why this is under Free Stuff, seems like it might get missed there!
In my case, it reduced an item from $4.38 down to $1.38…

@kohlspowrshopper Just a shout out to what a good deal this is–I just dropped by our local Michael’s store, and found plenty to pick from still. I favor the 50/50 blend ones myself, namely the heathers and safety colors. The safety orange is Coast Guard quality–perfect for biking to the Y. Thanks!

@zapjb Too bad, thanks for the heads-up. I’ve bought Lowe’s gift cards from them, with zero problems.