Posts made by yoregano

@ctujackbauer said in Free Medium Refresher Drink at DUNKIN with code (app reqd):

Tagging @yoregano because he always says he never sees these promo codes in time.

Caught this one, thanks.

Does anyone know if residential trash service counts as a utility for the bonus? Discover does not specifically state trash service, but a google query gave an AI overview suggesting that trash service is included.

EDIT: Per a comment on the post at SD, someone says they got credit for their trash bill. So it’s worth a try.

The link isn’t working, but the deal is on the main page. The deal says it is back for a “limited time,” but I can’t find an end date.

Coupon applies to some of the other varieties as well, including antiperspirants.

The USPS is going to be defunct before someone will be able to use up $2K+ of postage.

Well, based on all the updates about contacting CS about the points discrepancies, I called too and got my credits issued.

@my4mainecoons said in Acme (sister chains?) Save $10 on your next grocery purchase wys $50 in select gift cards (Zillions included) plus bonus points where offered:

GC offer isn’t in my ad and no kiosk signs. No 10x for Zift cards offer advertised either.
I bought no fee MC gc’s to get the free with purchase Post It notes at Staples using 5% back Chase Ink.
Then used the MC gc at Shaw’s to see what happened if bought $50 Zift.
Received the $10/$10 and 4x points (200 points).

The 10x J4U offer on Zift cards expired yesterday for me (Jewel in Chicago, sales period is W - Tues).

@mistercheap said in Acme (sister chains?) Save $10 on your next grocery purchase wys $50 in select gift cards (Zillions included) plus bonus points where offered:

@yoregano said in Acme (sister chains?) Save $10 on your next grocery purchase wys $50 in select gift cards (Zillions included) plus bonus points where offered:

@mistercheap said in Acme (sister chains?) Save $10 on your next grocery purchase wys $50 in select gift cards (Zillions included) plus bonus points where offered:

@yoregano said in Acme (sister chains?) Save $10 on your next grocery purchase wys $50 in select gift cards (Zillions included) plus bonus points where offered:

Just bought a $50 Zift card. The $10 coupon printed on the receipt as expected. However:

I got only 400 rewards points. This means that only the 10x J4U offer applied (no additional 4x or 2x) and the system accounted for the $10 coupon and deducted it in calculating the points, considering it as a net $40 purchase.

If your transaction experience is different, post accordingly.

How do you figure the 10x applied if 10x on $50 is 500 points? isn’t it 1 point per dollar x 10 =50 per dollar. should be 500, no?

It seems the value of the $10 coupon is deducted, effectively making it like a $40 purchase. This is the only way it makes any sense. If you or anyone else gets a different result, be sure to comment.

Is this confirmed fact or speculation on your part @yoregano ? Still doesn’t make much sense as I don’t think the system would know because this 10x offer started before the $10/50 coupon print out. and it’s not like you got an instant $10 savings on the GC. You still spent $50 for it, so I’m going to call C/S on Monday and see what they say.

I can’t know anything for certain. It could be a system error, it could be what I suggested it was. Yeah, let us know what CS says if you call them. Did you buy a card and get the same result?

@mistercheap said in Acme (sister chains?) Save $10 on your next grocery purchase wys $50 in select gift cards (Zillions included) plus bonus points where offered:

@yoregano said in Acme (sister chains?) Save $10 on your next grocery purchase wys $50 in select gift cards (Zillions included) plus bonus points where offered:

Just bought a $50 Zift card. The $10 coupon printed on the receipt as expected. However:

I got only 400 rewards points. This means that only the 10x J4U offer applied (no additional 4x or 2x) and the system accounted for the $10 coupon and deducted it in calculating the points, considering it as a net $40 purchase.

If your transaction experience is different, post accordingly.

How do you figure the 10x applied if 10x on $50 is 500 points? isn’t it 1 point per dollar x 10 =50 per dollar. should be 500, no?

It seems the value of the $10 coupon is deducted, effectively making it like a $40 purchase. This is the only way it makes any sense. If you or anyone else gets a different result, be sure to comment.

I did find Zift cards with the Amazon option and bought and redeemed three today. The first two went without a hitch, but the third order wouldn’t process on the site, giving me an explanation that they couldn’t verify my information. Thankfully, no problems with the actual card info/value, and I ended up changing the email I used and was able to then redeem without a problem.

So perhaps that is their way of trying to limit potential fraud, I guess.

I’m finding the 503/connection errors/failure to load, etc. problems have increased in frequency the last several days, at any time of the day. I’m encountering issues pretty much every day.

@my4mainecoons said in Acme (sister chains?) Save $10 on your next grocery purchase wys $50 in select gift cards (Zillions included) plus bonus points where offered:

@yoregano You will only get one j4u offer: 10x, not 20x, 12x or 14x. No one believes me 😋. I’m surprised that they took off 100 points for the $10 coupon.

Yes, this was mainly about clarification, not surprise, though deducting points for the coupon was a bummer. I’m sure sonofzeus will be outraged whatever the case. 🤪

@mrvietnam said in Acme (sister chains?) Save $10 on your next grocery purchase wys $50 in select gift cards (Zillions included) plus bonus points where offered:

Where would I check to see if this offer is live at my local store? It’s not advertised on the shelf but the last time they had this offer it wasn’t advertised on the shelf either… is it common for offers to go live on Friday? The sales week here is Wednesday through Tuesday…

The banner was on the kiosk at my store. I’d say just go for it. Worst case is you get a gift card without a coupon, but you still get bonus points.

See my comment in the post about $10 coupon when you buy $50 gift cards. I only had the 10x offer apply to my purchase.

Just bought a $50 Zift card. The $10 coupon printed on the receipt as expected. However:

I got only 400 rewards points. This means that only the 10x J4U offer applied (no additional 4x or 2x) and the system accounted for the $10 coupon and deducted it in calculating the points, considering it as a net $40 purchase.

If your transaction experience is different, post accordingly.

The offer is a little annoying in that it states being accessible “once every 24-hour period” as opposed to once per calendar day, so it requires more attention to try and use it daily. I added mine from yesterday in the afternoon, so it still shows as activated (currently late morning).

They’ve begun scaling back the prizes. I got a mere 10 Crowns today.

One game ends, another begins. Same as always, play daily in the app, can skip actual play if desired. I won 50 Crowns today on my first attempt.

Jewel never seems to have these online clippable dollars-off deals.

Like similar game promos at other stores, you can skip the game play and still receive your daily prize/entry. No actual prizes won yet for me, just sweeps entries so far.

@my4mainecoons said in Free Starry or Starry Zero 20 oz up to $3.99 with online rebate (requires Mobile Wallet):

I didn’t say that the 10% vaccine q wouldn’t stack with J4u. I was pointing out that by law you cannot get a coupon discount on certain products like tobacco, gc, alcohol, lottery tickets, etc.

2 j4u won’t stack. So if Zillions gc are 10x that won’t become 20x on the weekend.

Usually Zillions are part of the $10/$10 coupon wyb $50. That’s not 10x points.
Do you have a different offer such that you earn 10x points and not a $10/$10 q wyb $50?

Do you have a different offer from the other j4u stores? We get 4x the value on gc on Sat & Sun.

Not sure if I’m completely following you, but my J4U deals has a 10X points offer on Zift cards ending 8/9. The $10 wyb $50 is a separate offer not requiring activation. So I will be able to get both deals when I purchase a card.

@mistercheap said in Acme (sister chains?) Save $10 on your next grocery purchase wys $50 in select gift cards (Zillions included) plus bonus points where offered:

The point boosters on specific GC’s and the general weekend points bonus DO have to be activated. The $10 off $50 is unlimited but 1x per transaction. Coupon likely valid to the very end of August but check exact date on your receipts.

Yes, good clarification, the booster points are J4U offers that must be activated, I was referring to the specific $10 off $50 offer which is automatic at time of purchase.

I’d like to find a Zift card that allows Amazon redemption, but I don’t think my store carries these, or I maybe even heard somewhere that the company stopped offering them.

@mrvietnam said in Acme (sister chains?) Save $10 on your next grocery purchase wys $50 in select gift cards (Zillions included) plus bonus points where offered:

Is there a J4U coupon you have to activate or can you do this deal an unlimited amount of times? If it was like last time, the coupon will print out on your sales receipt and no coupon or activation needed. Good way to get Amazon gift cards effectively at 20% off.

I’m guessing this will be like last time, no activation. Look for the banner to be attached to the gift card kiosk in store.

@sonofzeus said in Free Starry or Starry Zero 20 oz up to $3.99 with online rebate (requires Mobile Wallet):

@my4mainecoons 10% off vaccine coupon stacks with J4U redemptions.

Yes, as long as the items are not on the excluded list. Percent-off coupons have never applied to gift cards and other categories like 'Coons mentioned. Hey, try it and see if it works. If you actually do see a discount on the gift card, report back!

I’m just hung up on the idea of a 20 oz beverage potentially costing $3.99. I wouldn’t spend that much on a 2-liter.

Well, so much for that, I think. Recent FB post from TCB:

We understand that the unexpected pause of our Summer Treats game has caused some confusion and inconvenience, and we want to sincerely thank each one of you for your patience.
Due to a technical glitch, the game awarded five times the planned total prize pool in a single day. We’re currently working hard behind the scenes to fix the problem so that we can bring the game back in the future.
We have considered the matter carefully and we’re pleased to say we’re able to honor all of the winnings.
Summer Treats is a free game we love creating for our community, and we’re committed to delivering the best experience possible next time.
We truly apologize for the disruption and appreciate your understanding and continued support of TopCashback!
Please stay tuned for the announcement of our $500 grand prize winner, who will be chosen in the coming days.
For more information, please visit our FAQ page here: https://bit.ly/45sLJ6O

@mistercheap said in TopCashback - Summer Treats Game 2025 - Ends 8/7:

Game Update: Summer Treats has been temporarily paused due to an unexpected issue. We’re in the process of resolving the matter. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

This was odd, I got a couple birds on one account about an hour ago, after the announcement but before I realized it. It confused me when the daily clue bird didn’t show on another account and that’s when I went to FB and saw the announcement.

@mistercheap said in TopCashback - Summer Treats Game 2025 - Ends 8/7:

Flying bird under Advance Auto Parts

That’s a random code, not the daily clue (guaranteed). Click the green banner at the bottom of the page and go to the “daily clues” tab to find the one that everyone can get. Today’s clue bird is at Staples. Otherwise, random browsing will produce random results for other potential birds.

https://www.topcashback.com/blog/summer-treats-2025/

Sweet Treats is TopCashback’s treasure hunt-style game. While the game is running, there will be flying hummingbirds waiting to be found on pages all over the TopCashback website.

These hummingbirds contain prizes for our members to win. We have a whopping $5,000 in prizes to give away.

Our summer edition of Sweet Treats is running from Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 6 a.m. PT until Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 1 p.m. PT.

This game has been better for me than the last one. I have only gotten a (lousy) food prize once, and Crowns every other time so far. 100 once, 75 once or twice, and a pretty even mix of 25 and 50 the rest.

Check your app. Play daily to win. You can skip actual play to get your daily prize and/or entry. I got 100 Crowns on my first play.

I got the Whopper Jr. with $1+, too.

@my4mainecoons said in Discover (activate) earn 5% Cashback Bonus at Gas Stations & EV Charging, Public Transit, Utilities, July 1 to Sept 30, 2025, on up to $1,500 in purchases.:

@yoregano I pay my electric bill with no fee prepaid Visa gc (Staples, Chase Ink). We get one free cc transaction per month.
You can buy gas (or any other) gc at a gas station and get 5% back from Discover as its a gas station purchase.
Chase Ink gives 5% back on phone & Internet year round so I have those on autopay.

Yea, I can do unlimited CC transactions to pay my natural gas and electric bills as those are from normal utility companies (Nicor and ComEd). It’s just my water that comes from my local municipality that charges a fee for online transactions.

Buying GCs from a gas station, yeah, that’s a way to ensure maxing out the 5% promo bonus, though I try to be careful getting too deep in stocked up GCs and generally prefer to buy GCs other ways that have bigger discounts.

I don’t have a Chase card, but yeah, I know that cards like this can be good for certain types of purchases like you mentioned.

The first season of Poker Face was very good. The second (current) season is hit or miss, very different in feel to the first season. Anyway, that’s another show worth checking out. I’m happy to get Peacock for free from Xfinity by having a high level of rewards status as a long time customer for Internet service.

It can be hit or miss with these bonus categories crediting as hoped/expected. I also gave it a try to see what would happen paying my water bill which is through my town’s third-party govt portal. The actual bill did indeed report as “utilities”. But they also charge a fee for using a credit card, which billed as a separate transaction, and that showed as “misc govt services”. In the end, the 5% bonus on the bill was pretty much a wash to cover the fee. It was a confirmation that the category applied, at least. I’ll get the full 5% back on my electric, gas, and Internet bills since no CC fees are charged on those.

A general reminder to look out for deals on Domino’s gift cards. I find them on sale from many outlets (Amazon, grocery stores, online stores) often at 20% off. You can redeem Discover rewards and get them at 10% off, but they also sometimes have specials where they are 20% off. Basically, someplace always has them on some kind of discount.

@mistercheap said in Domino's Pizza Large up to 7 toppings $10 with code ends 8/3:

Ordered our first pizza on this deal the other day and was quite pleased. Maxed out with 7 toppings but instead of adding just anything to get to 7, doubled up on mushrooms and onions along with some meat to hit 7. Would rather get double of some things I really like on my pie rather than just throwing anything on it. Toppings were pretty generous and there was a lot of cheese on the pie too so very pleased for $10. Also earned rewards to get one of those 16 piece bread bites thing on the next order. Those are quite good if you haven’t tried them and have the points to add them to the order to get it free.

If you have a rewards account, you get 10 points for every order placed. It takes 60 points to get a free 2-topping med pizza, a sandwich, or lava cakes, it’s 40 points for bread twists or cheesy bread, and 20 points for a 20-oz drink or parm bread bites. They sometimes give personalized offers as well. You have to order at least once every six months to keep points from expiring and otherwise can bank up your points and spend them as desired.

This seemed like a pretty good deal, but it’s expired or they did something to limit it. The product page shows three codes applicable but at checkout, only 30% is being applied for me.

It’s much worse at night. Right now, close to 10 PM Central, I’m getting kicked out repeatedly the last 15 minutes or so.

Yeah, the food prizes were meh but the 1,000+ Crowns were pretty good.

I haven’t done one of these Clipp deals in over a year. Over time, the number of businesses that participate has steadily dropped and there just aren’t many anymore. It was definitely better years ago when it was called Local Flavor.

The one for today, a Rodeo Burger, that’s just a basic burger with a couple onion rings on it? Meh.

No go for me at Jewel in Chicagoland.

I’ve noticed the 503 excessive bandwidth errors have increased significantly in the last month or so. Yes, refreshing the page can sometimes alleviate the problem, but last night at a latish hour, nothing worked for me with repeated attempts over a span of several minutes. I realize this is a fairly small-scale forum hosted on some likely small servers, but is traffic really increasing enough to cause the more frequent overloads? Or is the gerbil spinning the wheel just getting too long in the tooth?

Never ordered more than three toppings from Domino’s before. I wonder if they skimp if you go all out for ten. 🤔😜

Anybody win anything yet? Nothing but prize entries for me so far.

Hmm, the Royal Crispy sandwich for 7/6 requires a $5+ purchase. I’ve never had one, what’s different ( better or worse) about this compared to the Original Chicken sandwich?

I was just about to do the ol’ gift card purchase routine for this and discovered that this promo didn’t last the full final day this time. After going to their FB page for the offer, I found this: “Offer ends 7/4 at 9:00 a.m. PT (12:00 p.m. ET)” Oh well.

@my4mainecoons said in Albertson's & Sister Chains (Acme/Shaws/etc) Buy $75 in many popular GC's in store, get $15 off $15+ Grocery Voucher June 6-19 only (FATHERS DAY):

@yoregano Are you sure? 1200 points for $20/$20 at Shaw’s too.

@mistercheap said

They credited me 900 points on $225 in GC’s. That got me over 1200 points for a $20/20 offer which doesn’t expire due to fresh pass (good til end of Nov)

You get a $20 reward with 1200 points? If so, then we get ripped of here in Chicago at Jewel. I hardly ever get a above a few hundred points before they would expire (no fresh pass for me) but decided to check since these GC purchases are adding up. I don’t get a $20 reward until 1400 points.