Posts made by yoregano

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.

@mistercheap said

6 of one, 1/2 dozen of another. still 20% back ($15 food on $75, $15 food + $5 Zift on $100)

Really up to the buyer what works best for them.

Oh sure, of course, just verifying my experience. Another consideration is remembering the 4x weekend bonus points on GC purchases for an extra perk.

@mrvietnam

Also they had a Zift card for $100 and you get $105 back in value for it. Do you think that variety of Zift card counts for the sale too?

Confirming that this particular card does work for the deal. I’d presume any of the Zift cards should work.

@mistercheap 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):

I noticed no points have credited yet to my account for the GC’s yesterday, says allow to 48 hours to update. If they don’t show, I’ll contact C/S.

My points showed instantly on my receipt at the time of transaction. Also confirming for others that the deal works at Jewel in Chicagoland.

Dumpster diving isn’t for everyone. My BK conveniently has a sanitizer dispenser right by the garbage cans, if needed. It’s worth a little trouble to me to get essentially free Crowns.

The game runs for long enough, it seems like one has a fairly good chance at winning most of the regular prizes. Not too bad, I suppose. The best prizes for me are outside of games—fulfilling challenges. These are YMMV. My current one is to make four $5+ purchases by 6/17 to get 1,000 Crowns or exclusive merch. I believe I’ve mentioned that you can redeem the code at the bottom of a receipt for account credit if you happen to find a receipt in the trash from a purchase by a non-rewards user.

Check your rewards. For me at least, a regular hamburger can be redeemed for 125 Crowns (instead of 250) for the entire month of May. As an aside, I also have a “Crown Challenge” through 5/18, make three separate $5+ purchases to get a bonus 550 Crowns. (Challenges are definitely YMMV in terms of requirements and rewards. Hint: if you find receipts from non-rewards purchases, you can enter the code on the bottom to earn credit. )

@ctujackbauer said in Burger King APP: New Bounce Basketball Game, win crowns/food prizes 1x per day:

ctujackbauer controversial hot-take: the chicken crispy wrap tastes better than the original chicken sandwich, and the original chicken sandwich is the worst value when redeeming crowns.

I also like the chicken wrap, I just was tired of getting this offer 90% of the time. As far as redeeming Crowns, I agree, dunno why the OCS requires 1,000 Crowns when a Whopper is 750. There are plenty of ways to buy the OCS in a deal; I would never redeem Crowns for it.

@mtnagel said in Burger King APP: New Bounce Basketball Game, win crowns/food prizes 1x per day:

I’ve been having issues, but only some accounts/browsers/apps. Very bizarre. Of course after I write that, working totally fine now. But I only won food which is useless to me (I’m vegetarian).

Game still won’t show in my app today. The issue coincidentally began after I completed a challenge (Make X number of $10 purchases in a timeframe, get X bonus Crowns). At least the game works in a browser, and I got something other than a chicken wrap today!
UPDATE: And later in the day, the game and other things are now showing in the app again.

Something weird and glitchy going on. I haven’t yet been able to see the game in the app yet today. I ended up logging in via a desktop browser and was able to access the game that way. And for another account on a different phone, the game showed fine. All for naught regardless, won another damn chick wrap.

I finally got something different, 25 Crowns today. But it’s still been head-shakingly odd for me. Only twice so far have I gotten something other than a chicken wrap.
Update: 25 Crowns again today.
Update: Maybe the tide is turning, 75 Crowns today, the best yet. Three days in a row without a chicken wrap!
Update: Another couple of chicken wraps , but finally, an Original Chicken!

@c3 said in $10 in Paypal rewards when paying $10+ with Paypal:

@yoregano said in $10 in Paypal rewards when paying $10+ with Paypal:

My 1,000 points credited to my account today.

“credited” meaning available to cash out? My transaction from 3/21 is still pending.

Yes, available to redeem. I ordered from Walmart on 3/20, FWIW.

My 1,000 points credited to my account today.

@ukedog said in $10 in Paypal rewards when paying $10+ with Paypal:

Question: Do you need to install the PayPal app on your cell phone to get this offer?
Trying to avoid cell phone-conducted commerce as much as possible…

No, I clicked the link on a desktop.

I used it for a Walmart purchase and also got the 1000 points immediately pending.

If you go in the afternoon after 2pm and use the self service Kiosk, you’ll often get a bonus offer prompt on the screen to get any pastry for $2.

I get the $2 pastry offer from time to time when using the app. It gives you ten seconds to accept the offer before disappearing. I’ve found that you can accept the offer but you don’t have to redeem it immediately. It will be good until the next day.

Crispy chicken wrap with $1 purchase two days in a row for me.
Update: Another chicken wrap, three days in a row.
Update again: This thing is rigged. I got a Whopper Jr. with purchase once, every other time has been a chicken wrap. Ridiculous!

It’s always best to get whole peppercorns. Whole 'corns stay fresh essentially forever if stored in a sealed container in a dark space. I grind mine as needed in a small electric coffee grinder and pour the grinds into a small container.

Deal was still good for me today. Got the two-pack for the same price per count, $13.34. Seems like a very good price for something rated pretty well. Fakespot gives it a “B”.

Yeah, if you do the bird hunt enough, you’ll eventually “max out” to the “only need one more” level on all the actual prizes and get nothing but PDEs thereafter, unless you do indeed end up a lucky winner. These TCB contests have always been this way. I won the 25¢ prize and now am just getting entries. I know I won $2 and maybe $10 in previous contests, but never scored a bigger prize.