Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Be careful how many blogs/pages you follow
If you are looking to save money then you should probably careful about how many 'saving' pages you follow. I personally got caught up with the deals for this and that. Although they may be great deals and have huge savings, they add up. You don't realize by how much until you start adding up how much you have spent for the month. Last night I came across a facebook page which led me to a blog and on the blog was 'giveaway' for a gift certificate, I am thinking no biggie I will sign up for a chance to win. It required me to 'like' a bunch of different facebook pages and also follow a lot of these sites on twitter. This morning I signed into my facebook page and it was swarmed with deal after deal, coupon scenario for this store or that store. There were also more giveaways that I was signing up for which led to even more pages to follow. You know what, they were all basically saying the same thing. I think this is what prompted me to sit down and add my reciepts for the month. I spent my couponing/sales savings on these 'deals' that kept showing up in front of me everyday. So tonight I went through and deleted all but one of them from facebook and twitter. I kept the one that was closest to my area, has the same stores as I do. I figure I will see how I do following one person and if I am still buying into these deals than I will delete her page too. The idea is to save money and spend less, not save money in one area and spend it elsewhere, unless it is in the budget to save for it, like a flat screen t.v. lol We might be one of the very few homes that still has big fat chunky televisions, and it is on the 'list' to upgrade, but not first on the list.
Monday, March 19, 2012
update: savings with coupons and making money with surveys.
I wanted to update anyone that may reading this. I think if you are looking for ways to make a little money at home, my information could be of some use to you.
Around the end of December, beginning of January I decided to look for ways to start saving money and maybe make a few bucks too. I don't think I am a good enough writer to make money off of a blog, so I searched for other ways. I signed up with a lot of different companies(all free) and decided to test them out to see which ones were worth my time and which ones were a complete waste. I have a previous post about this and I must say I am sticking with the ones I listed before. I was going to write detailed info on each of them again but realized you would be here for a month getting through my long winded writing, so in short I am going to post my referal links and what I have earned from each, and whether I have actually cashed out my earning yet. I think it would better for you to check out the sites on your own to see if it is for you or not. Please remember these are not get rich quick sites. I am just a stay at home mom looking to make a little extra birthday/Christmas money for my four boys. Also none of these sites are paying me to write this, I am just doing this because I want to save some one a little bit of time from their own research.
I also think a lot of these are subject to certain countries, like USA, Canada, Maybe the UK, if you are not in the US I would suggest checking to see if they are good in your country.
So here is my list:
SuperPoints Network, http://superpoints.com/refer/eagles Only one membership per household, must be invited to sign up. I am cashing out this week with $25 paypal cash, for clicking a button everyday and few other minor things, if you want more details, ask and I will be happy to share them.
Swag Bucks, http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/eagles32 I have cashed out a total to date of...three $5 amazon e gift cards, $10 paypal cash. Right now I have enough for two, almost three more $5 Amazon cards, which I may do since one of my son's birthday is in a few weeks and he asked for a book series. I got some great deals on used books for my husband, all under $4 each and some of them were like new. So with Swag Bucks, I admit there is more I could do earn faster, but I just use their search engine and do a daily poll, and a short video advertisment every day, and print coupons through their site and wait for them to show up weeks later, they do show up and it is 10 swag bucks per coupon redeemed.
Synovate Global Opinion Panels. I don't have a link to this one, but will share the url to their site.
https://www.globalopinionpanels.com
If you sign up and they aren't accepting anyone at this time, I would try again. It is a survey company and to my understanding you can also test products(I will know when they are available in my area). For each survey completed you earn points. If you like surveys they have some of the best ones I have ever seen. A majority of them are actually fun to do, in my opinion anyways. They have some great places you can redeem your points at. I tested them out in january to be sure I would get paid and had them send me a $5 check. I am almost ready to cash out another $10. I think i am going for a Bath & Body Works gift card this time.
I-Say by Ipsos. This is another survey one. I can only send a referal through e-mail so if you want to be invited that way let me know, I think you can just sign in on their site directly though. They have some really great looking and fun surveys also. I haven't cashed out with them yet, I have enough right now for $10 Amazon gc but I am going to wait. This company also gives the oppertunity to donate your points to reputable donation charities.
Opinionoutpost. http://www.opinionoutpost.com/ this one started off really slow, like I was never qualifying for any of the surveys, but it was MY mistake! While filling out my personal profile I clicked the wrong button and didn't realize it until almost two month went by. Once I got that fixed it has been much better. I just cashed out my second $10 with them.
Inbox Dollars http://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref10568204
I don't know if the link will work, may have to copy and paste it in your browser. I haven't cashed out with this one yet either, I am around $22 but I need $30 to cash out on. I have read the e-mails stop after a certain point and it is definitly 50/50 on whether people get paid or not. I am still getting mail, though ti isn't as much as before, and I still qualify for some of the surveys, let's just say with this one I am very optimistic. when i officially cash out I will let you all know. This one I just read e-mails and take surveys. I have also printed coupons from their site and earned ten cents for each coupon redeemed. It takes awhile for the coupons to show up.
So that is it for the survey side of things. Now for the grocery side of things.
I posted before about not being to great at this couponing thing, but still I have been working at it and I am happy to say I am up to saving right around 50% with each shopping trip. Sometimes it has been more than that. I come home and start bragging to the family about my savings, I think they are sick of hearing me talk about it, but they certainly don't complain about having a variety of food choices these days.
I think had wrote about winning $50 through one of my local grocery stores for posting on their blog. That was the end of January, and within two weeks I recieved the gift certificates. I was so excited, we were actually having a 'no food money' kind of week. We have those often which was why I started this whole coupon thing to begin with. They are happening less often these days. Anyways one of the other local grocery store was having a contest type thing, click on their site everyday for a change to win $50 gift card. If you don't win you still get a coupon. Most of the coupons didn't relate to me, but I tried to remember to click everyday anyways. Well last week I won!!!! At least I hope I did, it said my card would be here within a couple of weeks, I haven't heard anything else though.
Before these two stores, I have never won anything I signed up for except a lot of phone calls wanting me to buy the product I didn't win, So I am extremely excited about these!!!
So that is all for tonight, I ended up writing more than I intended too, again.
I hope you made it through all of my ramblings and some of my information is useful to you.
Around the end of December, beginning of January I decided to look for ways to start saving money and maybe make a few bucks too. I don't think I am a good enough writer to make money off of a blog, so I searched for other ways. I signed up with a lot of different companies(all free) and decided to test them out to see which ones were worth my time and which ones were a complete waste. I have a previous post about this and I must say I am sticking with the ones I listed before. I was going to write detailed info on each of them again but realized you would be here for a month getting through my long winded writing, so in short I am going to post my referal links and what I have earned from each, and whether I have actually cashed out my earning yet. I think it would better for you to check out the sites on your own to see if it is for you or not. Please remember these are not get rich quick sites. I am just a stay at home mom looking to make a little extra birthday/Christmas money for my four boys. Also none of these sites are paying me to write this, I am just doing this because I want to save some one a little bit of time from their own research.
I also think a lot of these are subject to certain countries, like USA, Canada, Maybe the UK, if you are not in the US I would suggest checking to see if they are good in your country.
So here is my list:
SuperPoints Network, http://superpoints.com/refer/eagles Only one membership per household, must be invited to sign up. I am cashing out this week with $25 paypal cash, for clicking a button everyday and few other minor things, if you want more details, ask and I will be happy to share them.
Swag Bucks, http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/eagles32 I have cashed out a total to date of...three $5 amazon e gift cards, $10 paypal cash. Right now I have enough for two, almost three more $5 Amazon cards, which I may do since one of my son's birthday is in a few weeks and he asked for a book series. I got some great deals on used books for my husband, all under $4 each and some of them were like new. So with Swag Bucks, I admit there is more I could do earn faster, but I just use their search engine and do a daily poll, and a short video advertisment every day, and print coupons through their site and wait for them to show up weeks later, they do show up and it is 10 swag bucks per coupon redeemed.
Synovate Global Opinion Panels. I don't have a link to this one, but will share the url to their site.
https://www.globalopinionpanels.com
If you sign up and they aren't accepting anyone at this time, I would try again. It is a survey company and to my understanding you can also test products(I will know when they are available in my area). For each survey completed you earn points. If you like surveys they have some of the best ones I have ever seen. A majority of them are actually fun to do, in my opinion anyways. They have some great places you can redeem your points at. I tested them out in january to be sure I would get paid and had them send me a $5 check. I am almost ready to cash out another $10. I think i am going for a Bath & Body Works gift card this time.
I-Say by Ipsos. This is another survey one. I can only send a referal through e-mail so if you want to be invited that way let me know, I think you can just sign in on their site directly though. They have some really great looking and fun surveys also. I haven't cashed out with them yet, I have enough right now for $10 Amazon gc but I am going to wait. This company also gives the oppertunity to donate your points to reputable donation charities.
Opinionoutpost. http://www.opinionoutpost.com/ this one started off really slow, like I was never qualifying for any of the surveys, but it was MY mistake! While filling out my personal profile I clicked the wrong button and didn't realize it until almost two month went by. Once I got that fixed it has been much better. I just cashed out my second $10 with them.
Inbox Dollars http://www.inboxdollars.com/?r=ref10568204
I don't know if the link will work, may have to copy and paste it in your browser. I haven't cashed out with this one yet either, I am around $22 but I need $30 to cash out on. I have read the e-mails stop after a certain point and it is definitly 50/50 on whether people get paid or not. I am still getting mail, though ti isn't as much as before, and I still qualify for some of the surveys, let's just say with this one I am very optimistic. when i officially cash out I will let you all know. This one I just read e-mails and take surveys. I have also printed coupons from their site and earned ten cents for each coupon redeemed. It takes awhile for the coupons to show up.
So that is it for the survey side of things. Now for the grocery side of things.
I posted before about not being to great at this couponing thing, but still I have been working at it and I am happy to say I am up to saving right around 50% with each shopping trip. Sometimes it has been more than that. I come home and start bragging to the family about my savings, I think they are sick of hearing me talk about it, but they certainly don't complain about having a variety of food choices these days.
I think had wrote about winning $50 through one of my local grocery stores for posting on their blog. That was the end of January, and within two weeks I recieved the gift certificates. I was so excited, we were actually having a 'no food money' kind of week. We have those often which was why I started this whole coupon thing to begin with. They are happening less often these days. Anyways one of the other local grocery store was having a contest type thing, click on their site everyday for a change to win $50 gift card. If you don't win you still get a coupon. Most of the coupons didn't relate to me, but I tried to remember to click everyday anyways. Well last week I won!!!! At least I hope I did, it said my card would be here within a couple of weeks, I haven't heard anything else though.
Before these two stores, I have never won anything I signed up for except a lot of phone calls wanting me to buy the product I didn't win, So I am extremely excited about these!!!
So that is all for tonight, I ended up writing more than I intended too, again.
I hope you made it through all of my ramblings and some of my information is useful to you.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
An invite for SuperPoints Network
http://superpoints.com/refer/
Would you like to earn some extra money or gift cards this year. Come join Superpoints Network with me, just Click the link above, register, confirm your e-mail address fill out your entire profile, so you can start earning your points, then you just log in every day and spin the wheel, check your e-mail, you can also invite your friends, watch some short videos and these are just a few ways to earn points. Thank You for joining my network
Would you like to earn some extra money or gift cards this year. Come join Superpoints Network with me, just Click the link above, register, confirm your e-mail address fill out your entire profile, so you can start earning your points, then you just log in every day and spin the wheel, check your e-mail, you can also invite your friends, watch some short videos and these are just a few ways to earn points. Thank You for joining my network
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Grocery store success
I am getting better at this sale/coupon thing. Today I went to 3 stores, shopped specific sales and only got a few extras, but they were at least on sale, and to top it off today was Oreo's 100th birthday so I got a free package of Oreo's from one of the local stores.(I know cookies=bad unhealthy) but they were free and the kids don't need to watch their weight so whatever. I also had a coupon for free gallon of milk. win win right there.
For all three stores I spent a grand total of 214.30, I saved 124.42. So out of pocket I spent 89.88 and have 10 dollars worth of gift cards to Target.
So here is what I did...store one(Target) total..$49.49..saved 27.20 with coupons and sales and got two $5 gift cards....paid 22.29 out of pocket and am going to save the gift cards to use around Christmas time.
Store two(local Price Chopper). I couldn't bring myself to do two seperate transactions, I don't know why this bothers me, so I went to two different stores, good thing they are both close by lol.The Sunday paper had double off $1.00 coupons and I got a few extra papers, they also a good selection of other coupons this week so it was worth the extras. .
so store two....total..71.63...saved 40.02 in coupons and sales...paid 31.61 out of pocket.
Store three(other Price Chopper) total....$93.18...saved 57.20 in coupons and sales....paid 35.98 out of pocket. and I also earned 20 cents off gas up to 20 gals between both PC trips.
Gas prices are expected to go over $5 a gallon so I decided to start stocking up on the groceries as best as I can. Not because of the gas I will use to get to the stores but because the prices of EVERYTHING will skyrocket with those gas prices. Like before the price of groceries went up so high and when the gas prices lowered the food didn't. I expect this to happen again so I am going to try to get at least six months to a years worth of canned foods, boxed goods and other non parishable items. I know it may sound crazy but I just don't want to live on ramen noodles again, at least not now, we are enjoying real food these days and I am enjoying cooking healthier meals for the family. .
For all three stores I spent a grand total of 214.30, I saved 124.42. So out of pocket I spent 89.88 and have 10 dollars worth of gift cards to Target.
So here is what I did...store one(Target) total..$49.49..saved 27.20 with coupons and sales and got two $5 gift cards....paid 22.29 out of pocket and am going to save the gift cards to use around Christmas time.
Store two(local Price Chopper). I couldn't bring myself to do two seperate transactions, I don't know why this bothers me, so I went to two different stores, good thing they are both close by lol.The Sunday paper had double off $1.00 coupons and I got a few extra papers, they also a good selection of other coupons this week so it was worth the extras. .
so store two....total..71.63...saved 40.02 in coupons and sales...paid 31.61 out of pocket.
Store three(other Price Chopper) total....$93.18...saved 57.20 in coupons and sales....paid 35.98 out of pocket. and I also earned 20 cents off gas up to 20 gals between both PC trips.
Gas prices are expected to go over $5 a gallon so I decided to start stocking up on the groceries as best as I can. Not because of the gas I will use to get to the stores but because the prices of EVERYTHING will skyrocket with those gas prices. Like before the price of groceries went up so high and when the gas prices lowered the food didn't. I expect this to happen again so I am going to try to get at least six months to a years worth of canned foods, boxed goods and other non parishable items. I know it may sound crazy but I just don't want to live on ramen noodles again, at least not now, we are enjoying real food these days and I am enjoying cooking healthier meals for the family. .
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