Making money
Today I headed over to the local Rite Aid where they had a whole bunch of FAR (free after rebate) items. The list included GE 2 pack longlasting light bulbs, Adidas body wash or deodorant, 2 gum toothbrushes, some generic earbuds.
Usually rebates are a pain. You still have to waste your time and money finding a stamp to mail them in. Rite Aid (and Staples, I believe) has made it easy for you by letting you submit your receipt online.
So today I picked up 2 GUM toothbrushes and 1 Adidas deodorant. Now these aren't exactly free as you still have to pay tax on the pre-rebate price, but here's the way to actually make money. Sunday coupons! From sometime in the past few weeks I cut out an Adidas deodorant coupon. $0.75 off one item. With the adidas item costing $3.99 pre-tax, so after rebate it would be: $3.99*108.25%-$3.99 ~ 33 cents.
$0.75 - $0.33 = +$0.42! Woo! That truly is the answer to everything.
Anyway, if you're ever in a RiteAid on a Sunday, pick up the weekly circular and check for any free after online rebate deals. Maybe you can stock up on some light bulbs. I say Sunday because it seems like there are a ton of hawks out there. The light bulbs that were on sale...were already sold out when I got to a riteaid around 1PM today. Bah.
Usually rebates are a pain. You still have to waste your time and money finding a stamp to mail them in. Rite Aid (and Staples, I believe) has made it easy for you by letting you submit your receipt online.
So today I picked up 2 GUM toothbrushes and 1 Adidas deodorant. Now these aren't exactly free as you still have to pay tax on the pre-rebate price, but here's the way to actually make money. Sunday coupons! From sometime in the past few weeks I cut out an Adidas deodorant coupon. $0.75 off one item. With the adidas item costing $3.99 pre-tax, so after rebate it would be: $3.99*108.25%-$3.99 ~ 33 cents.
$0.75 - $0.33 = +$0.42! Woo! That truly is the answer to everything.
Anyway, if you're ever in a RiteAid on a Sunday, pick up the weekly circular and check for any free after online rebate deals. Maybe you can stock up on some light bulbs. I say Sunday because it seems like there are a ton of hawks out there. The light bulbs that were on sale...were already sold out when I got to a riteaid around 1PM today. Bah.
posted by JD at 9:23 PM
2 Comments:
How'd you get a discount on the postal rate? Was there a coupon for that?
Haha. Nice catch. I must be living in the past!
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