Thursday, November 18, 2010

Off Topic Thursday - coupons & Swagbucks!


Part of what lets me stay at home with my son is being very frugal. My husband was laid off last year, and if we hadn't been frugal all along, it it would have been devastating. He got hired back, and things got back to "normal" quickly, but it was even more of a reminder to secure our future. Money saved is money earned! I coupon shop, and look for ways to save & earn money. Some of you are familiar with Swagbucks, but if you aren't, I highly recommend reading this post, and signing up through my link in the sidebar (so I get credit too!)! I have earned $100 in Amazon gift cards, since I signed up, less than a year ago.

Those who are familiar with Swagbucks... they are now giving out Swagbucks for using coupons!!! On the Swagbucks home page, if you click on "coupons", the same coupons that are on Coupons.com will pop up. The difference is, that if you print them and use them, you will get Swagbucks for each coupon used! I will be getting lots of Amazon gift cards this year!

To make things even better, If you go to the Swagbucks home page & click on "Daily Deals", you can purchse your Groupons (special deals in your area... I buy them weekly!) through them to earn more Swagbucks. Today's Groupon for me was $25 for an Oil Change, Tire Rotation, Wiper Blades, Battery Check, and Inspection, that I gladly bought (I am due for an oil change, tire rotation, and new wiper blades). This also earned me 280 Swagbucks (more than half of what I need to get a $5 Amazon gift card!)!

Can I get your opinions? Does this post seem spammy, or would you like to hear about money saving things like this occasionally?

7 comments:

Brenda said...

Not spammy to me! I love to hear about deals and frugality is my way of life. I am afraid to go and try a lot of the web stuff without an endorsement. I'll be letting my sister's in on this one and tell them to come here to jump in. Blog away!!

Resweater said...

Brenda, i'm glad you think so! I love to share great deals with people... especially so close to Christmas!

kris10dale said...

Thank you! I'm a swagbucks user and a coupon user, and I didn't know about this, so thanks a bunch. I know where I'll be going to print my Q's from now on. :)

molli said...

Wow, I had no idea! Thanks for posting this-- I'll go thru SB from now on to get the coupons! Yeah!

Going to share on my FB page-- Thanks!

Cindy In Carolina said...

I will be checking it out. Thanks for the tip. Not spammy, just good info.

Tina said...

I had signed up to use Swag Bucks, but never figured I would do anything with it. Might have to rethink that :)

Lyanna said...

I do swagbucks too. I just started about a month ago, and not too sure about all that it has to offer. So, this was great to find out!