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Swagbucks Users: Check Your Email!

by Mindi Cherry on February 26, 2010

If you are a Swagbucks user, check the email you registered the account with and look for an emai from Swagbucks!  Scroll down to the bottom of the email and there should be a Swag Code for you to enter and get 10 Swagbucks!
Once you have your code, just go to your Swagbucks Account and [...]

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SwagBucks Turns 2! 60 Swagbucks for New Members!

by Mindi Cherry on February 25, 2010

I have to tell you – Swagbucks pretty much paid for our Christmas this year.  By cashing our Swagbucks in for Amazon.com gift cards and just letting the gift cards sit in our Amazon.com account, when it came time to buy gifts, we pulled very little out of pocket.
Swagbucks has launched SwagBucks 3.0 today and [...]

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Worth Reading: Why Ethical Couponing Matters

by Mindi Cherry on February 15, 2010

Most of you know that I tend to be slightly…ahem….”outspoken” when it comes to the subject of Ethical Couponing.
Kelly at Faithful Provisions (who I had the pleasure of meeting when I was in Nashville) wrote a great post this morning about the very real consequences for those around you when one tries to break the [...]

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Why Can’t I Find That Coupon?

by Mindi Cherry on January 5, 2010

I get this question several times a day from people who aren’t able to find a coupon that I (and other sites) mention when we list deals.  I also get regular emails from people asking me to print off the coupon that they can’t find and mail it to them (and as much as I [...]

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Reminder: It’s Mega Swagbucks Friday!

by Mindi Cherry on December 4, 2009

Don’t forget that today is Mega Swagbucks Friday!
Mega Swagbucks Friday simply means that they will be awarding Swagbucks in $10, $20, $50 & $100 increments today! If you signed up for Swagbucks and keep forgetting to use it, today would be a good day to jump back in! Ditto if you have to sign up!
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The average person spends $121 in overdraft fees per year…ick!
ING is offering $121 to customers who open an Electric Orange Checking Account TODAY only.  Here’s how you get it:
Open an Electric Orange checking account using reference code EOSAVE.
Use your debit card to make 3 signature transactions within the first 45 days.
ING will deposit $121 in [...]

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Swagbucks: Holiday Gift Card Blowout

by Mindi Cherry on November 25, 2009

Have you been saving up your Swagbucks for something great?  Well, starting 11/27, something great is coming to Swagbucks!
Starting Friday November 27th and continuing through January 10, 2010, Swagbucks will have a Daily Deal on Gift Cards.  They will be offering 1 gift card option at drastically reduced Swagbucks savings each day.  If there was [...]

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It’s Mega Swagbucks Friday!

by Mindi Cherry on November 20, 2009

Just a reminder that today is Mega Swagbucks Friday!
What does that mean?  It means that, in addition to the regular Swagbucks that you can win just for searching The Internets, they will be awarding Swagbucks in $10, $20, $50 & $100 increments today!  If you signed up for Swagbucks and keep forgetting to use it, today would [...]

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Mega Swagbucks Friday!

by Mindi Cherry on October 16, 2009

Just a reminder to those of you who use Swagbucks that today is Mega Swagbucks Friday!
What does that mean?  It means that they will be awarding Swagbucks in $10, $20, $50 & $100 increments today!  If you signed up for Swagbucks and keep forgetting to use it, today would be a good day to jump [...]

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Are Coupons a Discount or a Form of Payment?

by Mindi Cherry on October 14, 2009

This question tends to cause much confusion, especially among cashiers and newer couponers.  I’ve always made my feelings clear:  as far as the store is concerned, manufacturers coupons should ALWAYS be a form of payment, not a discount.
Right now, you might be thinking:  “How can you say they aren’t a discount?”
The answer is simple:  the [...]

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Giving Couponers a Bad Name

by Mindi Cherry on October 5, 2009

Normally, I would just let things like this slide and decide that it isn’t the hill on which I choose to die (See? Even when I get ranty, I still hate ending sentences with a preposition!).  It still isn’t a Hill Worth Death…perhaps we’ll just go for a Flesh Wound.
Those who use coupons have enough [...]

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Walmart, Coupons, and You

by Mindi Cherry on September 24, 2009

If you are a Fan of Moms Need To Know on Facebook, you may have seen an interesting conversation between myself and another reader about Walmart yesterday.  Luckily Kim caught me in just the right mood, when my Snark-O-Matic was primed and ready to go!
Here are a few of her comments (I hope she doesn’t [...]

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Reminder: Swagbucks Code Expires 9/10/09!

by Mindi Cherry on September 9, 2009

Just a reminder that 9/10/09 is the last day to join Swagbucks and earn an additional 2 Swagbucks for entering the code: momsneedswag (case sensitive), giving you a total of 5 Swagbucks just for signing up!
To learn more about Swagbucks, their September promotions (including the opportunity to earn an additional Swagbuck each day through using [...]

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Frugal Lunches: Back To School Edition

by Mindi Cherry on September 1, 2009

School starts for 2 of my 3 children tomorrow (the 3rd starts pre-school next week) and school lunches are something that we have been talking about in our house quite a bit the past week.  Then I saw this post at Musings of A Housewife and thought it would make a great topic of conversation [...]

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Usually when Swagbucks has a promotion, it is only for new members…but this time they are also offering existing members a chance to earn 30 extra Swagbucks (in addition to the ones they earn by searching) in the month of September!
First things first…to see why I love Swagbucks, check out this post (I am still building up [...]

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Mega Swagbucks Friday!

by Mindi Cherry on August 21, 2009

Today is Mega Swagbucks day!
What does that mean?  It means that they will be awarding Swagbucks in $10, $20, $50 & $100 increments today!  If you signed up for Swagbucks and keep forgetting to use it, today would be a good day to jump back in!  Ditto if you have to sign up!
I’ve talked about [...]

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