Just when you think you’ve figured out how you’re going to be taxed on an item you purchased with a coupon or rebate, along comes a legal dispute that calls into question one state’s interpretation of its own tax laws, and a retailer’s effort to provide savings for its customers – and itself. Here’s the article from Coupons in the News. My take on this is that this is not going to only apply to one store – taxing bodies will use it to show they have a right to tax our savings.
The Jet Blue Winter Sale returns, with tickets starting at $44 for trips through March 31st (purchase by 1/15). They also have package deals (like Las Vegas ones). Oooh, Chicago to Ft. Lauderdale – sunny skies and warm beaches would sure be nice in March…or next week.
Don’t go looking for printable or digital coupons on RedPlum or RetailMeNot anymore.
It’s been nearly two years since the owner of RedPlum said it was retiring the name, changing it to RetailMeNot Everyday. That change took effect immediately on the Sunday coupon inserts, but moving all of RedPlum’s online content to the RetailMeNot website took a bit longer.
Two years later, that transition is finally complete – but not everything made the move to its new home. Print-at-home and digital load-to-card coupons that were once available on both sites, are now available on neither.
Valassis, the owner of RedPlum and RetailMeNot, has drastically scaled back its printable and digital coupon offerings. As of a few weeks ago, the RetailMeNot.com/Everyday page once dedicated to grocery coupons now contains only coupon codes for online grocery orders and links to external sites. The RedPlum.com website has been mothballed. And affiliate sites that still provide RedPlum printable coupons via direct links and dedicated coupon galleries – like the one here on Coupons in the News and other coupon sites – will no longer have any to offer, effective at the end of this month.
Here’s the entire article from Coupons in the News, but honestly, getting those coupons to print was always a crapshoot for me.
We’re supposed to get two inserts in this Sunday’s paper (1/12), a SmartSource and a RetailMeNot. Sometimes you’ll find your paper has divided them differently and not all papers will carry the same coupons or even have the same value.
SmartSource
Airbrorne $1/1 Product (3/12)
Aquaphor $1/1 Lip Product or Body Product (1/25)
Aquaphor $2/1 Ointment Body Spray Product exc. any other Aquaphor Product and ETS (1/25)
Aquaphor $3/1 body Product 3.7oz or larger or Baby Product (1/25)
Belvita $1/2 boxes of Belvita Biscuits (2/22)
Chloraseptic $1.50/1 Lozenges (2/29)
Chloraseptic $2/1 Spray (2/29)
Chobani $2/10 single serve Greed Yogurt Products exc. nut butter and oatmeal (2/1)
Chobani $1/1 Gimmies Yogurt Multi-pack (2/1)
Digestive Advantage $1/1 Product (3/12)
Eucerin $3/1 Original Healing Soothing Repair 16oz or Advanced Repair Cream 16oz exc. ETS (1/25)
Eucerin $1/1 Body Lotion Product Sizes 2-6.8oz exc. baby products and ETS (1/25)
Eucerin $3/1 Body or Baby Product 8oz or larger exc. ETS (1/25)
Jolly Time .75/1 Microwave Pop Corn (3/15)
Kikkoman $1/2 products 5oz or larger (3/31)
Kikkoman $1/1 Teriyaki Takumi (3/31)
Ludens .75/2 Products (2/29)
Ludens .75/1 Melatonin Soothers Product (2/29)
Magnilife $2/1 Pain Relieving Foot Cream or Relaxing Leg Cream (3/1)
Megared $2/1 Product (3/12)
Move Free $2/1 Advanced and Advanced Plus Vitamin D Product (1/26)
Move Free $5/1 Ultra Product (1/26)
Nabisco .75/2 Cookie or Cracker Products 3.5oz or larger any variety (2/22)
Near East $1/2 Boxes (2/23)
Neuriva $5/1 Product (3/12)
Nivea $1.50/1 Body Lotion, In-shower body lotion or Crème Product (1/25)
Nivea $4/2 Body Lotion, In-shower body lotion or Crème product (1/25)
Oreo .75/2 Packages of Oreo cookies any variety 10.1oz or larger (2/22)
Pledge $1/1 Product (2/22)
Quest $2/1 4pack Protein Shakes (3/31)
Quest $6/1 12 pack protein shakes (3/31)
Russel Stover $0.50/1 Bay Sugar Free Candy 2.4oz or larger (2/16)
Scrubbing Bubbles .50/1 Toilet Bowl Cleaner Product (2/22)
Scrubbing Bubbles .75/1 Bathroom Cleaner Product (2/22)
Scrubbing Bubbles $1/1 Fresh Gel Cleaner Product (2/22)
Sucrets $1/1 Product (2/29)
Tabasco $1/1 any flavor Tabasco brand family of flavors 5oz or larger (4/12)
Vitafusion $3/1 bottle of Vitafusion or Lil Critters 90-204ct (2/9)
Vitafusion $1/1 bottle of Vitafusion or Lil Critters 70ct or less (2/9)
Wewalka $1/1 Product (2/28)
Wewalka $1/1 Product (3/31)
RetailMeNot Everyday
Gain $2/1 Scent Blast liquid laundry detergent or gain scent blast liquid fabric softener or gain scent blast in-wash scent booster exc. Gain Flings and Gain Powder and ETS (2/8)
Gain $1/1 Gain Flings 12 ct or larger or Gain Ultra Flings 18ct or larger exc. Gain Liquid/Powder Laundry Detergent, Gain Fabric Enhancers, Gain Fireworks and Gain Flings 8ct and ETS (1/25)
Gain $1/1 Liquid Laundry Detergent or Gain Powder laundry detergent exc. Gain flings 9 ct, Gain Scent Blast liquid laundry detergent and Gain Scent Blast in-wash scent boosters and ETS (2/8)
Gain $1/1 Liquid Fabric Softener 48ld or largerexc. Gain botanicals OR Gain Fireworks in-wash scent boosters 5.7oz or larger or Gain Dryer She 105ct or larger exc. Gain Flings, Gain Detergent, Gain Scent Blast Liquid Fabric Softener and Gain Scent Blast In-Wash Scent Boosters and ETS (2/8)
Home Made Simple $3/1 Liquid Laundry Detergent and One Home Made Simple Liquid Fabric Softener. Purchase Must Include One Detergent and One Fabric Softener. ETS (2/8)
Home Made Simple $1/1 Liquid Laundry Detergent OR Liquid Fabric Softener (2/6)
Nature’s Truth $1/1 Aromatherapy Product (3/11)
Nature’s Truth $2/1 Vitamin or Supplement Product (3/11)
Ozarka .50/2 100% Natural Spring Water 3 liters (3/12)
Ozarka $1/2 100% Natural Spring Water 8oz 12 packs or 700ml 6 packs (3/12)
Palmer’s $1/1 Skincare Product ETS (2/12)
Palmer’s $1/1 any Hair Care Product ETS (2/12)
Palmer’s $3/2 Products ETS (2/12)
Perdue $1/1 Shortcuts carved chicken breast product (2/23)
Tide Simply $1/1 Liquid Laundry Detergent 50oz or larger or Tide Simply Pods 25ct or larger or ERA laundry detergent 75oz or larger exc. Tide Detergent and Tide Pods and ETS (2/6)
Tide Simply .50/1 (2/6)
The No Pants Subway Event started in 2002 in NYC – natch – and spread from there. Each year a group of riders get on the train sans-culottes and act like everyone else, which tends to freak out other people riding! This year’s ride takes place on January 12th beginning at noon at the Loyala Station on the Red Line, traveling into the Loop. Here’s the details.
I’ve gotten a couple of calls now from Blue Cross/Blue Shield about care management – one message I just ignored, but took this last one. Apparently they want to offer me recuperation services and if I need to go into rehab – – seriously? I’m at home getting ready to return to COD and the world of tap and yoga. What do they think is wrong with me? And before you answer, I did ask if these services included housekeeping, but the answer was no.
Nurse also said that it was good I had kids so they could help if I needed any. I said my kids would step over my body to get to the refrigerator and then complain we were out of milk. Isn’t that what most kids are like?
Last day to buy Jet Blue tickets starting at $44 for trips through March 31st. They also have package deals (like the Las Vegas one shown). Oooh, Chicago to Ft. Lauderdale is only $64! Gosh, sunny skies and warm beaches would sure be nice in March.
How’s this for economic stimulus – free coupons, courtesy of the U.S. government!
No, Uncle Sam isn’t planning to start dropping off bundles of Sunday coupon inserts on your doorstep, though that might be kind of nice. Instead, if one Ivy League academic’s idea becomes reality, you could get government-funded coupons for free meals at your favorite restaurants the next time the economy goes sour. Here’s the entertaining, if goofy-sounding, idea from Coupons in the News.
As I vented in an earlier post, both PITA and my debit cards were hacked within a couple of weeks – in her case (these were both Uber charges, btw) using a debit card that had supposedly been deactivated by First American Bank six months ago. I’ve never ridden Uber and she hasn’t in over two years; doesn’t even have the APP on her phone. Although it pained me to even think about moving after twenty years, I started looking around for a bank that offered everything we use, like mobile and online banking, BillPay, remote deposits, etc. PLUS was willing to pay me to open an account! You’ve probably all heard radio commercials for Wintrust Bank, but I only heard wealth management and it sounded like a place where they wouldn’t even let me in the door. Open a checking account with $100 and have direct deposit totaling $500 a month and you’ll get a $300 bonus after a few months. I walked out with a new debit card, some temporary checks and everything already set up online and on the APP.
If you want another bonus (this one only $200), open a savings account with $15,000 or more and after the three months you get your bonus. I need to stop back for that one since I don’t normally carry more than $10,000 🙂 PITA is doing the checking account as well – vacation money for Spring Break!
Check out any of the Wintrust branch locations – I used Community Bank of Downers Grove and it was actually faster than driving to First American down the street, which shocked us. Our wonderful personal banker was Tiffany, who has probably already submitted her resignation 🙂
Remember when I posted about the cat eating all the greens (except arugula) from the AeroGarden and I was planning to move it to the top of the refrigerator? Apparently he overheard that conversation and decided to show who was boss. FirstBorn saw him sitting up there last night.