Category Archives: Public Service Announcements

Lemon Tree Grocer $10 in FREE produce

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Yup, that’s right, totally, completely free produce!  You know I love this place – both the cafe and grocery store rock.  Tons of deli items, a beautiful produce section – well, you can now understand my shock when I opened up this email to learn that they want to give me $10 in free produce with no purchase necessary!

So sign up for the Lemon Tree Grocer loyalty program (I got 15% discount on my first purchase) and see what you get in the mail!  Goddess hint:  If you’re gonna shop there anyway, make sure it’s on a night when they have cheap food at the cafe!

Stockpile sales

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Given the unexpectedly high number of responses to Kathy’s request a couple of weeks ago, Shirley has decided to brave my insane readers and has sent the following list of items she’s interested in purchasing:

Hi everyone. I am looking for the following items. I live in Glen Ellyn (60137) and I can meet you somewhere that is convenient for both of us. If you have any of those that you no longer need, please email me at [email protected]. Thank you.
Joint juice 30 day supply glucosamine + chondroitin (individual packets in a box)  $0.75
Estroven  $0.5
Luster white toothpaste (NOT the sensitive ones) – expiration date at least a year from now $0.5
Breathe right strips $0.10 each strip
Neuragen $1
Culturelle Probiotic Digestive Health $0.75
Thermacare heat wrap $0.25
This could work out to be very cool for both sides.

PSAs 1 and 2

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1.  My Furi knives from the December 1 ASaleADay deal came today!  Only one week between purchase and delivery!  They are really getting their act together, folks.  And these knives are beeyutiful!

2.  CVS – yellow tail deal.  Even though it’s not pictured and the Naperville CVS store doesn’t carry it, I nonetheless brought a bottle of the yellow tail moscato to scan.  YES!  It is in the CVS system, so if you want this variety, go for it!  I personally ordered two full cases.  The moscato is a very light wine, perfect with all food groups – especially Snickers Nutcrackers.

12/4 CVS – Norelco razor – $10 MM

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UPDATE:  Here’s a comment from Kitty about today’s CVS trip.

SO..I bought 3 Norelco Shavers @$39.99…they actually take my 3-$30 coupons, no problem….so do you think I get 3-$10 gift cards?   NOPE  Only 2 , cuz the 2 limit is actually 2 limit.  SO…I return one of the 3 shavers and try this:  Buy 2 more Norelco shavers @ $39.99 and 2 Garnier moisturizers @ $5 that are part of the buy $30 get $10 card.  OK..so now I should get $30 in gift cards, right?  WRONG.  It is explained to me as follows:  In the ad where the shaver is pictured, it says you get a $10 gift card WYB the shaver.  THAT means exactly what it says, but apparently the $79.98 I spent DOESN’T go towards the $90 even if I spend another $10 on participating products. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?  So I returned the $10 worth of Garnier on the spot.

This clearly shows that this Norelco gift card promotion is separate from the Buy $30 promotion running on the other items.  On one hand, it means you can score $70 in gift cards this week…but on the other hand, you have to actually pay for most of it.  Unless, of course, you drive in to Naperville…

The week of December 4, CVS will have the Norelco razors on sale for $39.99.  They’re part of the Buy $30 get $10 gift card promotion, so if you never got a rain check, it’s a good deal.  Ad says limit 2, but if they don’t hold to that, you can run it this way:  Buy three razors for $119.72, use three $30 coupons and get back $40 in gift cards.  You’ll end up with a $10 MM (ecbs trigger at 98% of the threshold; I am guessing it’s the same with the gift cards?).  Otherwise, throw in a small anything for thirty cents.

PSAs…

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People have been trying to use the $1 Duck brand packaging tape coupon from 11/20 S with the .99 (with in-ad coupon) Wexford brand packaging tape made by Duck…it’s a no go.  Don’t get mad, don’t say “but it’s made by Duck brand – it says so on the label.”  Coupon won’t scan and you will be wasting your time.  If Wags corporate gets loopy and somehow allows this, I will immediately post this as I have about 200 of these inserts.  So yes, I am very interested in this deal and would be more than pleased to push it if there was even the slightest chance it would work.

And now on to something complete different…When you win something from the giveaways you’re told to send your full name using the Contact Tab.  That email goes directly to me.  I then write that name on the envelope that gets placed in the locked drawer at Jewel.  When more than one person with the same first name enters, there is often confusion over who actually won and there have been instances where the wrong person picked up.  By putting your full name on the envelope, it not only eliminates this, but also prevents someone from reading the list of winners and then claiming to be one of them.  Obviously anyone could be called John, but John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt would really be a stretch.

yellow tail rebate PSA

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If you have not yet mailed in your yellow tail rebate – DO NOT!!!  The current rebate form gets you $20 when you buy 12, but there is a new rebate form in the 12/11 CVS ad which gets you $36 when you buy 12!!  Yup, that’s right, $16 more bucks for the same amount purchased.  You have until 12/31/11 to purchase, 1/15/12 to get it postmarked and 1/31/12 for them to receive it.  As a matter of fact, you now have enough lead time to order coupons:  While I don’t see them on Dede, eBay has a Buy It Now for 10 coupons for $2.99.  You’d still be ahead…unless you grabbed those one or two packs at the Lisle Jewel customer service desk…

The rebate number is different on this one, so if you are planning on buying another case, go for it.   The Jewel sale is over and now the yellow tail is going for $6.49 after Preferred Card.  CVS, on the other hand, has it for 2/$11, a considerable difference.  They also offer the 10% off on six bottles or more.  So, let’s do the math here:  $5.50 x 12 = $66.  Take off 10% for the case price.  There is a tearpad on the CVS shelf for $4 off instantly when you buy 1 yellow tail with a 12 pack of Miller.  Well, hell’s bells, we need to buy the Miller for our $25 rebate, don’t we?  So 11 of the yellow tail coupons plus the $4 brings the cost down to $44.40.  Submit the receipt for $36 and you’ve just spent .70 per bottle!  Please call Emily if you want to order case amounts:  They carry Shiraz, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay.  If you plan to do the Miller/yellow tail rebates, you will need to have the Miller rung up separately but inform Emily (or cashier) that you are buying yellow tail and using the $4 coupon from buying the Miller.  They have no problem with this since they can’t print out duplicate receipts and you’re running two rebates.

The 12 packs of Miller are priced at $8.99 at CVS.

On another topic entirely, Emily says they are getting about 50 Norelco razors in per week, distributed on a first call – first get basis. Call the store on Thursday mornings at 7 am to have your razors put aside.

PSA about LeapPad

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Okay, I know that the hottest toy in America is the LeapPad and it’s impossible to find.  Well, you can buy one on Amazon if you want to spend $200+ for a toy that’ll last a short time or you get one of those cheapie tablets on 1SaleADay for $80 or so.  Hey, at least they’d be getting the real deal, right?

Miller rebate update PSA

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I’m waiting on another shipment of rebate forms (both Miller and a few more yellow tail) due to arrive tomorrow.  Please check the earlier post and see if your name has been crossed off (either mail or Lisle Jewel).  If it is, then your rebates are out; otherwise, do not ask customer service at Jewel or bother checking your mail box ’cause they ain’t a’ gone out yet, okay?

PSA – sites I no longer follow and why

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I’ve wanted to post about this problem, but had heard some sites threatened legal action against blogs, so I basically laid low and didn’t post them.  But since MUM has run with this, I’m gonna grab on her coattails (and share her lawyer – kidding!).

SaveMore – I stopped posting and then went back and deactivated all links back to August.  Heard stories from people who either did not get their orders or something was wrong.  A reader told me that he couldn’t unsubscribe to their emails without losing all his credits.  Since they didn’t have any deals that only allow site credit, who cared?  I tried to use site credit for a purchase a few weeks ago that specifically said it was allowed – – not only wouldn’t the deal go through, it kept asking for credit card information.  I was alarmed enough to delete all CC info. Phoned customer service where I was on hold for 25 minutes before getting the “leave a message” comment:  Still waiting on that callback…

Another one that appears problematic is nomorerack.  I’ve gotten emails from people who never got their merchandise and/or no contact issues.  Nothing personal to report, but it’s not worth taking chances.

One I used to push heavily was ShopAtHome.  I used it myself and thought it was a wonderful way to get extra cash back.  A few months ago they started making changes – not for the better, either.  I’ve warned you about toolbars, haven’t I?  Their’s was particularly insidious, redirecting you to their own links.  And their own links?  Rachel showed me a partial list of sites they own, all somehow including “coupon” and “deal” words in them, so you’d think you were landing on some great couponing sites (lots and lots of diaper sites btw), but instead they were all “sign up for these great future deals”.  Not my definition of kosher.

So now all the above are out, unless and until they change (highly unlikely, given the track record on some of these sites).  Even then, I’m going to wait a bit before posting – fool me once…

Stockpile sales – a December PSA $$$$

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Many newbies get caught up in the Free – Whoopee hysteria and then find you have 100 boxes of Estroven or Neuragen or any of the other myriad oddities that were MMs.  If this is the case and you suck at garage sales, a reader has offered to buy the following items (First price is if it has to be shipped (she pays shipping), 2nd is if is delivered or we have a convenient meet up location):

Culturelle .75/1.25
Preparation H wipes .50/1.00
Cortaid Max Strength cream .50/1.00
Chia seeds .50/1.00
Sheets Energy strips .75/1.25
Natrol? Nutralife? Sam-E 1.00/1.50 – the brand name doesn’t matter
Estroven .50/1.00
Azo Itch cream .50/1.00
Azo itch wipes 1.00/1.50
Neuragen 1.00/2.00
Schick men’s 3 or 5 blade 1.00/1.25
Gillette Proglide 2.00/3.00
Venus any style 1.00/2.00
Replacement blades Gillette or Venus ask for quote
Toothpaste any brand, any flavor, any formula NO LUSTER WHITE .25/.75
Cover Girl makeup or tools, Revlon tools .25/.50
Purex sheets .50/.75
Any FARR $10 vitamins or supplements 1.00/1.50
Electric / rechargeable / battery toothbrushes or replacement heads – ask for quote
Schiff supplements or Osteo Biflex 2.00/3.00
Goody hair bands or other items .25/.50
Diabetes meters MUST HAVE THE STRIPS, if the box UPC is missing (used for rebate) that is OK  1.50/2.00
Breathe right strips 10c per strip in any package size

She does not want:

Toothbrushes unless battery or rechargeable or replacement heads
Ester C
Luster White toothpaste
Melatonin. I typically pay $1 for melatonin but I have a glut of it right now

“Stuff can be delivered to my house in Oswego, I can meet at the Montgomery Wags on 34 by Menards or at the library (right behind there), or at Jewel on Douglas Rd. For truly large orders I will travel, maybe we could have some kind of reverse Partylite party at your place or over that way, instead of people spending money, they can bring their stuff and I will buy it ha ha!”

This last one could actually be kinda cool:  A Sell-Your-Stockpile Party!  Everyone gets together and dumps what they don’t want and gets what they do want ($$$$$)!  hmmmm…

Anyway, either email me or comment and we’ll go from there.  Obviously I will not be posting anyone’s vitals on a public forum.