I updated my older post about watching football for free and I’m writing a new post because I found a new site that provides links to all the games that are streaming live and can be watched on the internet. The site is http://www.howtowatchfootball.com and so far I’ve been very impressed with it. Today as an example there are over 15 college game links on there and if I was going to watch football on the tv I’d only have access to maybe 8 games during the entire day. So if you’re a college football fan or NFL fan this is definitely a must have bookmark site for you. Enjoy the games!
If you use Ebay and have a Paypal account you could get a great deal right now! You also need a Microsoft Live Cashback account. If you don’t have this simply go to Live.com. Look near the links at the top right of the page and you’ll see one that says “Cashback”. Click on that, create a free account (takes 2 minutes) and you’re ready to roll. I just completed two purchases on Ebay, one for a Staples gift card for $225 which in the end will cost me $150 and another one for a JCPenny gift card for $300 which in the end will cost me $210.
Here is how you can score this deal. Go to Live.com and search for an item (I’ve been using the term ‘cheap wii’). The results will pop up and they’ll look like this:
Ok, so you see where it says “You may get 30% off with Paypal”… click on that Ebay link. You’ll be directed to Ebay. Notice at the top of Ebay now there is a small little banner that mentions the 30% off. Now search for any item you want that is offered with the “Buy It Now” feature. (buying vehicles or real estate does not qualify) So as an example you can search the gift cards. You’ll notice that a lot of clowns are selling a $500 gift card for $550 because if you buy it and get the 30% cashback you’ll get $165 cash back so the $500 gift card will cost you $550-$165 = $385 in the end (I should mention that it takes 60 days for you to get your cash back… but there is no risk because the cash back is given to you by Microsoft so I don’t think they’re going to wrong you). So if you wanted that gift card you have to purchase it via Buy It Now and you have to pay for it via Paypal in order to qualify for the Cash Back.
Once you complete the purchase and pay for it just wait. In under 24 hours you’ll have a message in your Ebay account saying that you’ve qualified for cash back and to click the link. The link will bring you to Live. Just sign into your Live account and your Cash Back will then be credited within 24 hours. It takes 60 days to clear and then you can transfer the cash back into your Paypal account.
I can verify first hand that this process works as I participated in it a few months ago when they first offered it and I received my cash back. Normally the cash back off for Ebay is 8% so this 30% is a steal. If you’ve been waiting to buy a big item like a PS3 or Wii this is a good time to pick it up.
Please note that you can only do 1 transaction per session (meaning after you complete the purchase close your internet explorer, reopen one and do the search on Live.com again if you wanted to buy a second item). Also, the max cash back you can get per transaction is $200 (meaning if you buy something that costs $667 you’ll get $200 cash back. if you buy anything more expensive then $667 you’ll still only get $200 cash back). And finally you can only receive cash back on 6 transactions per Ebay account. So don’t do 20 transactions and get disappointed…
If you need an idea or two you may want to consider buying stamps as something practical. Some people offer large quantities of the Forever stamps and this is a smart way to save money in the future. Gift cards (if you can find a reasonably priced one) is always a good idea. And the most popular use of this promotion is electronics.
Good luck and happy hunting!
If you like playing bocce ball (which I love), croquet (which I enjoy doing), or horseshoes (which I also love) and you need a new set of any of them they are all on sale. ESPN Brand Bocce balls are on sale for $9.97, ESPN Horseshoes are on sale for $14.99, and Halex Croquet set is on sale for $9.97. These also could make some nice (affordable) Christmas gifts for males of any age.
Freebie of the Day: You can get a free one year subscription to Antiques Magazine here. Thanks to SCC76 for posting this deal in the freebies forum!
The Entertainment Book is 40% off now for a limited time only. If you like coupons you’ll love this book and the purchase price (between $10-$30 after discount depending on your zip code) will save you hundreds of dollars! There are restaurants, local attractions, and more… it really depends on where you live as the coupons are for things local to you (i.e. each zip code has their own book). There is also free shipping on this promotion so you can’t go wrong. And if you need a Christmas gift for someone who is hard to shop for, this is the ideal gift in my opinion. I give at least 5 of these as presents each year and the receipients always love it. Enjoy!
UPDATE: If that link doesn’t work for the 40% off try this one: Alternate Link
I thought this was cool enough to share… So have you ever searched Yahoo but you didn’t find what you were looking for so you hopped over to Google or MSN or Ask. Well, instead of hopping around what if you could search them all from one spot? Searchomatic.net let’s you search all the major search engines along with popular sites like Ebay, Myspace, Facebook, Amazon, Digg, and more. You can also add or remove which sites you want to search using the “add” feature. Since it is easy and free to use I just turned it into my homepage and thought if you hadn’t heard of it, it is worth checking out.
This Craftsman 6.5lb Snow Blower is on sale for $279.99 which is around 30% off the regular price. I want to say that last year once winter hit no snow blowers were on sale (correct me if I’m wrong) so if you pick one up a few months early it could save you a Benjamin Franklin. And if you pay someone to plow your driveway, instead of paying $25 a pop this snow blower will pay itself off after 11 uses.
Freebie of the Day: You can grab a 2009 Calendar for free here. Thanks to Pattikay for posting this deal in the freebies forum!
If you were growing up in the 80’s and had cable TV then you probably went to bed a few times scared of a man with a burnt face and claws for fingers… the entire Nightmare on Elm Street boxed DVD set is on sale for $22.99. I haven’t seen any of these since the prior century so I’m curious if these would now be cheesy or if they’d still be good scary flicks… With Halloween coming up it may be something to get to entertain some guests with, lol.
This article came out today saying that Disney will allow anyone and everyone to go to Disney World for free on their birthday next year. That is a pretty cool deal and while it may not make you fly down to Florida (or Calfornia) just for the promotion if you do happen to be in the area it is something you should take advantage of. Or if you have a twin, or are one of a set of triplets then maybe a little sibling trip is in order? Here’s a snippet of the article:
That’s the cornerstone of the 2009 national promotional campaign, “What will you celebrate?” announced today by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Anyone showing up with a valid ID including proof of birthdate will get a free ticket on that day in 2009 for one of the theme parks at Disney World or at Disneyland in California.
The Flip video camera (for those not up to date on the newest electronic gizmos) is a small video camera, as in the size of a digital camera. The model above takes 60 minutes of video and you can plug it into your computer to download it very easily… see that plug sticking out? That is a USB connection (it flips down in case you can’t tell from the picture) and you plug that into your computer the same way you would a thumb drive and your video will then be on your computer. This normally runs $140+ but is currently on sale for $89.99 here. Even if you have no luck with electronics this is so easy to use anyone can use it. I have friends that swear by it and I’ve experimented with their Flips and I’m a fan. I was waiting for a good price and this $89.99 price is the lowest I’ve seen so I’m on the edge of jumping in on the deal. And now that I noticed the shipping is free I’m about to pull the trigger on this one. Maybe I can post some videos on the site in the future! Enjoy the Flip!
Freebie of the Day: Get a free sample of Airborne here. Thanks to Vhjetski81 for posting this freebie. If you’re not familiar with Airborne it is supposed to be a preventive medicine to help you avoid colds and that type of thing when you just begin to feel one coming on. Does it work? I don’t know, anyone have any experience with it?
So He-Man and She-Ra were on sale for $10 per volume and now the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volumes are on sale for $9.99 per season (these are the box set dvds). You can get volumes 1-6 for $9.99 each. Here is volume 1 and here is volume 2. If you want volumes 3-6 you can simply search for them. This is a “special offer” $9.99 price so that means it won’t last forever I’m guessing. I won’t be plastering the site with 80’s cartoon dvd box sets, but I feel that He-Man and TMNTs were classic enough to be worthy of mentions in case you want to have your kids watch some shows that you may have grown up on.
Grab the first 3 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy for $57.99 shipped. These normally sell for $40+ per season in the past so this is a pretty nice combo offer. I’ve seen a few episodes and while they are entertaining it is too much like a soap opera for me. But the females I know absolutely love the show.
Now that Black Friday is creeping up on us don’t forget I have an open standing offer to give away free Wii’s and games to go along with it to anyone who submits a Black Friday flyer to the site before it is published anywhere else online for a major retailer. If interested you can read my offer here.
Now that the NFL (and college football) seasons are back in full swing if you feel like catch some games on the internet you can read this article I wrote from last year (which is the most popular article on the site). If you for whatever reason didn’t get the Monday Night Football double header tonight on your tube you could have watched them online.
Update on the General Motors diet ~ I did the GM Diet a few months ago (you can read about it here) and I had someone ask me recently how I’m doing now that it’s been a few months. I’ve actually lost a few additional pounds. Since I started the diet until today I lost 18 pounds. I no longer eat late at night and I’m not as hungry as I was in the past. I dropped a full size in pants and the shirts that I had from two years ago fit me again! While the week of dieting was not very fun and required willpower I think it was one of my best decisions of the year. If you want to lose some weight or change your eating habits I highly recommend the diet, but make sure you’re willing to stick to it for the full week.
Freebie of the Day: Thanks to Mikimadess for posting this freebie for a free bra. Who can’t use a free bra? Even if you’re a guy you can tie it around your head and pretend you just went on a panty raid (at least I’d find that funny). Or maybe donating it to Goodwill would make a little more sense. Regardless of what you do, enjoy the bra!
If you want to pick up some DVDs on the cheap now is the time to do it! There are over 375 to choose from and some of the titles are good movies (much to my initial surprise). Stock up for Christmas or birthdays and no one will know you only paid $3.33 per DVD!!! The sale is going on here, I’m not sure how long it will last so don’t wait in case it is a one day sale! After I finish writing this I’m going to do some early Christmas shopping myself…
You can find a $40 off $199 Coupon for Circuit City here. You need to print it out and use it at the store but beware it is not guaranteed to work. If you’re going to the store anyways then it is definitely worth a shot though…
And if you eat at Red Robin you can buy their cookbook here for $5 and they’ll give you a $10 Red Robin gift certificate for free! Not a bad deal. There aren’t any around me, but I did manage to eat a burger at one in Pennsylvania a month ago. The burger was good but kind of pricey ($9.xx for a burger seems quite high to me).
Freebie of the Day: You can get a free corrections pen here. Thanks to Mikimadness for posting this freebie!
The Mizerak 8 foot Bella Vista pool table is on clearance sale for $99.99!!! This includes the legs and rails kit and the slatron top. This is an awesome price for a full sized pool table and I actually purchased this table a few months ago when it was $200, and at $200 I was very happy with it so for $100 it is an absolute steal. There are limited quantities available and it is a pickup only item so not everyone is able to get in on this (they don’t have any more local for me). When you pick it up you’ll need a SUV size vehicle (I borrowed a Durango and it fit in the back).
If the 8 foot table is not available in your local area then you may want to see if this 7 foot Mizerak Livingston table is available, it too is $99.99. The 7 footer may be good if you don’t have room for an 8 footer, or for kids to play on. These are both decent tables which won’t satisfy a pro but for the regular guy (like me) they definitely are an affordable addition to your home.
Freebie of the Day: Thanks to Bumblebear for finding this freebie, it is a free Degree men’s deordorant. So unless you like having that natural body odor (a la the French) then why not pick up some free freshness? Enjoy!
The above pictured Flap-Pocket shorts for Juniors is on sale… for $1.82. You can also use a 10% off code to make it even cheaper, or if you use your Kohl’s card you can use a 15% off code plus a free shipping code!!! Find the codes here! After the 10% discount these bad boys will be around $1.65/pair. Shorts for under $2 in today’s economy of inflated prices on everything seems pretty good to me. Will these sell out? I’d say yes. So if you want some, get some, but make it quick.
Restaurant.com has a new discount code out, and the 60% off code is LABOR and it’s good until 8/31. Here’s a little trick in case you ever run across restaurants that you want to buy a certificate to but it says that they are sold out… The beginning of each month Restaurant.com will “reload” however many certificates the restaurant authorizes them to sell. But as you noticed, the 60% off expires a day too soon to use it. So… use the 60% off code and buy Gift Certificates (yes, it is allowed). Then when the first day of the month comes you use those gift certificates to buy the restaurant certificates. Presto, you got your 60% off on the places you wanted to go to. If you have no idea what I’m saying but you are interested leave a comment and I’ll answer whatever part you don’t follow.
Update: I wrote a deal about Crest White Strips (you can read it here) and I said I’d post a follow up and let you know how they work. I’ve been using them for about 2 weeks… 5 times per week. So far so good, I’ve noticed a change in my teeth color though they are not pearly white yet like they show on the box. Hopefully we’ll get there. On the box it says 84 strips come in the box, that is a little deceiving. They give you 42 for your upper teeth and 42 for your lower teeth so really you only get 42 pairs. In another few weeks I’ll post a final follow up to see the results of the box and if it is worth the money.
Freebie of the Day: Get a free Sundance Organic Tea sample here. I’ve never had this before so I’ll give it a shot and see what happens. Thanks to Lilypad for posting this freebie!
Prison Break Season 3 - I finished the season and here’s my take on it (don’t read if you don’t want anything spoiled)… Read the rest of this entry »
Scene It! ESPN Edition is on sale for $1.99! I have the game, I bought it when it was $19.99 last year. And I’ve written about it when it was on sale for $9.99 and when it was on sale for $4.99. If you didn’t grab it either time then at $1.99 you can’t go wrong (unless you don’t have a DVD player). You need a DVD player to play this game, and if you’re a sports fan then you’ll enjoy it. It also makes a nice gift and no one will know you only spent $2 on it! You can choose in-store pickup to pick it up for free if you don’t feel like paying for shipping. I admit, I just placed an order for a few as these will make some nice/affordable Christmas presents. I predict this will sell out before the day is out so take advantage of it while you can. Enjoy!!!
I’m a fan of Amazon.com’s Prime Service. I signed up for a year and I’ve used it maybe 50 times since I signed up so far so I’ve gotten my money’s worth. Prime (if you’re not familiar) is Amazon.com’s two day shipping service. You order something and you’ll have it in 2 days and the 2 day shipping is free (at least during the trial offer). You can Sign Up Here to test it out for a month on the house. What is also pretty awesome is that you can have things shipped not only to yourself but to other people with Prime. I’ve spent $15-$20 dollars before to ship a birthday gift to a relative, but if you can find that gift on Amazon you can have them ship it for free using this trial. Avoiding the post office definitely makes the top ten list of why I think Prime rocks.
If the grocery stores are giving you the blues with their raised prices and/or smaller packaging here’s something to cheer you up, you can choose from over 4,000 items at Amazon’s Grocery store (see the list of items here) and you can use code: AUGMKDWN when you checkout to take 40% off your order! I haven’t gone through the list of items yet but I’m sure there will be some things I can stock up on at a reduced rate. If you’re feeling really wild, you could sign up for the free Prime trial, then order groceries, use the code to get 40% off and have Prime ship it to you for free and they’ll be at your front door in 2 days. Save money on groceries, save money on gas by not having to drive to the supermarket, save yourself some time by ordering online… it’s a win/win/win situation.
Just an FYI ~ My local Olive Garden has the “All you Can Eat Pasta” for $8.95. I asked them if this was nationwide and they said that only certain stores are participating so make sure you can ahead to check before you drive there and curse me if you can’t get your fill of pasta for $9.
Freebie of the Day: Today’s freebie of the day is a free sample of H2 Concentrated Cleaning Solution, thanks to Mikimadness for posting this freebie! Go here and enter code: BH208
