You May Be Entitled to Unclaimed Money!

If a company owes someone money and is unable to locate that person they will contact their State's Comptroller and the money will sit there until it is claimed.

You or someone you know may be owed money and not even realize it.  On the New York website you can search by name so you can find money that your friends' are owed too.  I have already found for my parents and a few of my friends!

Here is the New York State Comptroller's Office of Unclaimed Funds site.

If you live in a different state, you can find the website for your state here.

Robeez Shoes for Infants from Nordstrom - $13.90

Robeez Shoes for Infants from Nordstrom - $13.90

Police Car
Fair Bunny
Counting Sheep
Walrus Hockey

Start your purchase from Ebates and get 5% cashback as well.  You will still get your normal cashback from your credit card as well. 

Don't have ebates?  Sign up here for free.  You also get a $10 gift card to Target, Barnes and Noble, Home Depot or Magazines.com after your first $25 purchase 

32 GB Flashdrive for $17

32 GB USB Flashdrive for $17 from directron.com with free shipping

Free Target Beauty Bag on Facebook

Free Target Beauty Bag on Facebook

I have gotten a few of these before for my wife and she has always enjoyed them.  It will take about 6-8 weeks for the bag to come.

Citi ThankYou Premier Credit Card - $475 of Gift cards

Sign up for the Citi ThankYou Premier Credit Card between now and June 14th and there is a special sign up bonus.

The Sign up Bonus

If you spend $2,000 in the first 3 months of owning the card, you will get 30,000 ThankYou points ($300 in Gift Cards).  If you spend another $2,000 in the first 3 months of your second year of owning the card, you will another 30,000 ThankYou points.

Annual Fee

There is no annual fee for the first year, but from the second year on there is a $125 annual fee so that will take away from your bonus.

Between 11.875% and 15% Cashback

If you just keep the card for the first year and then cancel, you will get the equivalent of 15% cashback for the $2,000.  If you keep it for the second year, you will get 8.75% for the second year and 11.875% for the $4,000 combined.  

If you sign up for this card, make sure to cancel the card before the annual fee kicks in on the third year.  You can also try to consolidate your credit line from this card onto another card from citi to not take a hit on your credit score.

Share Your Favorite Song on Facebook and Get $2 in Amazon MP3 Credits

All you have to do is share a song on Facebook and you will get a $2 credit on Amazon for MP3s.

Must be redeemed by May 24th

You can download Jewish themed music like Miami Boys Choir, Mordechai Ben David, Moshav Band and many others

If you don't want to share it on Facebook, you can start a new FB account and share it on that account.

Bing Rewards - Get Amazon Gift Cards Just for Searching

Disclaimer: Bing Rewards is only for those who are extra thrifty or who have a lot of extra time :)  The rewards program takes a bit of time everyday and doesn't get you that much, but you can and will get free gift cards to Amazon.  The bottom line is that the time:rewards ratio is not very favorable but I still do it because it is free money and I can't turn that down.

Here is how it works:


You sign up for a Windows Live account and Bing Rewards.

For every 525 credits you accumulate, you can redeem the rewards for a $5 Amazon gift card.  Once you hit the Gold level, it will only take 475 credits.

Search: 
For every 2 searches you do, Bing will give you one credit.  There is a maximum number of searches you can do.  This is different for everyone.  I started out with 10 credits a day, which then went up to 20 once I reached Silver level and now went back down to 10 when I redeemed my first rewards.  Others have started out with 8 and others have started out with 44.  It's kind of random.

Extra Bonus When You Are First Starting off:
When you first start off, you will be able to get around 50 credits for going through the Bing Rewards Tour and clicking on everything.  You also can get 3-6 credits a day extra when you click on the daily rewards.  In addition, once you reach silver status you get a 50 credit bonus.

The Bottom Line:
It took me about 2-2 1/2 weeks to get my first $5.  It takes me about a minute and a half a day and it is slightly addicting.  Here is the way to do it.  Search something random.  There will be related searches on the side.  Right click on each related search and click "open link in new tab".  Then move on to the next window and do the same until you have exhausted your searches for the day.  This takes about 2 minutes a day.

Once you get your $5 reward, they email you a code and you redeem it in your Amazon account right away and the next time you make a purchase, you can use your $5!

Even if you are only getting 13 credits a day (10 for searches and 3 for daily bonuses), you can get a $5 gift card almost monthly (about every 40 days- 36 days once you reach gold status).  It isn't much, but it's free.  If you start off with 44 a day, you can get a Gift Card every 12 days, that's over $10 a month, but it will take a few more minutes a day to do the searches.

Endless.com - $20 off $100 +13% Cashback from Ebates

Endless.com (Online Shoe store owned by Amazon) is offering $20 off a $100 order with promo code FRIENDS2.

Endless.com has free overnight and free return shipping so you can buy as many colors or sizes as you want and then send back the ones you don't like or the ones that don't fit!

For a limited time, you can also get 13% cashback when you shop through ebates.  So if you spend $100, they will charge your credit card $80 and then you will get another $10.40 back from ebates for a total of $69.40!

Ebates is having their 13th birthday so they are offering 13% cashback at many stores for a limited time.

Don't have ebates?  Sign up here for free.  You also get a $10 gift card to Target, Barnes and Noble, Home Depot or Magazines.com after your first $25 purchase

Meritline - $1.09 for 2 USB to Mini USB Charge/Sync Cables for Phones

Meritline - $1.09 for 2 USB to Mini USB Charge/Sync Cables for Phones with free shipping - Use promo code MLCK515HNL1 

The link sends you to the 1 pack link.  Underneath it, it says "buy more save more" and you can put the two pack into your cart.  The promo code only works on the two pack and it will end up cheaper than the 1 pack.

Start your purchase from Ebates and get 3.5% cashback as well.  You will still get your normal cashback from your credit card as well. 

Don't have ebates?  Sign up here for free.  You also get a $10 gift card to Target, Barnes and Noble, Home Depot or Magazines.com after your first $25 purchase

Ebates Birthday- 13% cashback

Ebates is having its 13th birthday, so for a limited time, many of its stores, and good ones too, are offering 13% cashback on any purchases.

Here is the list

This includes banana republic, macy's, eddie bauer, gap, joseph a. bank, kohl's, zazzle and many more

Don't have ebates?  Sign up here for free.  You also get a $10 gift card to Target, Barnes and Noble, Home Depot or Magazines.com after your first $25 purchase 

Office Max - Comfy Chair $9.99 after Max Rewards

Office Max - Glee II Mid-Back Manager - $9.99 after Max Rewards

Not a member?  Sign up here for free


Start your purchase from Ebates and get 3% cashback as well.  You will still get your normal cashback from your credit card as well. 

Don't have ebates?  Sign up here for free.  You also get a $10 gift card to Target, Barnes and Noble, Home Depot or Magazines.com after your first $25 purchase 

I Love Garage Sales

My wife and I just went to a coordinated block sale.  4 or 5 houses on one block got together and they all had separate garage sales at the same time.

You can get some great deals at a garage sale.  There is a limited time when they are selling and they are dedicated sellers.  As one person told me today, "I don't want this stuff going back in my house".  That was music to my ears :)

Here is what we got for $41 (sticker price - $57.25 - I don't even know how much it would cost new) 

Here are some individual pictures

The first two items were a boppy pillow and a little shelf for $6 (sticker price $7.25 - the soda did not come with it :(

After that, we got 9 shirts/jeans/coats for $10 (sticker price $15).  A grandmother was selling her only grandchild's clothing.  She said, "he was really spoiled."  They are in beautiful condition and probably weren't worn very much. (of course the couch itself we got at a different Estate sale :-)

This is was our big ticket item of the day.  We were looking for some lawn furniture for some, but we figured we would eventually find something at a garage sale that we liked.  These were $25 (sticker price - $35) for two reclining chairs and a foot stand.  Overall, we had a very successful day!

Target Brand Diapers (Up & Up) - Alternative to Pampers

For the past 6 months or so, my wife and I have been using Target Brand (Up & Up) Diapers -  and we haven't looked back.  We used to be BJ's members for pampers diapers, but we decided to give Target a shot and not have to pay the membership fee at BJ's.


I have many friends who use Target Brand Diapers and they haven't noticed any difference between them and Pampers.

In addition to the price difference, here are some suggestions on how to buy them

• Get Yourself a Target Red Card (credit or debit card) 
• Save 5% on all Target items
• Taking Charge of Education - Automatically donate an additional 1% to the school of your choice 
• If you have no particular school, please click here to donate to Jewish Heritage Day School in Buffalo School ID# 118518, the school my wife works for
• Save a Trip - Buy Your Diapers Online  
• Free shipping with your Target Red Card - no minimum purchase necessary
• Same price online as in the store
• Even if you have no Target near you, you can still use their diapers if you buy online
• If you have to go to Target anyway, get a $1 in store only coupon
• visit coupons.target.com/baby-coupons and refresh a few times until you get a $1 coupon off Target Brand Diapers (Up & Up brand).  Coupon can be printed twice.  It will almost always show up.  This coupon can be used in store only.

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Anyone have any experience with Target diapers they want to share?  What about other discount brands?  Please share in the Comments section.

Free Cone Day - Haagen Daaz

Update: Past its prime

Today, from 4pm until 8pm you can get a free ice cream at participating Haagen Dazs locations.

Enjoy!

Charles Tyrwhitt and American Express - $40 for Non-Iron Shirts and a Free Tie

Update: Less than one week left!

Here is how to get your shirt and tie for $40 ($37.20 if you use bigcrumbs or $38.50 if you use ebates)

1. Start your purchase from bigcrumbs and get 7% cashback.  Don't have bigcrumbs?  Sign up here for free.
2. Alternatively, you can get 5% back from Ebates.  Don't have ebates?  Sign up here for free.  You also get a $10 gift card to Target, Barnes and Noble, Home Depot or Magazines.com after your first $25 purchase 
3. From bigcrums or ebates, go to the Tyrwhitt website
4. Come back to this website and go to following link -$40 for Non-Iron Shirts from Charles Tyrwhitt and it comes with a free tie (free shipping too!) - This allows you to still get credit through ebates, while getting the great deal.

This deal is until 5/12/2012

You only get one tie per purchase and there is a limit of one shirt and tie per household.  If you use a different credit card and send it to someone else you know, you can make multiple orders (worked for me) even though the new credit card has the same billing address.  You can also get your friends or relatives to order for you if they don't want one.

Update: many people are reporting that they will automatically delete any additional orders without telling you

You must use an American Express Card

Thanks for the tip AH

50% off CVS Brand Items

Edit: The deal is now dead

Take 50% off any CVS brand items with coupon code 50CVSBRAND.


If anything is on sale, it will take 50% off the original price, not the sale price.


Free shipping on $50+ purchases, but if it is more than 10lbs they charge $1.31






I just bought a lot of soap and shampoo.  :)

Shoes.com - $10 off a $50 Purchase

You can get $10 off a $50 purchase from shoes.com with this link.

They have free shipping and free shipping on returns within the first 60 days so you can buy shoes in a few colors and sizes and only keep the ones you like.

They have one pretty cool feature.  In the top right corner you can hit the "sale" button and your shoes size and every shoe in your size that is on sale will come up.

These Dr. Scholl's shoes came up as what seemed like a decent deal when I first looked at $46 (normally $69).

  You can add sesame street socks for your kids at $6 and you will get past the $50 mark to get your $10 off.

Start your purchase from Ebates and get 8% cashback as well.  You will still get your normal cashback from your credit card as well. 

Don't have ebates?  Sign up here for free.  You also get a $10 gift card to Target, Barnes and Noble, Home Depot or Magazines.com after your first $25 purchase


I would go to shoes.com from ebates, close the webpage, then go back to the link from the top of the page to get your $10 in addition.

Need a Coupon? Sign up for an Email Subscription (and then cancel later ;)

I signed up for a banana republic credit card because I was shopping there.  When I signed up for the card, I bought 4 pairs of pants for $88.

After signing up for paperless statements and emails and a few other things, they sent me a gift card worth $50 at any banana republic store, which needed to be used by the end of June.


Since I am on vacation, I decided to go back to the Banana Factory Outlet Store (Niagara Outlet Mall) and use my $50.

I looked online for some printable coupons and the best I could find was 10% off a $100 purchase.  That wasn't going to help because I was trying to spend as close to $50 as possible.  I then saw that if you sign up for emails, you can get a 15% off coupon with no minimum purchase.  Since I have multiple email accounts, I was able to get the coupon even though I have already signed up for their emails.

Pants were $50, but the whole store was 40% off so they ended up being $30.  After the 15% off coupon, the pants were $25.50 each so I bought two pairs for $1.  This means that in the end, the pants were 6 for $89 or $14.83 each.  Not too bad.

Related Links:
Credit Cards for Individual Retailers
Shopping at Outlet Stores like Woodbury Common

Gevalia - $9.99 for a 12 Cup Coffee Maker and 4 Boxes of Gevalia Coffee or Tea

Gevalia - $9.99 for a 12 Cup Coffee Maker and 4 Boxes of Gevalia Coffee or Tea

If I didn't have a coffee maker, I would get this deal just for the maker.

You need to signup for auto-delivery after.  Once you get your shipment, just cancel your auto-delivery with no charge.  Their phone number is (800) 438- 2542

Start your purchase from Ebates and get 16.0% cashback as well.  You will still get your normal cashback from your credit card as well. 
Just click on the third link from Ebates and it will go right back to the page with the deal


Don't have ebates?  Sign up here for free.  You also get a $10 gift card to Target, Barnes and Noble, Home Depot or Magazines.com after your first $25 purchase

Keurig OfficePro B145 Coffee Brewer - $80 after coupon code

Update:  The price has changed back to $130 before the coupon code.

Keurig OfficePro B145 Coffee Brewer - $80 after coupon code 46841416 from Office Depot (Normally $130) with Free shipping

Chase Freedom 5% at Grocery Stores Until the End of June

Chase Freedom
Starting today, you can get 5% Cashback on $1,500 on your grocery purchases (and anything at the grocery store - more about that soon) until the end of June.

Activation
Remember to activate your card here to get your 5%

Uses
If you aren't able to spend $500 a month at the grocery store for three months, you can buy anything you want that they sell at the grocery store and still get your 5%.  This means that you can buy gift cards to finish off the $1,500.  If you buy grocery store gift cards, you can effectively get 5% back in other months until your run out of your gift cards.  You can also buy Amazon, Itunes, Bed Bath and Beyond or any other gift cards they sell at your grocery store and get 5% back on these purchases to.

Chase Exclusives
Get a 10% bonuson your cashback. With Chase Exclusives, if you have a Chase Checking Account, they will add 10% to your cashback and another 10 cents to every purchase, no matter how large. You can have a Checking account for free if you have direct deposit of $500, $1,500 in the checking account (average daily balance for the month) or $5,000 in any Chase account.

Here is an example.  If you spend $1, you will get one cent for your regular 1% back and you will get an additional 10 cents (11% back).  If you spend $10, you will get your regular one cent, your regular 10 cents and then an additional cent for your 10% bonus, for a total of 12 cents back (1.2%).  If you spend 8 cents, you will still get your 10 cents back for a net gain!  Buy a few Jellybeans from the grocery store for under ten cents and you just made a few cents and you have yourself some jellybeans.  I know, what can be better!


Don't Have a Chase Freedom?
Don't have a Chase Freedom, sign up here and get $100 cashback when you spend $500 or more in the first 3 months.  The Freedom is a great card to have anyways.