TheSuburbanSanta: Buy a Gift, Get a Gift (Save $!)
You have probably noticed many businesses offering special promos on gift cards. If you haven’t taken advantage of these, it is time. Of course, gift cards make great gifts, so it is a great way to save on gifts for others. But it is also a great way to save money on things you buy all the time buy stocking up on gift cards and racking in the freebies. Every year during the holidays, we stock up on gift cards to our favorite restaurants. It is a fantastic way to plan ahead and save 10% or 20% on eating out.
Here’s the scoop. In order to entice you to buy gift cards business offer a free gift card/bonus card with the purchase of a gift card. So, if you are buying the gift card as a gift (say a $25 gift card to Chipolte for Aunt Sally) you get a free burrito for you. (Or if you really want to sweeten Aunt Sally up, you could give her the freebie making your gift even better.) On the other hand, if you know that you eat at Carrabba’s every few months, you could pick up a $100 gift card and get a free $20 gift card too. It’s like free money!
Of course, you don’t want to tie up all of your cash in gift cards, so don’t go crazy… but think about it as an investment. Just don’t loose your gift cards!
I have rounded up a HUGE list of businesses offering freebies with gift card purchases. Check out the list and think about where you eat/shop often enough to make the investment worth it! Head s up, most of these offers end 12/24, so now’s the time!
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Western Union Returning the Love – $50 Giveaway 5 Winners!
This Mother’s Day, Western Union is celebrating mothers with its Return the Love campaign. The campaign is focused on reminding all of us of the countless acts of love mom has showered us throughout our lives. Although we all have good intentions of getting mom something she wants for mother’s day, a Western Union survey revealed that more than 40% of moms pretend to like their gifts. (Yikes!)
To help make sure mom’s gift is exactly what she needs, Western Union has introduced the Western Union prepaid gift card. For a $5 fee (plus the cost of the gift card), you can purchase a gift card with amounts up to $100, a customizable printed greeting card, a personalized voice message and first class shipping. Convenient for the giver, yes. Something mom can always use and will never return, yes. Win-win!
As part of the Return the Love campaign, Western Union teamed up with Wyclef Jean and Paulina Rubio for a special concert honoring military moms. Western Union is also hosting a Flickr® page (flickr.com/groups/love2010) where consumers can share photos of their moms. Each week, Western Union will select photos from this gallery to display on the company’s home page, www.westernunion.com.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could win a $50 gift card from Western Union? You can. Western Union has generously provided 5 $50 gift cards for TheSuburbanMom to giveaway. Yes, you read that right, TheSuburbanMom will be awarding 5 winners $50 gift cards (to be used anywhere).
Mandatory Entry – In order to enter this content, you must tell me what you really want for Mother’s Day (or Father’s Day for the dads). (If you aren’t a parent, yet just tell me what you would want.)
Of course you want more ways to win, so after you do the above feel free to do any or all of the following (leave a separate comment for each additional entry you do):
- Sign up for my brand new newsletter.
- Follow TheSuburbanMom on Twitter (@SuburbanMomClub) and tweet about this give away. “I just entered to #win $50 from TheSuburbanMom @SuburbanMomClub (5 WINNERS) #giveaway at http://wp.me/pQHaE-z2” (Or just use the retweet button)
- Become a fan of TheSuburbanMom on Facebook. (Already a fan, that counts too, just leave a comment.)
- Fan Western Union on Facebook and leave a comment on the wall telling them I sent you and tag TheSuburbanMom (Say something like “I am Returning the Love from @TheSuburbanMom and I hope to win $50! )
- Leave a comment on any other post on my blog, including entering another giveaway! (1 entry)
- Subscribe to TheSuburbanMom’s RSS Feed
Contest ends May 20, 2010 at 5 pm. Open to U.S. residents in the continental U.S. only. Winning comment will be chosen at random by Random.org and contacted for shipping information. Winner will have 72 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.
Discloser – Western Union sent me an Mother’s Day gift — a $50 Western Union gift card. What mom couldn’t use $50? They also sent me additional $50 Western Union-branded gift cards to give to TheSuburbanMom readers for Mother’s Day!
Free $10 Mall Gift Card!
“I just made us $20,” my husband exclaimed! Yep, once again my hubby found a great deal that I just had to share.
“Shop Smart. Look Fab” is a national promotion by General Growth Properties (a national mall chain). If you have a GGP mall near you, you can sign up for one of a limited amount of $10 mall gift cards available. (Note to locals, the Altamonte and Ovideo Malls are GGP.) My husband quickly signed up for one for him and one for me. He said there were 200 something GCs left for our mall when he signed up. So go sign up quick! Here is how…
