moneystretchingfamily: October 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

Monster Team Gear and Coupon Policy

We have been a Monster Energy Drink loving family for years now and we are always on the look out for the best deals out there. I was recently introduced to Monster Rehab by my good friend Diana and it tastes just like you are drinking iced tea (the good kind) and am really loving it! My husband first loved the green one, then he moved on to the blue one and now he enjoys the purple one. The purple one was recently on sale at a local supermarket but I could not find it anywhere else. Since then, my good friend Diana told me that the Costco in Irvine has the 24 pack for about $30.00. Only problem is that Irvine is about a hour and twenty minutes away. Last time I was there I picked up some. I guess we'll have to ask Diana if she can pick some up for us whenever she comes down and just pay her back since our Costco here does not carry the purple one. Occasionally, Costco has a manufacturer coupon for $6 off per case. I try to wait for those times to stock up but those promotions are so few and far between.

On the Monster Energy Drink website, I found out that they never offers online or printable coupons for Monster Energy Drinks. Therefore all online or printable coupons out there are all fraudulent and should be reported to their Consumer Relations Department at 800-426-7367.

Monster Energy Drinks is offering Free Monster Team Gear when you purchase Monster Energy Drinks and mail in the can tabs and pay $4.95 shipping and handling per item.

Items Available:
Beanie - 25 tabs
Men's T-Shirt - 30 tabs
Women's T-Shirt - 30 tabs
Hooded Sweatshirt - 50 tabs

Recycling For Money

We pay a CRV on most of our bottled items when we purchase them in store so we also recycle them to get our five cents back for every CRV beverage container. We recycle our own aluminum cans, glass bottles and plastic bottles to get our CRV monies back.

We recycle our CRV beverage containers, glass bottles, aluminum cans and plastic containers at One Earth Recycling at the 5980 Fairmont Ave. Ste. 106, San Diego, CA 92120 location. If you like them on Facebook you get an additional two cents per pound.

The lids can be on the plastic bottles and if it is under 2 pounds or so, they count the plastic bottles individually. Be careful because there are some plastic bottles that you cannot recycle for money.

Last time my friend Shanna and I took our recycling down, I redeemed $29.00 and she redeemed something like $26.00 worth of recyclables. That is $29.00 back in my pocket and $26.00 back in hers.

Recycling is not only helping our environment but we are also putting money back in our pockets so it is a win win situation.

Eyebuydirect.com's Buy 1, Get 1 Free Promotion

It's one of my favorite times of year - Halloween and Eyebuydirect.com's buy one, get one free promotion.

Need a new pair or glasses? Check out eyebuydirect.com and use code: IFJLXALB2Z to get 15% off your next order.

I have been purchasing my glasses from eyebuydirect.com for about 3-4 years now so I know the quality is great!

Plus, if you shop through an online rebate site, you can get a percentage back on top of that.

Shopathome.com - 7%

Ebates.com - 10%

Mrrebates.com - 7%

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Redbox Increases Prices For Daily Rentals

Effective Monday, October 31, 2011, Redbox will be increasing the daily rental rate from $1.00 to $1.20 citing

The price change is due to rising operating expenses, including new increases in debit card fees. Daily rental charges for Blu-ray™ Discs and video games won't change.** Additional-day charges for DVDs rented before 10/31 won't be affected, either.

In order to make the transition easier, Redbox will discount the first day of all online DVD rentals to $1.00 from 10/31 through 11/30. Additional rental days will be $1.20.***

This is their first price change in more then eight years.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Big G (General Mills) and DC Comics Combine Powers

Big G (General Mills) and DC Comics combine powers to promoto reading among children. Specially marked Big G cereals now feature and action packed collectable Justice League comic books.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

CVS Photo is offering 20 Free Instant 4x6 Prints

CVS Photo is offering 20 Free Instant 4x6 Prints from your Facebook Account. Registration is open until October 23, 2011.

The fine print:
Limit one per customer. Valid in-store only. You will receive an email with a coupon containing full offer details. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing your information to CVS/pharmacy and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used by CVS/pharmacy to respond to your request.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Free Embossing Card Making Kit from Lasting Impressions

Lasting Impressions is offering a Free Embossing Card Making Kit just pay $2.50 shipping for a limited time.
Your kit includes one solid brass embossing template, one embossing tool/stylus, six gift tags and eight paper swatches.