Earning Money Through the SuperPoints Network

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In the summer of 2011 I watched several friends join the SuperPoints network and start earning cash for Christmas spending.  I hesitated to join myself, thinking “that’s one more thing to do”.  In November I realized that I was being silly.  If I don’t have time for anything extra that’s fine, but on the days that I have a bit of down time I can be earning real money.  I shouldn’t be passing up that opportunity and wished I had {Read More}

Stack Paper Coupons with Savingstar Ecoupons

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SavingStar is a program where you get additional money back by shopping with your store loyalty card. It’s like e-coupons but instead of saving at the register you get your cash back through PayPal, a direct deposit, or even a gift card once you’ve accrued $5. The SavingStar Ecoupon program works on most grocery and drug store loyalty cards (except Safeway and Publix stores). Simply sign up online and enter your store loyalty card numbers. Then choose your money saving {Read More}

Swagbucks Update – Earn Free Money for What You’re Already Doing!

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Are you searching with Swagbucks instead of google yet?  I haven’t reminded you in a while, but I hope that you are.  For me, its an easy $5-$10 a month in Amazon GCs from using swagbucks instead of google for my search engine.  As silly as it is, I love seeing these pop up every few searches above my search results.  That means I’m a little bit closer to paying for Christmas with my Swagbucks! I highly recommend that you {Read More}

Get High Dollar Coupons!

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Saving money is actually better than making money.  If you earn $15 you’ll typically be left with $10 or less to spend at the store once taxes, SS and medicaid, and tithe are taken out of your earnings.  That means saving $10 is like earning $15+! One simple and often overlooked way to save money is to give manufacturers feedback in hopes that they’ll send you high dollar coupons.  No, you don’t have to send a letter in the mail {Read More}

How to Have a Successful Garage Sale Pt. 4 – Running Your Sale and Cleaning Up

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You started planning early.  You researched the best advertising options to attract buyers to your sale. And, you’ve got it all set up and ready for traffic and sales.  How do you run a sale?  I’m so glad you asked, because I love working garage sales! Before you think about anything else, put your change money in a fanny pack and don’t take it off!  When things get really busy it’s not uncommon to be tallying up a large purchase {Read More}

How to Have a Successful Garage Sale Pt. 3 – Setting Up Your Sale

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So now you’ve made all the early preparations for your garage sale and have made your advertising arrangements.  If you want to have a successful garage sale you’ll need to give some thought to table and item placement. First, be sure you have these items on hand: Plastic sacks Batteries and extension cords to test toys and electronics Spare sheets to cover tables with (it makes your sale feel nicer) Duct tape and blank paper Pricing stickers or masking/painters tape {Read More}

How to Have a Successful Garage Sale Pt 2 – Advertising

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On Tuesday we talked about how to prepare early for a garage sale. While preparing early is super important, all the best preparations in the world won’t mean a thing unless you get people to stop by your sale.  I truly believe we should work smarter, not harder, so here are my best tips to make the most of your advertising dollars and time. For these examples let’s say that you’re having a sale on Friday, April 13th and Saturday, {Read More}

How to Have a Successful Garage Sale Pt. 1 – Early Preparations

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We are well into garage sale season here in TX and I don’t want to wait until the last minute to get ready.  I’m sure we’ll have another sale with friends within the next month and want it to be a super easy process.  I’m not sure if it’s getting some money back for our stuff, visiting with friends and neighbors, or seeing our unused stuff go to new homes where it will get used.  But whatever the reason, I {Read More}

Retail Value vs. EBay Value

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This post was originally published on January 25th, 2011 Today’s money making tip is to consider how much someone else is willing to pay tomorrow for the great deal you bought today.  I always try to check EBay before I return something that I bought at a great price.  Around Thanksgiving a dear friend asked me to check for the Little People Nativity sets at Target, as they were half off at $13.99.  I picked her up one, but she {Read More}

Free Money/Prizes with Huggies & Pampers Rewards Programs

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If you have a baby who wears Huggies or Pampers, you need to get signed up for their rewards programs.  Even if you don’t have a baby in diapers, there are free codes released (and posted on blogs) all the time.  I earned my first prize from Huggies (free jumbo pack of diapers) entirely with free codes!  Or, ask someone who does purchase Huggies or Pampers if they want their codes- I’m surprised by how many people don’t take the {Read More}