Amazon Mom: 30% Discounts, Free Amazon Prime (up to 1yr), Refund for Current Prime Members (I’m getting $46 back)

It’s free to join Amazon Mom and everyone is eligible (you don’t have to be a mom).  It’s very quick to sign-up, and it’s optional to give them any information about the children you buy things for.

Here are the benefits of joining – again it’s totally free to sign-up:

  • 30% off select diapers and wipes:  normally you get 15% when you subscribe & save, but Amazon Moms get an extra 15% discount for a total of 30% off!
  • Free Amazon Prime Membership for 3 months:   that means you get free 2-day shipping for 3 months on thousands of items – if you buy $25 or more from the Baby Store (in a single order) you get an extra free month of Amazon Prime, up to one free year (but everyone gets the free 3 months without buying anything from the Baby Store)
  • Refund for Current Amazon Prime Members:  if you are already an Amazon Prime member, go ahead and cancel to get a refund and at least 3 months free of Amazon Prime.  You bet I jumped on this offer because it means I get a refund of $46.61 and between 3 months to 1 year of free Amazon Prime (depending on my shopping in the Baby Store, I’m sure I’ll buy a few gifts there this year).  I received my refund email the morning after I joined Amazon Mom.  Be sure you join Amazon Mom and cancel when they ask you if you want to cancel.

I know it’s hard to believe Amazon is offering such a great deal, please read the Amazon Mom Help Page & FAQ for more information.  Thanks goes to Swag Grabber for sharing!  Remember that students get a Free Amazon Prime Membership too!

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General Mills Advisory Panel

General Mills wants your opinion! You can sign up for a free membership to the Mills Advisory Panel (MAP) to participate in surveys and studies, give your input on new products, and earn rewards points for prizes.

The Mills Advisory Panel is a consumer panel that reviews products for General Mills and Small Planet foods. They will send you notifications via email about surveys and projects for you to participate in. The company usually sends you 6-12 surveys per year, which can take 10-20 minutes to complete. In return for participating in special projects and studies, you can receive MAP points which can be redeemed for prizes.

You must be a MAP member to participate. Membership is free, and you can sign up in the Join Now section of their website. You will be asked to fill out a questionnaire about the consumption behavior of your household, and then you will be eligible to participate in their projects.

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Save $1.00 on 1 Buddig Deli Cuts (and get a FREE backpack)

Print two coupons to Save $1.00 on one package Buddig Deli Cuts at SmartSource.  Just select “Buddig” from the BRAND pull-down menu (at the top right) then click on the small blue “Go” button. The coupon prints at the top of the page (nothing below it) and you’ve got one month before it expires.  Thanks goes to Eeendeavors for sharing!

If you are a member of the Buddig Lunch Club then you should have received an email this morning with the subject line “Get a Buddig Lunch Club Backpack!“.   The first 1,000 to respond will get a form to print for a free backpack when they mail in the UPCs from packages (there are no shipping charges).  If you got two emails, that means there was an error in the first email – try the link in the newer email to print your form!  Just one of the rewards for being a Buddig Lunch Club Member, but you do have to read your emails to get the coupons and freebies!  Sign-up now if you’d like to get next month’s coupons and/or freebies.

Please be aware that Buddig Lunch Club is an advertiser on Freebies 4 Mom, but I’d be sharing them with you anyways!  Please read my Disclosure Policy if you have any questions.

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The Home Depot Coupons & Kids Workshop Saturday

Become a member of The Home Depot Garden Club and save money on your purchases at The Home Depot because over the course of the year they will send you coupons by email and by mail valuing up to $500. Of course they send out lots of coupons for products in the Garden Center, but also I’ve received dollar off coupons for any purchase made at The Home Depot.

Plus mark your calendars for The Home Depot Kids Workshop the first Saturday of each month from 9 to noon and make a free project (up to $9.95 value). You do not have to sign-up, just show up with your kid(s) and be ready to build something!  This Saturday kids can build this school bus, but most locations have leftover project kits from previous workshops and let kids pick out what they want to build.

Here are more ways to save at The Home Depot:
* Join The Home Improvers Club to find out about free workshops for grown-ups
* Get more coupons they even accept competitor’s coupons
* Join The Moving Club if you are moving and save 10%
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Catalog Choice Works to Reduce Junk Mail

I continue to be impressed by Catalog Choice, a free service to easily stop the catalogs you don’t want from appearing in your mailbox.  It saves you time by being able to request that you be removed from several mailing lists all in one place.  Most of the catalogs I’ve entered at Catalog Choice are no longer appearing in my mailbox (many catalogs I at one time wanted to receive, some are true junk mail that I didn’t specifically sign-up for).  The great thing about Catalog Choice is that if you continue to receive a catalog after “opting-out” you can report that you are still receiving it and they do the follow-up for you. It’s a great way to save time by letting them contact the companies for you, and a great way to reduce the number of catalogs you get in your mailbox.

If you are using Catalog Choice, leave a comment and tell us what you think about it? If you are using a different free service to reduce junk mail, let us know about it! What other things are you doing to reduce the amount of junk mail you get?

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Snackpicks Rewards Subscribers with Freebies and Coupons

Subscribe to the Snackpicks enewsletter and you may be rewarded with more than just printable coupons for Kellogg’s brand products!   Last week I got a free movie ticket ($12.00 value) for being one of the first 1,000 to take a short survey after receiving their latest enewsletter.  I’m sharing this tip with you I’m predicting that Snackpicks will continue to offer exclusive freebies to their enewsletter subscribers plus you can keep up on their new printable coupons.  You do have to register as a member of Snackpicks to print coupons from their site.  But it’s easy to sign-in using your All K-Pass.

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Earn eBox Tops for Education from Kroger

Register your store loyalty card for Box Tops for Education and get 5 bonus Box Tops upon sign-up.  Earn more Box Tops when you shop at Kroger family of stores with your store loyalty card.  Right now they have three offers: buy 3 Totino’s, Green Giant, or Pillsbury products and earn 3 Box Tops  It’s a program similar to Campbell’s eLabels for Education where your purchases earn you labels for your child’s school.   I’m adding it to my “eCoupons” section of my “Coupons” tab

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Join The Motherboard Reader Panel at BH&G

Better Homes and Gardens is looking for a million women to sign-up for The Motherboard Reader Panel to share their opinions.  Members will receive a weekly enewsletter and previews for special offers and product samples.  This might be a great way to learn about new free sample offers and maybe get quoted in a magazine article.  It’s easy to sign-up with just your name, email and address.

Other magazine reader panels I know about:
All You Reality Checkers
The Oprah Magaizne DevOtees
Redbook Xpert Panel
Parenting Magazine Mom Tester

Have you been rewarded by participating in a magazine’s reader panel?  Please share by leaving a comment!

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Half-Off Vitamin Buying Strategy

If you buy Nature’s Bounty or Nature Made vitamins at the grocery store or drug store, be sure to try this vitamin-buying strategy to save more than 50% on every bottle you buy.

Gather coupons. The best source of coupons is the Sunday ad insert. But you can also print coupons and coupons will come with your free samples. You’ll also find vitamin coupons in the blinkie machines in the grocery store aisles, and printing out as Catalina coupons at the register. Sometimes you’ll even find them inside the packaging, so keep your eyes peeled!

Only buy vitamins when they are on sale for “Buy One Get One Free”.
These sales happen on a regular basis at several stores (Kroger and CVS in my area) and the best way to find out when they happen is to read the weekly store sales flier. Also look for vitamins on clearance, but be sure to check the expiration dates. I typically see vitamins that are clearanced out because of a change in packaging and they are nowhere near their expiration date. You can still use manufacturer’s coupons on those clearance vitamins.

When you buy two bottles, use two manufacturer’s coupons. You can use one coupon for each product purchased regardless of what the store’s sale promotion is. That’s because the manufacturer is giving you the coupon savings, and the store is giving you the sale price savings.

Join the Nature’s Bounty Healthy Rewards and the Nature Made Wellness Rewards programs so that you earn points for every bottle of vitamins purchased. Those points add up fast and will gain you money-saving coupons to use on future purchases. These are higher value coupons (think almost a free bottle) than you can get from any other source. Just remember to log in and enter your codes to earn your rewards. You can earn a $7 coupon from Nature Made with 500 points.

Save your coupons until there is a “Buy One Get One Free” sale. When you get that high-value coupon by redeeming your rewards points, hold onto it until there is a “Buy One Get One Free” sale and keep increasing your savings on your vitamin purchases.

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If you are buying other brands of vitamins you can still save money by timing your purchases to take advantage of sales and coupons at the same time to double-up on your savings.

What does “Do Not Double” mean?

You’ve seen it on your coupons “Do Not Double or Triple” in ominous bold print. What does this mean? I’ll share my opinion and experience with you, and then you share yours by leaving a comment.

The computers at most grocery stores that double or triple coupons will still double or triple that coupon (despite the wording). The store gives you that extra savings – it does not come from the manufacturer. So I’m comfortable taking that extra savings that the store is giving me when that store has a doubling or tripling coupon policy in-place.

To be honest with you, if you asked a cashier to not double that coupon – they probably wouldn’t even know how because like I said it’s an automatic thing that the computer does on it’s own! I’ve never had an experience where a cashier has voided the doubling of a coupon because it said “do not double” on it.

My big concern with coupons is to avoid printing or using fraudulent coupons because if you try to use those it’s illegal and the store will not be able to get any money for the coupon from the manufacturer. Please educate yourself about fraudulent coupons so you can avoid them. It really does hurt everyone when fraudulent coupons are used!

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Your turn – what does it mean when you see “do not double or triple” on a coupon and what are your cashiers doing about it?

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