Hi!
I am having too much FUN saving money and thought that I should post some of the websites I have been using. "Daily Deals" have exploded over the internet since "Black Friday 2010". These websites are location specific. There are many other websites that have a daily deal...
The standard savings seems to be 50% off. I've recently bought baseball tickets, paddle board rentals, Old Navy gift cards and almost a "couples cruise". Some sites also lists freebies such as renting free Blockbuster movies.
The only "catch" is that the deals are available for a limited time only, sometimes only a day or two. That means a constant check to your e-mail account. And you need access to a printer because the redeemable vouchers need to be printed out.
I HIGHLY recommend setting up a separate designated (junk mail) account through msn, yahoo or Gmail. This way you can quickly scan for daily deals and bulk "delete" your expired e-mail deals.
I also ALWAY look carefully at the return address from any "coupon" or "freebie" or "auction" sites to see if it matches up with the company on the e-mail. If not I "spam" or "junk it". There are many unscrupulous people out there trying to scam or solicit you. So be careful not to reply to them. Once you do, they have your e-mail and will send you All kind of junk mail or worse things.
Have fun!!! (The websites are set for Seattle but you can easily switch it for any location. Maybe where you might be traveling for vacation or a weekend sport trip.)
Coupon Deals Daily
Groupon
Urban Dealight
Good Shop (This is part of Good Search where you sign up for a charity and they get a donation for every search you do. Great way to support schools or a favorite local charity. They have so many stores that it's almost worthwhile to check this out before you go shopping. )
Ooops, I ran out of time. I was going to add some of the couponing websites I use. Maybe in a later blog or you can hunt the web for your own sites.
Anne
