Mail In Rebates and Making Money

The insert that came in our free paper yesterday was filled with new mail in rebates(MIR). I love to use these to get free products and to make money. Here's some tips. Right now there are 7 free product MIRs and 2 B1G1 MIRs. How do you get these if you don't get the inserts? There are several ways. One is to buy your local paper with the inserts inside. The other is to see if there are online printable forms. Click on the name of the rebate to go to the form.

Lysol No Touch 

                                                                    Air Wick                                                                                                                      

Finish

 To start it's important to read all the fine print. 

1.Date of purchase: When does it start and end. Some MIR come out a few days before the purchase date. So double check. Sometimes I hang onto MIR for awhile waiting for a good deal to combine them with, 20X the points at Shoppers or an Airmiles deal so it's important to see when they are expiring too. The Lysol, Finish,Durex and Veet need to be purchased by May 10. 

2. How much is the maximum you can spend?

Veet $23.55 (covers product,taxes and postage)

Durex $27.29 and $18.09 (covers product,taxes and postage)

Lysol No Touch $17.90(covers product,taxes and postage)

Air Wick $12.50(covers product,taxes and postage)

Finish $8 (covers product,taxes and postage)

Resolve Gold Oxi-Action $7(covers product,taxes and postage)

3.Do you need to circle the purchase price? Do you need to write the UPC code on the receipt or cut it off and attach it?

4. Don't forget to fill in the MIR form.

5. Photocopy you receipt and filled in form for your records

6. Mark on your calendar the day you mail it and how much you should receive back. There are lots of apps to keep track of MIRs if you prefer this method.

Now a few extra notes. Most MIRs want your original receipt so you can only do one MIR per receipt. Also, some MIRs repeat many times a year. For example the Lysol No Touch, I do it every time it comes out and have not had any problem. It looks like the Finish rebate is 3 seperate offers for $8 back as you can see the mailing addresses are all different.(one is box 13444, 13437, 13450) so you should be able to do this three different times. I have often used coupons in combination with MIRs. Again be sure to read all the fine print.

Next to make the best use of your MIR why not combine them with a points event? This weekend Shoppers is having their spend $50 get 20X the points. The VEET MIR could possibly be almost half that! The way I figure out how much points are worth is: I use the maximum redemption which these days seems to have fallen to $200=95000 points $21.05 if I spend $50. So, if I were to spend $20 on the Veet I would get $8.42 back in points. Rexall has a spend $50 get 80 Airmiles this week. The coupon is here   I use Airmiles cash so this is worth. $8.42. There is a grand opening points event at our new Independent store, if you spend $60 you get 6000 in PC Points($6). So, as you can see there are many ways to make your MIR go further. Do you do MIR?

Mail In Rebates

We went picture taking Sunday afternoon. We ended up in Guisachan Gardens and took these pictures! Happy Easter!
 Below are some new MIRs.
 Oxi Clean has one for a Stain Remover Powder(1.36kg/1.28kg) and one OxiClean Spray or MaxForce Gel Stick and receive up to $7.50 to cover cost of product plus taxes and postage.Available April 19-July 31. MIR form is available at www.oxiclean.ca
 Air Wick has one for a free Air Wick Starter Kit up to $12.25. March 19-Aug 31. You can find these forms at Superstore on their coupon board. Or on their Facebook page.
There are $3 and $5 coupons out there that I know of.
 Finish has one for 16-20 count dishwasher detergent. Up to $8 off Quantum Power and Free or Powerball. There is a $2 off coupon from the inserts. The form is available from inserts and on their Facebook page.

Mail In Rebates

Mail In Rebate I found at Extra Foods, click on it to make it bigger.
Between Aug 1- Sept 30, 2013 buy 3 Quaker Bars and a 18 Count Lays Multi pack and get up to $8.99 back. 

I bought this at Extra Foods on Customer Appreciation Day. My total after discounts and MIR is $5.82!

Are you signed up with Shopper's Voice? This was something they sent me recently. There are coupons out there for $2 off. There is also an Air Wick one the link is through Facebook. The link is here. 

At Walmart you can pick up this free magazine. Inside is a MIR for Lysol No Touch Systems. There is a $5 off coupon out there, I am not sure where it was from. These systems were $9 this week at Walmart. I ended up making $4.92 on this one.
Today I got a check for $10 from PPFD. There wasn't any paperwork with it, just the check inside the envelope. I went through my list of MIRs I am waiting for and it looks like it's the MIR from the Monsters Inc/Brita one. I sent that one July 10 and received it today.
It seems there have been quite a few MIRs lately. More than usual. I try and combine them with coupons and 20X the points days at Shopper's if possible. Otherwise, Customer Appreciation Days are another way to make the most of them. I keep a detailed list in my planner. When I sent it, what MIR it was, and then when I received it. Right now I am waiting for $10 gift card from General Mills, I mailed it July 12. $5 gas card from Kellogg's, this was fun as it was a Checkout 51 offer and I did it on 20X the points day and I get the $5 gas card(can be used for anything, not just gas).I mailed this one Sept 3. 

Costco Deals, Checkout 51 and Air Wick MIR

Costco Deals this week at our Costco.
Kraft Peanut butter(only smooth or light)2Kg $5.39(it used to go down to $4.49, last year at this time it was a screaming $3.89! but not this year!)
Kraft Singles 1Kg $5.39
The box is a belt that was in the clearance for $5
18 pack of Cadbury Chocolate bars $9.99(.55/bar) notice I didn't buy any!
Pace Salsa 2X1L $5.49
Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing 2X1.18L $5.99
Heinz Ketchup 2X1.25L $5.89(it's still cheaper to buy it in the tin which is 2.84L)
Olives 2L $4.69

Safeway had these sausages in the 50% off bin. They were $3.24-$2 from Checkout 51, so $1.24  each!

Did the Air Wick MIR today. I bought it at Shoppers it was $10.99. I had a $5 off when you spend $10 coupon. After taxes and MIR I make .66 for buying it.

Air Wick MIR

Another Mail In Rebate. This time it's for Air Wick. You can print your official  MIR from Facebook , here's the link. If you don't want to spam your wall, you can always open another Facebook account for these things. :)

Purchases must be made from April 1-July 31.  Maximum rebate is $8.25 to cover the product and the taxes. Your  rebate needs to be sent in within 30 days of your purchase.Limit of one per family.

I have done several of these in the past. If you want to read about them the link is here. 

More Air Freshener Deals

Seems lately the deals are for air fresheners! This one from Air WICK.  The official mail in rebate form is  here. This would be a good one to combine with a 20X the points day at Shoppers. Purchases must be made between October 15, 2012 and March 31, 2013. Form doesn't stipulate that coupons can't be used.

10% off Tuesday and Combining Deals

As you probably already know, Tuesday is 10% off day at Safeway. I don't often participate in 10% off day as I find it quite difficult to find $35 worth of stuff that is at a good price! Well, this week I am going to do some combining of deals to get to $35. I will use these coupons. If you got the Kraft Sample box you will have also received the top 3 pictured here. I am guessing that each product will run me about $3-$4 each. That's $9-$12. The Tampax will probably be $3-$4 each. The oasis juices are $1 each when on sale, but at Safeway they can be close to $2 each! So, I am close to $20 dollars here. I need to buy tp and the Purex is 24 for $4.99 plus 30 airmiles for buying 2. Right there I am pretty close to $30! I will get a few limes 2/$1, maybe some Imperial Margarine if it is a good deal(it says BOGO on the front of the flyer) What I noticed the last time I did the 10% off day was that they added all the REGULAR prices of the items I was buying and gave 10% off of that! Bonus! So a $35 shop actually saved me $6 plus the coupons I used!

These are some mail in rebates that are available right now.  The ones on the left are good for Air Wick Scented Products.  One is worth up to $13.99 which covers the cost of the item, it's taxes and postage. The other is worth $11.99. You can print off your own form here The one for Finish is from the Smartsource insert that was in your newspaper.
Now,with these mail in rebates you need to send in your receipt. So, usually I do each one separately. In order to combine deals you could buy the $13.99 one next Saturday if you are going to do the 20X the points day at Shoppers. I used these mail in rebates many times with many different products to bring down my total at Shoppers 20X the points days.(There were lots out there last year!)
If it's a regular 20X the points you will need to spend $50 to qualify. So, this would bring you down to less than $40, needing to be spent.
You could buy one at Safeway. I might use the Finish one on 10% off day.
There are also the 10-15%off coupons when you spend $25-$100 at Extra Foods. They have the following:
Pineapples $1.97
Yams .46/lb
Cabbage is .38/lb
Broccoli Bunches are .96
No Name Cheese is $7.98 for 800g (limit 4)(I will buy some and grate it and freeze it.)
These are just a few ideas for combining deals and saving money. What do you do to save on groceries??

Do Mail in Rebates Cheques Actually Come?

People have asked me whether or not Mail in Rebates work. Do the cheques actually come? How long does it take? Is it worth it? Well, I have decided to post a few examples. First of all the Accudial one was an email rebate. I blogged about it here. It is now over.They only asked for you to take a picture of your purchase and email it in along with the answers to 3 product oriented questions. They are promoting dosing of medicine by the child's weight, not just age. They reimbursed me $10 for this. The product cost was $5.99 plus tax(.65) or $6.64. I purchased it at Safeway on 10% off day in order to get my total to the minimum $35 required to get 10% off. So, I saved the .60 this way. Total in my pocket? $10-$6.04 =$3.96 plus a full size free product! How long did it take? I bought it Feb 2 and received my cheque Feb 18th! Only 16 days.

This is the Air Wick MIR that I blogged about. I bought it on Dec 11th for $11.49 plus tax $1.38 which is $12.87. I combined this by buying it at Shopper's at a 20X the points which in dollar amount are worth $2.05 or $2.41 depending on whether or not there's a bonus redemption. I received my cheque for $12.87 on Jan 24th. 44 days.

Below is the recent Nutrogena MIR. I blogged it here. They allowed one per person, not household. We bought 2 different kinds on Jan 22. One was $45.99 plus tax $5.52 =$51.50, the cheque for $52.10 came on Feb 28th. A total of 37 days. The other was $59.99 + $7.20 =$67.18 The cheque for $67.78 came the same day as the other one. We combined these with a 20X the points day at Shopper's so again the points are worth a total of $18.96 - $22.31 again depending on when I use them.( I wait until the maximum redemption possible which is a bonus redemption of 95000 points for $200. )I have used this twice, once at Christmas and once in Feburary.

You can keep track of all the most recent MIRs at the Smart Canuck's website, here.
Ready to try MIRs for yourself? Right now there are a few out there! I blogged about the Febreze one at the bottom of this post. The Physician's Formula one is here.

Freebie!

In this week's Smart Source there is this rebate to try the Air Wick Starter kit.
Spend $12.99 or less, mail in your receipt with the Air Wick purchase circled and the UPC code handwritten on the receipt.
Want to make this purchase go further? You may have heard the rumor that Shoppers is doing 20X the points next weekend again. Typically that is a spend $75 and get 20X the points. If you buy this then you will have spent $12.99 of your total and only need $62.01(a smart Smart Canucker had this idea!).
How much is 20X the points? Well typically you would get 750 points for a $75 purchase. On 20X the points day you get 15000.
8000 points =$10
22000 points =$30
So, it's worth close to $20 worth of free purchases. If you spent $62.01(after you got the Air Wick) you would end up getting $20, so $62.01-$20=$42.01 So, $75 worth of purchase would in the end cost $42.01 close to 50% off.
Did I lose you? Don't worry, it scrambles my brain too.

Buying stuff just to get points doesn't make sense, but if there are things you already need and are a good deal at Shoppers, why not?
Yesterday, I got $125 worth of merchandise for free(I had to pay the HST).That goes a long ways to helping with the Christmas budget!
If you have a Optimum card and receive emails from them be sure to look at the Free $10 coupon one. Select people have a survey in the upper right side of the email worth 5000 points!