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 

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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

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. 

MIRs for Lysol and Neil Med, Plus Shopper's Points!

There are several  MIRs! Lysol has this MIR here. The fine print:


Purchase any one (1) Lysol®
 Foam Antibacterial Hand Soap and receive up to $4.29 
to cover the cost of the product, plus taxes and postage, by mail. Limit one (1) 
refund per individual, family, or household. To receive your refund by mail, complete 
this Official Refund Form, attach the original dated cash register receipt from where 
you purchased any one (1) Lysol®
 Foam Antibacterial Hand Soap with the purchase 
price circled, and the Universal Product Code (UPC) handwritten on the receipt.
* THIS IS NOT A STORE COUPON. Purchases must be made between 
February 9, 2013  to March 18, 2013.  All requests for refunds should be 
received on or before, April 18, 2013. Offer valid only in Canada. Only original 
refund forms, dated cash register receipts with the UPC code recorded will 
be accepted. Not responsible for lost, late, misdirected or undelivered mail. 
This promotional offer, extended to consumers, requires that the person 
receiving the refund make the purchase. No submissions will be accepted from 
retailers, clubs, organizations, wholesalers or contractors. This offer may not be 
published in any other form or refund publication without the written permission 
of Reckitt Benckiser (Canada) Inc. Allow 6 to 8 weeks for delivery.

I sent this one in on March 6. I received $4.55 on April 10th.

Neil Med has this MIR here.

Buy NasaMist Gentle Mist, NasaMist Medium Stream or NasaMist Full Stream at Shoppers Drugmart and receive 100% manufacturer's cash rebate from NeilMed. Rebate valid for purchases made at Shoppers Drugmart stores between 2/11/2013 and 2/25/2013.

To receive your manufacturer's cash rebate, purchase NeilMed® NasaMist Gentle Mist, NasaMist Medium Stream or NasaMist Full Stream at Shoppers Drugmart stores, send original UPC Bar Code along with printed copy of this page and a copy of your receipt with your name, complete address, email and phone number to the below mentioned address. Rebate request must be postmarked within 30 days from date of purchase. Please allow up to 30 days to receive the rebate check. Products must be purchased between
February 11, 2013 & February 25, 2013 and submitted by March 10, 2013. 
Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. Rebates do not include tax or shipping.
Offer is valid only in CANADA. All stores may not carry all items. Offer limited to six item redemption per household. This offer can not be combined with other offers.

Combine this with this Shopper's event and get 20X the points.

These are the prices of the Neil Med at our Shoppers last night. We would have to pay the tax. If you need 6(check the expiry dates to be sure they are going to keep)this is the math. $13.49 X 6 =$80.94+$9.71 tax(BC)=$90.65 You would pay $9.71 which is the taxes. If you buy it Wed night with the 20X the coupon you would get 16000 points. At a bonus redemption($210 for 95000 points) this would be worth $37.05. So, you would make $27.34. Clear as mud?
I did the Neil Med rebates on Feb 20 combined with 20X the points. My total points earned were 13,400 worth $29.62. I received my check for $40.47 April 16.
I did another one on Feb 21 and combined it with another points event getting 4310 worth $9.53. I received my check for $26.98 on March 15.

Lysol No Touch MIR

The new Smart Source was in our free paper today(it is available all over Canada).

Inside are lots of coupons as well as this MIR. Just buy one Lysol No Touch Hand Soap System, between Oct 13 and Jan 11, 2013.
Fill out the official refund form, attach your original receipt with the purchase circled and the UPC handwritten on the receipt. Lysol will send you up to $14.99 to cover the cost of the product plus taxes and postage! Last year they had this offer and I sent in my purchase of $14.99(plus tax). 10 weeks later I got a check for $17.38. 
Sent mine in this year on Oct 22. On Dec 23 got a check for $15.16.
This is a great one to hang on and do on a Shoppers 20X the points day. You would now be down to spending $35 and would get at least 10000 points which is worth $26 at a Mega Redemption. Oh, and by the way, I heard that Dec 1-2 will be a Mega Redemption at Shoppers!!!
95000 points will be worth $250!
What are you saving up for????

The back of the Smart Source flyer....mmmmm.

Free Things

Lysol has a free no touch hand soap mail in rebate available in the Smart Source coupon flyer. To see which paper it comes out in in your area look here. Shopper's is having another points event next week so it might be a good one to help you reach their minimum spending. I hear it's about $14.95.

Free coffee at McDonald's all across Canada Feb 28-March 6.

A Facebook offer, one Dove offer here. For
a daily treatment conditioner sample.
Kellogg's has a new cereal sample here.

I'd talk more but my day has already begun without me! Have a good one!