Almost Free Dishwasher Tabs

This week at Costco 108 Finish dishwasher tabs are on for $15.99. Finish has 3 online rebates available right now at www.rbsmartsaver.ca  One of them is $15 off dishwasher tabs. The ones on sale at Costco this week qualify. So, you buy them, take your receipt and upload a picture of it(circle the purchase price and write the UPC code on the receipt first). Then you put in your mailing info and they mail you a check. You can do all three rebates. I did the $8 one for the dishwasher tabs and received my check in 10 days. They sent me $8.96 so they added taxes on top of the rebate amount! If that happens with this rebate it will have cost .99 for 108 loads of dishes! I encourage you to try this one as it's easy and doesn't require you mailing anything.

As an aside these online rebates are great because you can combine them with say a mail in one and a points deal at Shoppers if you are so inclined. :)

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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

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

There are a few new MIRs. One from Resolve and one from Finish.
The Finish Quantum one is good from April 8-May13. It's for up to $8.49. The official form is on Facebook and can be found here. There are $2 off coupons out there. It would be a good one to use  during the upcoming spend $75 get 18500 points at Shoppers( April 13-16) or Customer Appreciation Days at  Safeway(10% off) or Extra Foods(10-15% off).
The Resolve One is good from April 13-May13. It is good for up to $7.99. The official form is here . I know of $1 off coupons out there. There maybe others too.
I don't think you could do both at Shoppers in one shop as they say original receipt and if you bought them both on the same receipt and got a duplicate I think it would say duplicate on the receipt. Have any of you done this? 

MIR Finish Quantum

There is another mail in rebate for Finish. The form is in the Smart Source that came in the paper this weekend. If you don't get that you can go to their Facebook page and print the form. Buy 20 count Finish Quantum between Sept 22 and Oct 12(dates are a bit different for the Facebook MIR) and get up to $8.49 back. There are several $2 off coupons out there, and if you could use this on a 20X the points day at Shoppers or 10% off day, you could stand to make money from this MIR! I did this one this year and the turn around was really quite fast. I mailed it April 16th and got the cheque May8th. (I write on my calendar the day I pop it in the mail and the day I get it back. I also photocopy my receipt and MIR form for my records.) I was happily surprised to receive $10.12 as they pay you the tax and postage as well! Have you tried MIRs yet?

Finish Mail In Rebate

Remember the Finish Mail In Rebate? Did you do it? I blogged about it here. It was available on purchases of the 20 ct Finish Quantum made by May 4th. Anyways, people often as me if MIRs are a good idea. Do they really come? Well, I have been doing them for awhile now and I can tell you so far I have always received all of my rebates, and I have done tons!
The best way to get the most out of them is to:
1. Combine them with coupons, this one had a $2 off coupon
 2.Combine them with Shoppers 20X the points if you can. This meant that instead of having to spend $50, I spent $40 at a 20X the points event.
3. Combine them with 10% off days at Safeway
The best way to track your MIRs:
1.  Mark it on the calendar when you send it in.
2.Always photocopy or scan your original form and receipt.
I sent this one in on April 16th. The form said receive up to $8.49. My cheque is for $10.12!!!! I am still waiting for several Physician's Formula Rebates, but they say you'll wait 10 weeks and it usually takes that long.
What do you think? Ready to try some MIRs? Smart Canucks has a great link page here . Want to see some of the mail in rebates I have done? Go here .

This Week's Sales



Superstore 13-19

They are having the gas event again! Our gas is 129.9 here, so this is very helpful!
Strawberries are a good deal at 2lbs for $2.86.
Boneless skinless chicken breasts are $2.98/lb(the 2 different size boxes above is a little confusing??)



The cod is 3lbs for $10.00!!! This is screaming, I have never tracked it this low before! This works out to $3.34/lb, the lowest I have seen it is $3.99/lb!
The farmer's sausage is the lowest price, it works out to $2.71/lb!
The Kraft BBQ Sauce is .97 limit 2
Primo soup is .98 limit 2
Minute Maid fruit punch is .57
NN Pasta 900g is $1.38 limit 6
Broccoli Crowns .87/lb
Red grapes $1.27/lb
Cucumbers .78



Do you like the new cooking creme? I got a free one and still haven't used it, any ideas??At Superstore there is a buy 2 Kraft products and get $2 off. The cooking creme is $2.47 limit 2, so you'd pay $2.94 for 2.

There is the $3 off when you buy 3 Kellogg's cereals coupon, in store. The Special K has a free breakfast item code inside. So, 3 cereals(2 Special K and 1 Vector is what I bought) were $8.94-$3=$5.94 plus I am getting 2 free yogurt coupons mailed to me.(I will use these at the next 10% off day at Safeway in order to up my total bill). Note there is a limit of 2 Special K's, combined varieties for $2.98.

All Bran bars are $1.99 and if you have the $1.50 websaver coupon, you pay .49!

Rice Krispie bars are $1.99 and if you have the $1.50 websaver coupon, you pay .49!
Also, the Nutrigrains are on $1.99 limit 2, so if you have the $1 websaver coupon you get them for $1!




Shoppers 14-20
20X the points when you spend $50

There is a  new Finish mail in rebate that is out in tomorrow's Smart Source. Buy a 20ct Finish Quantum and get up to $8.49 back. It may be more expensive at Shoppers, so check first.
Eggs are $2.29 limit 2
Butter is $3.29 limit 4
There is a coupon in the Smartsource tomorrow for $1 off Lady Speed stick deodorant. It is on sale for $1.99, so you'd pay .99.
Physician's Formula is 30% so it might be a good time to do the mail in rebate.

Here they are at Superstore for $7.97.
At this price the total with taxes is $8.92.
Finish will pay up to $8.49 including taxes and postage.

The Shoppers on Harvey has them for $10.49.

40 packs of Ziplocs are $1, there was a $1 off coupon from save.ca, so these would be free. I went in to get them and they didn't have any. They won't get any for a day or two the manager told me, so he gave me a 50pack for the same price!

I made a quick stop at Safeway and they had the 12 pack of Activia for $3.50, because it was expiring soon. I had the $2 coupon from the Activia mail out and when I swiped my Safeway card I got another .26! My yogurts cost $1.24 for 12!

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??