Christmas in July
It's July already, and for most people it may be too early to be thinking about Christmas. But July is the time of year when I start saving and planning and buying Christmas gifts for my family. I have one husband, 3 daughters, 4 parents, 9 nieces and nephews, and 7 sisters and brothers on my list of people to buy for, and all of that can be overwhelming.
If I didn't search out deals to save me money and instead paid full price for all of those gifts, I would put my family into some serious debt. So starting early on my planning gives me time to make educated purchases and get my gifts for incredibly low prices (sometimes even free!).
One deal I stumbled across this week is this one:
Checkoutfree.com is offering a $25 Buy.com gift certificate for completing a sponsor offer. There are numerous offers listed, but the one that most interested me is the VistaPrint offer.
I ordered a free pen and paid $4.66 shipping and handling, and INSTANTLY received my $25 gift code in my email for Buy.com. So I'll use that code to get a $25 gift for someone on my list (shipping is free for orders over $25 that are purchased directly from buy.com) for only the $4.66 I paid at VistaPrint, plus I get a nice free pen out of it!
I am assuming that this can be done repeatedly using different email addresses, but I haven't tried it more than once yet. I will try it and let you know what my results are!
**EDIT: Shortly after I posted this blog, the below VistaPrint offer was no longer available. There was another offer for a free trial of Complete Home that I took advantage and was going to suggest on my blog instead of VistaPrint, but that offer, too, was short-lived. This promotion through CheckoutFree has been going on for months, with different offers showing up regularly. My suggestion is checking back every now and again to see what offers are available and looking out for offers that are free trials that are easy to cancel, or offers like the VistaPrint one that require less than $5. Good Luck!
If you have any other money saving ideas for cheap Christmas shopping, please feel free to email them to me!
If I didn't search out deals to save me money and instead paid full price for all of those gifts, I would put my family into some serious debt. So starting early on my planning gives me time to make educated purchases and get my gifts for incredibly low prices (sometimes even free!).
One deal I stumbled across this week is this one:
Checkoutfree.com is offering a $25 Buy.com gift certificate for completing a sponsor offer. There are numerous offers listed, but the one that most interested me is the VistaPrint offer.
I ordered a free pen and paid $4.66 shipping and handling, and INSTANTLY received my $25 gift code in my email for Buy.com. So I'll use that code to get a $25 gift for someone on my list (shipping is free for orders over $25 that are purchased directly from buy.com) for only the $4.66 I paid at VistaPrint, plus I get a nice free pen out of it!
I am assuming that this can be done repeatedly using different email addresses, but I haven't tried it more than once yet. I will try it and let you know what my results are!
**EDIT: Shortly after I posted this blog, the below VistaPrint offer was no longer available. There was another offer for a free trial of Complete Home that I took advantage and was going to suggest on my blog instead of VistaPrint, but that offer, too, was short-lived. This promotion through CheckoutFree has been going on for months, with different offers showing up regularly. My suggestion is checking back every now and again to see what offers are available and looking out for offers that are free trials that are easy to cancel, or offers like the VistaPrint one that require less than $5. Good Luck!
If you have any other money saving ideas for cheap Christmas shopping, please feel free to email them to me!
Evidently, the VistaPrint offer isn't available anymore because I can't find it on the site. Which is too bad, because I actually need to order a few things from there.
Hi,
I went to the website but couldn't see anything there. Could you please send the link for the offer?
thank you