Loyalty Program Points Add Up!!!

Well, it certainly pays to be part of loyalty programs. Airmiles Canada has been in business for 20+ years.  Just today my husband and I got $140 in Sobeys vouchers and $180 in gas vouchers, which we'll be using in the summertime.  We carefully looked for expiry dates and couldn't find them, and with summer only six months away they'll certainly be good then.

We belong to a few other ones.  Optimim cards are used in Shoppers Drug mart, you can get a certain percentage off your purchases depending on how many points you have.  Those of you who get a lot of prescriptions are the lucky ones, though, they say the points really add up.

I've been noticing a lot of people online who are members of Melaleuca, an online health store.  We've been a member for about a year and a half and get about $4-$5 per month in loyalty dollars, which translates into the actual value in Canadian dollars.  We usually get about $60 with of free stuff each year.

Ebay.ca now has an Ebay Bucks program which will give you so much money per Ebay purchase.  This allows you to save up your Ebay bucks and if you're a regular Ebay user, you'll be able to get quite a few items for free.

Anyway, those are the 4 major loyalty programs I belong to,  It may not seem much at first but trust me, from my own personal experience, the points/dollars do add up, and we have gotten some free stuff in the meantime.  Now that I'm more aware of the value of these programs, I'm keeping a sharp eye out for more that we may not know about.  Good luck hunting them down!

Extreme Couponing for Canadians?

I recently came across an American show called Extreme Couponing on the Internet.  I love the concept but was wondering why couldn't they introduce a show like that in Canada?  For starters us Canadians don't have the double coupon deals like the lucky Americans do, so that trick is out of the question.  And what about most Canadian stores' policy of 1 coupon per customer per type of product?  Those and more questions came to mind and I'm sure there's other strategies one can take that would at least cut the grocery bill in half, anyway.

Just the other day I came across this site, Extreme Couponing Canada, and immediately I bookmarked it.  It even have regional areas like Western Canada, Ontario, and Atlantic Canada.   Finally a ray of hope for us Canadians to hang on to.

I'm sure there's many other sites out there I'll just have to find, like websaver.ca, which also comes to mind.  Looks like it's going to be an exciting journey, that's for sure.  I put in an extra page so I can add more to it as time goes on.

Swagbucks Now In Australia!

Well, I suppose I was behind the times, but yep, it's true. Australia is just one more new territory just added by the Swagbucks Team August 23rd, 2011. That's really good news! Before, it was only available in Canada, USA and the UK.

I really love Swagbucks - I've redeemed $20 in Paypal certificates, and they truly do make it easy to earn points for freebies and gift certificates, as well as having fun at the same time. Plus, every so often they have Swagbucks Extravaganzas, Mega Swagbucks Day, and countless games, trivia, and promotional codes. Here is my promotional link,

I hope you enjoy it and I wish you all a happy new year.