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Walmart Pre Black Friday Sale This Saturday Starts 8 am

David — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:00:41 +0000

Rumors have been floating on the web about a one day special sale at Walmart Stores. I personally searched on the web and indeed found some super pre Black Friday deals during that one day sale. Walmart usually runs similar promotions before Black Friday comes. Following is the details about this sale.

Note: according to the ad shown at yahoo.com, all sales begin at 8:00 am on Saturday November 8th, 2009.

Xbox 360 Arcade Console for $199 with $100 walmart gift card. So the final price of this Xbox 360 Arcade console is $99!!! This is the lowest price we could get in the market. What a great gift for the coming holidays!!!

HP G60-519WM for only $298!!

Specs of this laptop:

• Intel Celeron 900 (2.2GHz, 1MB cache, 800MHz FSB)
• Windows 7 Home Premium
• 3072MB DDR2 System Memory
• 250GB(5400rpm) Hard Drive
• 802.11b/g WLAN
• LightScribe SuperMulti 8x DVD +-R/RW Drive w/Double Layer Support
• 15.6″ Diagonal High-Definition HP BrightView display
• Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M with up to 1309MB total available memory
• 3 USB 2.0 Ports

Sony Blu-Ray Disc for $148!

42″ Sharp LCD HDTV for only $498!

46″ Panasonic Plasma HDTV for only $788

It is quite possible that a long queue will be lined up before store opens. Try your luck!!!

Free 12 Month McAfee Internet Security from Bank of America

David — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:00:04 +0000

Bank of America is offering free McAfee Internet Security free for one year (12 months). You have to have an online account at www.bankofamerica.com to have the opportunity to get the free 12 month McAfee protection. This means that you have to have either a Bank of America Credit Card or a Banking Account at Bank of America.

Following is what you will get after signing in at Bank of America account via the link here.

Your Exclusive Bank of America Customer Offer: 12 Months Free of McAfee Internet Security

As a Bank of America Online Banking customer, you are eligible for an exclusive 12 month free subscription of McAfee Internet Security. In order to take advantage of this offer (a $69.99 value) you’ll need to complete the following steps:

1. Create a McAfee user account and create a password – which will allow you to access our download center
2. Enter your registration information (name, address, city, state and phone)
3. Provide your billing information for future automatic renewals. Please note your credit or debit card will not be charged at this time and you are under no obligation to renew your subscription. You may cancel the automatic renewal at any time prior to the expiration of the 12-month free subscription.

When your free 12-month subscription expires, as a Bank of America customer, you will receive a 50% discount on your renewal subscription, which is currently $34.98 ($69.99 MSRP). You will be notified ahead of time before your subscription is automatically renewed. To cancel this automatic renewal, contact McAfee Customer Support at 866-622-3911 prior to the expiration of the 12-month free subscription.

So please remember to cancel your McAfee subscription after one year.

Ebates.com Introduces Fast Cash

David — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:00:48 +0000

Ebates.com is the only cashback rewards program that I am using now for shopping online. If you do not know what is Ebates.com and how it works, please refer to my post about ebates.com. If you join ebates.com now, you can get free $5 bonus for signing up and making a purchase (you have to make a purchase to make the $5 bonus eligible). Ebates.com used to provide check or paypal to pay your cashback (you need to earn >$5 to get paid). But now Ebates.com is offering FAST CASH which allows you to easily use your cashback rewards at Ebates.com without getting checks or paypal payments.

To me FAST CASH is really functional, you can use your FAST CASH to make online purchase, or transfer money to your bank account, or even order a real plastic visa prepaid card with your balance at Ebates.com and use it at checkout!

When you choose to use FAST CASH, you will be issued a free VISA virtual account. It has a credit card/debit card-like card number, expiration date, security code and your billing address. This VISA virtual account has all the payment information you need to shop online. Your Visa virtual debit card is used just like a credit card – but it is not a credit card and carries no interest charges or annual fee.

Since you can not exceed the amount in your account, you can add a credit card to relate your VISA virtual account and make a payment just like a credit card. But this feature will add more security for your online shopping! You can also transfer your balance to your bank account or request a real plastic visa credit to use. I really like ebates. The cashback is really fast and they are very reliable.

Start shopping with Ebates.com and earning cashback now!

Below is how the FAST CASH Account looks like:

Rent.com $100 Visa Rewards Card

David — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:00:28 +0000

I’m writing this post because I find that many of you might be not aware that if your apartment is listed at Rent.com (an Ebay company), you are eligible to get $100 visa Rewards Card from Rent.com. I just received this $100 visa rewards card today so this promotion should work.

The process to get the $100 rewards card is pretty easy. All you have to do is using Rent.com to find your new apartment. If you find an apartment that features the $100 Reward Card and tell the leasing office that you found the property on “Rent.com” when you visit. After you lease, just report your lease on the Rent.com website. And then Rent.com will take care of everything!

But please be advised that not all of properties listed at Rent.com will award $100 rewards card. You have to find the ones that features the $100 Rewards card. That how they work:

Some properties featured on our site pay us a fee only when their Rent.com advertisement results in a lease. When a renter reports their lease at one of those properties to us, we know to contact that property to collect our advertising fee. So for those properties, we reward renters for telling us about their lease by offering a $100 prepaid Visa® debit card!

More information about this $100 visa rewards card is here. According to the rule, you have to report your lease to Rent.com within 60 days of move-in. It takes about 6~9 weeks to receive the $100 rewards card after you report your lease to Rent.com. Good Luck!!!

Microsoft Windows 7 Student Discount

David — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:00:05 +0000

Microsoft via Digital River has the Windows 7 home premium and Windows 7 professional for sale at $29.99. This is a download version, if you want to order a CD you have to pay $13 more. This promotion is aimed to students only. You must have to have a valid edu email address to purchase Windows 7 products. Obviously, this is a great deal if you are using Windows Vista and want to switch to the new Windows 7 operation system. Normal price for a Windows 7 home premium would be $119.99!

YOU have to enter your school address ended with edu to star the purchase. After submit your email address, a link to place the order will be provided and you have to click the link to make the purchase.

Here are some instructions after enter your email address:

To Purchase:

Check your email inbox.
Click on the link in the email to access to the store.
Purchase your license/product key.
IMPORTANT! Hold on to your confirmation email. You will need this if you need to restart the installation process.
Checkout and download Windows 7!

If you do not receive the email:

Check your junk or spam folder.
Add “studentwindows.us@digitalriver.com” to your email contacts list or whitelist.
Request your university IT department add “studentwindows.us@digitalriver.com” to their email whitelist.
Click here to resend your password.
If the above actions do not work, contact Customer Service.

This promotion ends on Jan 3rd, 2010.

Get Rewarded for Shopping through Ebates.com

David — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:00:30 +0000

Today I received the new check from ebates.com. The amount is only $24.39 including $10 sign up bonus. Usually ebates.com offer $5 sign up bonus for shopping at through ebates.com. But I got $10 bonus because they were running a special promotion at that time. Right now ebates.com is offering $5 bonus for signing up and make at least one purchase through ebates.com.

Whenever I place an order online, I will check ebates.com to see whether they offer additional cash back for purchasing stuffs through them. I know some of you might be not aware that you can save additional money for shopping through ebates.com. Ebates.com is the pioneer and leader in online cash back shopping. Nearly 1,000 of the largest online retailers have partnership with ebates.com. Ebates.com has about 6 million registered users now. Since 1999 ebate.com’s members have spent nearly 1 billion with participating retailers. The average cash back from ebates.com is about 5%. Ebates.com membership is always free and provides shoppers with actual cash back on purchases — there are no rebate forms to submit and no points to redeem. They will send a check to you very quarter.

Ebates.com also collect official coupons or promotion codes from their participating retailers which will save you a lot of time for shopping cheaper stuffs online.

Sing up and get $5!

If you sign up an account at ebates.com today, you can get $5 bonus which will show up in your account immediately. Of course, you have to make at least one purchase to cash out the $5 bonus. You can also refer your friends to sign up at ebates.com and then you can get $5 bonus too!

There are also other shopping sites out there. Overall, I like ebates.com best and use it all the time!

I also received another bonus check from surveysavvy.com which offers small money for doing a survey online. The payout usually is around $1 to $20. I got $20 bonus for doing a survey about HP printer. Details about surveysavvy is here.

eBay 25% or 8% Cash Back from Live.com

David — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:00:21 +0000

I first reported the huge 35% cash back from eBay via Microsoft live search in June 2008. I personally saved a lot of money through this trick for purchasing at eBay. There are even many other more crazy deals from Microsoft live search, for example, 40% cash back from HP on Black Friday, 25% cash back from AT&T and T-mobile or other places. If you are looking for something on eBay, it is wise to use Live Search to save additional money for you.

The microsoft cash back for purchasing at eBay has been stopped for a while. Now it comes back!

Following is a brief guide on how to get the eligible links through live.com.

Open your IE and go to live.com. Search “Xbox”, if you can not see any links, just refresh the page several times. It will come out finally. If you are using firefox, I’m sorry it does not work. It is also reported that Sarafi can also provide the 25% link.

If you are using firefox, you can search “Xbox”, “t43″, “onkyo”, “PS3″ or “wii cheap”. It will give you 8% cash back links.

25% Cash Back from AT&T and T-Mobile

David — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:00:39 +0000

For people who are still looking for discount from T-Mobile and AT&T, this is a great news! Live Cash Back actually is still offering 25% cash back for T-Mobile and AT&T. If you want to buy a new phone, you should try to use the 25% cash back.

It is pretty easy to get the link work. Go to Live.com and type in “T-Mobile” or “ATT, ATT phone, ATT plan” and the link for the 25% will appear on the screen.

I know some may do not know how to do it. Here is the link for T-mobile, and this is the link for AT&T.

Combined with my previous posts on how to save money on monthly bills from mobile carriers. I believe you can save a lot of money on your cell phone bill.

Get A Discount from Your Mobile Carrier

David — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:00:49 +0000

I wrote two posts about how to get discount from T-Mobile. 1. How to Get A Discount from T-Mobile. 2. New T-mobile Discount for University Employees, Students and Alumni. These two posts attract a lot of T-Mobile users to MyCardBlog.com. I believe I have provided great information on how to save money at T-Mobile. There are actually many readers are not using T-Mobile services. It’s important to write up something on how to save money with other mobile carriers.

It is not a secret that all mobile carriers have discount for some corporations or groups. But some are still not aware of the fact that he/she is eligible to get discount from specific mobile carrier. For students or university employees, you can always go to your local stores to check whether you are eligible to receive a discount for your cell phone plan.

AT&T: Premier Corporate Discount Program

AT&T is the larget mobile carrier in US and has business agreements with thousands of corporations, government agencies and educational institutions to offer wireless products to their employees and families at a significant discount.

Simply use your work email to see whether your are qualified for a discount. This can be done in seconds.

Verizon: Employee Discount Program

Verizon wireless also has agreement with many big corporates, governments, schools and even social groups. Enter your work email address to see if you qualify for discounts from Verizon.

T-Mobile: Corporate Discount Program

I have introduced on how to save money with T-Mobile. But the above link will take you to the corporate discount page where you can check whether you are eligible for a discount which ranges from 0% to 15% off your monthly bill.

Sprint: Employee Value Program

Sprint offers huge discount for employees of corporations, governments, schools or other groups that have business agreement with Sprint. You need to enter your work email to see whether you are qualified.

New T-Mobile Discount For University Employees, Students, and Alumni

David — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:00:30 +0000

My post on “How to get a discount from T-Mobile” is very popular. I believe that this post has helped a lot of people to save money on their T-Mobile cellular service. I personally use the Freelancersunion.org
discount. The reason why I use this discount is you don’t have to call T-Mobile and give them the promo code. All you have to do is finish the form online and the discount will automatically shown on your bill. This is the easiest method to get a discount from T-Mobile.

Right now we have another great method to get huge discount (usually 15%) from T-Mobile by using University discount. This is a new discount provided by T-mobile by corporation with major US universities. This has been confirmed to work and it’s very simple to complete the discount request over the phone with T-Mobile customer service.

Let’s see a typical announcement from Penn State University.

Following information is listed on its website:

INCREASED T-MOBILE DISCOUNTS!

T-Mobile has increased discounts from 10% to 15% for Penn State students, faculty and staff, effective January 12, 2009. If already enrolled in the T-Mobile/Penn State discount program, accounts will automatically receive the new discount. Existing T-Mobile customers can call 1-877-453-8824 to have the Penn State discount added to their account.

Clemson University also has a similar notice listed on its website:

As a current Clemson University Student, Faculty, Staff or Alumnus, you and your immediate family can take advantage of this outstanding discount from T-Mobile!
To Open a T-Mobile Account and Receive the 12% Discount — plus waived
activation fees and discounted phones — just call 866-464-8662, select option 3, and provide this promotional code: 11303TMOFAV
OR
Visit T-Mobile Premiere for more details.
To Receive the 12% Discount If You’re Already a T-Mobile Customer just call
877-453-8824 and provide this promotional code: 11303TMOFAV

It seems that Clemson University needs a promotional code to get the discount. It seems that even alumnus (Everyone can be an alumnus of Clemson University, T-Mobile can’t check this. Employee’s family members can also qualify for this discount.)can use the discount to save money.

University of Kentucky

Welcome University of Kentucky Employees! Great News! You are eligible to receive corporate benefits when you activate new service through this T-Mobile Premier site or by calling 1-866-464-8662 referencing promotional code 866TMOFAV and identifying yourself as a University of Kentucky employee. Keep in mind that you may now transfer your current number to T-Mobile when signing up for T-Mobile service. Simply call 1-866-464-8662 and reference promotional code 866TMOFAV.

University of Louisville

U of L Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, and Family Members qualify for 15% off their monthly bills and huge equipment discounts with T-Mobile when they purchase new equipment or upgrade equipment through Tom Tollefson @ www.tomst-mobilesales.com/uofl, login: uoflcardinals, password: uofl09tmo.

Drexel University

University Procurement announces that Drexel students, faculty and staff are now eligable for a 15 percent discount on any T-Mobile rate plan, plus discounts on the latest handsets.

Information about T-Mobile service and the Drexel program can be accessed through the T-Mobile Drexel discount portal http://www.t-mobile.com/Drexeldiscounts or by calling 1-866-464-8662 and mentioning promo code 4946TMOFAV.

Existing T-Mobile customers can call 1-877-453-8824 to have the Drexel discount added to your account.

There are more universities that can get discount from T-Mobile. When you call in, the customer support may ask for my University ID, email address with .edu. If you are not a university student you can use the promotional code I listed above.

Attached is a list of confirmed schools:
Princeton University
Fordham University
New York City Publics Schools (teachers and employees only)
NYU (Teachers and Employees only)
The Ohio State University (15%)
UKY
Rutgers
UC Berkeley
UC Irvine
Auburn University (15%)
Johns Hopkins University (15%)
University of Southern California (15%)
University of Texas (15%)
Colorado State University (15%)
San Fransisco State University (15%)
Stevens Institute of Technology, NJ (8-15%)
St.Cloud State University, MN (15%)
University of Minnesota (10%)
University of Illinois (15%)
Arizona State University (15%)
Brigham Young University – Provo (15%)
Indiana University (15%)
University of South Florida (15%)
University of Georgia (15%)
George Mason University (15%)
Old Dominion University (15%)
UVA (15%)
San Jose State University (15%)
Sacramento State University (15%)
Loyola University of Chicago (10%)
Valencia Community College (8%)
Kennesaw State University (15%)
Californis State University, Los Angeles (15%)
University of Rochester, (15%)
San Diego State University (15%)
CUNY Baruch College, New York (15%)

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