Flavor 19: You're Leaving Money On The Table
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You’re leaving money on the table by not using Rakuten. Sorry to be blunt right off the bat, but oh my god, why are you leaving money on the table by not using Rakuten? Are you independently wealthy? Do you have a trust fund? Can I borrow $20?
Rakuten, world’s dumbest name for a company, was formerly eBates (second dumbest name for a company), and you sign up for free, download the chrome extension, and then every time you’re on a site that offers cash back it’ll alert you to that, you click a button, and shop as usual. Usually, sites like Ulta, Land’s End, Madewell, GAP and hundreds of other stores offer between 1-10% cash back on any given day, plus a $20 bonus when you sign up and make your first purchase utilizing that extension.
But this time of year? Stores are offering 20% cash back on Cyber Monday (that’s today), plus a $40 bonus if it’s your first Rakuten purchase. That’s all on top of whatever discount you’re getting through wherever you’re shopping.
If you’re not using it? Uh, I don’t know, WHY NOT? If you’re nervous about giving an email, then use the sale email you created ahead of the holidays!
Right now, these are the stores I’m getting 20% back at:
Madewell just put all of their sale styles at 40% off, the full cart discount on non-sale items is still 30% off, and the Rakuten 20% cash back means I am going to click COMPLETE ORDER on my cart today. My $400 cart will come down to $160 after all of these different discounts and cash back is applied.
Some Geezers have reached out to me to let me know how much they’ve been saving since starting to use Rakuten. Kate F. got $100 back in just one month. Amanda L. says she’s been a loyal user for 10 years, and has a lifetime cash back of over $1000. It’s really a no brainer for me. I mean, you all know how I feel about saving money (coughDIGIT).
I hope you feel the same way.
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Other sales we’re excited about? The She’s Birdie alarm is up to 30% off today. I wrote about it here.
We’re pumped about the Skinstore sale, which is the biggest of the year. Too many discounts to count, so it’s worth checking it out to see if any of your holy grails are included. Plus, there’s 20% back on Rakuten.
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