Apps And Gift Cards

APPS

There are a ton of money saving apps that give you money back on things that you buy, and they are free to download.

 my favorites are as follows:

1. Ibotta

2. Saving Star

3. Checkout 51

4. Snap

5. Shopmium
6. Cartwheel (Targets coupon app)

Most of these you just add the item to a lit and then scan your receipt and you get cash back, some of them you can link your store card and don't have to worry about scanning. Most of these apps require you to have $10.00 in your account before you are aloud to cash out but that doesn't take long.

GIFT CARDS

I buy all my gift cards from:

http://www.giftcardgranny.com/

This is a site that hosts all the different sites that sell gift cards and will show you the best deal.

Buying gift cards don't always save you a ton of money at every store, it depends on the store and the percent of the discount on the card. Here are some examples:

CVS: YES

 NEVER shop at CVS without a gift card. You can get CVS gift cards from 13% to 17% off depending on the day. What is also nice about this is a lot of the CVS gift cards are printable, so you plan your trip and see how much your going to spend and then buy a gift card for that amount of your total and automatically get another 13-17 percent off. It would just be stupid not to do this.

Target: MAYBE

 Target gift cards depend on if you have a RED card (Target credit card). The most I have ever seen target gift cards go up to is 7% off. If you have a red card you automatically get 5% off so to me it isn't really worth it to buy a gift card. BUT if you are buying a big or planning a big trip an extra 2% off might be worth it, OR if you don't have a red card I would definitely get a gift card. 

Weis: NO

 Weis gift cards are very hard to find since they aren't in every state so I normally don't get them for weis, but you can sometimes find them on Ebay

Amazon: NO

Amazon gift cards are also very hard to find at a good price and if you have an amazon card you will want you rewards points anyway.

Lowes/Home Depot: YES

I don't have a Lowes or Home depot credit card, the benefits aren't that great.

Lowes gives you 5% off everytime

Home depot gives you 6 months no interest

So therefore gift cards are a must for a person looking to spruce up their home or do other projects.

You can find these gift cards for 5%-10% off depending on the day and that really adds up when you buy big project. We are currently replacing the windows in our home and this has saved us TONS. 

I have listed a few stores but you can search for others and see what deals you can come up with. I always like to buy the ecode printable ones so you can print them right away and don't have to wait for them in the mail. Gift cards are also great for Restaurants, you can get some VERY big discounts but if your like me that's hard because going out to eat in my family is very last minute. But maybe if I did more planning I would buy them more.

Thanks for reading and if you have any questions please ask!