If you don't use Ebates, you are missing out!

It's true, I use Ebates all the time and it's awesome....I know this shameless promotion, but it doesn't cost you anything and it can only benefit you. I love a good deal, so why not share?

So what is Ebates? It's a click-thru site that you use for online shopping. If you want to shop at one of the 1800+ retailers they have on their site, you click the link and if you make a purchase you get a percentage back in the form of a quarterly check (a Big Fat Check as they call it). It's really that simple. They make it even easier by offering an extension to your web browser that lights up to tell you that you are browsing one of their participating sites and you just click the button to activate it. It'll even show you coupons and try them out for you at check out.

I'll give you an example. I was shopping for a new computer. I found one on the HP website that fit my needs. The computer was $1100, but it was marked down to $800. I clicked the little E on my browser to activate Ebates for this site/purchase. Turns out that they were offering 15% cash back on HP purchases at that time. Not only that, but Ebates found a coupon code that saved me an extra $25. That transaction will net me over a $116 on my next Big Fat Check. Pretty sweet, right? You get paid for buying the stuff you were going to buy anyway.

If you aren't a member of Ebates yet and you want to be now, please do so using this link (I confess, I get credit for referrals too): http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=CraSx%2BVRnAWK5yaMLKLclA%3D%3D&eeid=28187

Happy saving!