Swagbucks is on of the best reward company around. They make it easy to earn reward points and offer great prizes. I have been using Swagbucks for close to three years to pay for Christmas gifts and other items my family may need. You can read more about that in my guide. ( http://aproverbswife.com/2010/03/guide-get-free-stuff-with-amazon-swagbucks.html )
Each month I will update you on my progress. The updates will include information on how many Swagbucks I have, how many I’ve earned and what I added to my Christmas stockpile.
You can participate with me in several ways.
1- Join Swagbucks now and earn and instant 30 Swagbucks. (It’s FREE!)
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3-Track your 2011 Swagbucks progress and post about it. Go HERE to learn more about how to participate.
January Impact
Swagbucks – Earn points. Redeem for rewards!
You need 450 to for a Amazon.com
Begining Swagbucks Balance: 3955
Earned: 2099
Redeemed: 2250 SB’s (For (5) $5 Amazon.com
Remaining: 3802
How I funded Christmas with Amazon gift cards.
For the month of January I bought two gifts for my Christmas gift stockpile.
Fantasma Toys Astounding Magic DVD Set by Fantasma Magic
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How did you do this month?
Swagbucks played a HUGE roll in my $100 Holiday last year. I was able to get a lot of my gifts free with the Swagbucks!
One thing I discovered was that you have to start cashing out early. You can only do five of the same item in one month, only two per day, so $25 in $5 amazon.com gift cards per month.
Finding other ways to get low and no cost gifts helped me round out Christmas. This year, with $100 budgeted again, I’ve gotten started getting gift certificates and Groupons in addition to Swagbucks, mystery shopping, and other methods to lower my cost.
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The Proverbs Wife Reply:
February 4th, 2011 at 7:08 pm
@The Saved Quarter,
That’s correct you do have to cash out early because their is a limit to how many rewards you can redeem per month.
I too use group deal sites like Groupon, Eversave, ect. to offset the cost of the gift giving season.
This week I grabbed this ( http://aproverbswife.com/2011/02/hot-deal-pulp-get-up-to-15-in-credit-for-just-1.html ) and this
( http://aproverbswife.com/2011/02/nab-315-swagbucks-a-20-barnes-noble-gift-card-for-10.html ) to add to my gift stash. There are some great opportunities to save money if one is willing to devote a little time.
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