Update 8/11/24: It seems all 3 methods no longer work – you’ll just have to let the payment go on the card if you want to use Shop With Points. Another update: It seems some readers in the comments note they are still having... Read More →
Category - Shopping
Amazon Fresh Increases Minimum Needed For Free Delivery To $150
Amazon Fresh is increasing the minimum purchase needed for free delivery from $35 (affiliate link) to $150. Delivered below $150 will get hit with the following delivery fees: $3.95 for orders $100-$150 $6.95 for orders $50-$100 $9.95... Read More →
Payments Workshop – Making Payments Rewarding and Efficient
[Table last updated on 1/8/2023, added 86 new data points. If the table isn’t displaying properly, try incognito or CTRL+Shift+R. If you aren’t seeing the source and date, use the toggle bar beneath the table.] Payments Workshop, the... Read More →
Pay with Paypal and get Free Return Shipping [Program Ending]
Update 9/27/22: This program will end on 11/27/22: Our Return Shipping on Us service is coming to an end. Starting November 27th, 2022, PayPal will no longer provide free return shipping labels or refunds for return shipping costs. Make... Read More →
Amazon Stops Accepting Non-Essential Items From Third-Party Sellers Until April 5th
WSJ reports that Amazon is now limiting items sold by third parties so that only household essentials and medical supplies can be added to the Amazon warehouses. Existing items from third parties which are in Amazon warehouses will... Read More →
[Expired] Amazon will Donate 5% of your Purchases to Charity through November 2 with AmazonSmile
Deal has expired, view more Amazon deals here. Those who use the AmazonSmile program always get .5% of their Amazon purchases donated to the charity of their choice. A lot of corporations have charity programs, but I like the way Amazon... Read More →
eBay Offers 110% Price Match Guarantee on Select Purchases
Last year, eBay started a Price Match Guarantee for items sold under the eBay Daily Deals section, and they’ve now expanded that to be 110% guarantee and to include some other top items in thousands of categories. Best Price... Read More →
[Now DEAD] Bypassing Amazon’s ‘Add-On Item’ Restriction with Alexa
Update 5/17/18: It’s been a nice run, but reader Alex tells us that this no longer works anymore. You learn something new every day: If you order on Amazon via Alexa (available on any one of the Echo devices and on Dash Wand)... Read More →
Target Rolls Out ‘Restock’ Nationwide with Free Delivery on Household Items for REDcard Members
Targeted announced it’s nationwide rollout of a program called Target Restock. It’s similar to the Prime Pantry model where they’ll deliver thousands of everyday items to your door. Amazon charges $7.99 per box, and... Read More →
Things to Know about eBay and Paypal
[Updated and reposted 4/20/18 – if you see anything not current, please let me know.] We post a lot of about eBay on the site; sometimes it’s about temporary deals and other times it’s information useful for the long... Read More →
Amazon Froze Some Accounts for Various Abuses including Paid Reviews
Last week, hundreds of Amazon users woke up to find their login credentials not working on their accounts. Even paid Prime members were affected. A few days of trying to reach out to Amazon yielded no results until Business Insider ran... Read More →
Perks of Opening a New Amazon Account (15% Off, Promotions & More)
I recently opened a new Amazon account to keep personal and business separate. Since each Prime account is allowed a secondary Prime account which shares all benefits of the main account, it was free for me to create a second Prime... Read More →
Complete List of Amazon No-Rush-Shipping Offers
Amazon Prime members get free 2-day shipping with no minimum purchase amount. To save on shipping costs, Amazon offers consumers an option to allow for slower shipping and get a small credit, between $1 and $10, toward a future purchase... Read More →
Drop Adds New Weekly Limit for Ongoing Earn Offers [$5/week]
The Drop app has been widely discussed for the ability to earn bonus rewards at top retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Target, Uber, various grocery stores, and more. Over time, rates have dropped (pun intended) and aren’t as good as... Read More →
Good News: Paypal Now Allows Using a Credit Card even with an Available Paypal Balance
Paypal has quietly switched their age-old policy of requiring the use of your Paypal balance when you have one. We can now use a credit card or bank account to pay even when there is a balance in the Paypal account. The new policy... Read More →