$1 off any two Folgers coffee products

Click here to print a $1/2 Folgers coffee. This is good for ANY two 3 oz. or larger Folger's products, including my favorite, Folger's coffee bags (which never seem to have their own coupon).

If you don't see the coupon, use zip code 80224 and then click on the "Beverages" tab on the left-hand side.

Another $5 Amazon Video on Demand Credit when you re-Tweet the offer

Amazon is offering yet another $5 Amazon Video on Demand Credit when you re-Tweet the offer for them.  This deal is available until 9/2/11.  The credit expires on 10/31/11.

1. Click here.  Click on the "Tweet and Get $5" yellow button.
2. You will be prompted to log in to your Amazon account and Twitter account and to connect them.
3. Click on the "Allow" button.  This will make your Twitter account automatically tweet the following: "I just got a $5 credit for instant movies and TV shows @amazonvideo. Click http://amzn.to/oWmBFy to get yours. #get5."
4. You'll then be directed back to the Amazon site and receive this message: "We have successfully applied a $5 credit to your Amazon.com account, good for movies and TV shows at Amazon Video On Demand."  Check and the credit should be in your account.

$7 in Best Buy gift cards for playing an Iphone game, from KIIP

This deal is a little tricky, but I tried it and it worked for me.  A new marketing company called KIIP (pronouncd "keep") has embedded gift card rewards in certain smartphone games.  Basically, once you attain a particular goal in the game, KIIP rewards you with a gift card.  They are starting out with an Iphone game called 7x7.  It's a very easy, fun game. Here's how to get $7 in Best Buy gift cards from simply playing the game.

1. Download the 7x7 game here to your Iphone Ipad or Ipod Touch. You can also get it by searching on "7x7" in the App Store.  The game is free. 
2. Play the game.  You basically just need to line up four or more of the same color blocks in a row.  There are instructions on the game screen.  It's a very easy, addictive game.
3. When you attain 500 points, a small message will pop up at the bottom that says "KIIP Reward unlocked."
4. Click on the message, and it prompts you to another screen that says "You've won a $2 Best Buy Gift Certificate. Here's a reward for 500 blocks.  Enter your email for instructions."  
5. Enter your email address, and click on the "Redeem, return to App" button.  
6. Check your email, and the gift card voucher with a unique serial code will be there.   (Check your spam folder if it's not in your inbox.)
7. After you've won the $2 gift card reward, play the game again.   At 1,000 points, you will go through the exact same process to win a $5 gift card reward.  
8. The rewards are just like regular Best Buy gift cards, except that they can only be used in-store and they expire on 9/5/11.
9. If you play the game continuously and don't see the KIIP pop-up, shut down the Iphone, wait ten minutes, and then fire up your Iphone and play again.  This worked for me.  It seems KIIP has a limit on the number of rewards that they release per user in a certain time frame.

I don't know if this game is available for Android and even if it is, if gives you the same KIIP rewards.  KIIP is being a little secretive about which games contain their rewards, because they want users to play for the pure enjoyment of the game. If you're an Android user and were able to download the game and get these rewards, please let me know so I can update this post.

Remember, these special Best Buy gift cards expire on 9/5/11 and cannot be used on BestBuy.com, only in-store. I'm headed over to Best Buy later to spend my $7 in gift cards on a flash drive.

Getting monetarily rewarded for playing a computer game is some people's idea of a dream come true!

$10 off $60 at Party City, 8/29/11-8/30/11 only

Get $10 off your next $60 purchase at Party City, today and tomorrow only. 8/29/11-8/30/11.  Click here to print the coupon. If you'd like to use this special offer online, use promo code PCYM44.  Now's a great time to get a jump on buying high-quality tableware for the holidays.

If you love Party City as much as I do, don't forget to enter the Party City Sukkot Giveaway to win a gorgeous set of Party City formal tableware. Click here.

LAST DAY! Extra Cash Back Event from ShopAtHome.com

UPDATE:  Sunday, August 28 is the last day for this Extra Cash Back Event, so shop now.

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The latest promo happening from ShopAtHome.com is the Textbooks Extra Cash Back Event, running until 8/28/11.  Students can find hot deals on new, used, and eTextbooks for the new school year, but even if you're not a student, ShopAtHome.com is also offering extra cash back at Target, Vistaprint, Walmart, Macy's, Best Buy and other great stores.

If you're not familiar with ShopAtHome.com yet, here's a quick rundown:  ShopAtHome.com is a premier, safe, secure cash-back program.  Join ShopAtHome.com and buy anything online; if the vendor is listed on ShopAtHome.com and you click through their link first, you will get a percentage of your purchase back in cash.  ShopAtHome.com has most major online vendors listed on their site. And the beauty of it is, you're not forced to do something you wouldn't already be doing...you're already shopping online, just clicking through a different link first.

Here are the 25 online vendors that are now super-charged with extra cash back rates, good only until 8/28/11:

1. Vistaprint, was 6%, now 12% cash back
   
2. Bookrenter, was 7%, now 10% cash back
   
3. Chegg, was 5%, now 10% cash back
   
4. Walmart, was 3%, now 6% cash back.
5. CourseSmart, was 5%, now 10%
   
6. Proactiv Solution, was $10, now $20
   
7. Barnes and Noble, was 4%, now 8%
   
8. McAfee, was 16%, now 32% cash back.
9. Textbooks.com, was 4%, now 10%
   
10. CengageBrain.com, was 5%, now 10%
    
11. Targus International, was 2%, now 4%
    
12. JourneyEd.com, was 3%, now 6%
    
13. Microsoft Store, was 4%, now 8%
    
14. Carbonite, was 17.5%, now 20%
    
15. Macy's, was 3%, now 6%
    
16. Target, was 3%, now 6% cash back.
17. Bunches of Books, was 2%, now 6%
    
18. Campus Book Rentals, was 4%, now 10%
    
19. OfficeMax, was 4%, now 8% 
20. Half.com, was 4%, now 8%  
21. Apple Stores, was 1%, now 3%
    
22. Alibris, was 4%, now 8% cash back.
23. Buy.com, was 5%, now 10% cash back.
24. Best Buy, was 1%, now 3% cash back.
25. College Book Renter, was 4%, now 10% cash back.

$1 off Johnson's baby shampoo + $1 off Johnson's baby powder

Click on the Johnson's Baby Facebook page and like them.  Click on the "Offers and Contest" tab (on the left-hand side). There are two separate links, one to print the $1/1 Johnson's Baby shampoo coupon and one to print the $1/1 Johnson's baby powder coupon.  Use your back button to print these twice.

Hurry! Target beauty sample pack is back

Get this fantastic freebie before it's gone!  Click here to request a free Beauty Bag. This offer was available a few months back and the bag was full of great beauty samples and came with a huge coupon book. Even if you don't normally request samples, this one is worthwhile.

Coupons for this week

• $1.50/2 Kashi TLC bars
• $1/3 Kashi GOLEAN Bars
• $1/1 Kashi TLC Snack Cracker
• $3/2 Glidden Paint Testers
• $3/1 gallon of Glidden paint
• $1/1 Renuzit Super Odor Neutralizer
• $1/1 box of FiberOne cereal
• $1/1 Pupperoni dog treats

Sterling silver ring with free engraving, $18.38 shipped from Limoges Jewelry

With this super-crummy economy getting worse by the day, sporadic, "just-because-it's-Tuesday" gifts are getting more and more difficult to give.  Here's an opportunity to give someone special a sterling silver ring with free engraving (up to 25 letters) for only $18.38.  It's priced at $19.99, and I've got a promo code that lets you avoid the $3.99 shipping fee.  8% cash back at ShopAtHome.com drops your grand total down to $18.38.   Some ideas for gift giving:

• Your and your spouse's or sigoth's name
• Anniversary date
• Graduation date
• Thank you for ________
• I love you Mom,  ________
• To the #1 Grandma, Love ______

Or anything else up to 25 letters.  The ring comes in whole sizes from 5 to 14, and right now, all sizes are available (I doubt this will be the case for too long).  Here's how to get the ring at this special price:

1. Click through the ShopAtHome.com link to Limoges Jewelry to make sure you get your 8% cash back. (Remember, you must be a member of ShopAtHome.com and signed into your account to get your cash back. Not a member of ShopAtHome.com yet?   It's free.  Click here to join and get $5 cash just for signing up and using their site to make a purchase within 30 days.)
2. Once you're on the Limoges Jewelry website, add this sterling silver ring to your cart. The ring is priced at $19.99. Make sure to add your message to be engraved on the inside of the ring and choose a ring size.  Double-check to make sure you've spelled out your message correctly.
3. Use promo code SHIPCAT4 to eliminate the $3.99 shipping charge.  
4. Alternatively, you can use promo code USAVE20 to get 20% off, if you're ordering more than one ring.  If you're ordering only one ring, it works out to the same discount (and you cannot use more than one promo code).
5. With your free shipping and 8% cash back, your grand total on this engraved sterling silver ring will be $18.38.  Beautiful, thoughtful gift, and a price that won't destroy your budget.  And the look on her face when you give it to her...

If you'd like to buy the men's version of this ring (wider and with larger sizes available), it's available here, but it will be more expensive (still a great price); with your promo code and cash back, it will work out to $29.42.

1. Click through the ShopAtHome.com link to Limoges Jewelry to make sure you get your 8% cash back. (Remember, you must be a member of ShopAtHome.com and signed into your account to get your cash back. Not a member of ShopAtHome.com yet?   It's free.  Click here to join and get $5 cash just for signing up and using their site to make a purchase within 30 days.)
2. Once you're on the Limoges Jewelry website, add this wide sterling silver ring to your cart. The ring is priced at $34.99. Make sure to add your message to be engraved on the inside of the ring and choose a ring size (whole sizes available from 5-16).  Double-check to make sure you've spelled out your message correctly.
   
3. Use promo code USAVE20 to get 20% off and the price will drop by $7 to 27.99.
4.  Shipping is $3.99.
5. With your 20% off promo code and 8% cash back, your grand total on this wide engraved sterling silver ring will be $29.42.  Still a great price on a personalized gift.

AMC Gold Experience movie tickets just $6.30 each from Costco ($6.72 for non-Costco members)

Costco.com has got a 10-pack of AMC Gold Experience movie tickets for just $62.99. Limit two packs per member. If you are not a Costco member, the price goes up by $4.15 to $67.14. Free shipping. Click here to purchase.

Please note, the item will be marked $82.99 until after you add it to your cart, and then the price will drop.

Given that most AMC movie tickets are $10 or more at the booth, and this deal drops that price down by 33-37%, I'd say this is a must-buy for frequent moviegoers. Click here to purchase.

AMC Gold Experience movie tickets are unrestricted and are:

• Good at any AMC, AMC Showplace, Loews, Cineplex Odeon, Magic Johnson and Star theatres, excluding Canadian theatres.
• Valid seven days a week.
• Valid with other coupon offers.
• Have no expiration date.
• Fee added for 3D and IMAX films.

$40 off your next Roto Rooter service call

Click here and enter your zip code to print your coupon for $40 off your next Roto Rooter service call.

Coupons for new Folgers products

Click on the Folger's Facebook page and like them.  Click on the "What's Brewing" tab. You'll be given a choice between printing a coupon for $1/1 Folger's Filter Packs and $0.35/1 Folger's Instant Coffee Single Serve Packets.  I actually wasn't able to get the coupons to print (Folgers posted that they are having some major technical problems) but maybe you will have better luck if you check in later.

$2/2 bottles of Tazo Tea=possible free products

My inbox overfloweth today. Click here to print a coupon for $2 off of two bottles of Tazo tea (use youR back button to print it twice).  Tazo tea frequently goes on sale for $1 at Whole Food or Natural Grocer's/Vitamin Cottage, so keep your eyes peeled for sales, because this coupon could snag you two free bottles.  Expires 11/30/11.

Brag of the Week #2: 78% off at PetSmart

As I've explained in earlier posts, my target price for high-end dog food is about $1 per lb.  In this shopping trip, I managed to pay only about half of that, so I'm a happy, er, puppy.  It's very easy to save money on high quality pet food, because it can be stockpiled so easily and doesn't go bad. The trick is to strike and buy when the opportunity arises, long before you run out of food.

My original total for this haul was $32.78 excluding tax.  I ended up paying $7.19 plus $2.25 in tax (78% savings). This shopping trip was a success mostly because of this deal:

• I purchased two 5.5 lb. bags of Ultramix adult dog food for $13.99 each = $27.98.
  I used this PetSmart store BOGO coupon for the one bag and  this $5 manufacturer's coupon for the other.  I have never had a problem stacking store and manufacturer's coups at PetSmart.  They have truly wonderful cashiers.
  Total price for the two 5.5 lb. bags: $8.99
• I also had 2 of these Cesar Canine Bistro buy-two-get-one free coupons.  I bought six at $0.80 cents each, and saved $1.60 with the 2 coups.
  Total price: $3.20 
• Additionally, I had a $5 off $25 coupon reward that you receive for reaching a threshold (I think it's $100) on your PetPerks account.  I actually gave that to the cashier first, before any other coupons reduced my total.

Got brag?  Please, I love love love to post DailyCheapskate readers' frugal successes. Send it to me here.

New link to request Procter & Gamble samples

Click here to request a new bunch of P & G samples.  You will be asked to log in or sign up, depending on whether or not you've been to the site before.  I was able to get samples of Head & Shoulders, Prilosec and Always.

(And by the way, if you're loving those Prilosec samples, there's a separate link to request one here.)

Buy-two-get-one free coupon for Sweet Leaf tea

Hot enough for you?

I guess the real question is, is it hot enough for some free Sweet Leaf tea?

Get your buy-two-get-one-free coupon from organic Sweet Leaf Teas.  Click here, and a website application on the page will pick up your location from your IP address (I love clever web apps).  If your IP is masked, you can just enter your zip code.  Once the site has picked up your location, it will shoot it over to a weather application, and if your current outside temperature exceeds the record temperature for that day, you will be asked to enter your name and email address and Sweet Leaf will email you a link to a coupon for buy-two-get-one-free for delicious (and kosher) organic Sweet Leaf tea.

I snagged one for the 87 degree weather in Denver.  DailyCheapskate reader Grandy snagged one for Phoenix's temperature of 106!  (Thanks for telling me about this page, Grandy.)  If you do get a coupon, don't forget to use your back button to print it twice.  Click here to see if it's hot enough.

Brag of the Week #1: half off at Whole Foods

I had a very nice run at Whole Foods last night.  Except for produce, Joshua and I generally don't go out of our way to buy organic food. The cost of keeping kosher is expensive enough without complicating it with other pricey special food types, and while I do think organic fruits and vegetables taste better, I don't discern a difference in say, organic vs. non-organic granola bars. My impetus to shop at Whole Foods tonight was that last month's Whole Foods coupons will be expiring at the end of August, and since Colorado Whole Foods stores allow stacking of store coupons with manufacturer's coupons, I saw some real bargains to be had.  Before last month's coupons disappeared from the Whole Food website, I printed them out on a pdf (they allow that) and Whole Foods still had the old coupon magazines all over the store.  (If you would like to duplicate any of these deals and need any of last month's WF coupons, just give me a shout and I will email the pdf to you.  Since they're no longer on the WF site, I don't feel comfortable posting the pdf.)

Tonight's bill rang up to $36.03 (excluding tax). After I handed over my $17.35 in coupons, I ended up paying $18.68 plus $0.23 tax.  Saving 48% on an all-organic, all-kosher shopping run is no small feat.  Here's what I bought and here's how I did it:

• Kashi Go Lean vanilla cereal priced at $3.69.
  I used the $1.50 coupon that came with the Kashi free sample granola bar.  If I'd had two of those, I would have purchased two boxes and stacked them with the last month's WF $1/2 coupon.
  Total cost:  $2.19 (saved 40%).  This is actually about twice as much as I'm used to spending on cereal, but I took a splurge.
• 4 boxes of Nature's path 5 count granola bars, on sale for $3.00 each=$12.00.
  I used 2 of this month's Whole Foods $1.50/2 coupon here and 3 of the $1/1 coupons that I got from the Mambo Sprouts Rocky Mountain tour.
  Total cost $6 or $1.50 per box (half price).
  
• Organic Valley half and half, 16 oz. on sale for $1.99.
  I used the current Whole Foods coupon for $1/1 and the $0.75/1 coupon here.
  Total cost $0.25 (saved 87%). 
• 2 Organic Batter Blasters pancake and waffle batter at $4.39 each=$8.78.
  I used the deal I posted here:  last month's Whole Foods $3.00/2 coupon stacked with two $1.00/1 coupons.
  Total cost: $3.78 for 2 or $1.89 each (saved 57%).
  Since this was such an awesome buy (my cashier high-fived me on this one), and these coupons are reprintable, I will probably go back and get some more.
• SanJ gluten-free organic teriyaki sauce $3.39.  Great on salmon.
  I used the last month's Whole Foods $0.55/1 coupon and the $0.55 Mambo Sprouts coupon from here.
  Total cost: $2.29 (saved 32%).
• Earth Balance dairy-free buttery spread $3.39.  This is a really good-tasting pareve spread with healthier ingredients than regular margarine.
  I used the $1 coupon that I found in the King Sooper's free Optimum Wellness magazine.
  Total cost:  $2.29 (saved 29%).
• Late July organic gluten-free sea-salt chips $2.79.
  I used the $1.00 Mambo Sprouts coupon from here.
  Total cost $1.79 (saved 36%).

I want to add that it took 12 minutes to do these matchups before I set out on my shopping trip. Everything I bought is stuff we will use, except for the half and half, which I'm actually going to try freezing for later.

Optimum Wellness magazine (at Kroger affiliate stores) has organic coupons

Look out for a stack of free Optimum Wellness magazines at your Kroger affiliate store, near the produce section.  I found one at King Soopers (Denver's Kroger affiliate) and it contained a bunch of organic coupons, including:

• $1/1 any Lundberg product
• $1/1 any Earth Balance spread (one of the best-tasting non-dairy spreads out there, and much healthier than margarine)

And several others.  Also look out for a smaller version of Optimum Wellness magazine called "Go Gluten Free" which has a great manufacturer's coupon for $1/1 Beanitos chips with no expiration date.  Nice.  These organic coups will really help out your Whole Foods shopping runs.

Colorado Daily Cheapskate readers, get a year's subscription to 5280 Magazine for only $7

I normally don't like to post regional deals, but this one is way too good to pass up! Here's a shout out to my fellow Rocky Mountain dwellers: get a one year subscription to Denver's 5280 Magazine for only $7! This is a great new offer from MamaSource.  As far as I'm concerned, the 5280 "Top Doctors" issue alone is worth the price! Click here to get started.

Additionally, MamaSource will donate 5% of your purchase to any school that you designate.  (If you don't have a favorite school, please don't let the opportunity go to waste and choose the one that we support, Denver Academy of Torah, referral code 5C3Q.  Thank you.)

Use your $10 instant credit to get two free expandable vases from SaveMore

SaveMore is another one of those "Groupon" type sites.  Like those other deal-a-day sites, they are offering an instant $10 credit when you sign up, which you can turn around right away.  Use that $10 credit to buy two of these expandable vases from the Vase Store for $6 with free shipping.  So you'll get the vases for free and still have $4 credit left in your account to spend on a future deal.  Click here to get started.

IMPORTANT:  Make sure you sign up for the SaveMore account FIRST and then buy the vase deal.  If you do it simultaneously, they will charge your credit card instead of applying your $10 credit.