The other day, my wonderful, 12 year old son (Prince PITA) PITA BTW stands for Pain in the ASS!!! LOL.... tells me that he is going to join the wrestling team.
Now this kid told me he wanted to do that before school started... the school was even offering to do sport physicals for like $15... and then he changes his mind after he finds out that they have to wear Singlets ... come on kid... what did you think you were going to wear?
OK fine... so he wants to join again... he tells me Tuesday... this Tuesday... oh and mom practice starts next Tuesday and I need a physical and wrestling shoes.
Sure Ean, let me just clear my schedule and find a lump of money in the gold pot... *sigh*
So I got him scheduled for his physical, they are letting me bring him in even though he was just there in Oct and insurance I guess only pays for once a year visit... (well visit) I guess they will figure it out since I said so... am I SOL then? LOL... she said no, bring him in Monday.
Next to find wrestling shoes... he tells me his friend told him that oh you can get some wrestling shoes for $75... OH IS THAT ALL?!!!
Play It Again I thought about, but that is so hit and miss and he needs them by Tuesday and I don't have time to run around the state of Arizona to find them!
So I looked at Dicks Sporting Goods Online, when we purchased cleats for his long Football career, (snicker) I found them there at a super good price.
I did a Swagbuck search for promo codes for Dicks Sporting Goods! Found one!! Yippee 15% off my order! Plus they were offering free shipping on shoes, wow, what luck... and then they were offering some promo to join Shoprunner 30 day free trial and that gave me free two day shipping.
Woot! I do those a lot, I just put in my google calender right then and there to cancel whatever I have just signed up for within 20-27 days from signing up. They are always simple to opt out of too..
I then went to ebates typed in Dicks Sporting Goods and YUP 3% cash back clicked the link and it brought me right back to Dicks with the wrestling shoes and the promo code still in my cart!! Paid and DONE!! Wrestling shoes for $38 and I will have them by Tuesday and don't even need to leave the house... oh and get 3% back! I paid via Paypal and used my Bill Me Later Option. I signed up for Bill Me Later during Christmas time as they were offering $10 back after your first purchase..
The point to my long babble about Ean and his wrestling news... when shopping online, DON'T forget to check for Promo codes... there are tons of them posted often and usually one of them is bound to work... USE ebates and get money back... I mean you were buying the item already so why not get cash back? If they are offering some sort of trial membership to give you a better discount or faster shipping sign up for it and that instant stick it in your email calendar to cancel sometime about 10 to 3 days before your trial period ends.. and if you have the funds readily available, use a card that is going to offer you points or rewards back. For me this time it didn't matter since we are cancelling our account with our bank and I'm not set up with the new banks reward program yet... I have to get my debit card first :)
Happy Shopping!!
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