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End of an era …

November 14, 2019 by Kari @ She Thrifts 4 Comments

Today was a bit of a sad day.  For years Value Village has been my favorite thrift, and most Thursday mornings I can be found at their $2 tag sale, looking for clothes to flip.  In fact, Value Village is the only thrift store I visit regularly, and other than a rare yard sale find, the only place I buy clothes to resell.  A couple weeks ago I found out that our local Value Village location is closing.  I was surprised by how sad I felt.  I have literally spent hundreds of hours there.  It’s hard to believe by the end of the weekend it will be no more.

It’s not that it wasn’t making money.  It was.  The issue is the location, which until a couple years ago it shared with a K-Mart.  Since K-Mart went out of business the other part of the building has sat empty.  Word on the street is that our local hospital has bought the location and is going to use it as satellite parking.  So, poof.  Farewell Value Village.  And at this point they aren’t looking at finding a new location, although I have already gone to their website imploring them to do just that.  VV will certainly be missed in our community.

This morning I stopped in for my normal VV Thursday morning shopping.  The entire store is 50% off, but there isn’t much left.  Over half the store is already empty.  What’s left is fairly picked over, and to be honest not that great of a deal anyway, at least for flipping.  I really loved their $2 tag day, and could often fill a cart with NWT items I found throughout the store.

So empty. So sad.

And so it goes.

Speaking of Value Village (and probably Savers too, for those of you that live in Savers territory) – if you are a Swagbucks user, you should think about linking your credit card for local rewards if you haven’t already.  Every week after shopping at VV I would get an e-mail about points I had earned, which equaled 7% of my purchase price.


Each Swagbuck loosely equals a penny, which means I have earned at least $1778.42. (This estimate is actually low because I often redeem gift cards that are on sale, which cost fewer SB.) I have kinda fallen off the Swagbucks bandwagon lately so I haven’t been earning them as quickly, but my husband still regularly earns $50+/mo, which he usually uses as his movie money. (He most often redeems for Regal gift cards.)

If you are not yet on Swagbucks but are thinking about joining, please consider using my referral link HERE. If you use my link when signing up we will both get a bonus 300 SB (roughly equivalent to $3). There are dozens upon dozens of ways to earn SB in addition to shopping at places like Value Village – which I would be doing with or without the SB reward! (My husband got 800 SB a couple days ago for signing us up for Disney+.) Gotta love free money.

Filed Under: Swagbucks, Value Village

Do you shop at Value Village?

February 6, 2018 by Kari @ She Thrifts 2 Comments

Do you shop at Value Village?  (I believe it is also known as Savers in some parts of the country.)  And, do you use Swagbucks?  (If not, why not?!)  The last few weeks Swagbucks have been magically appearing in my account after I have thrifted at Value Village, as shown in the activity log below:

Yes, I actually had three transactions at Value Village last week (long story), and the Swagbucks have already been credited to my account!  Apparently I enrolled in Swagbucks Local at some point, so each time I shop or eat at specific stores or restaurants and pay with a linked card I get Swagbucks back.  Each Swagbuck is essentially one cent, so for my purchases last week I got 704 SB which will equate to approx $7.04.  On a purchase I would have made anyway.  Awesome!

Swagbucks has a bit of a learning curve, and can take some time to build up.  You can earn Swagbucks in dozens of ways, and then cash out the points for gift cards.  I have known people who entirely pay for Christmas this way, use it to pay for vacations, etc.   About a year ago I finally talked my husband into earning SB too.  He usually cashes out SB for Hulu and Regal gift cards, but for the past couple months he has saved them and he just accumulated enough to buy a PS4.  If you look at the screenshot below (top right corner) you can see that I have earned 140,620 SB on this account, which translates loosely to $1406.20.  (It actually equates to even more because gift cards can occasionally go on sale and require fewer SB to purchase).

I would recommend looking into Swagbucks if you don’t already use it, and if you are already signed up and shop at Value Village make sure you are enrolled in Swagbucks Local!!

 

(This post includes a SB referral link.)

Filed Under: Swagbucks, Value Village

A Bloggy Friend Thank You!

November 13, 2014 by Kari @ She Thrifts 9 Comments

A few weeks ago Margaret @ Live Like No One Else posted about how she saved some money by checking prices on both walmart.com and in the store.  Which is great advice!

My oldest turns 7 today (!!!).  We had a party for him last weekend, and he ended up with some serious birthday money.  He and my husband wandered the Wal-Mart Lego aisle, and decided he would use all of his money on one big Star Wars Lego set he’s been wanting that comes with a whopping $90 price tag!  I’m w-a-y too cheap to buy a gift like that (even for my own kid), which I guess is why he had to buy it for himself.  Anyway, I had this niggling memory of her blog post of finding a cheaper price online vs. the store.  I looked up the Lego set on my phone, and whaddya know, the online price was $75!  Still a lot, but a decent discount.  I found a couple employees talking together, and they both agreed that they couldn’t price match their own website (which I think is kind of crazy, but whatever), so we ended up ordering the SW lego set online, and he was able to get a second smaller superhero Lego set as well for his $90.

Ordering it online was a win/win/win for me.  Lower price, delivered to our home, and I get all of the packaging materials to reuse in the future (like my free gift with purchase!)  I’m not the only one who can get as excited about the packaging of my orders as I am about the actual items I receive, am I?

Also, as you’re shopping online don’t forget to make your purchases via Swagbucks to earn some additional points.  I love getting rewarded for things I would be doing anyway.  I got a couple hundred points from the purchase, just one more bonus in this whole scenario.
 
So, thank you, Margaret, for the tip.  It worked out great for us!

Filed Under: Legos, Life, Quick Tip, Star Wars, Swagbucks

How I plan to pay for Christmas

September 23, 2014 by Kari @ She Thrifts 6 Comments

(This post contains a referral link.)

Everybody uses Swagbucks, right?  (If not you can sign up HERE.)  I have been a casual Swagbucker (aka Swaggernaut) for several years.  Over those years I have earned hundreds(!) of dollars in Amazon gift cards.  You can earn a lot of different things with Swagbucks, Amazon gift cards just happen to be my favorite.  I earned the Swagbucks for those gift cards at a fairly slow pace, around $15 per month.  BUT I’ve upped my game in the last week or two thanks to Louis @ Thrifting For A Living. He did a series on his blog about the different ways to increase the amount of Swagbucks you earn.  Most of his tips can be used by anyone with internet access.  I also adopted several that are especially helpful if you have a smartphone and access to Wifi.  Prior to reading his blog I only did the activities he covers in Part 1 of his Swagbucks series.  Now I am accumulating enough Swagbucks to earn the equivalent of a $5 gift card every 3 days.  I know, $5 every 3 days doesn’t sound like a whole lot.  But, over the course of a month it will add up to around $50.  My plan is to let my rewards accumulate, and by the time I am ready to do the bulk of my Christmas shopping, it won’t have to come out of my pocket.  Happy dance!  I am really pleased with how easy the tips were to follow, and how dramatically my earnings have increased.  Whether you’re brand new to Swagbucks, or are a casual user like I was, I suggest you check out his tips here if you haven’t already.  Thanks Louis!!

Filed Under: Amazon, Swagbucks

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