Archives for 2017

Amazon Prime members can get 20% off their next pet food and treats order (up to $20) after they create their first pet profile. It’s free to create a profile and they include cats, dogs, horses, birds, fish, turtles, and more. You can also sign up for future pet-related promotions and discounts.

Order must be “sold by Amazon.com” and completed within 180 days of profile creation. Promotion will be automatically applied at checkout and will apply to Subscribe & Save orders. Overall, a relatively easy 20% off an entire order of items in the “pet food & treats” category. I might even double up my order to max out the $20 discount and cancel my usual Subscribe and Save.

Starbucks and Chase Pay have a new promotion that gets you 300 bonus stars when you load $20+ via Chase Pay on the Starbucks app. Click the link for specific instructions for iOS or Android phones. Expires November 21st, 2017. Easy to sign up and my 300 points showed up quickly.

• 300 stars is enough to earn Gold Status (or renew your current Gold status), after which you can redeem 125 stars for a free food or drink on the menu at Starbucks.
• Chase Pay requires you to have an eligible Chase Visa consumer credit card, debit card, or Chase Liquid card.

300 stars can be valued at over $10 pretty easily, as every 125 star reward can be redeemed nearly any food or drink item on their menu. Besides a huge Venti caffeine/sugar bomb, most of their lunch food items are over $5 and some are closer to $9. They now have protein boxes, protein bowls, hot/cold sandwiches, and more. Alcoholic beverages are excluded.

What can I redeem my Reward for?

Starbucks® stores: one [1] complimentary handcrafted beverage [standard Starbucks menu sizes only], food item or ready-to-drink bottled beverage at participating Starbucks stores.

This weekend only, IKEA has a printable $25 off $150 coupon [pdf] that is valid through 4/22/18. The coupon states that you can also show it on your phone at checkout. Valid in US stores only. Here is selected fine print:

Not valid on IKEA Kitchen Event offer, IKEA services, Eat for Free or Kids Eat Free IKEA Food Offers, IKEA FAMILY Individual Kitchen Planning Service Offer or in the IKEA Restaurant or Swedish Food Market. Not valid on previous purchases or the purchase of IKEA Gift Cards.

IKEA coupons are pretty rare, other than their ongoing $25 off $250 moving coupon.

Promo is back, supposedly for new customers but may work if you uninstalled it previously. I was just able to do again myself for another easy five bucks. Amazon Assistant is a browser extension for most popular web browsers. I usually don’t like these “helpers” as they slow down my computer and track my every movement even more than usual, but Amazon is offering a $5 off $25 coupon for new users. You can always un-install or disable it after you use up the coupon. Here’s how to get the promotion applied to your account:

• Install the Amazon Assistant browser plugin. (Here is an alternate link if that first one doesn’t work.) When complete, you should see a little Amazon Assistant “a” icon on your top right of your browser.
• Make sure you are signed into your Amazon account. Click on the Amazon Assistant “a” icon on the top right, and scroll through the introductory tutorial.
• Click on the “Redeem offer now” button to apply the credit to your account.

Add items to your cart initiated within the plugin (do a search for what you want). During checkout, look for $5 off your next $25 purchase. Your cart must contain physical goods sold by Amazon.com. Here is a link to all the promo details.

All-Clad cookware is known to be very high quality, but also quite expensive. If you cook regularly, you can justify the high price with the fact that the stainless steel pots and pans will essentially last forever. (I would skip the non-stick stuff, even anodized won’t last forever.)

HomeandCooksales.com is how All-Clad unloads their products with slight cosmetic blemishes. All sales final. However, you still get the same limited lifetime warranty as if you’d bought them at Williams-Sonoma. Really, who cares about dents and scratches when it comes to cookware?

The products which are for sale on this site are FACTORY SECONDS. They have minor cosmetic scratches and/or dents. There are no defects which will affect the cookware’s performance. For this event, all sales are final, no returns will be accepted.

The next big sale is 11/6-11/8 but you can see some items available now with the passcode ACVIPNOV17. To get future passcodes and reminders, send an e-mail to allcladvipfactorysale@groupeseb.com to get on their mailing list.

I would still compare prices before purchasing. Amazon has been known to make price drops in response to these sales, and those items are not factory seconds (and also accept returns). You can also get 5% back at Amazon with an Amazon Prime credit card or Discover It card this quarter.

I’ve been slowly accumulating my “permanent cooking portfolio” of All-Clad pots/pans and Le Creuset/Staub dutch ovens. I recommend buying some Bar Keepers Friend as it helps wash off the stuck bits on stainless steel. Also good on bath tubs, kitchen sinks, and stove tops.