We also needed to replace our tea kettle and a saucepan; these were my original shopping impetus and they helped qualify the order for free shipping. Here's how the savings added up:
1 Tea kettle
1 Sauce pan
Trees in the Pavement book
Preschooler's Busy Book
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Total before discounts: $60.43 + 9.92 for shipping = $70.35
Discounts: -7.99 (4-for-3 promotion)
-9.92 (free super saver shipping)
-15.00 (Swagbucks Amazon gift codes)
Total out-of-pocket expense: $37.44, which is a savings of up to 47%!
Discovering that this Amazon promotion includes Jennifer Grosser's Trees In the Pavement
made me gleeful. The author and I were actually college contemporaries, acquainted through singing in a choir together. From the alumni grapevine, I learned that she published this book last year. Since then, I have been eager to delve into her insights about immigrant perceptions of a new land. Thus, although I did once say I'd "leave deal blogging to the pros", I do make rare exceptions. Whether it is a book or Band-aids, getting free items that I will use is a blessing. Nonetheless, I want to guard against encouraging myself or others toward the wanton pursuit of more stuff. To consume less and leave a smaller ecological impact in our wake are still important considerations.
1 comment:
Last month I bought an electric pressure cooker that usually sells for over $200 for $129 and free shipping and handling. I didn't know a tea kettle would ever wear out. I've had mine forever it seems like. I enjoyed your post. You have a very friendly way of writing. God bless, Doylene
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