ninjasurfer99
Level 2 Member
So I thought Matt was really on to something with the Cheapskate challenge. Congrats (lets see how this tag thing works) to @smittytabb for the win!!! It was really valuable to see the different approaches and easy to follow along for those of us that chose to. I thought I'd give it a try myself with the new Ipad. I'd share a few limiting factors specific to me but I don't think it'd be fair to ask that you work around my limitations, I have a ways to go giving back to this community before asking something like that. Instead, share whatever would work best for you so we can help in the best way possible for the most people.
The product I'm looking to get for personal use is the new Ipad air 2, 128gb. I need something light to travel with and my fullsize macbook pro isn't necessary. The 128gb is listed as 699.
It looks like targets promo for 140 dollars back in Target gc's is only for the 16gb which is too bad. Here's a couple Ideas I have so far:
Best Buy: 100 dollars off on Black Friday, and you can shop online. Shopping in store that day is out of the question (for me). Buy 600 dollars in gc's at grocery with OBC for 5% back (30 dollars) then go through shopdiscover for another 5% (30 dollars). Use synced amex card for 25 dollars (Unfortunately I only had one card at the time to sync - I'm prepared for the future now but yea, major blunder there) Get 600 reward points for 10 dollars back. Total = 195 dollars off for a final price of 505. *If you don't have OBC you could try and go through discover to try and buy gift cards at 5% back but not sure that'd work. @Frequent Miler laboratory shows that someone bought physical BB gc's through shopdiscover with cash + credit card but I'm not positive how that works.
Aside having synced more cards, anything else I'm missing? What would you do to maximize the purchase? I'm happy with a purchase at 505 dollars so how about this - If someone gives me a strategy that I use to save even more I'll donate the difference to a charity of your choice, in your name.
The product I'm looking to get for personal use is the new Ipad air 2, 128gb. I need something light to travel with and my fullsize macbook pro isn't necessary. The 128gb is listed as 699.
It looks like targets promo for 140 dollars back in Target gc's is only for the 16gb which is too bad. Here's a couple Ideas I have so far:
Best Buy: 100 dollars off on Black Friday, and you can shop online. Shopping in store that day is out of the question (for me). Buy 600 dollars in gc's at grocery with OBC for 5% back (30 dollars) then go through shopdiscover for another 5% (30 dollars). Use synced amex card for 25 dollars (Unfortunately I only had one card at the time to sync - I'm prepared for the future now but yea, major blunder there) Get 600 reward points for 10 dollars back. Total = 195 dollars off for a final price of 505. *If you don't have OBC you could try and go through discover to try and buy gift cards at 5% back but not sure that'd work. @Frequent Miler laboratory shows that someone bought physical BB gc's through shopdiscover with cash + credit card but I'm not positive how that works.
Aside having synced more cards, anything else I'm missing? What would you do to maximize the purchase? I'm happy with a purchase at 505 dollars so how about this - If someone gives me a strategy that I use to save even more I'll donate the difference to a charity of your choice, in your name.
