Make Money With Rebates

My PediaSure Rebate Check Came In

I Made $5 Profit!

Before I started couponing heavily a year ago, I would see a "REBATE!" offer sign posted somewhere.. on a product, in the paper, etc.. and I would scoff. It always seemed to be a lot of work and semi scammy. Just another marketing ploy to be savvy by ignoring, right?  Then, a year or so ago I had my eyes opened.  Now, I make money working rebates from time to time.

It isn't mad money or a lot of money. Most of the time it take a little work to think about and pull your coupons and deals together. Sometimes, after the time you put into it and the cost of postage, etc it hardly seems worth it. 

It can be, though. Several months ago, for example, I worked a P&G brands rebate.. you had to spend $50 in participating products and would get $20 check back. It took a little time and effort, but I was able to combine sales and coupons and ended up spending less than $5 out of pocket to buy $50 worth (pre coupon price.. most rebates ignore your coupons and only look at the pre coupon sale price).  That rebate got me LOTS of great product and I made $15 in profit.

Some rebates are not so labor intensive.  This was a quick and easy one: Buy a PediaSure or PediaSure Sidekicks pack, get a full (pre coupon cost) rebate. It was a "Try Me Free After Rebate" deal.  I saw this when I happened to have a $5 off coupon in my binder.  Score! I bought the Sidekicks drinks for $6.99. I used the $5 off coupon and paid $1.99.  I submitted my receipt according to rebate guidelines. I just received a check I am going to deposit into my account for $6.99.  So, I MADE $5 working this rebate. Ok, $4.50 after postage.

If I worked a deal like this every month, it would be about $54 extra in my pocket every year. That doesn't seem like a whole lot.. but it all adds up.  That is a free trip to the movies for the whole family. OR, it is half the cost of an annual membership to the New Orleans Audobon Zoo and Aquarium for the whole family.

Put it in perspective.  You can rebate with minimal effort. You can get free products at the very least. At most, you can use it to turn a profit. Personally, I love to work a good rebate deal, make a profit, put the items I bought for the rebate deal in a garage sale for super cheap ($3 Fusion Razor Refils, Regularly $15, anyone??!!) and make a second profit! Or Ebay them...

Let us know if you have found any good rebates out there lately!