Freebies & Deals...

Happy New Year!!!

I love bargains, so I thought I would share my newest find. Have you noticed these "Redbox" things in the front of your local Walmart? I did and decided to do a little websurfing to find out about them. Well folks, this is the next Blockbuster or Movie Gallery. Just about every movie rental place around here has gone out of business so this is my new favorite way to rent movies. Yep, we've tried Netflix which is still a bargain if you use it enough. To rent movies on demand at home runs $4 and we rarely get through one without the digital connection messing up, which is a *TAD* annoying. Also, you can now watch lots of things online, but again our internet connection doesn't always cooperate.
Thanks to Redbox, we've enjoyed several movies over the holidays completely free. During December they offered free codes for a movie rental every Sunday in addition to the free code they also offer the rest of the year on Monday nights. And when you sign up online they also give you a free code to use whenever you like. The free signup code is 'BREAKROOM' and you can use it once anytime to get started, even before you signup.
How does it work? Next time you're in Walmart walk up to the box, use the touch screen button at the bottom of the page to hit 'rent with promo code'. Enter your code, it will accept it and show that you have credit to rent one movie. Then it will guide you through a selection process to see everything that's in stock (yep, they usually do have the newest releases in stock). Choose your movie, enter your email address, swipe a charge or debit card, and it spits out your movie and emails you a receipt. Even for the freebies, you do have to swipe a card because it will charge you $1 per night late fee up to a $25 cap if you don't return the movie. Like I said, we have used it successfully several times this month for free without any charges to our credit card.
The regular fee to rent is only $1 per night and movies can be returned to any redbox, not just the one you got it at. When you sign up online you can also check what's in stock and reserve movies at different locations. You do have to make a trip back to return it, but we live within 5 minutes of several locations so it's no big deal. Obviously, if you always forget to return movies (Dad!) then this is not going to be a great deal for you!

I am hoping to get some family Christmas photos uploaded and posted here soon. My goal for the new year is to try and get at least one family post and one 'money saver' post up each week this year so we'll see how that goes!!! I am also going to add some local blogs that have helped me save money this year... Again, Happy New Year!