Who hasn’t read the “no purchase necessary” sentence on “Roll Up the Rim to Win” Tim Hortons cups? Have you ever wondered how you can roll up a rim without buying a hot beverage?

I dug into Timmie’s “Roll Up the Rim to Win” Rules and Regulations and here is what I found. Under “How to Play” it says:

2. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO PLAY: In Canada, obtain a FREE Tim Hortons contest cup and/or a copy of the official rules, by writing to: Tim Hortons Contest Cup, P.O. Box 9296, Saint John, New Brunswick, E2L 4Y8.

Interesting! So Timmie’s will mail out an empty contest cup if we request one. Of course you’ll have to pay the postage for the letter you send, but it’s a fun experiment. I’ll write to Timmie’s requesting a free contest cup and will keep you posted. If you want to try this as well let us know!

Has anyone tried this before?

Apple Canada’s Refurbished section is now selling current generation of iPod videos, nanos and shuffles including the iPod nano red.

Current generation

Refurbished iPod shuffle 1GB – Silver $69.00

Refurbished iPod nano, 2GB – Silver  $139.00
Refurbished iPod nano 4GB RED Special Edition $199.00
Refurbished iPod nano, 4GB – Silver  $199.00
Refurbished iPod nano, 4GB – Green $199.00
Refurbished iPod nano, 4GB – Blue $199.00
Refurbished iPod nano, 4GB – Pink $199.00
Refurbished iPod nano 8GB RED Special Edition $249.00
Refurbished iPod nano, 8GB – Black $249.00

Refurbished iPod 80GB – White $349.00

Previous generation

Refurbished iPod shuffle 1GB $59.00
Refurbished iPod nano 1GB – White $95.0
Refurbished iPod nano 2GB – White $119.00
Refurbished iPod nano 4GB – White $155.00
Refurbished iPod nano 4GB – Black $169.00

Click here to start shopping for refurbished iPods at Apple Canada store

Days Inn changed its ugly logo to a better looking one. But no matter what the logo looks like, Days Inn hotels are one of the cheapest and crappiest hotel chains out there. A lot more than a logo change is needed for Days Inn to improve. Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve never had a single good experience with them.

Old logo:

New logo:

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bcteagirl is starting a Canadian coupon train 🙂

Thanks for the dazzling idea bcteagirl 🙂 and sorry for stealing the title 😉

Click here for more info on bcteagirl’s train

If you don’t know what/how a coupon train works, families.com has a clear explanation:

A coupon train is a great way to get coupons you can use and pass along the ones you can’t use.

How does a coupon train work?

When someone decides to start a train, this person is called the Conductor. The Conductor will set all the rules for the train — name of the train, how many passengers, how many coupons, and what type of train it is going to be (see below for types of coupon trains). The Conductor will make a post in the Train Forum setting the rules, and if you are interested in joining their train, you will send them your NAZ and they will add you to the list.

Once the list has the set number of passengers, the Conductor will make up an envie of coupons and send them out to the first person on the train list, with an enclosed list of all the other passengers. When the first person on the train receives the envie, they will take out all the coupons they think they can use, and take out any expired coupons, or soon to expire coupons. Then they add any coupons they can’t use and send it off to the next person after them. This continues until the last person on the train sends it back to the conductor and the train is complete. Usually then the conductor will ask if all the passengers would like to go around again.

There are many different types of trains people create:

*Baby Train – This train only involves baby coupons

*Pet Train – This only involves pet coupons

*Non-Insert Train – This train only has coupons that are not found in the Sunday paper inserts

*Food Only Train – This train contains only food coupons

*Potluck Train – This is a train that has a little bit of everything.

There is also a Round Robin train, which is a bit more complicated, but a lot of fun. The way this works is the Conductor will gather a list of people who wish to join the train. The conductor will assign everyone a NAZ, and instead of just the conductor mailing out one envie to the first person, everyone will mail out an envie on a set date to the NAZ assigned to him or her. When you receive your envie from the person who was assigned your NAZ, you will take out the coupons you want, take out all the expired coupons, and add any coupons you don’t want and send it to your assigned NAZ. The result of this is everyone on the train will be receiving and mailing out coupons every couple days, as opposed to a regular train where it might take several weeks to make a round because it has to wait and go to each person one at a time.

If you are new to the whole coupon train idea, then I suggest being a passenger on a couple of them first, until you get the hang of how they work.

Click here to join the Canadian coupon train or ask bcteagirl questions regarding the coupon train

On SC’s forum we were discussing how we would spend our money if we won the jackpot.

Brad Duke pocketed a lump sum of $85 million after winning a Powerball jackpot in 2005. I like the way he’s spending his money and would probably do the same (although I think he should give a bit more to charity)

Here’s how Brad spends his money

Photoshop is pretty much the only photo editing software you’ll ever need, but it comes at a pretty hefty price. As such, the announcement of a free version is music to my ears. No specific date has yet been announced, but a free version (admittedly stripped down from what you’ll find in the full version) can be expected to hit the web in the next few months.

And by hit the web, I mean really hit the web. This won’t be a downloadable version – it’ll be web-based. Think Google Docs & Spreadsheets. A lot of things we once thought of as the domain of our desktop alone are slowly but surely evolving to web-based products, and I couldn’t be happier. It’s slowly but surely becoming a web-based world — one where our computers have more space and our productivity can triple, since we can access our work from any computer in the world. Exciting times, people.

This info is fresh off the oven. I had a meeting with some of the guys working at Bell Mobility yesterday and they mentioned that they’ll be offering a bundle/package where users can place as many calls as they wish for free. They also mentioned that Rogers will have a very similar offer. Here is how it will work:

You’ll need to buy a bundle from say Bell. For example you must have your landline phone, cell phone and Internet service all through them (sorry I don’t know what the bundles will include, maybe Internet won’t be necessary, I’m just guessing). You can then place free calls to any phone number (including cell phones) that are subscribed to Bell.

So here’s a possible scenario and I’ll use Rogers for my example coz they are well known for their cell phone services. Let’s say your parents subscribe to a Rogers bundle and you do the same. You will be able to phone your parents or other Rogers subscribers on their cell phone or Rogers digital home phone for free anytime of the day as long as both of you are in Canada.

This can end up saving you $$$ especially if you talk on your cell phone a lot. The only drawback is that Bell, Rogers and Telus will not cooperate so placing a phone call between two different providers will be costly.

The special 20x day is finally here! If you’re on the chain remember that you won’t get any referral points unless you actually shop today and spend $50 or more. Also don’t forget to take your 20x coupon.

Here’s an idea of what you could buy from Shoppers today:

• Milk is reasonably priced at SDM
• Valentines chocolate and gifts are still on sale at some stores
• Easter and Saint Patricks chocolate
• Tissue (the Life brand tissue quality is fine and inexpensive)
• Diapers, baby food, wipes, etc.
• Vitamins – you’ll almost always find some vitamins on sale at SDM
• Tylenol, Aspirin and other OTC durgs
• Electronics – yes, beleive it or not most SDM stores sell iPods, digital cameras, etc.

You can also read Shoppers Drug Mart flyer here online before leaving

Enjoy your optimum point hunting and when you’re back leave a comment telling us what you got from Shoppers 🙂

The MASTER CHOICE Mammoth Beef Burger is on sale at A&P / Dominion for $4.99 in this week’s flyer. You can save an extra $1 by using this coupon. An awesome deal for these delicious burgers and right before the BBQ season.

Click here to read the A&P / Dominion flyer

This is by far one of the best Via Rail deals I’ve come across. If you use your visa card and book online you save 35% and there’s no catch 🙂

Purchase your ticket online with your Visa card and obtain a 35% discount on the adult Regular fare in Comfort class aboard VIA Rail trains anywhere across Canada. Enter your E-mail address on the VIA Rail information page and you will receive an email from VIA Rail with an eCoupon code. Use the eCoupon code to reserve online for your discounted fare on travel before June 30, 2007.

For more details and to get this Via Rail Visa discount click here 

Expires June 30, 2007

Travelling soon?

Here is an awesome VIA Rail Canada discount for students

Click here to get a 50% VIA RAIL e-coupon

(expires April 30, 2007)

Submit a photo of the weirdest thing you have at home!

Click here to view the submitted photos so far

The top 5 contestants will win the following prizes:

• 1st place: $25 Shoppers Drug Mart or Indigo/Chapters or Cara gift card
• 2nd place:$20 Shoppers Drug Mart or Cara gift card
• 3rd place: $15 Cara gift card
• 4th place: $10 Shoppers Drug Mart or Cara gift card
• 5th place: $10 Shoppers Drug Mart or Cara gift card

Submissions are open till the end of February. Please email me your photo to

In Forbes “World’s Fattest Countries”, Canada ranked as the 35th fattest country in the world. 61.1% of Canadian adults aged 15 and over are overweight.

Here’s the Forbes list of World’s fattest countries

Individuals or families with total income of $25,000 or less can prepare and file their income tax for free at ufile.ca.

This is mentioned in ufile.ca’s FAQs.

The Canadian Federation of Students and UFile.ca have joined together to provide FREE online tax preparation and filing for all Canadian post-secondary students.

Use the following Canadian Federation of Students “Free for Students” special offer code:

FAY1493 

Click here for more details on this UFile.ca offer