The old code expired. Here is a new code that expires on May 13, 2007.
Signup at costco.ca and use coupon code GSWEB6. You’ll get a $25 gift certificate which means that you end up paying $30 for a 1 year Costco membership.
This is for new membership only. However there is a trick to get this deal if you’re currently a member. Say you’re the primary member and your significant other is a secondary card holder. When your membership ends don’t renew and have the significant other who was not the primary member apply as the primary member. Got it? 😉
Just for your information, a lot of people love Costco because it offers rebates, an inexpensive restaurant, bulk quantities (=savings) and 100% customer satisfaction (you can almost refund any item anytime and they will take it back).
Some notes from last time’s comments:
The code is GSWEB6.
Robert D. Gibb is posting a stunning series of articles on Air Miles on the forum. I found the series very useful and enlightening so I’m posting it on the blog as well.
Robert D. Gibb is a Contributing Editor (DRIPs) at the Canadian MoneySaver Magazine.
1. Week 2 of the 4 Week Name Brand Promo
On this promo about 50 name brand products come with bonus AMs plus if you buy 5 seperate offerings you get an extra 50 AM bonus.
I didn’t see much to turn my crank but they do offer 2 products with big bonuses to get you started. One this week is Cheemo Perogies (907g) Reg: $4.37 On Sale: $3.99 Buy 4 Get 50 AMs.
Safeway’s House Brand is $3.59 (1kg) so you’d have to bump up Cheemo 10% to get an equivalent cost: $3.99 x 1.10 = $4.39
The difference is $4.39 Cheemo – $3.59 Safeway = $0.80
At $0.13/AM that’s about a 6.25 AM difference. On 4 it’s 25 AMs.
So the name brand has a 25 AM advantage this week.
However, the house brand will likely be on sale and part of a Buy 5 Get 50AMpromotion soon enough so I personally will skip this offer.
2. Buy 5 Get 50 AMs on House Brands
Not a lot of items this week and they didn’t have the little handbill at Customer Service this morning that tells exactly which items are eligible the next two weeks. That is sometimes a problem when staff forget to take down old signs or put up new ones correctly.
Regardless, here are a few that are also on sale. Remember, eligible items on sale week 1 often are not in week 2. Regular price appears first, sale price 2nd:
Select Verdi Spaghetti sauces (700ml) 3.99/3.50
Quick Cooking Oats (2.25 kg) 5.24/3.49 = 33.3% off
Flour (5kg) 5.49/4.99
Frozen Lasagna (907g) 5.55/4.49 = 20% off
Ultra laundry soaps liquid (2.95L) 6.29/5.49Not on sale but cottage cheese and processed cheese slices are eligible.
Got an email from the organizers of the warehouse asking me to notify you guys of their first ever Toronto warehouse sale.
What?
Incredible savings on many of the world’s hottest fashion brands for men and women featuring Guess?. Also included will be, Mexx, Firetrap,Bench ,Hooch & assorted footwear.
60-90% off denim, tops, handbags, dresses, shorts, skirts, jackets, outerwear , footwear and much much more.
You can log onto www.premiumretailgroup.com and recieve a VIP invitation to the first day of the sale & discount coupons.
– Denim jeans only $ 35.00 or 2prs for $ 60.00(regularly up to $ 198)
– Handbags starting at $ 30.00 (regularly over $ 100.00)
– Tops starting at $ 15.00
Free admission
Free parking
Where?
Toronto International Centre
HALL 4, 6900 AIRPORT ROAD, MISSISSAUGA, ONT L4V 1E8
When?
5 days only from April 25- April 29 , 2007
In a curious experiment, Joshua Bell, one of the top violinists of our time, played as an incognito street player at the metro station L’Enfant Plaza in Washington, D.C. He used one of the most expensive violins in the world ($3.5 million) and played some of the greatest pieces of music including “Chaconne” from Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D Minor.
Among 1,097 people who passed by, only one recognized him and only a couple more were drawn to his music. However, every single child who passed by attempted to stop and listen, before being hastened on by their parents. For his nearly 45 minute performance, Bell collected $32.17 (not counting $20 from a passerby who recognized him).
“At a music hall, I’ll get upset if someone coughs or if someone’s cellphone goes off. But here, my expectations quickly diminished. I started to appreciate any acknowledgment, even a slight glance up. I was oddly grateful when someone threw in a dollar instead of change.” This is from a man whose talents can command $1,000 a minute.
The article is very well written and is an enjoyable read. I strongly recommend it.
Click here to read the Washington Post’s “Pearls Before Breakfast”
Recipe by bcteagirl
BCteagirls ham and pineapple casserole:
2 cans (8 ounces each) crushed pineapple, undrained (I used one large noname brand can)
2/3C packed brown sugar (I took out about 1/2tbsp myself).
1 tpsb white wine vinegar
2 1/2 tsp ground mustard (dry, or substitute if not)
1 pound fully cooked ham (or just however much you have and looks good) cut up.
Combine first everything but ham, stir well to dissolve sugar, add ham, stir, cook at 350 for 35-40min.
Additions:
You can leave these out if you want,but seems like it would be very plain to me! You can add in any/all of these you want:
1/2 onion and 1/2 red/green pepper (green cheaper): I fried them in a bit of light olive oil for a few minutes (any oil fine).
at least 1 tsp hot pepper flakes (I added 1 tbsp, but people said it was ‘hot’)
1 drop hot sauce (I added 3, but again, use your discresion).
1 glorp thai sauce, sweet and sour sauce, or whatever you need to use up that is taking up space in your fridge.
It is really good!Â
Have a good recipe? share it with us in the forum and it’ll get blogged too
Thanks to Ryan T for this very interesting information and photo scans!
I thought IKEA would actually learn from its embarrassing and controversial dog photo last year (click here if you don’t know what I’m talking about). But it seems like some of the pedophiles people working at IKEA thrive on controversy.
In IKEA’s latest “Suddenly it’s summer!†flyer, which just came out a couple of days ago, IKEA has a photo of a child reading a Mickey Spillane book. Most of Mickey Spillane’s books are only suitable for adults. His book titles include The Erection Set, Kiss Me Deadly, The Girl Hunters, etc. In general Spillane’s books contain high content of sex and violence; not exactly the type of content kids should be reading.
Here’s the photo of the boy reading a Mickey Spillane book in IKEA’s summer flyer. Thanks Ryan for the photo scans.
Zoomed in:
The boy is very clearly reading a Mickey Spillane book although I can’t figure out what the book title is. I did a search on Chapters.ca and Amazon but I couldn’t find this book cover. Any idea which of Mickey Spillane’s books this is?
You can also access this IKEA flyer on the IKEA Canada website although the resolution is low.
Click here to RSVP a free ticket
Here is the Waitress movie trailer:
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What?
The official Urban Warehouse Sample Sale is coming back again. The selection keeps getting bigger and bigger…….
Check out the latest styles for the whole family all at 40% to 70% off retail prices…..all taxes included! Sportswear, Casualwear, Shoes, Accessories, Watches, Lingerie and a whole lot more from such brands as: Phat Farm, Baby Phat, Pelle Pelle, Akademiks, Miskeen Originals, Inkslingers, Von Dutch Shoes plus many, many more! Three Days Only!
Free admission – Free Parking
Where?
Toronto International Centre
Exhibit Hall 6
When?
Fri, Apr 13Â Â Â Â Â 10:00AM – 9:00PM
Sat, Apr 14 Â Â Â 10:00AM – 7:00PM
Sun, Apr 15 Â Â Â 11:00AM – 6:00PM
For more information about this event contact:
Name: Â Â Â Les Schiller
Phone: Â Â Â 514-851-5858
Fax: Â Â Â 514-481-0543
Email: Â Â Â [email protected]
Saturday, May 5th, 2006 is “Free Comic Book Day†which means that you can receive a couple of free comic books from many participating stores. You’ll almost certainly find a store nearby (I found 2 in Kingston).
Click here to find your nearest local participating comic store
This was posted on the iPhone World blog:
A recent CBC News report from Canada sparked a lot of controversy about iPhone’s future in Canada.
The CBC News report stated that CBC was told by a Rogers Wireless customer representative that it has not announced any plans to carry the iPhone in Canada, yet. A lot of reputable sites, including Apple Insider (which we really like, but still think is not Canadian enough), carried this information as truthful.
However, we here at iPhoneWorld.ca did not buy this report, as previously a Rogers Wireless customer representative told us via e-mail that Rogers will be the sole exclusive Apple iPhone carrier in Canada.
Hence, just today, on April 6th 2007, we’ve made a call to Rogers Wireless regarding the CBC report. Rogers Wireless customer representative Amanda, (1-877-764-3772), told us the following.
According to Amanda (whose last name we were unable to get due to Rogers policies), “We [Rogers Wireless] are going to offer the iPhone in Canada… We’re just unsure of the exact release date.“
Therefore, we’d like to forward this information to all our Canadian readers. This is not the first and not the last time CBC was wrong, while the iPhone will certainly be brought to Canada by Rogers Wireless. Rumor squashed!
Additionally, we’ve contacted CBC News to try and make them aware of their error, but they never got back to us.
and you thought this was bad?
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Thanks to Kate for this info 🙂
Finally Price Chopper has it’s own official website. The flyer is posted there so I won’t be posting it on the forum anymore. I’ll just update my flyer links to point to the official website.