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In this blog, one topic that I speak about is saving money. What if I told you that you could get a PS4 Game Console for free (or at least almost free). Would you believe me? Well, we did it last December. Here’s how…
In 2016, I started to price match and use other apps to save money, but it’s not until 2018 that I started to use the PC Optimum program. Once you really understand how to maximize the program you can accumulate points relatively easy and purchase some really neat things such as we did with the PS4.
Over the course of fall 2018, we intentionally accumulated a little over 300 000 points( equivalent to $300 to be sent in the Loblaws chain of stores). $300 may be enough to purchase a PS4 on special, but free means free zero dollars from our pockets. What a lot of individuals do not pay attention to is that Shoppers Drug Mart often has Redemption weekends when they provide an extra “top-up” to the number of points that one will spend. In this event, it was an extra $150 (in point value) for every 300 000 points ($300) spent which is almost 50% more in free money. Sometimes, they even give you $200 (in point value) when you spend 300 000. However, it was getting close to Christmas and they knew that customers were looking for Christmas gifts. So here we were with the PS4 on special for $299.99. We cashed in our points and were able to pay for the PS4 (The Spiderman Edition with one controller included in the box) and two extra controllers with the points and the special bonus offer. Super special for points that we made while buying groceries. You’ll notice that on the bill in this post we bought other items too.
Here’s one way that you can purchase things for free without spending your hard earned money. Of course, we are now trying harder than ever to purchase fewer things (more on that in future posts). I would also like to say that there are several things that you can buy at Shoppers Drug Mart with your points such as high-end cosmetics and the like, it all depends on your preference.
Happy Shopping!!!