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Well, free-ish
Two years ago, actually to be precise 26 months ago. A coworker was telling me about a rebate app that she liked using, one where you get cashback on purchases mainly at grocery stores but all sorts of other retailers too. The rebates you redeem you can cash in for gift cards or just send the money into your Paypal account. She seemed really hooked on it and I was intrigued, so I signed up and started redeeming rebates on stuff I was purchasing anyways.
I'm always on the lookout for "extra" money to support my pony habit and quickly decided that this particular app was going to be my Rapunzel fund. I've always grappled with the idea of buying her, on the one hand I intend to complete the US collection so it has to happen eventually, on the other hand how can I possibly bring myself to spend THAT much on a small, plastic toy. So, with my first few dollars in my app account I declared to my husband that this is my Rapunzel fund and eventually, one day, little by little I will earn enough in these rebates to buy the most expensive US pony.
Now, for it to be fair I couldn't buy a bunch of extra stuff that I wouldn't normally buy just to redeem the rebate but on regular purchases of things we typically get I started building up my balance. For the past 26 months I have saved every receipt, checked them against the app almost daily and with .25 here, and 1.00 there it slowly added up to the final amount I needed, 750.00! Yep, ponies, 750.00 in stupid little rebates over the past 2 years and I finally did it! I got my Rapunzel!
Now, I'm not quite sure what I'll do with myself LOL I guess I'll keep building it up towards the next high dollar pony I need. There are certainly faster ways to gain that but I'm proud I stuck with it for so long and can say I technically got a free Rapunzel! See, every pony there is hope! It can be done!
Ain't she a beaut! I'm working on constructing her a tower display shelf. Will of course share when it's complete
Two years ago, actually to be precise 26 months ago. A coworker was telling me about a rebate app that she liked using, one where you get cashback on purchases mainly at grocery stores but all sorts of other retailers too. The rebates you redeem you can cash in for gift cards or just send the money into your Paypal account. She seemed really hooked on it and I was intrigued, so I signed up and started redeeming rebates on stuff I was purchasing anyways.
I'm always on the lookout for "extra" money to support my pony habit and quickly decided that this particular app was going to be my Rapunzel fund. I've always grappled with the idea of buying her, on the one hand I intend to complete the US collection so it has to happen eventually, on the other hand how can I possibly bring myself to spend THAT much on a small, plastic toy. So, with my first few dollars in my app account I declared to my husband that this is my Rapunzel fund and eventually, one day, little by little I will earn enough in these rebates to buy the most expensive US pony.
Now, for it to be fair I couldn't buy a bunch of extra stuff that I wouldn't normally buy just to redeem the rebate but on regular purchases of things we typically get I started building up my balance. For the past 26 months I have saved every receipt, checked them against the app almost daily and with .25 here, and 1.00 there it slowly added up to the final amount I needed, 750.00! Yep, ponies, 750.00 in stupid little rebates over the past 2 years and I finally did it! I got my Rapunzel!
Now, I'm not quite sure what I'll do with myself LOL I guess I'll keep building it up towards the next high dollar pony I need. There are certainly faster ways to gain that but I'm proud I stuck with it for so long and can say I technically got a free Rapunzel! See, every pony there is hope! It can be done!
Ain't she a beaut! I'm working on constructing her a tower display shelf. Will of course share when it's complete