Use FatWallet Cash Back When Buying Online
If your reading blogs then chances are you at least some purchases online. In addition to the cash back you can get when using certain credit cards, you can also use a program from Fatwallet to get even more cash back. Fatcash or Fatwallet cash back allows you to get a percentage back if you buy from certain sites after going through Fatwallet.
Most of the discounts I have gotten range from 2 to 4% but there are some that are in the double digits or are a straight cash value back. All you have to do is sign up for an account and then visit the stores page. You click on the store you plan on going to and then click on the cashback link on the right hand side.
Once you do a new window appears with a popup confirming the cashback you will receive.
Simply shop through the new window of the website you went to and make your purchase. Eventually fatwallet will post the transaction on your cashback account. After that it will take several months before you can retrieve the money to make sure you don’t return the item or do something else to reverse the sale.
If you already plan to make purchases at a store online this is a great way to save money. You can request a check be sent out. I did that earlier this year and I think it arrived within a week or two. There also appears to be an option now receive paypal payments and donate to some Red Cross Funds.
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September 4th, 2006 at 7:58 pm
The discounts are especially worth it when you are say buying high priced items (laptop from Dell).
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February 14th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Hi Jason!
I’m quite impressed reading through all your financial blog entries. FOr such a young guy, you are really taking control of your money and your life. GOOD JOB!!! IT’ll certainly help you as you get older.
Wanted to ask if you could take a look at our site — DealTaker.com — for a possible future blog entry. I’m helping my friend who started the company to get the name out. Since you’re into frugality, I thought you might like to give the site a look and see if it was something you could blog about. While there isn’t any cashback deal going like at FatWallet, people are saving tons of money while shopping through our site and they are getting all kinds of freebie stuff, too, through our Free Stuff Forum. An added bonus to shopping for deals through this site is that my friend, Neal, gives part of his commission from the affiliate businesses to breast cancer research. (His wife was battling the disease — and has since won! — when he started the site, so he is giving back to the cause. People can support the cause, too, by shopping on his site and it doesn’t cost them anything extra.)
Thanks for taking the time to read my request. If you are able to write about us or link to us somehow, email me back to let me know and I’ll send you a free Tshirt or string backpack as a thank you!
Keep up the good work. I’ll have to keep checking back to your site to watch your progress on your NetWorth blog page!! — Beth