Dinner out with cash back

I'm still loving my ebates membership.  I booked my flight to Canada through them and earned more money back, I now have more than enough to get my first "Big Fat Payment" check.  They also send me daily emails with coupon codes and deals that I can use, plus earn money back on top of it.  Then came a resturant.com deal.

I've been eyeing the one for Buhkara Indian Bistro near the Ridegedale Mall, it has excellent Indian food.  So when a deal came up, I bought a $10 certificate (to use on an order of $20 or more) for just $1.60.  PLUS I got $ .16 back on ebates.  That may not seem like a lot of money back but it's a much better rate of return than any of my local banks.

If you want to get in on the deals, sign up for ebates here.  Then shop for restaurants in your area and use the code "Spring" at checkout to get it even cheaper.  Within a day you should see your first ebates earnings!  Always check the fine print in these offers, each deal may have different restrictions.

A dollar or two here and some nickles and dimes here may not seem like a lot of money to go through these hoops.  However, if you're going to get these deals anyway, why not earn some money back?  Save it up for something fun.  And once you've signed up, it's fairly simple to go back and earn more money on your purchases.

Yes There's A Free Lunch, Just Not at Chipotle

There's a new hoax going out around facebook that if you follow, post and tag a photo, Chipotle will give you a free meal.  As much as I'd love this, it's not true.  Chipotle has been replying to many questions about this recently, here's one:

The poster asks a good question.  If there is such a good coupon, wouldn't the company want more people to know about it and post it on their facebook page?  Which is also something we should all think about.  Even if your friend, whom you trust post something - it doesn't mean it's true.

Although there's no free burrito, there are other free lunches and offers out there.  Check out this list of birthday freebies.  Many of them will give you something just for signing up, so no need to wait until your special day!  Last weekend, I got a free sandwich including side from Famous Dave's just for signing up, we just needed a $5 additional purchase.  We also were able to get up to 3 free meat & potato burritos from Taco John's with no other purchase and I got a free Arby's roast beef with purchase of small drink.

There are places with free or nearly free lunches out there, but Chiptole is not one of those places.  But if they do have a free lunch offer, I'll post it when I see it.