Reviews
Please enjoy our reviews of businesses that offer an email sign up for discounts, freebies and news.
Alphabetical Order
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Arby's has an email sign up for "exclusive offers". Unfortunately, after signing up, I have not received one. I do not recommend signing up at this time. The best way to find discounts on Arby's food is still the mailer that arrives at your residence or place of business. Their sign up form is located at Fishbowl. (Fishbowl is an email marketing service.) Arby's website is located at http://www.arbys.com.
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Bass Pro Shops runs great sales on hunting and fishing gear. If you are a hunter or fisherman, love being outdoors or know someone who does, this is an email sign up service not to miss. Last November, they ran great Black Friday specials. Our favorite was the color fish finder for under one hundred dollars. You can sign up and look for sales at their website at http://www.basspro.com.
Border's Books is my absolute favorite email newsletter service for discounts. Several times a month they offer very good coupons, usually above ten percent discounted off. Coupons for 25%, 33% and 40% off are common. This is one company that it is worth signing up for and getting emails to save money! Any new announcement seems to always include a worthwhile coupon.
Borders Books is the place to go to sign up. Enjoy!
Update: Border's is no more. We leave this review up in memory of the great times, great books and people we have met there.
Birthday Express runs many sales and often offers free shipping. They keep current with new party themes from movies and have craft activities available. You can sign up at http://www.birthdayexpress.com.
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Cabela's offers many different products for outdoor sports, hunting, fishing, and a large clothing line for men and women. Take advantage of their $5 flat rate shipping specials and sales on seasonal items. This is another email sign up service that is worth it to join if you love the outdoors, getting cool gear and warm clothing. Their website is located at http://www.cabelas.com.
CVS Photo has sales each week on a wide variety of photo related products and gifts ranging from prints to personalized coffee cups and mouse pads. Sign up at http://www.cvsphoto.com.
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Dick Blick runs regular sales. Several times a year, they run amazing sales where even starving artists can stock up. This email service is highly worth it. http://www.dickblick.com
Disney runs great sales periodically. The PJ sale has great prices on kids's pajamas. Their email service alerts you to these as well as when new merchandise is available. Please visit their website at http://www.disneystore.com to check it out and sign up for the email service.
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Eddie Bauer has super deals throughout the year. Don't miss their 40% off sales that are held periodically. We highly recommend signing up for their email alert service.
Check out the great gear and savings at Eddie Bauer.
Etoys runs many concurrent sales. They often have free shipping offers or upgrades. Sign up before your holiday shopping to save a bundle. Their website offers a "shop by age" and a "gift finder" section to help with your shopping needs. http://www.etoys.com/home/index.jsp.
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Fannie May candies also has a good sign up service. If you like to buy chocolate for yourself or for others as gifts, this email sign up service is worthwhile. They often offer free shipping for larger purchases and free gifts when you buy something else. Just remember to try and order ahead for the holidays as soon as the coupons are available to avoid late disappointments. Fannie May is the website to check out for this and sign up.
FootSmart often offers free shipping. They have a wide selection of shoes including: Aerosoles, Aetrex, AK Anne Klein, Alegria, Allrounder, Alpro, Apex, Aravon, Arcopedico, Asics, Beech, Birkenstock, Birki's, Blondo, BOC Born Concept, Born, Brand X, Brooks, Clarks , Codeor Confortina, Comfortology, Crocs, CrocsRx, Crocs Work, Dansko, David Tate, Dawgs, Dr. Andrew Weil, Drew, Earth, Easy Spirit, Ecco, Enzo Angiolini, Europedica, FitFlop, FootSmart, Geox, Grasshoppers, Haflinger, Hush Puppies, Indigo by Clarks, Island Hawaii, KEEN, Klogs, LifeStride, Martino of Canada, Mephisto, Merrell, Moszkito, Munro, Naot, Naturalizer, NEOS, New Balance, Nurse Mates, Oasis, Okabashi, Orthaheel, Orthofeet, Oxypas, Pedi-Couture, Privo, Pro-Step, Propet, Ros Hommerson, Rotasole, Ryka, Saucony, Sebago, Skechers, Sofft, SoftStyle, SoftSpots, SoftWalk, Spenco, Spira, Spring Step, Taos, Teva, Timberland Pro, Trotters, Vaneli, Walking Cradles, WalkSmart, Wanderlust, Wolverine and more. Their website is located at http://www.footsmart.com.
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Groupon* offers super discounts and deals for many cities and countries. After you visit their website and choose a city from their list, daily emails are sent to you telling you what the deal of the day is. If you are interested then you click the button for the deal. For the Groupon, group coupon, to work a certain number of people must join up and pay for the promotion. For example, a restaurant could offer $50 of food for $25. If you were interested, you would sign up for it and Groupon would tell you if enough people had signed up. If they did, your credit card would be charged and you would print out the information and take it to the restaurant.
If it did not reach the threshold/tipping point then you would not be charged. This can be very good for people who wanted to try the restaurant and have not visited. This particular potential new customber base is in turn important for the restaurant to attract. Businesses can use this to attract new customers who might not have tried them otherwise. It is very different than most print advertising because the business doesn't wait for customers to see the advertisement and then maybe visit, the people who have signed up for the deal have already paid for it and are now invested in coming.
Groupon* is the website to check out for this and sign up. If you would like to do this through our affiliate link please, click here.
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Hanna Andersson specializes in high quality cotton playclothes for girls, boys and babies. Their email service is best for alerting you that new items have arrived and some early sales on the items and infrequent supersales. They have exceptional sale prices on clearance items about twice a year. Please be sure to sign up and check out their deals http://www.hannaandersson.com.
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JC Penney's runs sales regularly but they are usually of short duration. At some point, they stopped running sales but have started again. Their website is located at http://www.jcpenney.com.
March
John Deere has great gifts for the whole family. This includes award winning toys for children. Unfortunately, coupons and discounts rarely come via the email.
Please check their website for great gift ideas at John Deere Gifts.
Justice has many amazing sales including their frequent 40% off an item sale. If you have girls who like to get their clothing, accessories and trinkets there, signing up for their email service will save you regularly. Their website is located at http://www.shopjustice.com.
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Kohl's often has weekend sales but not much notice. Sign up at http://www.kohls.com.
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Marcus Theatres runs a five dollar ticket promotion on Wednesdays and Thursdays to certain shows in many areas. After you sign up you can get a "Super Savers Spotlight Movie Coupon" and can get specials on food. The movie coupon is only good for those two days for those shows listed and comes out with less than a days notice. It can be used for up to four admissions. The food coupons generally last longer and have more notice.
http://www.marcustheatres.com is where to sign up and go to the movies with a super discount on tickets and food!
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Office Max has super sales periodically. The email service is very worthwhile. Sign up at http://www.officemax.com.
Overstock sells many type of clearance items including bedding, furniture and lighting. The most common freebie is free shipping and the most common discount that we have noticed is 10% off their already lower prices. It features $2.95 shipping for items going to a destination in the 48 contiguous states in the US.
http://www.overstock.com is where to sign up.
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Papa Johns runs promotions generally at least twice per month. Most offers are for online orders only and require a promotion code. They often run in conjunction with big sporting events. You can sign up at http://www.papajohns.com.
Petsmart sends regular emails with sales information and good deals. If you have a pet, it is worth it to sign up. They often have 20% of sales across a wide variety of pet products and 40% on occassion.
http://www.petsmart.com is where to sign up.
Petco runs great sales. Some are online only. These include up to 50% off and commonly 40% and 25% off. The email service is very worthwhile for keeping up on their super sales.
Please visit their website at Petco to check it out and sign up for the email service.
Pillsbury's coupon site lets you sign up in two ways: weekly and daily updates. We signed up for weekly. The preview for daily seemed to be mostly just recipes. The coupons update each month so weekly seemed the best choice for our family. Passwords for Pillsbury should contain at least 1 letter, 1 number, and be between 6 and 20 characters.
The claim on the site is that up to $250 can be saved each year with their coupons and that free samples are available. When we signed up, the next screen showed 119 of coupons.
Pillsbury's site is not encrypted meaning activity could be easily monitored by others, so be very careful of any personally identifying information.
You can look for coupons at their website at Pillsbury.
Pizza Hut will send you emails with new tasty promotions and sales on a frequent basis. You can sign up at http://www.pizzahut.com.
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, known for their fried chicken, does not regulary send any email coupons but has specials posted online. Check out the online coupon locator at:Popeyes Coupons or visit their main website at http://popeyes.com.
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Red Robin is not as regular as the two above for offering discounts and freebies but they have a great discount and freebie email service.
For your birthday you can get a free burger and other times a year there are super specials on burgers and side items.
When I signed up, I received a free appetizer. It was fantastic.
Red Robin is the place to go to sign up for great discounts and freebies on gourmet burgers.
14 August 2010 Update:
Red Robin is changing how you receive a free Birthday Burger. It will no longer be sent via the email service but be available from their Red Royalty program.
07 October 2011 Update:
We currently do not recommend signing up for Red Robin's email service unless you want to be updated when a new burger is available or for a free birthday burger. They no longer seem to have any regular good or frequent offers. Hopefully, that will change in the future.
Runza has great birthday specials including both children and adults. Coupons have come in email and regular mail. Runza is not in every state of the country. Please check their website for locations to learn more and sign up at http://www.runza.com.
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Scooter's does not send regular emails. When it has a promotion is usually short lived and only lasts a few days. Many emails contain new drinks but no sales, freebie nor discount information.
http://www.scooterscoffeehouse.com/e-club is where to sign up.
Seattle's Best also has infrequent emails but their contest last February for 100 people to win free coffee everyday for a year tops the competitors for online promotions and freebies. Please be sure to sign up to check out if they repeat this great promotion at http://www.seattlesbest.com.
Starbuck's also does not send regular emails. Like Scooters many emails contain advanced notice of new or returning products and do not contain any discount or sale information. Their rewards card has special promotions.
Their website is located at http://www.starbucks.com.
Shoebuy.com runs many sales. Their offerings include men's, women's and children's shoes and for dress, casual and athletic wear. They often have free shipping offers and also run contests to win free shoes. You can sign up at http://www.shoebuy.com.
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Tabasco has some great unusual gift ideas for the Tabasco fan but has not sent any discount or freebie offers for many months via email. You can find coupons on their website from time to time. It is located at http://www.tabasco.com.
Toys R Us runs regular sales usually of a short duration of less than a week. Sign up at http://www.toysrus.com
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Ulta sells cosmetics, shampoos, hair accessories and brand name beauty products. When you sign up for their email service, they send a coupon. Ulta has good deals and free samples. This month they are running a special sale everday for their 21 Days of Beauty promotion. If you like brand names like Bare Minerals, Too Faced, Dermalogica, Stila, Philosophy, Tarte, Mario Badescu, Studio Gear, Kinerase, Smashbox, Murad, Cargo, Lorac, StriVectin, Pur Minerals, Napolean Perdis, Exuviance, Urban Decay, Clarisonic, Benefit, and DDF, please be sure to sign up and check out their deals http://www.ulta.com.
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Yankee Candle has a great email sign up service. Not only does it announce store sales, it offers some exclusive discounts for those who sign up for their email service. Some of the best sales are the buy one get one free, buy two get two free, buy two get one free, and one dollar sampler and tart promotions. The website is http://www.yankeecandle.com
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