Today’s Groupon Deal – $25 for $50 of GAP Merchandise
**Update – This deal is VERY popular, and the Groupon servers haven’t been able to keep up with the demand. You might get a message when you click through that indicates this. Just enter your email address and they will notify you when things have calmed down.
Groupon is offering another great deal today – $50 worth of GAP merchandise for $25. This deal is available for purchase today only. The Groupon is redeemable in stores only, and not online. It can be redeemed at GAP and babyGAP stores, but not GAP Outlet or GAP Factory stores. The Groupon expires on November 19, 2010, however if it is not redeemed by the expiration date it can be exchanged for a $25 gift card.
There is a limit of one purchase per account per city. If you want to buy more than one of these deals, you can do so by visiting the page of another Groupon city (at the top of the Groupon.com website). The Groupon can be used at any GAP location, regardless of which Groupon city you buy it from.
Great Opening at Half Price Books in Brookfield
The Brookfield location of Half Price Books is having a “Great Opening” Thursday, August 5th through Sunday, August 8th. They are moving across the street and will now be located on the South side of Bluemound Road, next to CVS at The Plaza, which is located at 17145 West Bluemound Road. The new store will have about 50% more square feet than the old store.
Half Price Books at Brookfield will be giving away a free tote bag and a $5 gift card to the first 100 people through the door each day (August 5th through the 8th). Doors open at 9am each day. (There is a limit of one tote bag per person, and individuals must be 16 years of age and up.)
If you are a Journal Sentinel subscriber, you may have received a flyer in the ad inserts in Sunday’s paper that promotes this offer, along with four coupons:
- 40% off any single item – Valid Thursday, August 5th
- 30% off any single item – Valid Friday, August 6th
- 20% off any single item – Valid Saturday, August 7th
- 50% off any single item – Valid Sunday, August 8th
We checked with Half Price books for details on this offer and the coupons referenced above will also be available at the store.
Half Price Books is not just a place to look for bargain books and media, but they pay cash for books, music, and movies.
Half Price Books has other Milwaukee area locations:
- 8514 W. Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, Wi 53224 (414-354-1235)
- 5032 S. 74th St, Greenfield, Wi 53220 (414-281-0000)
Free Eyebrow or Lip Wax & Facial at Hair Decisions & Oasis Spa
This week’s On The House free giveaway is for a free eyebrow or lip wax and a free facial at Hair Decisions & Oasis Spa in New Berlin. To get the coupons for the free services, visit the On The House website. The coupons expire on September 14, 2010, and are only valid for new customers.
On The House is a program run by Milwaukee’s Clear Channel radio stations. Each Wednesday they give away a free gift certificate to a Milwaukee area business. The Milwaukee Clear Channel radio stations are 1130 WISN, FM106, V100, 97.3 Radio Now, Oldies 95.7, and AM 920 The Wolf.
Big Savings with Beer Rebates
Grocery stores are loaded right now with rebate offers for various beers. Here are several that caught our attention during a recent trip to the grocery store. Offers may vary from store to store, and you’ll need to obtain a rebate form from your local grocery or liquor store for these offers. If you are aware of some other good offers, please contact us and we’ll add the information to this post!
Bud Light Lime Rebate (pictured here) – Receive a $10 prepaid card with this mail-in-offer. Purchase fresh or frozen chicken with two 6-packs or one 12-pack or larger of Bud Light Lime. A 12-pack of Bud Light Lime can sometimes be found on sale for around $11, so this is almost like getting a 12 pack of beer for free! Hurry, if you even still find this in the store, this offer expires 6/30/2010.
Coors Light or Coors Banquet Rebate – Save up to $4 when you purchase any case of bottled water and the purchase of one 18-pack of cans or 20-pack of bottles of Coors Light or Coors Banquet. Purchase must occur before 7/11/2010. This is a mail-in-rebate offer.
Blue Moon Rebate – Save $1 instantly on the purchase of any oranges (orange purchase must exceed $1) with the purchase of any one 6-pack or larger of Blue Moon. (Blue Moon is a Belgain White style wheat ale that is often served with an orange slice.) The offer expires 9/12/2010.
Leinenkugel’s Rebate – Save $2 instantly when you purchase any Wisconsin artisan cheese (minimum purchase of $2.01) and one 6-pack or larger of any variety of Leinenkugel’s.
How to Find Rummage Sales in the Milwaukee Area
Rummage sales are a great way to find bargains on all sorts of items. We recently reached out to our fans on Facebook and asked them what resources they use to locate rummage sales. Our fans indicated they like to use the following websites, and we’ve added brief descriptions of each website:
- Craigslist – Rummage sales submitted by the public.
- RummageWisconsin.com – Results are displayed in a list format. Advanced searches can be performed to narrow results by keyword, region, county, or city.
- BrookfieldYardSales.com – Garage sales submitted by the public. Results include a helpful link to Google Maps.
- Jsonline.com/Rummage – Rummage sales in and around Milwaukee County. Features of this resource include the ability to search by keyword, city, day the sale is open, and results can also be seen in a list format.
We have also recently come across these helpful websites:
- GarageSaleFinder.com – Local garage sales are displayed on a map, and you can print handy turn-by-turn directions to the garage sale of your choice. A lot of the data shown is from Craigslist, so if you frequently use Craigslist to identify rummage sales in your community, it might be more helpful to view the data on a map.
- Fox 6 Rummage Tracker – Fox 6 allows people to submit rummage sales on a weekly basis. All rummage sale submissions are displayed on the map immediately. Every Monday the data is cleared out so a new batch of rummage sales can be entered in by users. An advantage of the Fox 6 Rummage Tracker is that it is promoted by Fox 6, which makes it more likely to be used by local residents to submit their garage sale and for bargain hunters to locate rummage sales.
- My Community Now Rummage Map – Same type of technology as the JSOnline.com Rummage map; however, rummages are listed from all the suburbs around Milwaukee.
Which resource do you think is most helpful? Are there any other websites we should add to our list? Feel free to leave a comment.
Allen Edmonds Tent Sale June 17th to June 27th
Allen Edmonds kicks off their popular tent sale today. The 2010 tent sale, which runs from June 17th through June 27th, offers an opportunity to save up to 50% on all factory second and discontinued shoes. Savings are also available on belts, accessories, and other name brand shoes that Allen Edmonds carries. For example, their ad in the Sunday Journal Sentinel shows their Park Avenue shoe, which retails at $325, for a factory-second sale price of $199.
Some readers may question why we’d write a post about shoes selling for hundreds of dollars, since it might not appear to be a money-saving deal. However, customers of Allen Edmonds can attest that if you take care of the high-quality shoes, they can last a long time. Allen Edmonds also offers a service to recraft worn shoes. In fact, Allen Edmonds CEO Paul Grangaard writes in his blog that this year Allen Edmonds will recraft between 50,000 and 60,000 pairs of Allen Edmonds shoes, some of which are 30 to 40 years old!
The tent sale is on at two locations:
Port Washington – A new location. 1/2 mile from the Allen Edmonds Shoe Bank. From I-43, take exit 100 and head west on Hwy H. Turn right on CR-KW. The sale is located at 3830 CR-KW. You’ll see the Allen Edmonds blimp there. Hours are Monday thru Friday 8am to 8pm and Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 6pm. Their phone number is 262-284-7158. Food vendors and activities for children are available at the Port Washington tent.
Brookfield – The tent is located by their store at 18900 W. Bluemound Road. The tent is set up behind Kopp’s Frozen Custard in the Galleria West Shopping Center. Hours are Monday thru Friday 9am to 8pm, Saturday 9am to 6pm, and Sunday 10am to 6pm. Their phone number is 262-785-6666.
Prime Outlets Memorial Day Sale
Prime Outlets, located in Pleasant Prairie, is having their Memorial Day Sale from May 27th through May 31st. Prime Outlets features 90 stores including Cole Haan, St. John Outlet, The North Face, COACH Factory, Restoration Hardware, and Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store.
In addition, May is Miliary Appreciation Month and they are saluting active and retired members of the Armed Forces by offering a free VIP coupon book worth hundreds of dollars in savings. A valid military ID is required to obtain the coupon book. Only one book per qualified person while supplies last.
For a complete list of stores and hours, visit the Prime Outlets Pleasant Prairie website.