24 Days of Giveaways – $25 Amazon.com Gift Card
Today’s prize in our 24 Days of Holiday Giveaways is a $25 gift card to Amazon.com.
Amazon is a great place to shop for holiday gifts, and shipping is free with orders over $25. The deadline for Christmas Eve delivery is coming up shortly. Friday, December 17th is the last day to place your order on Amazon.com to qualify for free Super Saver Shipping (on orders over $25), and to receive your order by Christmas Eve. Standard shipping and Two Day shipping are available after the 17th for an additional charge.
To enter today’s giveaway for a $25 Amazon.com Gift Card, visit our 24 Days of Holiday Giveaways page.
Thanksgiving Weekend Deals Around Milwaukee
If you didn’t wake up in the wee hours of the morning to take advantage of some Black Friday doorbusters, you need not worry. Here’s a list of Black Friday deals, Thanksgiving Weekend sales, and Cyber Monday promotions for Milwaukee area businesses.
Amazon.com Black Friday Deals – Amazon.com is adding new Black Friday deals throughout today and this week. They are monitoring offers from other stores so they can meet or beat competitor prices. There are some great deals in electronics, movies & tv, books, kitchen and home, and more.
Exclusive Thanksgiving Weekend Offer from Groupon- Groupon has provided us with some “secret” Thanksgiving Weekend deals that weren’t advertised in their daily deal email sent to Milwaukee area residents. Deals include $10 for $20 worth of sweets at Chocolate.com, $12 for $26 worth of online product at The Bean Coffee Co., $20 for $40 worth of books from Simon & Schuster, and more! Check out the complete list here.
Marcus Center for the Performing Arts - 30% off select performances of Hair, Fiddler on the Roof, The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?, and My Mother’s Italian My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy. This 30% offer runs through Monday, November 29th. To take advantage of this promo, use the offer code “CYBER” when visiting the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts website.
Marcus Theatres Gift Card Deal – Buy a $25 gift card to Marcus Theatres and receive (2) Buy One, Get One Free coupons and (2) free tickets to a Frosty Flicks movie. Available today only. See our complete post here.
Milwaukee Admirals Black Friday Deal – Purchase Admirals tickets and receive free ground shipping today. Or, wait until Cyber Monday and receive 10% off all on-line orders that day. Once again the Admirals have teamed up with the Brewers to offer the Two Man Advantage deal. For $16, receive one ticket to one of two Brewers promotion nights at an Admirals game, and one Terrace Reserved seat to one of two select Brewers games during the 2011 season. The Admirals also have various holiday stocking packages available starting at $75. Visit the Admirals website or call the Admirals office at (414)227-0550 for more information.
Milwaukee Bucks Holiday Shopping Deal – Save 60% on tickets to the following games: Dec 10th vs. Houston, Dec 27th vs. Atlanta, Jan 1st vs. Dallas, and Jan 12th vs. San Antonio. Also, Bucks merchandise is 20% off. This deal is available on NBA.com through Cyber Monday, November 29th.
Pick ‘n Save Gift Card Deal – Available today and tomorrow only. Buy $100 worth of gift cards to Kohl’s, Cabela’s, Olive Garden, Applebee’s, Marcus Theatres, or AMC Theatres, and receive $20 off your next shopping order at Pick ‘n Save. See our complete post here.
Restaurant.com 80% Off – Restaurant.com is featuring 80% off all orders through November 28th. Plus, customers who make a purchase will be entered into a drawing for a 46″ HDTV.
What other Thanksgiving Weekend sales have you found at Milwaukee area businesses? Please leave a comment and we’ll add great deals to the list above.
Last Minute Gift Ideas For Cheapskates
Cheapskate might be a little strong of a word, but if you’re a regular reader of Milwaukee Consumer, you know we just want to help you save money! If you’re still looking for gift ideas in the last hours before Christmas, here are some suggestions that will save you some money and hopefully make your gift recipient happy.
Magazine Subscriptions
Magazine subscriptions are a great last minute gift idea. Amazon.com
- O, The Oprah Magazine
- $18 before $5 savings ($47.40 cover price).
- Cosmopolitan
- $15 before $5 savings ($51.48 cover price).
- Good Housekeeping
- $7.97 before $3 savings ($30 cover price).
- Food Network Magazine
- $15 before $5 savings ($39.90 cover price).
- Us Weekly
- $15.48, 3 months, 12 issues ($47.88 cover price).
- Sports Illustrated
$38.95 before $10 savings ($279.44 cover price).
- Popular Science
- $10 before $3 savings ($47 cover price).
Restaurant Gift Certificates
As we wrote about yesterday, several area restaurants offer bonus gift cards for yourself when you buy a gift card for someone else. In addition to the restaurants we mentioned, there were some great suggestions from our readers. Some of the better deals are:
- Bar Louie – Buy a $100 gift card, get a bonus $50 gift card
- Bartolotta’s – Buy a $100 gift card, get a bonus $20 gift card
- Culvers – Buy a $20 gift card, get a free burger basket
- Bonefish Grill – Buy a $100 gift card, get a bonus $20 gift card
Restaurant.com Gift Certificates
Restaurant.com gift certificates make a great gift for your mailman, garbage collector or hair stylist. With over 100 different Milwaukee area restaurants participating, there are plenty of great restaurants to pick from. Right now you can purchase a $25 Restaurant.com gift certificate for only $2! This offer is valid through December 25th, and a discount code is necessary to get the promotion. Click here for the discount code and to visit the Restaurant.com website. Imagine how generous you’ll look when you present someone with a $100 gift certificate. They don’t need to know that it only cost you $8! If you’re really in the giving spirit, you can sign your recipient up for the Dinner of the Month Club where they will get a $25 gift certificate for 3, 6, or 12 months. The nice thing about a Restaurant.com gift certificate is that it can be printed out on your computer with instructions on how to redeem for the recipient.
2009 Cyber Monday Promotions
Today is Cyber Monday, the day thought to be the busiest online shopping day of the year. (According to Snopes, in terms of online sales, the day actually ranks historically as about the 12th busiest e-commerce day of the year.)
Two websites worth browsing to see if you find any deals that appeal to you are Amazon.com and Bing. Both are promoting deals that will last beyond Cyber Monday, and the Bing promotion is especially nice because you have a few more days to shop around.
Amazon.com is posting their best Cyber Monday deals here. 
Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, is holding their Gold Rush promotion where you can receive special cash back percentages through December 2nd. However, perhaps today is the best day to take advantage of the cash back rewards if you can combine it with a Cyber Monday deal that the retailer is offering. Some examples of online retailers participating are:
- Ebay 10% cash back
- Macy’s 10% cash back
- Walmart
15% cash back
- Best Buy
5 to 10% cash back
- AT&T 35% cash back
- Kohl’s 10% cash back
In order to get the cashback reward from Bing, you need to search for the deal using Bing. To learn more about Bing’s cashback promotion, visit their tutorial.
To browse other Cyber Monday sales, you can also use some of the resources we mentioned in our blog post a few days ago about Black Friday:
Are there any other good Cyber Monday deals that you found? Or have you used Amazon or Bing for these promotions? If so, please leave a comment and share your experience with our readers.