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Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell
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RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell
This tip works if you live in a state that has Ocean State Job Lots, which I believe is New England, New York, and New Jersey. There are probably similar stores that do these kind of offers, so look around for them.

Ocean State Job Lot is a discount store that stocks a load of every day items, most of which are pretty decent. Every week they publish a bunch of "Crazy Deals", where if you buy a certain item or items, you get a store gift card of a certain value, almost always worth more than half the price of the item you bought, and occasionally worth the entire price (hence the name "Crazy Deal"). The "catch" is that on most of these items you still have to pay any sales tax, and you can't use the Crazy Deal cards to buy items that reward you with another Crazy Deal card.

However, you can get a load of stuff effectively "free" or at extremely low cost by doing this. Of course, you have to use the gift cards in order to actually save money, but we find that a lot of common household items are on sale there.
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Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 2, 2016 at 8:16 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by vorlon13 - December 2, 2016 at 8:26 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 2, 2016 at 8:34 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Joods - December 3, 2016 at 6:27 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by vorlon13 - December 2, 2016 at 8:25 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tonus - December 2, 2016 at 8:28 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 2, 2016 at 8:32 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Edwardo Piet - December 2, 2016 at 8:34 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by vorlon13 - December 2, 2016 at 8:37 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 2, 2016 at 8:38 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by vorlon13 - December 2, 2016 at 8:40 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 2, 2016 at 8:41 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by vorlon13 - December 2, 2016 at 8:43 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Edwardo Piet - December 2, 2016 at 8:43 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 2, 2016 at 8:48 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Edwardo Piet - December 2, 2016 at 9:32 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Brian37 - December 2, 2016 at 9:45 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 2, 2016 at 10:53 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by brewer - December 2, 2016 at 10:18 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tonus - December 3, 2016 at 4:17 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Pat Mustard - December 3, 2016 at 8:41 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tiberius - December 3, 2016 at 10:07 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 3, 2016 at 10:36 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by brewer - December 3, 2016 at 7:32 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tonus - December 3, 2016 at 9:20 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by brewer - December 3, 2016 at 9:31 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tonus - December 3, 2016 at 9:40 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by pocaracas - December 3, 2016 at 7:59 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Pat Mustard - December 3, 2016 at 9:51 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Brian37 - December 3, 2016 at 9:54 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by SteelCurtain - December 3, 2016 at 10:21 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tiberius - December 3, 2016 at 10:26 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by brewer - December 3, 2016 at 10:59 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 3, 2016 at 12:41 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by brewer - December 3, 2016 at 4:04 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by vorlon13 - December 3, 2016 at 11:37 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by SteelCurtain - December 3, 2016 at 12:40 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Pat Mustard - December 3, 2016 at 1:06 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by SteelCurtain - December 3, 2016 at 1:44 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Pat Mustard - December 4, 2016 at 5:10 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 3, 2016 at 2:23 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by AceBoogie - December 3, 2016 at 6:48 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Edwardo Piet - December 3, 2016 at 6:50 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tiberius - December 3, 2016 at 7:43 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 3, 2016 at 8:54 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by AceBoogie - December 4, 2016 at 8:45 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Jackalope - December 3, 2016 at 9:03 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 3, 2016 at 9:51 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tiberius - December 3, 2016 at 9:10 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Joods - December 4, 2016 at 6:56 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Jackalope - December 4, 2016 at 1:25 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Jackalope - December 4, 2016 at 1:33 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by SteelCurtain - December 4, 2016 at 10:45 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Jackalope - December 4, 2016 at 11:49 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Seraphina - December 4, 2016 at 1:26 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Joods - December 4, 2016 at 1:51 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tonus - December 4, 2016 at 1:55 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Seraphina - December 4, 2016 at 7:22 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Edwardo Piet - December 4, 2016 at 11:52 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tiberius - December 4, 2016 at 2:06 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by AceBoogie - December 4, 2016 at 5:23 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 4, 2016 at 8:26 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tonus - December 4, 2016 at 9:52 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 4, 2016 at 9:59 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tonus - December 4, 2016 at 10:39 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by AceBoogie - December 4, 2016 at 9:50 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tiberius - December 4, 2016 at 10:29 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Astreja - December 4, 2016 at 11:39 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by brewer - December 6, 2016 at 12:21 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 6, 2016 at 10:46 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tonus - December 6, 2016 at 10:49 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 6, 2016 at 10:53 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by brewer - December 6, 2016 at 11:14 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 6, 2016 at 11:31 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by brewer - December 6, 2016 at 11:36 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 6, 2016 at 11:54 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by brewer - December 6, 2016 at 12:08 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Jackalope - December 6, 2016 at 11:15 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tonus - December 6, 2016 at 11:43 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tiberius - December 6, 2016 at 12:39 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 6, 2016 at 12:56 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Jackalope - December 6, 2016 at 1:22 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 6, 2016 at 2:39 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Seraphina - December 6, 2016 at 10:06 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Joods - December 7, 2016 at 7:36 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tiberius - December 7, 2016 at 8:50 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by pocaracas - December 7, 2016 at 8:58 am
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Tonus - December 7, 2016 at 12:04 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by LastPoet - December 10, 2016 at 3:26 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Shell B - December 10, 2016 at 9:50 pm
RE: Money-Saving Tips from Tibs and Shell - by Jackalope - December 10, 2016 at 10:22 pm

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