Saving on Construction Costs
Frances | January 10, 2012
We are about to embark on a major construction project that is going to involve many trips and money to Ace, Lowes and Home Depot. We do most if not all the work ourselves but materials can get expensive and every dime counts. In order to offset that cost we are looking at cashing in points for gift cards, taking advantage of points and offers online, and coupons.
Do you remember all those reminder emails in the past years about check your MyPoints, RecycleBank, Swagbucks, Plastic Jungle accounts for points or buy your gift cards?
This is probably the hardest lesson for a newbie to learn in the beginning but it is a major part of saving money and that is building. One “brick” at a time you print coupons, take advantage of offers, and build points, saving them and then cashing them in when there is a sale or a need.
Take advantage of our “reminder emails” that we send out and take that few minutes to get the offer while it is still available.
If you haven’t guessed we stay pretty busy and we get a lot of questions of how we get so many things done. Here is a tip that will save us and you hours of time: Home Depot and Lowes offer online ordering with free in store pick up (Lowes guaranteed in 20 minutes) which we plan to use not only to save money but also tons of time. Ordering what we need online, they will pull the order and have it available for us at the door. While some things we have to go in but the majority can be waiting for us at the door. How many hours have you wasted shopping in these stores trying to find what you need?
Here is how we will cash in and plan to purchase items from Home Depot & Lowes.
CLICK HERE for MyPoints
- Cash in 3,950 points for a $25 Lowes gift card
- You can shop through MyPoints and get 2 points per dollar at Lowes or 5 points per dollar at Home Depot. There is even a code for saving $5 off $50 at Home Depot.
- Lowes gift card purchases are eligible for points (Home Depot not specified if they are eligible)! Can you see the double dip? Order a $XXX gift card online (get 2 points per dollar), wait in the mail for the gift card, go back to MyPoints order your product (get 2 points per dollar) pay with the gift card, pick up at the store for free!
CLICK HERE for Swagbucks
- Cash in 5,999 for a $50 Lowes gift code (online only); there are others that don’t have as many points
- The better deal is the $100 Home Depot gift code for 11,595
CLICK HERE for Ebates
- Get 2.5% back when shopping Lowes (4% with Ace and 3% with Home Depot) through Ebates There is a 10% off $100 coupon code for Ace
- Purchase of gift card not eligible for points
CLICK HERE for Shop At Home
- Get 3% back when shopping Lowes or Home Depot through Shop A Home
- Purchase of gift card not eligible for points
CLICK HERE for Recyclebank
- Cash 2,500 points for $10 Home Depot gift card
CLICK HERE for Plastic Jungle
- Get 7% off ordering Home Depot or Lowes gift cards with free shipping. Online codes (no waiting on the mail) and cards are available.
What is great about these stores is not only do they price match to each other but they also take each others coupons. We will be getting coupons from eBay or Amazon We will also keep our eye out for rebates on gift card purchases using these links.
As we mention above we do must of the work ourselves but we are looking for a few estimates on things we can’t do. If you or someone you know is in the construction/remodeling business here is your opportunity to get some free advertising and possible work from us and our readers. Comment on this post with the business information (name, phone number, area, type of work).
