FREE/BARGAIN - Romance + Discussion - 2016

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Hemmi

I just keep the email in my Inbox and delete it once I've used the code.

There is a few I never got an email for but I took a screenshot on my tablet or Laptop.

[ATDrake]

For Baen and Amazon gift certificate codes from Swagbucks, I use a method like library addict's, but I keep all the codes on the list instead of deleting them. I just switch to strikeout text for the code, and type a big USED right after I'm done with it, sometimes with a note about what account it got applied to. The latest codes get added to the top of the list.

It's a lazy, but easy way to keep track and about as complicated as I can handle.

[Blossom]

My Amazon gift card codes are immediately applied to my account. I don't take chances with Swagbucks. Too many have lost their account and never got it back. Swagbucks isn't what it use to be. The new CEO has killed it. I only use it a few times a week. I've gone from making $50-$75 to $10 a month so last time I got a Kobo gift card instead. It's too much work to make $25 a month. It was fun while it lasted though.

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[library addict]

Originally Posted by Blossom

My Amazon gift card codes are immediately applied to my account. I don't take chances with Swagbucks. Too many have lost their account and never got it back. Swagbucks isn't what it use to be. The new CEO has killed it. I only use it a few times a week. I've gone from making $50-$75 to $10 a month so last time I got a Kobo gift card instead. It's too much work to make $25 a month. It was fun while it lasted though.

I switch off between Amazon and Kobo cards. It can be hard to make the daily goal if I don't do so in the early morning when the blonde lady is there in sponsored videos (she's usually good for 10-40 points). Thankfully my average daily goal is only around 100. And I try to rarely make the second goal because that seems to make the base goal higher.

I would keep all of your codes on the list and remove (or strike them out) when used for sure. I've run into a few codes which I know I did not use, but also did not work. Their customer service gave me back the points so I could get new codes so it wasn't that much of an issue. But I'm just pointing out some codes can be duds.

Maybe try emailing customer service and asking them if they can tell you which codes were used. Thay may have a way to track it from their end. Worst case scenerio they won't be able to tell you, but it can't hurt to ask.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Hemmi

I just keep the email in my Inbox and delete it once I've used the code.

This is what I've been doing, but I like the idea of a spreadsheet I can save on Google Docs. I've got six or seven codes in my inbox and a little over 31,000 points to redeem. I never seem to find anything I want.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Blossom

It's too much work to make $25 a month. It was fun while it lasted though.

LOL, I've never made enough on there to get a single reward.

I'm glad Bing rewards is nice and easy, $5 Amazon GC here in there sure comes in handy.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Hemmi

I've been waiting for the latest Lauren Dane title from Carina to be available on eHarlequin so I can use a coupon code on it. Harlequin still says coming soon for the ebook version even though it released on the 20th.

I see this is finally available (in case you didn't know). When I checked last week they had still said "coming soon".

[library addict]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

I see this is finally available (in case you didn't know). When I checked last week they had still said "coming soon".

I don't think they've got the release dates synced yet. I had to email them about another Carina book which wasn't showing avaiable more than a week after it came out. Sill, I like using my codes on Carina books even if there is a delay.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

This is what I've been doing, but I like the idea of a spreadsheet I can save on Google Docs. I've got six or seven codes in my inbox and a little over 31,000 points to redeem. I never seem to find anything I want.

I got everything on a Google sheets now. I think this will help. I redeemed one yesterday which made me realize I had to get organized.

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

LOL, I've never made enough on there to get a single reward.

I'm glad Bing rewards is nice and easy, $5 Amazon GC here in there sure comes in handy.

I keep forgetting about Bing. I'm not on my laptop enough. I've started using InstaGC. I can make $3 to $5 a week and you get the gift card as soon as you cash in.

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[Blossom]

Originally Posted by library addict

Maybe try emailing customer service and asking them if they can tell you which codes were used. Thay may have a way to track it from their end. Worst case scenerio they won't be able to tell you, but it can't hurt to ask.

I've got two of the codes figured out. I think it shouldn't be too hard to figure the other two out.

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[Hemmi]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

I see this is finally available (in case you didn't know). When I checked last week they had still said "coming soon".

Yes, it was available on Monday so I used a free code on it. However, you can't download it! Going back and forth with customer service about that issue, everything else in my library downloads but that book gives an error.

Starting to think I wasn't meant to read it.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Blossom

I keep forgetting about Bing.

Yeah, it's my one rewards deal I'm not to lazy to do since it takes about 5 min each day to max out my daily points.

I've started using InstaGC. I can make $3 to $5 a week and you get the gift card as soon as you cash in.

If you want to, send me a referral and I'll sign up and check it out. (I'm assuming they do referrals)

[Blue2u]

MM, $1.00 Rattlesnake - Kim Fielding

GR: 4.21, 1,226 ratings

Blurb: A drifter since his teens, Jimmy Dorsett has no home and no hope. What he does have is a duffel bag, a lot of stories, and a junker car. Then one cold desert night he picks up a hitchhiker and ends up with something more: a letter from a dying man to the son he hasn’t seen in years.

On a quest to deliver the letter, Jimmy travels to Rattlesnake, a small town nestled in the foothills of the California Sierras. The centerpiece of the town is the Rattlesnake Inn, where the bartender is handsome former cowboy Shane Little. Sparks fly, and when Jimmy’s car gives up the ghost, Shane gets him a job as handyman at the inn.

Both within the community of Rattlesnake and in Shane’s arms, Jimmy finds an unaccustomed peace. But it can’t be a lasting thing. The open road continues to call, and surely Shane—a strong, proud man with a painful past and a difficult present—deserves better than a lying vagabond who can’t stay put for long.

[booklover6]

*phew* my BPL is active again. I don't know how I ever lived without that library.

[ferrywoman]

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