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Shopback Payout

December 4, 2015 by yenkai 2 Comments

My second round of cashback on Shopback just became redeemable, a total of $81.61, woot! This is comprised of 2 Agoda bookings ($15 each), 2 Redmart purchases, 2 Groupon purchases and flight tickets purchased on Expedia (1% cashback). Besides purchases, i also scored two bonus payouts totalling $29, which is a lot. I notice that … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Cashback, Rebates, Shopback

Critical steps to earn cashback

October 2, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Today i received an referral email from a cashback website that i didn’t know about before. It looks like the cashback business is really getting hot these days. The business model of giving cashback is difficult to understand to most consumers. I like the way the perplexity is put across in this article – “Why are they offering … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Cashback, GivingAssistant

Shopback review

September 29, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Now that I’ve received the first payout from Shopback, I guess I’m qualified to say something about them. The $25 payout consisted of $15 from an Agoda booking and $10 from the bonus given for signing up through Citibank and for updating the personal particulars. The best part of Shopback so far is in getting … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift, Travel Tagged: Cashback, Hotel, Rebates, Review, Shopback

Cashback on groceries

August 27, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

Groceries must be one of the main categories of expenditure for any household. Many people should be aware that some credit cards offer a 5% rebate on supermarket transactions, but there is now a better deal if you do groceries shopping online on Redmart.com (Singapore only). They are one of the merchants on the Shopback.sg … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Cashback, Groceries, Rebates, Shopback

How to choose the hotel for your trip

July 27, 2015 by yenkai 4 Comments

Choosing a hotel could be a daunting task for a lot of people, because often times there are too many hotels to choose from. Here’s my strategy for choosing a good value hotel. Hotel Booking Site First, you have to decide on which hotel booking website to use. I mainly use booking.com and Agoda. When … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift, Travel Tagged: Cashback, Hotel, Travel Tips

Further cash rebate on top of credit card cash rebate

March 20, 2015 by yenkai Leave a Comment

When you’re getting 5.5% – 7% of credit card cash rebate on online transactions, you’re probably folding your arms and telling yourself, “well done”. But wait, there’s more! You can get further cash rebate with Ebates for your online shopping. The merchants include popular online stores, hotel booking (virtually all the hotel chains are there) and car rental, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Spend-thrift Tagged: Cashback, Rebates
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Yen Kai the spend-thrifter loves to eat, drink, travel and spend save money. He's always pondering on ideas to solve the little problems of everyday living (what to eat, where to go, what to buy, how to save money etc.) and shares them here on this blog.

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