Entertainment Book Savings Update

As of my last update, my Entertainment Book had saved me $72.59. Here are the savings I've racked up since then using it:

• Free Auntie Anne's pretzel - saved $2
• B1G1F Papa John's pizza (saved $4 versus the special) -- have done this three times in the past three months - saved $12
• Grocery savings at our local store - saved $5

That brings my total savings to $91.59 after two months of use. Not bad at all.

Two of the offers above were "no brainer" offers (I detailed these in How to Save Money Using an Entertainment Book). The pretzel was totally free -- though you could NOT count that if you like since we wouldn't have purchased one. But the $5 off on groceries was certainly easy free money -- all we had to do was buy $50 worth of groceries and we're usually well over that.

The deals have certainly slowed down over the past few months as we used many of the best offers early on. That said, the book has really delivered for us -- almost $100 in savings for the year with four months left to go. There aren't many things that earn you back four times on your money (or more!), so buying and using an Entertainment Book ranks as a pretty good deal IMO.

Comments

[MC]

Sorry, I still hate "entertainment" books.

Maybe I don't get out much, but they always seem to offer coupons mainly for events/restaurants/etc that I'd never think of going to or eating at normally.

For example, your "free pretzel". I'm not familiar with the name of that particular store, but I don't think I've EVER in my life purchased a snack of that sort--expensive, high calorie, and from the mall or a separate store. We're not big into snacking--it's a diet disaster--and if we do snack it's usually at home, or we eat lunchbox-size bags of chips or peanuts that I buy in bulk at the grocery and keep in the car.

I also never order pizza--if we eat it, I make my own. If we eat out, it's either McDonalds (OK I have small children!) or a sit-down place serving real food.

And none of our local entertainment books offer grocery store savings, :( oh well!

[Lee]

I think you've hit the nail on the head there. One recent British example is Kerry Katona. At the height of her career she was pulling in millions a month. Now she's bankrupt, a coke addict, had her home foreclosed and is even having to fight to retain custody of her children.

A terrible shame, and with just one fundamental cause: Total ineptitude when it came to personal financial management.

[Lee]

And as you may have guessed, right comment wrong post!