Dueling Drugstores gave me $50 in Free Gift Cards
Posted by M.S. on May 26, 2009
If you could pick up a prescription and get a $25 gift card for FREE at the same time, would you be interested? Would you like drugstores to be fighting for your business and giving you more FREE $25 cards? That’s what happened to me and I’ll tell you how you can do this too!
Recently I saw a sign in the window of a local Rite Aid drugstore that said you could get a FREE $25 gift card for any transferred prescription. The pharmacist told me I just needed to give them the prescription number and location of the pharmacy that had my prescription–and they would handle the rest.
I gave them my info and later picked up my prescription and got my FREE $25 Rite Aid Gift card! That gives me FREE MONEY, so I can invest that money instead!
Actually, you can transfer up to 4 prescriptions and receive a total of $100 worth of FREE Gift Cards! What a deal!
A week later, out of the blue, I received a $25 check from Walgreens in the mail that I could redeem if I transferred a prescription to them! I believe that was in response to my transferring a prescription away from their store.
Being a person that always loves FREE MONEY, I did just that! I now have $50 worth of FREE gift cards I can use to buy anything I want. The cards do have some restrictions. You cannot use the gift cards to pay for prescriptions or co-pays, stamps, tobacco, and other items.
But–anything else in the store you need including cosmetics, household supplies, even food you get for FREE!
I took the $50 I would have spent on these drugstore items and I invested it in the Vanguard S&P 500 Index Fund–to make myself MORE MONEY!
Use this calculator to see how that $50 will grow over time and how it will help you build wealth! Every little bit helps!
KashKeeper said,
My father, was told me that stocks don’t pay interest. I am confused about how mutual funds work as opposed to bank accounts?
I used to invest in a 401k in my old job. I had about $5,000 in a mutual fund. I opened my statement the other day and all I had in there was 2,831 – the money was in there about 4 years and I have not withdrawn any money.
M.S. said,
Buying stocks is buying shares of a company. Basically, you become a partial owner of that company when you own their stock. When they make a profit, the stock price goes up.
The beauty of the S&P 500 Index Fund is it is a fund that owns shares in 500 of the largest US based companies. That reduces your risk and increases the odds of a better return. The expenses related to a stock index fund are much lower than a regular mutual fund too. So,you grown your money faster!
I heard someone say the other day that this may be the best stock buying opportunity in history. Shares have been so beaten down- they are at fire sale prices.
This person said the only reason NOT to buy stocks now is if you think capitalism in the United States is dead!
I believe capitalism is alive and well and this recession will ultimately end!
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Rhonda said,
I recently was able to get a similar deal. I got a giftcard from Target for bringing in a new prescription. Then the next month I transferred the Rx to Walgreens and got another gift card from them for transferring a Rx. I basically got my prescription free plus made extra money. This works great if you don’t have a lot of prescriptions that need to be kept in one database.
M.S. said,
Thanks for the info Rhonda! Isn’t FREE money wonderful? I agree with you! And every little bit helps for building wealth slowly but surely!
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