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A homeschooling mother of one teenager and a little. In 2001, I resigned from my 13 year position as a case manager to homeschool my oldest who was a preschooler at the time, and later a daughter who came along in 2005. This is by far the hardest job I've ever loved. My husband of nearly 20 years supports us as a fire fighter and EMT.

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

A Few Online Shoe Deals


My tween son is growing so fast this summer that he has already gone through two sizes of sandals. I usually buy a half size larger for growth spurts, but he still outgrew them. The easiest place in my area to find inexpensive sandals for my son is at Payless Shoe Source. The problem is that everyone else in my town has the same idea, and stock for sandals is often low in mid-summer!

Payless online tends to have in stock the sizes and styles which sell out at our local store. Thankfully they offer free delivery to the store with online purchases, so I ordered another pair of his favorite sturdy Dexter leather open toe fisherman sandals for him and got 3% off my purchase shopping through Ebates. I usually use BigCrumbs.com, but they don't have Payless Shoes as a merchant choice. Three percentage off is not a lot, but every bit counts when you are pinching pennies and couponing.

Payless coupon for 15% off instore purchase and $10.00 off $60.00 purchase. EXP 7/27/09

Ebay is another good source for us. My favorite brand of shoe is Born, and I always find good deals for this brand at auction. You can save money on ebay purchases by linking through to ebay with either BigCrumbs.com or Ebates.com. BigCrumbs.com gives a 36% cash back of the *seller's fee. Ebates.com offers a simple 3% cash back. **Depending on what you purchase, BigCrumbs.com is usually a better deal for Buy It Now ebay purchases. Either way, you save.

*Ebay seller's fees.

**$50.00 purchase: regular auction(not books or CDs) cash back via Bigcrumbs.com is $1.15 with a low starting price, and $1.50 via ebates.com. If it's a Buy It Now purchase, seller fees are greater, and your cash back with Bigcrumbs.com would be greater.

Update: For a limited time, shopping through Bing.com gets you 8% cash back on Buy It Now(BIN) ebay items. Once at the link, click through the top ebay.com link with the Bing coin next to it. When you get to ebay, eligible auctions will have the coin next to them. In order to get the cash back, you have to sign up for the cashback account(free).

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