Update Re: AllRebates Scam, Don’t Buy CVS Fabric Softener Sheets, And Who Cares About The Super Bowl?
Yo.
Quick-hitters:
- From the bag of chips that are sitting in front of me right now:
Great News! The 2005 Dietary Guidelines recommend that most of the fats you eat be mono and polyunsaturated fats. Sunflower oil is 90% mono and polyunsaturated fats and has 0 grams of trans fat.
Sweet! 
- Current rebate-o-meter: $1,400. It’s been two weeks since I bought all of my tax software, and my lazy ass has yet to file those rebates.
- I need to remind myself to never again wait a month between cleanings of my stove top. There was probably enough caked-on oil on the top to deep fry a turkey!
Disgusting, huh?
- Two days after re-re-re-submitting my information for a $25 rebate on some Kaspersky software, I got this email from AllRebates customer service:
Thank you for participating in the AllRebates program.
Thank you for forwarding your information. Please allow 7-10 days for our review of your request. We appreciate your patience. To check the status of your request online, please go to www.allrebates.com.
7-10 days to verify that a UPC is legible? OK…
A week later, I finally got this:
Thank you for your inquiry. Our records indicate your rebate status is qualified. A rebate check in the amount of $25.00 was requested on 1-26-08 for Offer 6000059. Please allow approximately 5 - 7 weeks from the request date for receipt of your rebate.
About freaking time!
- I got some pretty darn good deals at CVS this past week. Here are some of the highlights:
- Dial hand soap 3-pack: $3.50 - $2 ECB (regular price $6.99)
- Two jars of mayo, two jars of peanut butter, and two jars of Ragu for $8 AC - $3 ECB.
- The famous Pepsi deal (3 12 packs, 3 bags of chips, and a 2-Liter) for ~ $20 - $10 ECB - $15 in coupons.
- CVS brand dryer sheets 2 for $4 - $2 ECB.
Re: the dryer sheets…I usually use Bounce, but at $1 a box, I couldn’t resist.
HUGE MISTAKE.
As soon as I opened one of the boxes, the scent overwhelmed me to the point where I nearly passed out (no joke!). Three days ago, I left a single sheet in my room for about a half hour—one of the suggested uses of dryer sheets is as a room deodorizer—and the scent is still there today! The dryer sheets are now sitting in my linen closet, and I’m scared to open that door.
(On the box itself, there is a scent-o-meter that describes the strength of the scent. According to the box, these dryer sheets rated a 2 on a 0-4 scale. I recall seeing another scent on the shelves at CVS with a scent rating of 3; I could only imagine how strong that stuff is!)
Maybe I could find someone to take these off my hands.
- And finally, I cannot wait for the Super Bowl to come and go. I am so sick and tired of seeing articles about Tom Brady’s* greatness, of Randy Moss’* resurgence, of Bill Belicheck’s* legendary coaching, of Brady’s ankle, of the Patriots’ O-Line between the Greatest of All Time*, etc., etc., etc.
Of course, should the Pats win, we will be hearing about their greatness until September (hopefully), rendering the NFL Draft and the preseason completely unwatchable. And I hate to imagine what would happen if the Pats go 19-0* next year!
(Sorry, but I just had to get that off my chest. I haven’t been able to read ESPN.com for the past week and a half, only because I can’t stand reading about the Patriots. Last I checked, the New York Giants were also playing in the Super Bowl.
This might be the first Super Bowl in years that I am going to skip.)