For background see my original post Cheapskate Computer Project and the April update
EDIT : Double OOOPS!!! Looks like I forgot to hit submit
when I was ordering that motherboard at Newegg. Thats a bummer. I
went to the newegg site and the item was still in my shopping cart, i
see no order in their records and theres no email confirmation of the
order. Sigh.
I haven't had any activity in my computer project since my last update in April. I just haven't seen any particularly good deals worth doing. But a good deal came up this week.
Citibank had a Citiwallet promotion for $20 off of a purchase of $50 or more at Newegg. By buying with Citiwallet via Masterpass and using CITIWALLET promo code at Newegg you'd get $20 off. The deal ends July 12th. [edit : the Citiwallet promotion is closed now, as they used all the available discounts]
None of the items on my computer project shopping list were over $50 individually. I thought about getting the memory and motherboard combined which would run me roughly $70 and I'd save $20 but thats only about 28% savings.
Instead to maximize the deal I used a free after rebate for a Refurbished battery for $11 with a $11 rebate (ends June 30th) plus the $40 motherboard to pad the purchase up to over $50.
MSI H81M-P33 motherboard for $40
Refurbished battery for $11 + $2 shipping
CITIWALLET promo - 20
total spent $33
I should also then get that $11 rebate to give me a total net cost of about $22. I have to buy a stamp to mail in that rebate form so its really more like $22.50 in the end.
I still need to get a processor and memory. I think my best shot at getting those at a discount rate is the kind of promo deals like the one I used today with the $20 off for using my Citibank card.
I neglected to use Ebates to make the purchase at Newegg so I lost out on their 1% cashback. Opps.
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