Ibotta Bonuses Lured Me In & I'm Glad of It!

I started off March by not grocery shopping the first week....or so I thought!  Then Ibotta presented me with two bonuses that stacked--a $5 Weekend Bonus wyb 18 items and a $10 Money March Bonus wyb 20 items.  Obviously the weekend bonus expired Sunday night and the MM bonus expired on Sunday as well.

I had gone to Weis(PMITA)Markets on Saturday for a few things(weekend specials of asparagus for .99¢ lb., whole chickens for .59¢ lb.)so I looked around for other items that had Ibotta rebates.  I found 2 different Cliff energy drinks w/$1 rebates each(for Ex-CB), a bottle of Nature's Truth turmeric with a $2 rebates that was also half price on sale(for me)and these items........

While the Heinz ketchup didn't have an Ibotta rebate it was part of  a Catalina Deal-Spend $15 on select items and get $5 back.  Each items was $2.99 so $17.94 spent OOP on these 6 items.  

(The Spend $15 Get $5 Back didn't work so I went to the Customer Service Desk to complain and they just gave me $5 back.)

The Maxwell House had a $1 rebate and the Kraft cheese had a .25¢ rebate.  So with all 5 rebates that was $8.25 back from Ibotta and I only needed 13 rebates now for the WWBonus and 15 rebates for the MMBonus.

Then while I was waiting on my Weis purchased to credit through my store card I saw that the Maxwell House rebate was back and was now $1.25 per can.  I clipped it for next time but when my Ibotta credits came through late Sunday evening I got both the $4 rebate(4 cans x $1)that expired on Sat. and the $5 rebate(4 x $1.25)that was new on Sunday.

$ spent on Ibotta items....$27.71(with tax)

$ earned on rebates.....$13.25

Then on Sunday early I went to Walmart because that's the only place around here w/enough Ibotta rebate items at the lowest price.  I threw in a couple ShopKick deals too.  I got all this......

2 x Luvs diapers=$9.94

1 x Jergen's lotion=$3.84

1 x Powerade Ultra drink=$1.00

4 x Beechnut baby food on clearance(.25¢ ea.)=$1.00

1 x Ritz crackers=$2.68

1 x Ritz cheese crispers=$2.93

1 x Wheat Thins=$2.18

2 x Stur drink mixes=$5.96

1 x Annie's mac and cheese=$1.00

2 x Maggi chicken bouillon=$2.76

1 x Spark women's razor=$7.97

1 x Spark women's refill=$7.97

1 x Oral B 3 pk toothbrushes=$1.97

1 x Skintimate razors=$5.97

1 x Oui yogurt=$1.34

(These items below didn't have Ibotta rebates, but ShopKick rebates instead)

2 x Danimals yogurt drinks(1 strawberry, 1 blueberry)=$5.96

2 x Malt o Meal cereals(1 Crunch Berries, 1 Frosted Flakes)=$2.00

Total for all these items.....$66.47

I had $15.50 in coupons making this all $50.97 subtotal.  I used a free $25 gift card earned through SwagBucks bringing my OOP to $25.97.

I earned cash back of $21.31 on 15 Ibotta rebates(it should have been 14 rebates but I also got a .10¢ any diaper cream rebate....maybe for buying the diapers?lolz).

I also earned 3,050 Shop Kicks for the Danimals and the Malt o Meal which comes out to $12.20 in rebates on that app.

Since I had done at least 18 rebates over the weekend I got the WW $5 Bonus.

Since I had done 20 rebates I got the MM $10 Bonus as well.

I also got a .75¢ Breakfast Bonus for buying 3 unique items that qualified-doing the Maxwell House and Kraft cheese this past weekend and the Gevalia at Rite-Aid a couple of weeks ago.

Total spent on Ibotta/Shop Kick items at both stores....$53.68

Total earned on Ibotta regular items.....$34.56

Total earned on Ibotta Bonuses......$15.75

Total earned on Shop Kick.....$12.20

Grand Total rebates earned...$62.51

$53.68-$62.51 rebates=$8.83 moneymaker for all. 

Between food bank donation(baby food, diapers and maybe the cereal if Ex-CB doesn't want it), stuff Ex-CB may want(energy drinks, crackers, coffee, yogurt drinks), stuff for giveaways(razors, lotion, toothbrushes) and what we'll use of what is left nothing will go to waste here.

Getting paid $8.83 to take all this home and bless others too?  You bet I'll do it! 8-)))

Sluggy