Buy a $50 Amazon Gift Card Get a Free Greeting Card + $5 Free

Here's a great promotion I got via email just now.  It seems that I can start my holiday shopping and cross at least one person off the list from the keyboard.Right now, you will receive $5 off a future Amazon.com retail order when you purchase an Amazon.com Gift Card of $50 or greater in a single purchase between November 24, 2009, and December 1, 2009. 


If you make a single purchase of a $50 or greater Amazon.com Gift Card and do not cancel, a promotional code of $5 will be sent to this email address by December 31, 2009, and is good for one month from the date of the email.   There's a bunch of additional restrictions, which can be found at amazon.com/promos.  I don't think there's a promo code, I just have to purchase it and it will automatically issue the $5 free credit to Amazon.


The best part about Amazon Gift Cards is that you can send them via email to yourself as well!  10% off Amazon purchases.  I'll take that!

How to access real private sales on the internet

Shopping sites are popping up left and right claiming discounts, etc.

But most of them aren't "REAL" deals.  They are just aggressive promotions.

There's one site that's aiming to make the claim real.  RueLaLa.com is a private, membership only shopping site.  They set-up 2-day countdown "boutiques" from various high end sellers at steep discounts (Vera Wang stuff for $149 recently).  Most of the items sell out within the 2 days.

How to get an invitation to the exclusive shopping club?

Try this link: http://www.ruelala.com/invite/secretoffer

It's free to join, and once you get in, you'll gain access to the new boutiques they set-up for each merchant on a consistent basis.

For anyone that is a shopaholic, this is a must-try site.