November Sunflower Expert Power Shopper – No matter what your tax bracket, I'll help you get the best value for your money!

My Cash Rebate Shopping Series was born out of a desire to assist my readers on shopping online through cash rebate websites. I will attempt to give you just a few great deals I find on some of my favorite online shopping sites, I will then tell you where you can get the best cash rebate percentages. Be sure to shop through your rebate sites for the products I list, or you won’t get the cash back in your account. I find that if I put everything in my cart, then double back to the cash rebate site and click through, my “cookies” somehow save the contents in my cart. Love technology sometimes!

Today, I’m focusing on college life essentials at one store only. There are things that need to be purchased, but not always glamorous items. I’m here to try and help with just a few “deals” to lessen the huge budget sucking ordeal shopping for college can be! I decided not to send you all over the internet for these more “boring” purchases, but the kids will need towels, it’s a fact of life. And don’t forget, they’ll have to do laundry, so whether you purchase it online with the selection I found, or with coupons at your grocery store-teach them how to use it! Kids tend to use way too much detergent when first starting out doing laundry. A little goes a LOOOOOONNNNNGGGGG way!

Let’s dig in. I was scoping out Kmart’s website and saw some great stuff every new college kid is going to need, on sale.

Kmart (all sales good through August 14, 2010):
Cannon 30″x54″ Bath Towel – normally $4.99 – on sale for $3.99 (you can also earn 40 Reward points with Shop Your Way Rewards card)
Cannon 16″x28″ Hand Towel – normally $3.99 – on sale for $2.99 (you can also earn 30 Reward points with Shop Your Way Rewards card)
Cannon 13″x13″ Wash Cloth – normally $2.99 – on sale for $1.99 (you can also earn 20 Reward points with Shop Your Way Rewards card)
Ultra Plus 50 oz. Laundry Detergent, Free of Dyes & Perfumes – normally $7.99 – on sale for $6.99 (you can also earn 70 Reward points with Shop Your Way Rewards card)

When you shop through ShopAtHome, you can receive 5% cash rebate on all your purchases (rebates are calculated BEFORE tax and shipping are added).

There are also some great coupon codes you can use to save even more money, depending on what you need to purchase for your college bound children!
KMART5OFF50 – this code will give you $5 off $50 plus free shipping on SCHOOL SUPPLIES over $49. Code expires: 8/31/10
AUGUSTHOME – this code can only be used online to save $15.00 when you spend $150 on Bed & Bath OR items for the Home. Code expires: 8/28/10

*Each of the ShopAtHome links is my referral link. If you SIGN UP through the link, you become part of my network and help to earn me some MOO-LAH. Every little bit helps!