Showing posts with label free or cheap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label free or cheap. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Updates on ThredUp, Yerdle and Poshmark


What can I say? I am in love with the sites in the title.



Shall we start with the favorite?

Our poor mailman must be convinced that I'm addicted to shopping on ThredUp. In case you didn't know, every package from ThredUp comes in a branded bag or box. No doubt who it’s from.

Thanks to you, lovely readers, using my referral link in the side bar, I have ordered a few...ahem... ok ALOT from ThredUp. Sadly they are no longer offer $20 both ways for referral credits but $10. Still, fantastic. I think I signed up when you could also use the credits towards shipping costs. I have heard that recently they've discontinued that. If you signed up back when it was still $20 but haven't used it yet, they're not reducing it to $10, so good news there!!! The accuracy of the measurements and dress/skirt lengths is EXTREAMLY helpful. And the packaging when you receive the items is always PERFECTLY wrapped. Never ceases to amaze me.  



Yerdle has been super successful for me in selling clothes. (I did send a bag to ThredUp this week but I won't know what they accept or how much credit I get for several weeks. Blog post on that in the future.) I signed up a few friends and accumulated a fair amount of "Yerdle dollars" (No value in the real world). Yerdle provides you with the postage via email to print and attach to your box or envelope when you sell an item. If you don't ship it out in a week, the transaction is canceled and the item is not relisted automatically. This happened to me on the buying end, and there was no way to contact the seller. A beautiful vintage dress I never got. Of course my Yerdle dollars were returned to my account. If you don't check your Yerdle emails or app notifications, you might not realize when you sell something and could end up losing a sale. So far, everything I've bought from Yerdle was a success. One seller in particular I've bought from on multiple occasions. Adding a seller to your favorites is a great way to see what new items they post and a real win win situation if you know clothes you've bought from them fit perfectly.  I don't know how often or how randomized it is, but I have received free shipping credits on my account a few times. They do expire and don't count for the up charge in bundling so watch out for that.



Ahhh Poshmark.

I’ve had only one minor experience with Poshmark, when I bought a shirt with my initial $5 sign up credit. I like that you can submit an offer on an item. Makes it a little different than similar sites. I only have one thing posted in my Poshmark store for sale, and it is because I wasn’t happy with the amount ThredUp would give me and it didn’t sell on eBay. I’ve lowered the price and it still has not sold. But hey, I don’t know why I ordered a J Crew skirt that small…..who is that tiny?!! Not these hips. Just saying.

 This week I’ve made two purchases via referral credit and I’m extremely excited about both. Honestly, I can’t give a real review until I receive the items. But I’ll post an update when that happens. The pricing on both items was fantastic and over all the experience of shopping on Poshmark is easy.



I like to think of it like this:



Yerdle= Goodwill

ThredUp= Regulated consignment with occasional sales.

Poshmark= Online shopping trying to look consignment but with prices set by the people who owned the items and might possibly accept less. Or might just over price them.



I’ve included referral links for your convenience in the side bar. Tee Hee Hee.





This is the referral for https://poshmark.com/   

Use the following code when you sign up VIA THE APP  JPHVZ

Monday, November 9, 2015

Makeup Bag Monday and the story of how I got all this free or cheap.

Like most girls I love makeup... I know mom,I'm nothing like you.
Being the savvy person I am, I really hate the idea of spending more than $5 on a product. My husband will be happy to tell you I rarely break that idea.
Heres a look into my on the go make up bag and how I got some lovely products (I mean it, I don't carry around something I don't like) for less than you'd expect.



1. Wet n Wild has notoriously cheep make up products.....I'm totally happy with the quality and I think the brush is great. But I'm no eyebrow snob. Check for coupons for this brand.

2. Covergirl has some really great products for a great drugstore price...this is one of them. $3-$4 at Walmart. Look for a coupon too! You might just be able to pick it up for free.

3. Yow...Don't remember the brand of this one. And the wording has worn off. Should throw that away. Moving on...

4. I've heard all the rage about fancy tweezers. I'm happy with my $3 target ones.

5. This is fancy mascara I know.... fancy price? Not for me! In my Birchbox I had a $5 off coupon for. This is pretty great mascara http://w3llpeople.com/index.php/our-story/

6. Elf eyeliner generally runs about $2. 'Nuff said. Keep an eye on their online sales. Free shipping and stackable codes can get you some great deals!

7. Needed a good basic cheep everyday mascara. For $3 it gets the job done. Thanks Elf.

8. Ok this went against every rule in my book. Full price mascara that was more than a single digit price. Ouch, Got me good Sephora! Justified it because I bought it for my wedding.

9. The little sample in my birthday freebie bag that convinced me to buy #8. How dare you do such a tempting thing Sephora!!!

10. Dollar store stain remover pen that has gotten out everything I've ever spilled. Tide who?

11. In one of my many free magazine subs I received a coupon for a free Estee Lauder foundation sample.Make friends with the makeup counter person and maybe they'll give you two like they did for me. (Thanks skin for being in between two shades!) Oh and I got a free makeover that day. Thanks Estee Lauder!

12. I think this was another Birch box item in on my half off boxes. Keep your eye out for promos from them. $5 for a box is a great deal!

13. Burts Bees overly sparkly lip balm. Walmart clearance on a day it was all an additional 50% off! Suck it up and go to Walamrt guys.... even if its just for the makeup on clearance.

14. $1.97 for all day lip stain. Do you have any problem with that? Me neither. Lets go buy every color. But I heard CVS is cheaper than Walmart. I think Walmart was $2.49
15. Defiantly something from Birch Box. Note the size. Pretty small.

16. More Sephora birthday bag freebies. Why do they put the best stuff in there?! Uhg. Want it all.

17. Once again, Sephora freebie. This lipstick has lasted me foreverrrrrr. Ha! Take that Sephora.

18. Either in a Pinch Me box or Vox box. Both AWESOME things to sign up. Full size things to try are the BEST.




I recommend taking Birch Box for a spin for a month. 
Heres a referral!
https://www.birchbox.com/invite/f1l93

Heres a Pinch Me referral code! 6FNHV

And also a Yerdle code!  https://yerdle.com/i/emily-flemer