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And the Giveaway Winners are…

This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 3:00 pm.

The giveaway winners are listed below and will be contacted via email this evening with further instructions. Please do NOT email me if you have specific questions related to the giveaways; instead, you can email bryn@hip2savedotcom (if you are a winner, I strongly encourage you to add the email address bryn@hip2savedotcom to your contacts or to be sure to check your spam folder as some readers have discovered the giveaway email in their spam folder). Thanks!

Please rest assured that all winners are chosen completely at random via a built-in system that randomly selects a set number of winners from each giveaway post. However, once the winners are selected, I review the comment that each winner left to be sure that the required question was answered (i.e state your favorite product over at ______). If the winner failed to answer the required question, then another randomly selected entrant is deemed the winner. I also keep a database of all the winner’s email addresses…this enables me to be sure that the same reader cannot win a giveaway more than once in a 30 day period. Hope this information helps to clarify some of your questions…if you still have questions related to the selection of winners etc, please email bryn@hip2savedotcom. Thanks!

Sesame Street Hats by Girl in Air (5 Winners)
Required Comment: Which Sesame Street hat would you select as a winner?
* Brittany R. “Oscar!”
* Ashley A. “All of them are so cute, but I think I would choose Cookie Monster!!!”
* Andrea H. “My son would love the Elmo (or as he calls him “elmie”) hat! too cute”
* Jamie C. “I would have to choose Oscar for my little babe :o )”
* Tausha T. “HI!!! I have twins that love bright colors and birds, so I’m gonna say BIG BIRD!!! these are ridiculously cute!!!”

Kids Konserve Snak Paks (5 Winners)
Required Comment: Share your favorite product over at Kids Konserve.
* Leah B. “I love the kosy- sandwich baggy alternative. What a great idea!”
* Renee M. “I got to say it is hard to pick one thing, but the one thing I like the most is the NON-TOXIC ICE PAK & SWEAT FREE COVER. That seems like a great thing to keep everything in your lunch back dry.”
* Laura B. “The butterfly lunch kit!
* Alexandra F. “Toxic free ice packs with covers. Thanks!”
* Heather P. “My favorite product is the Snack Pack!”

City Deals $20 Gift Certificate (1o Winners)
Required Comment: What would you purchase at CityDeals if you are a giveaway winner?
* Christina L. “It’s so hot anymore i wouldn’t want anything but a coldstone giftcard!”
* Mariana H. “I would definitely purchase Bucca Di Beppo gift card! I love that place and it would be such a sweet deal!”
* Heather L. “I would get Cinemark tickets so my hubby and I can see Inception.”
* Renee R. “I would love to get a Kohl’s or Pier 1 Imports gift card.”
* Melissa K. “I would get one to Kohl’s. I love Kohls!!”
* Stephanie K. “I would like to get a blockbuster gift card.”
* Jessica P. “I would probably choose Kohl’s to get a head start on Christmas shopping (yes, you heard me right :)
* Jessica C. “I would get the Panera Gift Card! I am a mac&cheese junkie and theirs is SO GOOD!”
* Janet M. “Panera!!!”
* Patricia A. “I would get The Cheesecake factory GC!=)”

MozyHome Account (3 Winners)
Required Comment: What is on your computer that you couldn’t live without?
* Olivia S. “I absolutely cannot live without my pictures!!”
* Kelsey B. “I am so bad about downloading those digital pics! I could not live without them!”
* Laurel M. “I wouldn’t want to ever lose the pics of my family.”

American Consumer Services Coupon Inserts (2 Winners)
Required Comment: How many Sunday papers do you typically purchase each week?
* Rebecca J. “It depends on what is going to be in each insert, typically 2-3! Thanks for all your help with couponing!”
* Jennifer S. “I get 1 Sunday paper each week and my parent’s save their coupons for me also.

Restaurant.com $50 Gift Certificate (4 Winners)
Required Comment: State your willingness to share your restaurant.com experience with us.
* Nicky T. “I am willing to write up a short blurb about my experiences.”
* Rachel H. “I would love to try this website out, and write a review about it. I have never used Restaurant.com before, but I’m heading over there now!”
* Lori S. “I would be happy to share my experience and even provide photos of the evening.”
* Jenny T. “I would definitely do it! I LOVE eating out!”

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Instant Win Games & Sweepstakes Round-Up!

This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 12:23 pm.

WhyMilk.com has a new instant win game you can play! Head on over here to play and you could instantly win a laptop, leapfrog prizes and more! There are over 50 winners a day! Be sure to come back and Llet us know if you’re a winner. (Thanks, The Thrifty Couple!)

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New Bed Bath & Beyond Sweepstakes + Instant Win Game & Sweepstakes Round-up!

This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 9:52 am.

I have yet another new instant win game to share with you! Are you excited?! :D Bed Bath & Beyond has a Home Sweet Dorm Sweepstakes you can play thru September 7th! One grand prize winner will score a personalized design consultation and shopping experience with an HGTV Designer, $5,000 Bed Bath & Beyond Gift Card and a $10,000 check! Can you say sweet?! They will also have first prize and second prize winners who will score $250 to $1,000 Bed Bath & Beyond gift cards!

…AND, there’s an instant $25 gift card winner EVERY hour! A total of 1,512 winners will be generated during the Promotion Period! Hopefully lots of Hip2Save readers will win! Let us know.

(Thanks for the heads up on this sweepstakes, Sunny!)

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Quiznos Instant Win Game: Win $5 Gift Cards + Coupon!

This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at 12:20 pm.

Through September 20th, you can play the Quiznos Instant Win Game once per day for a chance to win up to five $5 Quiznos Gift Cards! Even if you are not a gift card winner, you’ll still snag a coupon good for $1 off a regular Toasty or $2 off a large Toasty.

Let us you know if you are a winner!

(Thanks, Happy Clippings!)

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Giveaway: 5 Readers win Sesame Street Hats!

This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 4:13 pm.

When I think back to my childhood, I remember watching Sesame Street every morning while eating a big bowl of Rice Krispies. Although Elmo was always my favorite character, I really loved the whole Sesame Street gang! For this reason, I was excited to discover these adorable Sesame Street hats made by Michell. You can check out all of Michell’s creations on her blog, Girl in Air. Not only does Michell create newborn and toddler hats, but she makes hats to fit child, teen, and adult heads as well. These hats are great for a baby shower, the teen skateboarder/snowboarder or as matching hats for the whole family. As you can see from the pics below of my kiddos, Piper and Ayden, the hats are not only adorable and unique, but they’re also just plain fun! :D

Thanks to Michelle, 5 lucky Hip2Save readers will each win a Sesame Street hat of their choice (a $25 value). Each winner will be able to choose from Elmo, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, or Grover. In addition, Michelle is offering all Hip2Save readers a 20% discount off the purchase price of one or more Sesame Street hats plus FREE shipping…this means you can snag a handmade one-of-a-kind hat for only $20 shipped right to your door! Keep in mind that this discount is only valid through Monday, July 26th! To place an order, head on over to Girl in Air, scroll down the right sidebar, and look for “Order Now.” You can then select the hat style and size and then click on “Buy Now.”

If you are interested in entering this giveaway, please click on the Enter this Giveaway button below and leave a comment letting us know which Sesame Street hat you would select as a winner.

If you are reading this giveaway post via RSS feed or via email, please click here to be directed to my blog to enter. Please do NOT email me to enter this giveaway; an email is not an acceptable entry.

This giveaway will end on Monday, July 26th, at 6PM EST and the randomly selected winners will be announced Tuesday; you must be a U.S. resident to enter this giveaway.

*Michell is currently making these hats to donate to her area hospital’s pediatric and ER wards and/or to any sick child that she encounters online as she believes these hats will bring comfort to a sick and scared child. She is also in the process of recruiting some of the elderly ladies at a local center to help with making hats to donate and is hoping to be able to send her hats statewide! Her main purpose in selling the hats is to cover material costs for the donations. Michell also shares the pattern on her blog to encourage others to donate as well.

(Thanks, Michell!)

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Instant Win Games & Sweepstakes Round-Up!

This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 3:23 pm.

Don’t forget to enter these sweepstakes and instant win games daily:

Heinz Ketchup has an “Ode to Awesome” instant win game to play on Facebook! Head on over here, “Like” Heinz Ketchup on facebook and click on the “Ode to Awesome” tab to play! You could win a $30 Chili’s gift card! A total of 157 gift cards will be given away every single day thru 8/1!! …AND get this, over 50 Hip2Save readers won yesterday, so hopefully there will be even more winners today! :D

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Giveaway: 5 Readers win Snak Paks ($22 value)!

This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 3:16 pm.

With the school year quickly approaching, many of you are probably searching for a lunch box/sack for your kiddos, stocking up on plastic sandwich bags etc. Before you make your lunch-related purchases, you’ll definitely want to check out Kids Konserve!

After noticing the amount of trash that was coming home from their preschooler’s lunch, Kids Konserve was started by two moms determined to reduce the amount of trash put into the landfills. Kids Konserve is greening the way we pack our lunches and snacks with waste-free lunch kits (as pictured above) and eco-cool reusable lunch products. Toss out the baggies, fold up the foil, Kids Konserve empowers children and parents to do their part in saving the environment. Kids Konserve offers its reusable lunch products directly to individuals, families and also as a fundraising opportunity in schools.

Thanks to Kids Konserve, 5 lucky Hip2Save readers will each win the Kids Konserve Snak Pak (a $22 value)! Each pak contains a cotton reusable drawstring bag that fits nicely inside a backpack or book bag, a cotton napkin, a round leak-proof 304 food grade stainless steel container AND a food kozy (i.e. the reusable food wrap)! The Snak Pak is the perfect solution for on the go snacks, after school munchies, and a light lunch. In addition, Kids Konserve is offering all Hip2Save readers 15% off their purchases with the coupon code hip2save at checkout; this code will be valid through August 31, 2010.

If you are interested in entering this giveaway, please click on the “Enter this Giveaway” button below and leave a comment sharing your favorite product over at Kids Konserve.

If you are reading this giveaway post via RSS feed or via email, please click here to be directed to my blog to enter. Please do NOT email me to enter this giveaway an email is not an acceptable entry.

This giveaway will end Monday, July 26th, at 6PM EST and the randomly selected winners will be announced the following day; you must be a U.S. resident to enter this giveaway.

Be sure to check out the Kids Konserve Waste-Free Challenge which enables you to raise money for your school AND reduce lunch waste! And don’t miss out on the Kids Konserve Guest Chef Series which provides tips and recipes for packing a waste-free lunch.

(Thanks, Kids Konserve!)

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Giveaway: 10 Readers win $20 CityDeals Gift Certificate!

This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 2:01 pm.

CityDeals - Discounts Savings and Gift Cards
Wanna snag local and national gift cards and gift certificates to your favorite restaurants, spas, hotels, clothing stores, movie theaters, and even concerts for as little as 70% of their value?! If so, you’ll definitely want to check out CityDeals. CityDeals, an online retailer of discounted gift cards and gift certificates, has hundreds of deals available every day. The best part is that they don’t require group purchases like some of the other discount gift card sites.

One of my favorite things about CityDeals is the convenience of shopping online. I can just type a company name into the search box and pull up all the deals available for that retailer. And if there’s not an available deal, then I can request one and CityDeals does everything they can to get it…seriously, how cool is that?! If you love to give gift cards and certificates as presents for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, congratulations, or any other holiday, then you’ll want to be sure to use CityDeals so you never have to spend full price again. City Deals has gift cards and certificates available from national brands like Mrs. Fields, Buca di Beppo, Fanzz, Plentiful Pantry and more (Look for my video post next month for Plentiful Pantry…a great company for quick and easy meals)!

Thanks to CityDeals, 10 lucky Hip2Save readers will each win a $20 CityDeals gift certificate! In addition, CityDeals is offering all Hip2Save readers 10% off their entire CityDeals purchase with the coupon code hip2save during checkout; this code is only valid through July 26th.

If you are interested in entering this giveaway, please click on the Enter this Giveaway button below and leave a comment letting us know what you would purchase at CityDeals if you are a giveaway winner.

If you are reading this giveaway post via RSS feed or via email, please click here to be directed to my blog to enter. Please do NOT email me to enter this giveaway; an email is not an acceptable entry.

This giveaway will end on Monday, July 26th, at 6PM EST and the randomly selected winners will be announced Tuesday; you must be a U.S. resident to enter this giveaway.

Be sure to sign up for CityDeals email newsletter and get deals directed right to you!

(Thanks, CityDeals!)

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Giveaway: 3 Readers win MozyHome Accounts ($50 value)!

This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 12:47 pm.

When you think about it, isn’t most of the important information in your life now stored on your computer?! Whether it’s photos, music, videos, business documents and/or financial records, everything is digital. If you want to be sure that your digital life will always be there when you need it, then you’ll definitely want to check out Mozy! Mozy is the world’s most trusted online backup service for consumers and small businesses with more than 1 million customers and 50,000 business customers backing up 25+ petabytes of information to multiple data centers around the globe.

Mozy is just a small application that you install on your computer that automatically backs up your files (pictures, music, videos, documents, etc.) over the internet. A copy of your files is encrypted and then stored in a secure, remote location so that in the event of disaster your data is still retrievable. If your computer crashes or is stolen (or you accidentally delete a file) you can restore a previous version from Mozy in seconds. Here’s the best part…you can get unlimited backup for your home computer for just $4.95/month (you can back up your entire computer) or you can snag 2 GB for FREE (back up as many files as you want up to 2 GB and there’s no setup fee, no credit cards, and no monthly payments). Business backup is also available with MozyPro, starting at less than $5/month, and includes server and network drive backup, an online admin console, and 24/7 technical assistance.

Thanks to Mozy, 3 lucky Hip2Save readers will each win one year 100 GB MozyHome accounts (approx retail value: $50 each)! In addition, Mozy is offering all Hip2Save readers 15% off a 1- or 2-year MozyHome subscription or 15% off an initial MozyPro purchase for multi-user business backup with promo code HIP2SAVE at checkout. Keep in mind that this promo code is only valid through August 31st!

If you are interested in entering this giveaway, please click on the Enter this Giveaway button below and leave a comment letting us know what is on your computer that you couldn’t live without.

If you are reading this giveaway post via RSS feed or via email, please click here to be directed to my blog to enter. Please do NOT email me to enter this giveaway; an email is not an acceptable entry.

This giveaway will end on Monday, July 26th, at 6PM EST and the randomly selected winners will be announced Tuesday; you must be a U.S. resident to enter this giveaway.

(Thanks, Mozy!)

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Giveaway: 2 Readers win 3 lbs. of Coupon Inserts!

This Hip2Save.com Deal was hand-posted on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 11:28 am.

American Consumer Services is back for another giveaway!

Wouldn’t you love to go to your mailbox each month and find a priority mail envelope FULL of coupon inserts?! Well, I experience this pure delight every month thanks to a company called American Consumer Services. Many of you may remember this company from previous Hip2Save giveaways back in February, April, and June (and some of you may even receive this service now if you chose to sign up).

For those of you that are new to the site, American Consumer Services sends me a monthly 3 pound (yes, that’s 3 pounds!!) variety pack of current SmartSource, RedPlum and P&G inserts from the last 4 weeks. No more trips to the store to purchase the Sunday paper, no need to arrange delivery of the Sunday paper and/or to get frustrated when your Sunday paper does not have the same inserts as the rest of the country, and no more piles of newspapers in the garage!

If you are interested in ordering these coupon inserts for yourself, you can contact American Consumer Services by email at americanconsumer@comcast.net or by calling 1-866-790-5088 (no, they do NOT have a web-site). Please note that the best time to reach them by phone is from 9AM-6PM PST. Be sure to let them know you are a Hip2Save reader and you will receive the first month of coupon inserts for a special discount price of $30 (***that’s $3 off the regular price of the package***). That means you’ll ONLY be paying $30 to have a priority mail flat rate envelope weighing 3 pounds shipped right to your door! How convenient is that!? There are up to 45 inserts included in each shipment (between 2-6 of each SmartSource, RedPlum and P&G inserts from the previous 4-6 weeks and there are typically more SmartSource inserts than Red Plum/P&G)….AND the nice part, you are under no obligation to continue the service if you choose not to.

OK, so on to the giveaway!! Imagine opening your mailbox to find a priority mail envelope stuffed FULL of coupon inserts from the last 4 weeks!! For 2 lucky Hip2Save readers, this will become a reality! Thanks to American Consumer Services, 2 readers will win the AMERICAN SUPERSHOPPER GOLD variety pack which consists of 3 pounds of Smartsource, Red Plum and P&G inserts from the last 4-6 weeks.

If you are interested in entering this giveaway, please click on the Enter this Giveaway button below and leave a comment letting us know how many Sunday papers you typically purchase each week.

If you are reading this giveaway post via RSS feed or via email, please click here to be directed to my blog to enter. Please do NOT email me to enter this giveaway; an email is not an acceptable entry.

This giveaway will end on Monday, July 26th, at 6PM EST and the randomly selected winners will be announced Tuesday; you must be a U.S. resident to enter this giveaway.

(Thanks, American Consumer Services!)

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