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Buy $3 worth of coffee, get $10 worth of CDs

August 18, 1998 - By Ariff Alidina

This is a complicated offer, so please check with FreeRide directly for complete details.

FreeRide has partnered with NetGrocer to offer an incredible deal to Internet shoppers. This deal is so good that it can't last for long; take advantage of it now.

During the summer special, FreeRide and NetGrocer have teamed up to offer triple FreeRide points plus free shipping. NetGrocer offers FreeRide users one point per dollar they spend plus special bonuses for certain products. The best deal is 200 points for purchasing $2.79 Maxwell House Coffee. With just that $2.79 purchase, you will earn 606 FreeRide points. Thats more than enough points for a $10 gift certificate to CDnow, Spree.com, Tower Records, Red Lobster or Olive Garden, or even a certificate good for a free movie pass.

I purchased $18.48 worth of groceries (see list below). Most of the items carried extra FreeRide bonus points, but not all of them. And it's all stuff that I will use (except for the Maxwell House - a gift for a neighbor). In the process, I earned 1,014 points - enough for a $20 gift certificate.

Item Price FreeRide Points Pringles $1.19   --   Quaker Life Cereal $2.98   20   Muller's Spaghetti $0.79   20   Starkist Chunk Light Tuna $0.79   20   Sunlight Lemon Dish Gel $2.69   20   Kleenex Cottonelle Toilet Paper 12 pack $3.69   20   Chips Ahoy! Chewy Chocolate Chips $3.28   20   Maxwell House Regular $2.79   200   Subtotal: $18.20   --   Sales Tax (NY and NJ only): $0.28   --   Total Cost: $18.48   320   Points from NetGrocer (1 point per dollar spent): 18   Points Subtotal: 338   Summer Triple Your Points Bonus: x 3   Total Points: 1014

In order to take advantage of this deal, you must register with FreeRide, and follow the link to NetGrocer from FreeRide. Once you register with FreeRide, you can earn more points by completing tasks such as visiting Web Sites or filling out surveys.

Highly recommended deal.

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