I love getting the mail!-Rebates are worth it!

I went to get the mail today and what did I get? $36 in rebate checks!
What did I have to buy you ask?

$100 gift card for Lowes Home Improvement cost me nothing other than the $100 to buy it. With that purchase I received another $20 Lowes Gift card and I also got a $10 off a $50 purchase coupon for Lowes. That qualified me for my $20 rebate check.

$50 Best Buy gift card (used it to buy Christmas gifts) cost me nothing other than the $50 to buy it. Which also earned me a $10 off your next order catalina for Food Lion. That qualified me for my $10 rebate.

2 Bags M&M-cost $1.99 oop (after $1Q)
1 Gillette Gift Set that had, 1 Razor, 1 deodorant, 1 shampoo, 1 body wash-cost $9.99 oop (after $4Q)
Also as part of those purchases it helped me achieve a $10 gift card for Rite Aid (Gift of Savings at Rite Aid, buy $50 worth of stuff, get a $10 gift card).

Last year I received over $900 in rebates from
Walgreens
Rite Aid
various Manufactures (for try me free items)
Kelloggs
Smuckers
Beer distributors
Wine distributors
American Express
Ebates
Plus many more....

And that was starting in June, I didn't really do rebates before that-except a try me free here and there. In May I really started concentrating on the Beer rebates (No beer purchase necessary, which is good we don't really drink beer). Also I didn't start Ebates until May ($74.37 from ebates for $2008). Right now I have $99.69 coming from Ebates just for last quarter (October-December) alone and that is not included in my $900 for 2008!