I just added this story to the DealDivas9 page. Great job, Christy! It shows what's possible with all the free photocard deals on the net.
Christmas Card Deal Diva!
"This year I was determined to save as much money as possible on Christmas Cards. I’ve never done the printed card thing, in fact it has been a few years since I sent out a letter at all. Inspired by seeing (and ignoring) lots of deals last year, this year I vowed to take advantage of every opportunity. I had 83 people on my Christmas card list.
It started with Snapfish. For shipping costs in 3 separate transactions over the course of about a month, I got 5 custom folded cards, 20 4x8 flat cards, and 20 5x7 flat cards for a total of $18. From there, I got 10 free cards at Rite Aid, and 20 from MyPublisher through 2 separate deals, and 20 cards through seehere.com for $1.49. Now, the RA cards didn’t come with envelopes, so I learned a little lesson there, but I still had 85 cards with envelopes and the 10 RA cards I included with other gifts I was wrapping, etc, when possible.
It started with Snapfish. For shipping costs in 3 separate transactions over the course of about a month, I got 5 custom folded cards, 20 4x8 flat cards, and 20 5x7 flat cards for a total of $18. From there, I got 10 free cards at Rite Aid, and 20 from MyPublisher through 2 separate deals, and 20 cards through seehere.com for $1.49. Now, the RA cards didn’t come with envelopes, so I learned a little lesson there, but I still had 85 cards with envelopes and the 10 RA cards I included with other gifts I was wrapping, etc, when possible.
I slipped a very short letter into each of these envelopes, just a cute summary and message that I printed 4 to a sheet, cropped, and taped to the back of each card. (Tape: free from coupons. Printer paper: free after office rewards. Ink: purchased with office rewards.)
Then I had to mail all these cards. Several years ago I picked up some clearance photo stamp boxes for $6 a box. Most of my codes got lost during my move last year and I was heartbroken…until in November I reorganized my underwear drawer and found them safely stashed there! I waited for a sale on photostamps and got 100 stamps using credits from 3.5 codes…the rest stays on my account for next time. So that made for about $20 in postage to order 100 custom stamps, plus $20 in cards, to mail the 85 cards and have 15 extra stamps! I don’t even care that in January I’ll have to add an extra stamp…they are too cute to matter!Last but not least, at some point last year I used Vista Print for return address labels. I don’t remember the deal exactly, but I still have sheets of them…so that did not really factor in to this year’s price. We’ll probably still have these leftover when we move in 9 months! (PS: They’re great for wrapping gifts…)
So Summary for 85 mailed cards: $20 + $16.40 (not counting leftover stamps) = $.43 per card!" Christy G.
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