For UK/Eu members I'd like to recommend www.easyfundraising.org.uk
You can choose a charity that will benefit from your order (typically 1.5%)
but their 'special offer' link also has discount codes (I just got 10% off
my Dell order)
If you don't know what charity to pick try "The Giraffe Project"
best regds
jez
On Dec 1, 2007 11:17 AM, <jjohnso4@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I apologize in advance if the existence of Jellyfish is old news.
>
> The other day a member of the List (Larry maybe) made a comment something
> to the effect that it would be nice if web sites with click-through links to
> vendors would share the revenue from those clicks with the individuals doing
> the clicking. Well, while browsing a Nikon forum last night I came across a
> reference to Jellyfish <www.jellyfish.com>. As it turns out Jellyfish is
> a shopping bot site where you enter the search terms for an item that you'd
> like to purchase and you get a list of links to vendors and prices. Of
> course, sites that offer that service are a dime a dozen these days but what
> makes Jellyfish unique is that the vendors give Jellyfish a percent of the
> purchase price back as a rebate and Jellyfish shares half (I believe) of
> that rebate with the purchaser. For example, right now the purchaser
> rebates from Adorama and B&H are 3% and 2.5% respectively.
>
> To sweeten the kitty a little more they also have a referral program
> where, if someone refers you to Jellyfish, for 12 months they will also get
> a rebate equal to 1/2 of the one that you receive. So, you can sign up your
> spouse or SO first and then use them as a reference when you sign up so that
> your total rebate from Adorama, for example, would be 4 1/2%.
>
> One downside to the service is that vendors with bad reputations, such as
> Abes of Maine, will be listed along with the good guys like B&H and Adorama
> so you need to know your vendors and not just click on the lowest price.
> Another downside is that, to protect themselves against returns, there's up
> to a 60 day delay before the rebates are credited to your account. Also,
> they don't issue checks unless there's at least a $10 balance in your
> account.
>
> Anyway, hope this tip saves y'all some bucks on those E3s and 12-60mm
> zooms that you're about to purchase. :-)
>
> Later,
> Johnny
> --------------
> Johnny Johnson
> Cleveland, GA
>
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