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MIRs don't necessarily save money

September 26th, 2006 at 10:09 pm

Our pantry contains several dozen cans of veggies, and although we're getting low on canned fruits, we weren't planning on doing the Del Monte $10 Mail-In-Rebate because there are so many other brands of fruits which invariably are much less expensive.

But at the grocery store we learned that Del Monte has all sorts of "specialty" vegetables, and new kinds of tomatoes. The dilled green beans are delicious, the zuchini will be perfect for casseroles and the diced tomatoes with basil/peppers/onions,etc. are only outdone by those containing jalepino peppers.

Obviously, I decided to do the MIR, but I wasn't expecting to find all these really good tasting varieties of veggies, I thought it was going to be a matter of WHERE will I put more canned green beans & corn & peas?

Different problem has arisen in that I'd like to really stock up on these pricier Del Monte 'specialty' canned veggies, but Del Monte doesn't seem to frequently offer coupons -- I've got almost all of the newspaper coupon inserts from last July through last Sunday, and there simply weren't many coupons for anything by Del Monte, not at all. Less than half a dozen.

I guess I don't think that this ten buck rebate is going to save us ANY money as I can seriously foresee that the 'specialty' veggies will probably fast become 'necessities' -- and not merely some more boring old cans stored in the pantry.



I wish some of these companies would start "Buyer Rewards" programs where you send in POPs for mdse or gift cards.

5 Responses to “MIRs don't necessarily save money”

  1. Carolina Bound Says:
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    Ha! My dyslexia's kicking in again! I thought this was going to be about MRI's!

  2. mountainmist Says:
    1159317487

    LOL, nope it was Mail-In-Rebates, sorry, maybe I should edit the title.

    I can't imagine stocking up on MRIs, I've heard just horrid things about them, and that the only way to make them edible, at all, is to liberally apply all types of intense hot sauces.

  3. Anonymous Says:
    1159330375

    This is a hypothetical question. Do you have relative/friend who would love to buy some of these with your money, do the MIR for you and cash the cheque but give you the money?








  4. Anonymous2 Says:
    1159358578

    No, even if I did, I'd never do that, I presume it's illegal, and if it isn't, I still wouldn't do it, not for ten bucks, nor for twenty or thirty or whatever...

  5. frugalelf Says:
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    I've done a little research also on these MIR's for veggies. It's not really worth it unless the store is having a sale on them and you have coupons!! I like to stock up on canned and frozen veggies when they go on sale. They are having sales on Libby's canned vegetables...3 for $1.00 and I have a couple coupons. Excellent sale on Progresso soups, selected varieties, 10 for $10.00. You don't have to buy ten but I have COUPON'S! I stockpile as you do when the sales are on. My latest is the things we tend to run out of. Cheese, butter/margarine, and milk. I freeze these at good prices. It's terrible when you are baking/cooking and you are short. I do these chores when the mood hits me!

    I make what I call a "skinny cocoa" mid-morning a lot. Powdered cocoa, sweet n' low to taste, heat half skim milk/half water and pour a little in to make mixing easy, then pour the rest of the hot milk/water. YUM! Been doing it for years to get that real chocolate craving satisfied.

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