The Frugal Bostonian

I joined Borders Books rewards club last year - all I had to do was give them my email.  I regularly receive coupons for 30-40% off.  I’ve used these a few times for holiday shopping.  If you plan to buy books, consider joining Borders rewards.  It is totally free.  I don’t carry a card around with me, I just give them my email address at the register to look up, and a print out of the coupon.

I was surprised that many of the people in line ahead of me did not belong to the program or have the coupon.  One person was buying a book that cost $24.99.  He would have saved over $7 with the coupon. It is not necessary to give much personal information, all I ever gave was an email address, and you can make a free email account at gmail or some other place, and have it forward to your “regular” account.