02:50 pm: You Can Bet on Savings Cards
You know that you can score local discounts on all kinds of things by showing your college ID. But there is another kind of card that can save college students money on all kinds of things, locally, nationally and online. To qualify, you need to attend a college, university ,or be taking online courses. There are three main kinds of Student Discount Programs: Paid Membership Programs, Free Card Programs and Online Purchase Programs. Here is a look at the most popular programs:
1) Student Advantage bills itself as the “Nations largest student discount program.” A one year membership costs $20, but looking at the list of offerings, it seems that would pay for itself if you use the card regularly. They offer a special “Get $10 Back on Your First Purchase” incentive to sign up as well. The discounts are local near campuses and online, and are 10% - 20% in most cases. Here is a partial list of the companies offering discounts through Student Advantage:
Allposters.com
Amtrak
Armani Exchange
Barnes & Noble
Ebags
Footlocker
Drugstore.com
Lenovo
Greyhound
T-mobile
Target
2) Edhance is a program that rebates cash back to your own debit or credit card when you make purchases online or locally. You register your card on the club website. The incentive is very attractive, as high as 50% back on many purchases. They also offer local discounts categorized by school. Some merchants offer “swipe and save” deals where you get a discount at the time you make a purchase . And there are online discounts too. Edhance has deals in a long list of categories:
Apparel & Accessories
Art & Entertainment
Art Supplies
Automotive
Books & Magazines
Camera & Photo
Online College Courses
Dorm and Home Supplies
Electronics
Food & Beverages
Gifts & Flowers
Health & Beauty
Jewelry
Music
Online Department Stores
Pets
Restaurants
School Supplies
Services
Shoes
Spas, Salons & Barbers
Sporting Goods
Sports & Outdoors
Toys & Games
3) Globestudent Discounts does not charge a membership or require a credit card. The deal here is that you go onto the Globestudent website and click through to its discount partners to make your purchases. It offers disc ounts on travel, computers, software, textbooks, insurance and health and fitness products and services. The discounts are substantial, from 5% - 80%.
4) Student Rate offers online discounts. This website is more of a clearing house for offers. Again, you must gotthrough their website to make your purchase. They also have a forum that lists coupons, contest, sweepstakes, and promo codes for local and national deals. They also ask users to rate each deal. Student Rate had the largest number of discounts listed:
Adobe
Amazon Wireless
Bally Total Fitness
Barnes & Noble.com
Beauty.com
Bed Bath & Beyond
Canon
Chinese Laundry
Crumbs Bake Shop
CSN Stores.com
DIRECTV $
EA Store
Eddie Bauer
Endless.com
Express
Finish Line
Forever21
GameHouse
Guess
Hockey Monkey
Home Depot
Hot Topic
Hotels.com
Kmart
Linens'N Things
Lowe's
Megabus
ModCloth
MyJewelryBox.com
New Balance
Newegg.com
Pacsun
Penske Truck Rental
PETCO
Philosophy
Reebok
Roots
Shoebacca
Shoes.com
Skin It
Spirit Halloween
Sur La Table
Third Coast Kite and Hobby
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TOMS Shoes
Torrid
ULTA Beauty
Under Armour
Vera Bradley
Verizon Wireless
Wirefly
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
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