{"id":7606,"date":"2011-11-22T12:27:59","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T16:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/?p=7606"},"modified":"2011-11-22T12:27:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T16:27:59","slug":"meet-the-winner-of-our-cash-me-if-you-can-twitter-contest-nicole-won-a-300-american-express-gift-card","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/meet-the-winner-of-our-cash-me-if-you-can-twitter-contest-nicole-won-a-300-american-express-gift-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Winner of our Cash Me If You Can Twitter Contest: Nicole Won a $300 American Express Gift Card!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.befrugal.com:444\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/ohyea_reasonably_small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7608\" title=\"ohyea_reasonably_small\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.befrugal.com:444\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/ohyea_reasonably_small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interested in saving money and scoring some extra cash for gift giving, Nicole Bouchard <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Nikibaby219\" target=\"_blank\">(@Nikibaby219) <\/a>from Elmont, NY is thrilled to be our lucky winner from the\u00a0 recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/contests\/cash-me-if-you-can-twitter-contest-win-a-300-american-express-gift-card\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cash Me If You Can Twitter Contest with American Express.<\/a>\u00a0 \u201cThis prize this will help out a lot for the holiday season,\u201d she said in response to learning that she was randomly selected as the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Her winning tweet was chosen among all other tweet entries in the contest.\u00a0 She posted:<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Nikibaby219\/status\/137018193490362368\" target=\"_blank\"> <em>\u201cI\u2019d save $100 per year w\/ the @AmericanExpress Blue Cash Card on gas &amp; groceries! @BeFrugal #bluecashmeifyoucan ow.ly\/7sSNy.<\/em>\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nicole commented, \u201cUsing the American Express Blue Cash Card, I can save big time. Usually I spend about $3,750 per year on groceries and gas combined and I\u2019d get back 3% on grocery purchases and 2% on gas purchases, netting me about $100 in savings.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nicole\u2019s grocery and gas calculations are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An average of $210.00 on groceries each month at 3% = $75.00 to save annually<\/li>\n<li>Approximately $105.00 on gas per month with 2% back = $25.00\u00a0earnings each year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations, Nicole! Way to be frugal!<\/p>\n<p>Comparing use of a debit card for gas and grocery expenses to earning cash back with the new American Express Blue Cash Card, it\u2019s an easy way to save money and spend smarter on the essentials.<\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0our Cash Me If You Can Contest has ended, you can still:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See how much you\u2019d save using the <a href=\"http:\/\/bluecashcards.americanexpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">new Blue Cash Card cash back credit card from American Express<\/a> with 3% on groceries and 2% on gas.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/contests\/win-a-300-american-express-gift-card-share-the-savings-and-celebrate-the-holidays-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\">Enter our new contest by 11\/29 for another chance at winning at $300 American Express gift card. <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Take advantage of the new BeFrugal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/be-frugal-news\/introducing-cash-back-rewards\/\" target=\"_blank\">just announced Cash Back program<\/a> where you can earn an average of 5% cash back from your eligible online purchases at over 1600 stores.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0Leave a comment\u00a0to let us know what you like about earning cash back!<\/p>\n<p>Image thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Nikibaby219\">Nicole Bouchard.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please note that BeFrugal has received compensation for this sweepstakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/meet-the-winner-of-our-cash-me-if-you-can-twitter-contest-nicole-won-a-300-american-express-gift-card\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"excerptimage alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Interested in saving money and scoring some extra cash for gift giving, Nicole Bouchard (@Nikibaby219) from Elmont, NY is thrilled to be our lucky winner from the\u00a0 recent Cash Me ... <a title=\"Meet the Winner of our Cash Me If You Can Twitter Contest: Nicole Won a $300 American Express Gift Card!\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/meet-the-winner-of-our-cash-me-if-you-can-twitter-contest-nicole-won-a-300-american-express-gift-card\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meet the Winner of our Cash Me If You Can Twitter Contest: Nicole Won a $300 American Express Gift Card!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7606","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}