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I have been using PayPal Honey for Safari for a few weeks and have saved quite a bit of money. It is available as a Safari extension and is free.

Just to add to the original post, this extension searches for coupons that you might not otherwise find. I just ordered some cat food and Honey came up with a $10 coupon that was instantly applied to my total.å

There are a myriad of extensions of this type. Honey and Rakuten (formerly eBates) seem to be the two most popular. And yes, they are fairly passive to use and do what they claim without subjecting the user to spam and other unwanted intrusions.

Thanks for mentioning eBates. I couldn't think of its name.

I used it for a while and saved a few bucks, but I consistently forgot that I had it, and remembering after the fact was more annoying than the minimal amounts I saved when I did remember were worth, so I trashed it.

I now just check Amazon and eBay for the best price, and I'm happy. (I share an Amazon Prime account with my daughter, and the free, QUICK delivery is worth every penny it costs me.)

Not to talk you out of something with which you are happy, but just so other potential users know, the Rakuten version of eBates is passive. That is, when you visit a web site it will tell you what discounts are available. The user can choose to use them or not. This type of interface was not the case with the old eBates.

Thanks for the updated info.

I do most of my purchasing on Amazon and eBay, and the former isn't included, and the latter returns only "up to 1%," so if they're still paying out when you reach $5 , it'll be years before I get a check, if ever.

On the other hand, I see that if you refer someone and they spend $30 within 90 days, you each get $30, so I'll try to remember that and have my daughter refer me should I ever plan on being a "big" spender. <https://www.rakuten.com/referral/default.do>