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        <title>Economic stimulus checks and Albertsons - Cheapskate - Cheapskate&apos;s Blog - Bakersfield.com</title>
        <link>http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Cheapskate/26290</link>
        <description>Albertsons has heavily advertised its plan to add a bonus to your economic stimulus check if you spend it there.
Check out the bottom of this flier.
I haven&#039;t found fliers for other stores that might be doing this yet &amp;mdash; if you know of any, please add them here for other readers.
&amp;mdash; Christine Peterson
ps ... click &amp;quot;larger view&amp;quot; to read the small print a bit better. The really tiny print says you get a $30 bonus to purchase a $300 gift card, a $60 bonus to purchase a $600 gift card and a $120 bonus to purchase a $1,200 gift card.</description>
        <itunes:summary>Albertsons has heavily advertised its plan to add a bonus to your economic stimulus check if you spend it there.
Check out the bottom of this flier.
I haven&#039;t found fliers for other stores that might be doing this yet &amp;mdash; if you know of any, please add them here for other readers.
&amp;mdash; Christine Peterson
ps ... click &amp;quot;larger view&amp;quot; to read the small print a bit better. The really tiny print says you get a $30 bonus to purchase a $300 gift card, a $60 bonus to purchase a $600 gift card and a $120 bonus to purchase a $1,200 gift card.</itunes:summary>
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                <title>May 8,  2008 at 02:05 PM : I&#039;d like to see...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;I&#039;d like to see that $30 for spending $300 go to the homeless center....if we put all our receipts together, we could help a lot of people.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
                <link>http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Cheapskate/26290/#c_235706</link>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;I&#039;d like to see that $30 for spending $300 go to the homeless center....if we put all our receipts together, we could help a lot of people.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>     
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                <title>May 9,  2008 at 10:05 AM : Received my check...</title>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Received my check (digitally) today!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
                <link>http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/Cheapskate/26290/#c_236051</link>
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                <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;Received my check (digitally) today!&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>     
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