Saving Money Using Costco Visa Price Rewind

I recently opened a Citi Visa card through the Costco program, and I decided to read about the benefits that the card offers. I’m glad I did.  I found that this card offers a price tracking service that so far has saved me a lot of money. In my opinion, one of the best features this card offers. 

It’s quite simple to use:  

• Purchase your merchandise and pay with the Citi Visa.  Make sure you keep the receipt
• Log on to pricerewind.com and start a ‘new price rewind’
• In the search bar, enter the name of the item you purchase
• Enter the price you paid, where and date you purchased
• Upload a copy of the receipt

That’s It!  You’ll get an email that the search for a lower price is on. Their system will search and track prices for the item you purchased for 60 days.  At the end of the sixty days you’ll get a notice stating that the tracking time is over, and whether or not a lower price was found.  If there was a lower price found, you have a choice to get cash back or a statement credit.  If you find a lower price during the tracking time, simply fill out and email a form along with a picture of the item and the price to request your refund.  

Things to know:

• Keep your receipt.
• Start the price rewind right away.  Tracking is for 60 days from the date of purchase
• Their system is pretty good, but you can also do a price search yourself.
•  If the item you purchased in not in their database, you can fill out a form to start a price rewind manually.

I took advantage of this service during my black friday shopping.  I was surprised that some of the things I bought decreased in price even more, and was happy to get the price difference back.  

I also explain how it works in the following video:

There are so many ways to save money.  I also wrote this post about using credit cards that you may find interesting.

Happy savings, TaLis