This is a sponsored review from BlogHer and MasterCard MarketPlace.
All things considered, we don’t do a huge amount of Christmas shopping in our family. A few years ago we made a concerted effort to dial down the spend-o-meter a bit, and it’s one of the best things we ever did. I don’t feel rushed overwhelmed by present-buying, and that is a delightful change of pace from how things were five or six years ago.
However.
I still very much like to get the best possible deal when I’m buying gifts. I scour the internet, look at newspaper circulars, clip store coupons – it just makes good sense to do due diligence when it comes to getting the very best price. So you can imagine my delight when I found out about MasterCard MarketPlace. They run deals in conjunction with some of the country’s top retailers. Plus, sign up for an account, and you’ll get an advance notice of special deals and savings.
(By the way, if you’re wondering what I mean when I say “top retailers,” know that I’m talking about some of my all-time favorites: World Market, Sur La Table, Brooks Brothers, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, BlackBerry – and so many others.)
(SEE? That’s good stuff, huh?)
And for someone who isn’t a fan of shopping on Black Friday (THAT WOULD BE ME), MasterCard MarketPlace is a great way to get Black Friday-like deals at deep discounts. If you are a MasterCard cardholder, well, all the better – because if you register at MasterCard MarketPlace, you can participate in something called Holiday Overwhelming Offers every single day of the holiday season, until December 24th at 1:00pm Eastern time. Holiday Overwhelming Offers are good for 50% off of top brands – a whale of a deal, in my opinion. Quantities are limited, though, so sign up today and make sure you don’t miss out.
Yes, Christmas card shopping can be stressful. It can also be costly. But MasterCard MarketPlace offers over the top savings that bring over the top joy. And that’s priceless.
If you’d like to enter to win a $100 MasterCard gift card courtesy of BlogHer, leave a comment that answers the following question: what gift would you love to be able to buy at a discount this year? A cell phone? A video game for a kid in your life? A great book? A nice suit for your husband? Something else? Make sure that you leave an accurate email address with your comment since I’ll notify the winner by email. And don’t forget to visit the other participating bloggers; you have several other chances to win!
Rules:
No duplicate comments.
You may receive (2) total entries by selecting from the following entry
 methods:
a) Leave a comment in response to the sweepstakes prompt on this post
b) Tweet about this promotion and leave the URL to that tweet in a comment 
on this post
c) Blog about this promotion and leave the URL to that post in a comment on 
this post
d) Read the official rules for alternate form of entry.
Sweepstakes ends 5 PM PST on December 31, 2010.
This giveaway is open to US Residents age 18 or older.
Winners will be selected via random draw, and will be notified by e-mail.
You have 72 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be
selected.
The Official Rules are available here.
MasterCard MarketPlace: A Smarter Way to Shop Online.
Overwhelming Offers (OO) are limited in quantity, reservation only and limited in time. Participating merchants and offers are subject to change. The OO discount is provided as a statement credit. See www.mastercardmarketplace.com for restrictions and complete terms and conditions.
I never win a thing but I did just snag a $50 gift card to the Kroger. Maybe I’m on a streak?! Worth a try!
I would love to get my husband an ipad!
An iphone or an ipad! Merry Christmas!
I’d love to get my husband a new phone at a discounted price!
I would love to get a new iPod touch at a discount!
My husband needs new glasses, so we would definitely use it for that!
I am another one of those folks who never seem to win much [unless you count that little bottle of Sweet Honesty perfume back in 1977] but I am going to keep on trying !
I love to get laptop at a discount. It is getting harder to be a one computer family with 3 people.
I would love to get an ipad at a discount!!!!
I would love to buy a trip to Europe for my parents at a discount!
I would love to find a very discounted digital SLR camera. *sigh*
This would be SOOOO awesome to win!! :)
I tweeted it here:
http://twitter.com/#!/JulieGTweets/status/17716559808036864
What I’d really like it for is to pay for the parking ticket I got at lunch today. :(
I would love to get an ipad for my Father-in-law. He has Parkinsons and he need something to do when he’s in his wheelchair. Thanks!
I would like to take my grandkids on a shopping spree!!
I would love to get a Kindle at a discount!
I’d like to get my daughter a barbie Mustang car to ride in! I wish I could find one that’s discounted!!
sumgym(at)gmail(dot)com
I’d love to get a nice wool coat at a huge discount!
Tweeted about your giveaway!!
http://twitter.com/#!/mymunozfamily
sumgym(at)gmail(dot)com
A new sewing machine or serger for me!
I’d love to get my kids a computer!
I’ld love to get my daughter a laptop at a discounted price.
I would love to get something cool for my husband!
I would love to get a cricut cake!
A new lens for my DSLR :-)
I would love to be able to come up with the cash to build a children’s home for HIV/AIDS orphans in Kenya. Truly. My birthday is in December as well, and this is the only thing on my list this year.
I’d love an iPad.
A new TV for the bedroom!
I’m itching for an I-Pad!
My hubby’s been craving an I-Pad. I’d love to get it for him.
I would love to get my hubby an iPad!
I’d love to get an iphone or an ipad.
I would love to get books at a discount!
I’d love to get a fancy new camera.
A crib for our new baby!
I’d love a discount to buy my daughter a nice suit for interviews.
I would love some discounted games and so much more. . .
I would like to purchase a discounted airline ticket to send a friend to London.
And I tweeted this: Check out this awesome giveaway:BooMama » MasterCard Marketplace http://j.mp/haBQeQ
I would love to be able to buy boots at a deep discount this year. Dansko boots to be precise.
I would love a new phone at a discounted price :-)
I would love to get my Mum something…what I have no clue yet but something fabulous. at a deep discount of course ;)
A new television. Ours died and the small tv we have is really crimping my reality tv watching habit.
An ereader (kindle, literati)
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
I would love to purchase a get away for my husband and me to celebrate our tenth anniversary!
tweet
http://twitter.com/#!/ChelleB36/status/17768889354031105
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
I would like to use it buy an e-book reader.
I would give this to my husband to give him the joy of a tool shopping spree or better yet surprise him with tools on his wish list!
If I were to win a gift card of 100.00 I would give it away to someone who was really in need, an unemployed family, a family with not much money, something useful OR I would give it to a couple in our church who just had triplets and they have a 2 year old too, 4 boys under two.
Now that is a reason for giving with a visa card. Formula and diapers alone will be costly they need the help.
Hmmmmm….it seems like the possibilities are endless…if I were just thinking of myself, I would want to purchase a Kindle (or one of those other reader things). HOWEVER, with a little girl who was just diagnosed with bone cancer in mind, I think I would purchase something that could provide hours of entertainment for a child confined in the hospital.
I would love to find discount airfare to get my daughter and her hubby home for Christmas from the 29 Palms Marine Base. It’s her first Christmas away from home and it’s killing more than it is her!
Laurie Kathleen D.
I’d love to buy a Mac deeply dicounted. We’ve been dreaming of one for a while now, but can’t seem to stomach the thousands of dollars we will, inevitably, spend on one.
i would love to get an ipad at a discount
a kindle at a discount would be great, can’t really justify it otherwise.
I’d like a healthy little discount on a new KitchenAid mixer.
since I sorta just killed mine this last week….
Definitely restaurant gift cards – a fave gift to give!
I wish I could get a Kindle for myself and for others in my family!
I would love to get Donna Karan Be Delicious perfume at a discount!
An iPad!!!
If we received a big discount, I would love to purchase tickets to Disneyland. We have such great family memories there – but the tickets are so pricey!
I’ve been eyeing a new iPhone, so a discount on that would be grand!
I’d really like to get a flat screen TV. We have the TV I got as a birthday gift while we were dating, nearly 12 years ago. It requires a digital TV box.
A treadmill. Nuff said.
A computer. Mine sounds like a helicopter trying to take off
I would use it to buy a new tv. Ours just went on the blink.
It would have to be an iPad! I love my iPhone and the iPad would also be great to have!
Well, the child in my life is the man in my life and I would LOVE to get him Epic Mickey, the new Mickey video game for Wii. I would have a little leftover, especially if I got it at a discount. In which case, I could maybe get a little something for myself.
Oh, I’d love to be able to get my hubby a new laptop…his died a quick, pain-free death a few weeks ago. He misses it greatly!
I would love to buy a e-reader at a discout this year – it would help me on my New Year’s Resolution to remove the clutter from my life by removing all the new paper books I have to find space for.
I would buy myself a really cool new cell phone! Not really, I’d probably spend it on my children!
An SLR camera for my photo enthusiast daughter, definitely!
Tammy
I’d like to buy a trip to someplace warm and tropical to overcome the post-holiday blahs that will hit next month.
I would love to have a little shopping spree for my kids!
I would love to give my husband a laptop. His computer is approximately 8 yrs old and it is ailing badly. Really can’t afford to replace it but I sure would love to surprise him with a new one.
Merry Christmas!
Lynn
I would like to buy an itouch for my son!
I would buy a speaker-station-system-thing to allow my musical melodies to float throughout the house while I cook, clean, or take care of other business.
Thanks, BooMama!
I would love a brand new Suburban at a used car price this Christmas :)
I want a Nutrimill Grain mill.
I would love to get anything for our new baby (he’ll be here in February!) at a discount…diapers, wipes, changing table, etc.
I would l-o-v-e to buy a KitchenAid mixer at a discount this year. I desperately need to start a fund for this as I keep seeing deals for it but don’t know if it’s something I should jump on or not!
I would buy a video camera so we can capture memories of our kids.
IPOD TOUCH FOR MY DAUGHTER
I would love a new camera (and maybe lessons on how to use it!!)
I want a Kindle dReader in the worst way! But we would probably upgrade our digital camera if I were to win.
Thanks and Merry Christmas!
I want a Kindle dReader in the worst way! But we would probably upgrade our digital camera if I were to win.
Thanks and Merry Christmas! M
I would love a decent camera. Mine is taking blurry pictures, and NO, it is not user error. (I think.)
Well, I would GIVE my boyfriend A brand New Flat Screen TV. 50″ LCD 1080P to be exact (I think I covered all the details he gave me LOL!)
I would WANT him to give me an engagment ring he’s been promising…lol
Hm, I think I would buy a book off my wish list!
I would give it to my husband so he could buy that drill he’s been wanting!
I would buy a whole truckload of books with none of my usual guilt for buying truckloads of books. :)
An iPad, of course. My husband really wants one, but it’s not going to happen unless we get a great discount!
Since all my Christmas shopping is finished, I would love to buy myself a laptop! The desktop dinosaur is only going to hang on so much longer!
Merry Christmas, BooMama!
Photoshop software for my daughter.
I’d love to get my husband and iPad! He brings home the bacon, and sometimes I even ask him to fry it up, so he deserves it! :) Merry Christmas! Leslie Mackey
I would buy myself a new pair of glasses, since my husband stepped on mine at Thanksgiving!
I really really need a nice pair of leather boots.
Would love to get some good prices on airline travel so my sister can come visit me!
I would get my kiddo a Leapster Explorer. Because his dad is tired of the kid using dad’s iPad!
I like the idea of the mens suits. My hubs could really use a new one or three.