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Announcements
1. Referral Bonuses : Last week we announced that Referral bonuses will now be included to reach the minimum payout of $5 for Paypal payments. Paypal payments are automatic. If you do not want to be paid this month then change the payment type to “Cheque” and do not “Request a Cheque”. Then switch back to Paypal payments when you want to be paid.

2. We are pleased to now offer Cash Back Rebates on Local Daily Deals :
Notes :
•View the new Groupon daily deal viewer on the left side of the GCR home page when you log in. You must select a city to do this.

•New cities have been added to Groupon.

•DealFind and StealtheDeal are now gone from GCR and is replaced by Swarmjam. Please update the chosen city for Swarmjam so it will fetch the current daily deal everyday.

Here are the new Cash Back Local Deal of the Day merchants :

	Groupon : Local and National Daily Deals at 50%-90% off. 3.3% Cash Back Rebates.
	SwarmJam : Local Daily Deals at 50%-90% off. 4.0% Cash Back Rebates.
	: Local Daily Green Deals at deep discounts. 3.0% Cash Back Rebates.

Merchant of the Week : Lavalife
	Earn 60% in Cash Back Rebates at Lavalife until February 17. Save Now

Comparison Shopping Quick Clicks

Valentine’s Day : Flowers Jewelry Perfume Chocolates Gift Basket

Popular : P90X Zumba Fitness Weight Loss Call of Duty Rory’s Story Cubes

Announcements
1. Paypal Payments : The minimum payout amount of $5 for Paypal payments now includes all referral bonuses over 45 days old. Previously it included only rebates. Effective immediately.

Note : The 45 day wait is to keep track of returns and time needed to collect money from merchants.

2. American Express® Gold Rewards Card rebate of $60 has been extended to December 31, 2012.

New Merchants

	Hooked on Phonics : Teaching kids to read. 10.0% Cash Back Rebates.
	Musicnotes.com : World leader in digital music sheets. 6.5% Cash Back Rebates.
	Remo Software : Recover deleted or damaged files, email and more or permanently delete files. 25.0% Cash Back Rebates.
Merchant of the Week : Priceline.com - Cruises
	Earn 3.5% in Cash Back Rebates at Priceline.com Cruises until Feb 4 to Mar 31 Save Now

Comparison Shopping Quick Clicks

Valentine’s Day : Flowers Jewelry Perfume Chocolates Gift Basket

Popular : P90X Zumba Fitness Weight Loss Call of Duty Rory’s Story Cubes

Announcements
1. Correction : American Express® Business Gold Rewards Card : Earn $75 Cash Back Rebate from us until June 30, 2012

2. Comparison Shopping :
We are delighted to announce we added comparison shopping to GreatCanadianRebates.ca. See bottom for quick click examples. Here are a few notes to keep in mind :

• Use textbox in top left hand corner of every GCR page to search.
• Prices are updated once a day. They may not correspond with the respective retailer live prices.
• Only retailers part of GreatCanadianRebates and who provide price feeds are included.
• Comparison shopping comes in two forms :
a. Product Comparison : Similar items based on search term.
b. Price Comparison : Exact items based on item id number when “Compare” button shows up.

New Merchants

	Motorcycle Superstore : For all types of motorcycle enthusiasts. 3.25% Cash Back Rebates.
	Mattel Shop : Barbie, Fisher-Price, Disney, Hot Wheels and more. 2.5% Cash Back Rebates.
	All Saints : Unique designs at world fashion retailer.. 2.5% Cash Back Rebates.
Merchant of the Week : Dr. Jays
	Earn 7.5% in Cash Back Rebates at Dr.Jays until March 31. Save Now

Comparison Shopping Quick Clicks

Valentine’s Day : Flowers Jewelry Perfume Chocolates Gift Basket

Popular : P90X Zumba Fitness Weight Loss Call of Duty Rory’s Story Cubes

Announcements
1. American Express® Business Gold Rewards Card : Earn $75 Cash Back Rebate from us until June 30,2011

2. AliExpress now offers a rebate on every purchase. The rebate was previously for the first purchase only.

New Merchants

	DinoDirect : World wholesale and retail store . 6.0% Cash Back Rebates.
	Biotherm : Skincare for both men and women. 5.0% Cash Back Rebates.
	OneStopPlus : Fashion mall for plus size. 3.25% Cash Back Rebates.
Merchant of the Week : TurboTax Canada
	Earn 12% in Cash Back Rebates at Turbo Tax Canada until January 27 Save Now

New Merchants

	Please Mum : Please Mum is back! with their high quality kids clothes.. 3.0% Cash Back Rebates.
	MotorcycleCenter.com : Everything motorcycle-related at low prices.. 4.0% Cash Back Rebates.
	Mikasa : Complete selection of formal and casual dinnerware. 4.0% Cash Back Rebates.
Merchant of the Week : Dell Canada
	Earn 2% in Cash Back Rebates at Dell.ca until January 13 Save Now

Merchant of the Week : Proactiv

Earn 35% in Cash Back Rebates at Proactiv until January 13 Save Now

Announcement :
Boxing Week sales have started. Use coupon codes where applicable. We cannot announce the Boxing Day deals that have not started by the request of the retailers. Sales schedule :

December 24 at 8pm EST : The Source
December 25 at 6am EST : Sportchek
December 25 : Addition Elle, Bloomingdales, Garage, Penningtons, Sears, SAKS, Turbotax
December 26 : BananaRepublic.ca, Crocs, Expedia.ca, Petsmart, The Body Shop, The Gap Canada, Toys-R-us, Travelocity

Merchant of the Week : Lenovo Canada
	Get 4.5% in Cash Back Rebates at Lenovo until January 1 Save Now

New Merchants

	SelectBlinds Canada : Canada. 6.5% Cash Back Rebates.
	AllPosters.com : Best selection of posters and art prints in the world. 3.5% Cash Back Rebates.
	: Great outdoor gear and deals in Canadian prices. 3.0% Cash Back Rebates.
Merchant of the Week : Dealuxe
	Get 7% in Cash Back Rebates at Dealuxe until December 31 Save Now

Recent Announcements
• Referral bonuses increased to 15% from Dec 1 to November 30 , 2012

• Paypal payments are now paid out monthly with minimum $5 balance