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Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Straight-A Style for Back-To-School: Furniture.com Launches $1,500 Social Furniture Giveaway
The online marketplace is rewarding new followers on social media with a gift card towards their next furniture purchase NEW YORK, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today is launching a Back-to-School giveaway offering a $1,500 gift card to use towards the purchase of furniture to one lucky follower. Deck out your dorm room, home office, study nook or kids' room in style with selection of over 100 partner brands including Bloomingdale's, One Kings Lane, TOV, Scout Design & Regina Andrews. When did buying furniture become so stressful? Endless tabs, hours of deal hunting, Instagram dupes. is putting the fun back in FUrNiture. The giveaway, aimed at giving back to the community and growing its social presence, requires just a few steps to enter. The initiative is designed to make high-quality, stylish furniture more accessible to customers this summer, all the while spotlighting, and partner brands. How it works: A winner will be chosen at random and given a $1,500 gift card to spend on furniture and décor. The giveaway is open to U.S. residents aged 18 and over, with no purchase necessary to enter. To qualify, between July 7, 2025 and July 30, 2025 (the "Promotion Period"), participants must: Follow @ on Instagram Like the Giveaway Instagram post at @furnituredotcom. Tag a friend in the comments on the Giveaway post. Complete and submit the entry form available via the @furnituredotcom Instagram bio link. All entries must be completed and submitted between July 7, and July 30 2025 (the "Promotion Period"). One (1) winner will be selected by random drawing on or about July 31, 2025. The winner will be notified via email and/or Instagram Direct Message and may be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and release from liability which must be received by Sponsor within 15 days of the date of first attempted notification, or the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected. Return of any prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner. From First Rooms to Forever Homes With roughly 73% of furniture shoppers not knowing which brand to turn to, is building the place to find everything they need, whether customers are moving into a dorm room or into their forever home. "This isn't just a giveaway, it's a celebration of a sense of home and your personal style at any big life milestone," said Olivia Hnatyshin, AVP of Brand at "We believe everyone deserves a space they love. Whether you're a big kid starting elementary school for the first time, a college student moving from your family home to a dorm, or a recent hire setting up your home office. furniture finding should be easy and ultimately fun." For full details and to enter, visit About is a high-growth technology company reinventing the $264 billion U.S. furniture market. The platform combines AI-driven personalization, robust discovery tools, and strategic retail partnerships to streamline and enhance the shopping experience. Headquartered in New York City and Atlanta, the team includes furniture industry leaders, technologists, and creatives dedicated to shaping the future of furniture shopping. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Phone Arena
27-06-2025
- Business
- Phone Arena
Verizon's ghost $50 Amazon gift cards keep disappearing before they can be claimed
Verizon continues to offer really cool promotions and deals to its customers, and it continues to mess things up. The carrier has been offering a $50 Amazon gift card to numerous users, however, said users often find that the offer has disappeared by the time they try to claim it. Multiple instances of this $50 Amazon gift card deal have been appearing online across social media. Apparently, the Verizon app offers the deal randomly, but then it often throws up an error of sorts that prevents users from claiming the gift card. Sometimes the app gives the user a countdown timer, after which they'll be eligible for the gift card. When the timer runs out, the offer disappears, or the app crashes and then the deal is nowhere to be found. Other times, the Verizon app simply shows the user an error message, and then the offer disappears from the menus. There are dozens of Verizon customers angrily proclaiming that they've been scammed, or that the network company really needs to, ironically enough, fix their network. Verizon remains a dominant player in the U.S. | Image credit — Verizon This isn't anything new for the carrier. In fact, it's almost like Verizon is trying to lose customers. After Verizon's pricing crisis, this sort of thing has become quite an expected occurrence. I have no idea why Verizon is doing this, or if it even knows that this is happening. From what I can gather, the company is desperately trying to retain existing customers. Users keep being offered excellent promotions at random, or when they seem to indicate that they're thinking of switching carriers. However, Verizon 's price increases keep screwing over other users, and deals like the aforementioned $50 Amazon gift card just stop working. Verizon is hardly the only American telecom company that users are displeased with. T-Mobile, despite its rapid growth, has drawn the ire of its customers due to removing plans that included taxes and additional fees. The carrier also recently delisted Go5G plans, and its price hikes and insistence on the T-Life app have angered many a user. However, if random goodies appeal to you, then T-Mobile Tuesdays probably means that you'll be a lot happier with the 'un-carrier'. Hopefully, Verizon will take note of this problem soon, and offer this deal once more to people who missed out due to errors or crashes. The company can't afford to lose any more goodwill, in my opinion. Secure your connection now at a bargain price! We may earn a commission if you make a purchase Check Out The Offer
Phone Arena
24-06-2025
- Business
- Phone Arena
Verizon outshines T-Mobile for once with a freebie you absolutely MUST claim right now
Verizon But you can easily turn your frown upside down by taking a quick look in the benefits section of your My Verizon account right now. You don't need to do any heavy lifting or jump through hoops to score a $20 Amazon gift card, which Verizon Up). But you can easily turn your frown upside down by taking a quick look in the benefits section of your Myaccount right now. You don't need to do any heavy lifting or jump through hoops to score a $20 Amazon gift card, which you'll apparently find waiting for you in the myAccess platform (formerly known asUp). That's basically Big Red's T-Mobile Tuesdays equivalent, and coincidentally or not, today happens to be a Tuesday. A Tuesday when Magenta customers can get $5 tickets to Brad Pitt's new Formula 1 movie and... not a lot of other cool stuff, in case you're wondering. Certainly nothing that can rival the convenience and sheer value of a free $20 gift card to the most popular e-commerce platform out there. Receive the latest mobile news Subscribe By subscribing you agree to our terms and conditions and privacy policy T-Mobile Verizon The promotion seems to be exactly as simple and as straightforward as it sounds, signaling a massive potential change in the way Big Red plans to treat its subscribers and try to steal as many as possible away from(and AT&T ). Of course, you shouldn't expect to get freebies of this magnitude every week from now on, but even ifoffers such amazing loyalty-rewarding perks from time to time, that sounds like a huge step forward for a notoriously stingy (and yet somehow still massively successful) wireless service provider. Grab Surfshark VPN now at more than 50% off and with 3 extra months for free! Secure your connection now at a bargain price! We may earn a commission if you make a purchase Check Out The Offer If you've been eagerly awaiting's big Project 624 announcement ever since that codename first appeared on our radar a couple of months ago , the carrier might have disappointed you by unveiling a collection of AI-powered "customer experience innovations" today that doesn't look hugely beneficial in a very concrete way at first glance.
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
My friend won the lottery. She then made it a point to give back to the people who had been kind to her.
A close friend from college messages me on Facebook to hang out. She took me out for dinner and paid for everything, and gave me a gift card. She had won the lottery and wanted to give back to people who had been kind to her. It started with a Facebook message. "Hey," it said. "I'm going to be in your area soon, and I'd love to see you and your family. Pick your favorite restaurant. Price doesn't matter." It was from an old friend. We'd been close in college. Then life happened. We moved, changed, and grew up. The connection faded gradually, like a song fading out. Every now and then, I'd see her name in a comment or a like on a photo. A flicker of recognition, then silence again. When her message arrived, it felt like opening a letter from another lifetime. I read it twice, and then I chose a restaurant. I gave her the address of a local restaurant — the kind of place we reserve for birthdays or anniversaries. Cloth napkins, candlelight, and a wine list as thick as a novel. My friend arrived with her wife and child. She hugged me like we'd just seen each other last week, and then she started ordering. Appetizers, entrees, desserts. A round of martinis. Then more appetizers, more laughter. She waved off the prices like they were a nuisance, a background hum. The table filled, and so did the space between us. We passed plates, clinked glasses, and talked like old friends who had finally pressed play on a paused story. When the check came, she didn't flinch. She simply handed over her credit card. Then she passed me a generous gift card for the same restaurant. I held it in my hand for a second; the gesture was so unexpected and so generous that I didn't quite know what to do with it. I looked at her. "OK, what's going on? Why are you doing all this?" For half a second, doubt tried to creep in. That little inner voice that questions kindness too freely — What's the catch? I wondered if this was leading up to a multi-level marketing pitch. She just smiled. "I won the lottery," she said. She didn't mean metaphorically. She meant the literal lottery. It wasn't private island money, she said, but it was enough that her family would never have to worry. Enough to redraw the shape of their future. But instead of disappearing into luxury, my friend had done something quieter and, to me, more extraordinary: she made a list of people who had been kind to her, people who'd made her life feel a little less heavy. "I just wanted to do something good for the people who were good to me," she said. "And you were good to me." That was the part that undid me. Not the meal, not the gift card, not even the wild, dazzling fact that she'd won the kind of money that would change her life. It was the remembering. The fact that, when she looked back on her life and traced the outlines of kindness, my name surfaced. Until then, I didn't know I'd been a light, even a small one, in someone else's sky. We're often told that kindness should be given without expecting anything in return, trusting that it will matter in some way. But what a gift it is to know that it truly did — to be remembered not for your accomplishments, possessions, or status but simply for being kind. I wrote about the experience on Threads, thinking it might touch a few people. Instead, it bloomed. Stories poured in from strangers, sharing what they'd do if they ever came into money. The responses weren't about big, flashy purchases. They were about generosity: paying off a friend's student loans, surprising a single mom with a year of groceries, sending a teacher on vacation. It was affirming that people still believe in taking care of one another, and even just the fantasy of it was enough to bring people together. The thread warmed something in me I hadn't realized had grown cold. In a world where the gap between the ultrawealthy and the rest of us seems like a canyon, this felt like a bridge. That night with her has stayed with me, not because of how extravagant it was, but because it was intimate and thoughtful. It's my reminder that kindness lingers. When we left the restaurant, the evening air felt warmer. My family walked a little lighter. We talked about the food, but mostly we talked about my friend and about what it means to tell people they matter. That moment planted something in me. A quiet vow: to remember the people who've held me up, even in fleeting ways. To reach out before the moment passes. To let others know they were significant. Because sometimes the most extraordinary thing isn't winning the lottery. It's realizing you were someone worth remembering. Read the original article on Business Insider
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Dear Abby: My boyfriend won't divorce his wife
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I recently moved out of state. His only living relative, a sister, recently came to visit. She has never been married. She is a retired professional and has a good retirement, especially since she has no children. During her visit, she gave us a housewarming greeting card with a $50 Visa gift card. This was unusual as she has never in 50 years given us money. (She's very tight with her money and always insists on paying for her part of any restaurant bill separately.) While she was here, I made a comment about her paying for a $5 coffee for her brother, and she became highly offended. (I knew she would be, so I kind of goaded her.) She then mentioned the $50 gift card she gave us and said I probably didn't even tell her brother about it even though he was in the room when she gave it to us. We don't need her money, and I want to mail it back to her and say thanks for the thought, but we don't need it. What do you think I should do? — THANKS, NO THANKS, IN FLORIDA DEAR THANKS: Really? I think that rather than try to create more problems with your sister-in-law, you should write her and apologize for your comment about the $5 coffee. Instead of returning the gift card, be gracious and accept it. Shame on you for knowingly stirring the pot. DEAR ABBY: I'm a widow. My partner died 10 months ago. We were together for seven years but never married. I have now found a partner who is 12 years younger than I am. We love each other and want to be married. My problem is, he is only separated from his wife. He says he doesn't want her and he hates her because she betrayed him. They are getting a divorce, but if I stay with him, I feel that I'll be stepping between them. What should I do — stay and hope for the best, or leave him? — IN THE MIDDLE IN MASSACHUSETTS DEAR IN THE MIDDLE: This romance is in its infancy. You have been widowed for only 10 months. There's wisdom in the adage that after a trauma like the one you have suffered, a person should make no important decisions for a year. Has this man or his wife filed the divorce papers, or is he only thinking about it? If the papers have been filed, then you are not coming between him and his wife. Divorce can also be traumatic, and, frankly, I am surprised that this man would contemplate remarriage before his divorce is final. Rather than decide whether to leave him, take your time and see how this relationship plays out. DEAR READERS: Happy Father's Day to fathers everywhere — birth fathers, stepfathers, adoptive and foster fathers, grandfathers and all of you caring men who mentor children and fill the role of absent dads. P.S. Also, a big shout-out to dual-role moms. I applaud you all — today and every day. — LOVE, ABBY Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
