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Walmart is the Rolls-Royce of Freebies, because when you apply for something, it always comes. You got to love that, huh?
10) FreakinFreebies
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Top 20 Free & Freebies Sites Online
Free is good when you don’t have to jump through too many hurdles to get whatever it is that they are giving away for free. Corporations and Small Businesses give away a ton of items as products and services samples in the hopes of making you a prospective customer. Unfortunately, most of what they give away goes unnoticed and unclaimed simply because not many people know where to go to get products and services samples at no cost to them, except some of their time. So, if you like free stuff, bargains, coupons, and great deals, here is the list of 20 Places to get something for free or next to nothing!
You may want to set-up a free e-mail account just for your freebie adventure, because your e-mail will surely be flooded with advertisements.
If, a free offer asks for your telephone number and you are not using one of the free voicemail services with your instant messenger or Google Voice, you do not want to give your cell phone or home phone number, because the calls will seem endless.
As with anything that is free, if you suspect something untoward or unusual regarding an offer, do not continue. Stick with the offers you feel comfortable with and read the forums of the freebie sites that have them. You will learn which offers actually come and which ones are just trying to get your e-mail address to solicit you later.
You will learn soon enough which companies are reliable shippers of free samples and products and which ones to avoid. Spend some time reading the comments where they are provided on many of the freebie sites listed and you will be richly rewarded. Most of all, have fun and enjoy yourself, each time the mailman brings new discoveries each week!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
I Want My Free TV...Can I Get Movies With That?
Top Ten Places to Watch Television and Movies For Free Online
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day
It's that time of year again. Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day is today, April 21st and if you love Ben & Jerry's ice cream as much as I do, you might have to travel far to indulge in free. Free Cone Day is Ben & Jerry's way of showing thanks to its customers for over 31 years of support. It's also the time of year that Ben & Jerry's hope that you try a new flavor because it's free today. However, before you take off to your nearest Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Shop, know this first. Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops will open about Noon and the promotion will go on until 8pm today, but before you go make sure that your nearest Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop is participating. Unlike previous years, there are a fair number of Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops that are not participating this year and I have to ask why? Is it the economy or is it a combination of the franchises bottom line that would be affected by the sheer number of people turning out for Free Cone Day and many Scoop Shops, simply can't do it for free? Who knows for sure, but here is the link about Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day and a way for you to see if your closest Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop is honoring Free Cone Day. Either way, you may or may not have to travel a bit to get that Free Cone today, if you truly want it for free!
Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee Day
Today is Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee Day. Today April 21, 2009, Dunkin Donuts is offering a reduced-priced, small iced coffee as a way of showing their support for "Homes for our Troops." "Homes for our Troops," is an organization that provides disability-challenged veterans with homes that are specially adapted to meet their needs. Here is their site address if you would like to donate or learn more about them: http://www.homesforourtroops.org/
You can show your support for "Homes for our Troops" by going to Dunkin Donuts today and purchasing a 50 cents, small iced coffee and Dunkin Donuts will donate 10% of the purchase price to "Homes for our Troops." In addition, you can go to the "Homes for our Troops" website and donate directly if you wish. Don't forget Dunkin Donuts other drink offer in support of "Homes for our Troops," the Camo Koozie. If you purchase the more expensive "Camo Koozie," Dunkin Donuts will donate $1.00 to "Homes for our Troops." You decide which refreshing beverage you wish and "Homes for our Troops, " will benefit today. To go to "Homes for our Troops" and to go to the Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee Promotion just click on the highlighted text.
You can show your support for "Homes for our Troops" by going to Dunkin Donuts today and purchasing a 50 cents, small iced coffee and Dunkin Donuts will donate 10% of the purchase price to "Homes for our Troops." In addition, you can go to the "Homes for our Troops" website and donate directly if you wish. Don't forget Dunkin Donuts other drink offer in support of "Homes for our Troops," the Camo Koozie. If you purchase the more expensive "Camo Koozie," Dunkin Donuts will donate $1.00 to "Homes for our Troops." You decide which refreshing beverage you wish and "Homes for our Troops, " will benefit today. To go to "Homes for our Troops" and to go to the Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee Promotion just click on the highlighted text.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Being Frugal Is Not The Same As Being Cheap
Is Being Frugal the same as Being Cheap, I’m often asked? I’ve never really gave it much of a thought, because I like being frugal and having a few coins left over to pursue hobbies that are endearing to me. I guess I am an everyday cheapskate. I know a lot of people who are cheapskates too! Most of the people who know me say that I am cheap. Of all the people I know, I guess I am the ultimate cheapskate. If being cheap means having just enough left over to do what you wish to do, I guess I am cheap. Cheap in American Society is a often times thought of as being negative, but in my thinking being cheap is a way to look at things in another light. I look at being cheap as a way of life. I am conservative in my spending and only spend money on a thing that add value to my life or helps to improve my health. It is who I am. I spend what little I have on the things that represent the best quality for the amount I am willing to spend for it.
You don’t have to worry about people thinking that you are a cheapskates or crazy for being cheap. As the economic downturn runs it course here in the United States and the World, overall, more and more people are adopting a cheapskate’s lifestyle. In fact, in some circles, it is even fashionable to being cheap. The lines differentiating being cheap and being frugal is blurring as prolong economic uncertainty continues. Okay, being cheap is frowned upon by the masses, and being frugal is accepted by the masses as being tolerable. I’m two coins from being broke which my usual condition is and though I live in a relatively upper middle class neighborhood, there are far more houses vacant this year than anytime in recent memory. Clearly, the economy has affected my neighborhood and the neighborhoods of all my friends and associates. There isn’t a day that I take my daily walks that I don’t discover yet another merchant going out of business or a family who is moving.
On my walk today, I went to Walmart to purchase some seasonal fruit and vegetables and when I got to the cashier, she asked if I wanted to apply for a Walmart Credit Card. I was taken back to a time when I use to have as many as 16 credit cards and many with a very high credit limit. I remember when I close those credit card accounts over the years after paying them off, and thinking what a tremendous sigh of relief I felt when I paid off the last one and closed my account. To hear someone say, “Would you like to sign up for a Walmart credit card? Really took me for a loop. I was flabbergasted and didn’t know what to say because I was so shocked! I hadn’t had anyone ask me if I wanted to sign up for a credit card in over three years or so. Then again, I usually don’t shop at places that even take credit cards. Is that normal?
Well, anyways, here are my cheapskate tips for being frugal. If, you believe that saving money is the same as making money or at the very least, having more to spend on other things, then how about something for free. Did you know that corporations give away hundreds of thousand of dollars of stuff for free, just for the asking? Corporations that many of us have a love and hate relationship with, give away free items just for going to their site.
Getting something for free is just one aspect to being a cheapskate and being frugal. If, you can cut back in other areas of your life, there is a good chance that the stress in your life will also be reduced. Take for example, I use to eat out with almost every meal when I was at the doctor’s office or going through some treatment of one sort or another and it was an expensive endeavor in cost as well as nutrition. I wasn’t eating as healthy as I should and like most cancer patients, the treatment often made me too ill to eat anything at all. So, when I did force myself to eat something, I tried in earnest to eat something that had some nutritional value. I found that by buying food items when they are plentiful and in season, I saved a bundle. I also found that by cooking for several days in advance and freezing planned meals in individual containers, it was very easy to take a meal container with me when I was out all day.
To really save on food items, I prefer to shop at the local ethnic grocery stores, especially the Asian grocery stores, where I find great prices on vegetables, tofu, noodles and fish. I pretty much eat the same way as I did when I lived in Asia. The majority of the meals were freshly-pulled from the Earth and recently-caught fish and shellfish. There is such a wide variety of tasty meals available when you source your meals from your local ethnic stores and surprisingly inexpensive too!
© 2009 Jerome Thomas of Affiliatester Affiliate Marketing & Tips All Rights Reserved
P.S., The Picture: One of my favorite places to heat up my home-prepared meals, but you might want to avoid the bottled sodas that are basking in the 80 degree sunlight.
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