Freebies For You – Week of May 16, 2012

Freebies are fabulous! The best thing about a freebie is that you get a little something for free. It could be a free sample, a free magazine subscription, or even a free ebook. This week, I have found plenty of freebies that have something to do with good health and hygiene. Alliance Health will give you a FREE cookbook. It is from Diabetic Connect, and it is called “FREE Recipes for the Grill”. To get this freebie, you need to sign up with Diabetic Connect. Lactaid has a FREE sample of Lactaid Fast Act Dietary Supplements. This might be helpful … Continue reading

Freebies for You – Week of May 2, 2012

It is always nice to find a good freebie! Most of the time, stores don’t go out of their way to announce that they will be giving something away for absolutely free, (unless the deal is that you have to buy something in order to get the freebie). Those aren’t as fun! I found plenty of freebies that really are free. Just go get them! Breathe Right will give you a FREE sample of their Breathe Right Advanced strips. It will arrive in your mail in four to six weeks. To get this freebie, click the box on their website … Continue reading

Freebies For You – Week of March 5, 2012

It is always nice to unexpectedly discover a “freebie”. Suddenly, an item that you wouldn’t have looked twice at if you had to pay for it looks a whole lot more tempting. Many companies offer “freebies” as a way of getting customers to take notice of their products, (and perhaps buy some of it later). Here are a bunch of random “freebies” for you to go get this week. Disney will send you a FREE Cruise-Planning DVD. To get it, you need to fill in the form on their website. You can opt-in to receiving email from Disney about updates, … Continue reading

Free Samples

Giveaways have always been popular, in good economic times and bad. Now they are really popular! Go to any grocery store, especially during the middle of the day, and you will find many samples being given out. Everything from cheese on a new brand of crackers, to a new sauce on meat, to fruit salads and juices can be sampled. Sometimes you can graze your way through the aisles! And don’t forget the bakery counter! Supermarket bakeries will sometimes put out samples of their cookies, cakes, or broken pieces for you to try. Walmart has been promoting samples for quite … Continue reading

Freebie Review

If you have been reading the Deals blog for awhile, you know that I list a freebie at the end of each story. It’s usually something you register for online and wait to arrive in the mailbox. If you have been registering for each one as they appear, you should start to receive these goodies anytime now. Just in case you missed any, I am giving you the list of freebies that are still available. Walmart.com currently has Tampax Pearl, Gillette Hair Care for Men, Tide Totalcare, Kotex, Oatmeal Crisp, Meow Mix and the Alli – free book. These freebies … Continue reading

Wal-Mart Freebies

In my previous blog, Freebies at Target, I stated that I am trying to decide whether or not it’s worth it to spend 2-3 hours a week organizing my coupons. Can I really cut down our grocery bill by using coupons? In my Target experiment, I saved $22.95 when I bought cat food and toiletries with my coupons. Next, I went to Wal-Mart. I divided my groceries into two categories – food and household items. I bought $42.05 in household items for $4.20. I used 32 coupons. Here’s what I found: 10 cans of Meow Mix Cat Food for .46 … Continue reading

The Ethics of Samples

Free samples can be wonderful. Trying out a product can save you from costly mistakes in buying it, if you find that you don’t like it. You can be adventurous and try out something new that you might not otherwise have experienced. For some, the super sample people, it is an opportunity to reduce your budget by taking advantage of getting things for free. I know one lady who never buys perfume, because she is stocked with samples from the fragrance counter. And the samples may even come in handy when you your supplies are running low. For example, let’s … Continue reading

Wal-mart MP3 Player Comes with Free Porn

Imagine giving your 10-year-old daughter a MP3 video player for Christmas only to find out that it was preloaded with video porn and explicit songs? That is just what happened to one family, according to the Associated Press (AP), who are reporting the story from Cookeville, Tennessee. According to the news report, Daryl Hill purchased an MP3 Player at a Walmart in Sparta, TN, as a gift for his young daughter. In fact, he purchased three of the players for his children. One of the devices was chock full of pornography that had his daughter in tears. “I wish I … Continue reading

Walmart Secret Specials Tomorrow!

Forget Black Friday. Walmart is bring you some day after Thanksgiving deals tomorrow with its secret in-store specials weeks early. Starting tomorrow at 8 a.m., you’ll be able to pick up some of the hottest holiday gifts at Black Friday prices. Here are some of the deals that will be available. Acer Laptop with 1 GB RAM: $348 Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player: $98.87 Fisher Price Nascar Ride-On Toy: $144.72 Sanyo 50 inch Plasma HDTV: $998 High Definition DVD movies: $14.96 The DVD movies include the following titles: 12 Monkeys, Big Lebowski and Blood Diamond. All of these deals are while … Continue reading

A New Free Sample Site: Costco!

By now, if you have been reading the Deals Blog, you are familiar with the Walmart Free Samples Website. Through their site, Walmart offers a range of nice sized samples, with new offerings popping up on a regular basis. Now it seems that at least one other large store, Costco, is jumping on the bandwagon with regularly scheduled free samples. I have no idea if the samples will ever get “warehouse” sized, but so far they seem to be quite nice. Costco, like other warehouse stores likes to give out free food samples while you shop. Actually on one of … Continue reading