Free Merica gear, you could get one of the following items: a hat, a wristband, a lanyard, sunglasses, small backpack, or a pen. Sign up using the form, share on Facebook or Twitter and like them on Facebook to receive this offer.
http://mericahats.com/free-merica-gear/
Free Spike Seasoning Magic samples. You must email your full name and address to them in order to get this sample.
https://www.facebook.com/SpikeSeasoningMagics?sk=app_190322544333196
Free magnet samples from Magnet Street. They currently have school, business, wedding, and life moment magnet samples.
http://www.magnetstreet.com/request/genericSamples/market/1000
Free can of Friskies canned cat food and 5.00 off Beneful dog food coupons from Petco.
http://www.petco.com/petco_page_PC_pawscoupons0413.aspx
Free t-shirt from Petrix. Seems like they are free misprinted t-shirts but a shirt is a shirt right?
http://petrix.com/shirt/items.htm
Got Science? stickers
http://gotsci.org/
Free bath salt sample from Cloud 9.
http://www.cl9udsalonspa.com/handmade-bath-salt/
Free candle and car air freshener from Salt City Candles outlet.- Updated its a fake.
https://www.facebook.com/SaltCityCandlesOutlet
Free Stuff, Free Samples, Free Things, Freebies, All of the Things here are always free.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Free Things 5/4 Happy Free Comic Book Day!
Don't forget to go get your free comic book from to your local participating comic shop.
Free supreme shine three pack of microfiber wash clothes from Tampaq Car Wash.
http://www.tampagpcarwash.com/special_offers.html
Free three count sample of OrthoPick flossers.
http://www.plackers.com/FreeOrthoPick/
Free Duncan Hines frosting creations. Print off the coupon for a dollar and use at Walmart or Target where the product will be around 85 cents and therefore free.
http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=JBHLRUTBE2ZSI
Free supreme shine three pack of microfiber wash clothes from Tampaq Car Wash.
http://www.tampagpcarwash.com/special_offers.html
Free three count sample of OrthoPick flossers.
http://www.plackers.com/FreeOrthoPick/
Free Duncan Hines frosting creations. Print off the coupon for a dollar and use at Walmart or Target where the product will be around 85 cents and therefore free.
http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=JBHLRUTBE2ZSI
Friday, May 3, 2013
Guest Review Of North Face Ultra 50 GTX XCR Shoes
Check out my guest post at Typical Sasquatch of the North Face Ultra GTX XCR shoes.
http://typicalsasquatch.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-north-face-ultra-50-gtx-xcr-review.html
http://typicalsasquatch.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-north-face-ultra-50-gtx-xcr-review.html
Free Comic Book Day Saturday May 4th (thats tomorrow)
It has become that beautiful time of year again. Flowers are beginning to bloom, the trees are newly budding, and best of all free comic book day is coming up tomorrow. You can get free comics from participating comic book stores all over the nation. Special issues of comics will be released just for this occasion. All you need to do is find out which of your local comic book stores are participating and head on down to receive your brand new, absolutely free comic book. Now follow the link and get your nerd on. http://www.freecomicbookday.com/StoreLocator
I do know that Hastings stores are participating as well and I will see you there!
Samples 5/3 Updated
Remember to check my other freebie posts, lots of those offers are still available!
Six dollar Vitalicious Coupon, Like their facebook to get the deal.
https://www.facebook.com/vitatops/app_182968635067837
Free Pure Via sample
https://www.smartsourcesamples.com/temp/47.htm
Free Klean To Go personal protection packets from AmeraProducts.
http://www.ameraglass.com/Forms/FreeGift.htm
Free Bearstone Horse Cookies sample. Scroll all the way down to the sample offer section and then shoot them an email with your info.
http://www.bearstonehorsecookies.com/Products___Samples.html
Free Ben and Jerry's this summer in select cities. The Ben and Jerry's truck will be giving out free Greek frozen yogurt along both the eastern and western coasts. I am feeling an like epic road trip following them down the western seaboard might just be in order.
http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/truck-tour;jsessionid=20B7DC5C78C19AE94166CFECE17F3614.bnj1_worker
Daily Sale's new freebie is a cleavage control bra clip. This will be free and available to new customers only. http://dailysale.com/deal/sale/714/
Well this one is fun, a freebie after my own heart. Dr. Pepper and PS3 have teamed up to bring you a game located in the Hub at your nearest PS3 console. Accept the mission and you will receive a free 2 liter bottle of Dr. Pepper 10 and avatar gear including a sweet background.
(no link just get to that PS3 and get some of that delicious elixir.)
Are you prepared to survive the zombie hordes? Prepared to survive when the bird flu becomes airborne and spreads like wildfire? How about power outages, hurricanes, or floods? Sign up at the link below and get Preppers Magazine free for a limited time only. The first issue will be released this summer.
https://www.preppersmagazine.com/Subscribe.php?no_redirect=true
Free Honey Crystal Sweetener Pack. Just continue through check out there is no shipping free.
http://www.honeycrystalsweetener.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=BASK
Six dollar Vitalicious Coupon, Like their facebook to get the deal.
https://www.facebook.com/vitatops/app_182968635067837
Free Pure Via sample
https://www.smartsourcesamples.com/temp/47.htm
Free Klean To Go personal protection packets from AmeraProducts.
http://www.ameraglass.com/Forms/FreeGift.htm
Free Bearstone Horse Cookies sample. Scroll all the way down to the sample offer section and then shoot them an email with your info.
http://www.bearstonehorsecookies.com/Products___Samples.html
Free Ben and Jerry's this summer in select cities. The Ben and Jerry's truck will be giving out free Greek frozen yogurt along both the eastern and western coasts. I am feeling an like epic road trip following them down the western seaboard might just be in order.
http://www.benjerry.com/flavors/truck-tour;jsessionid=20B7DC5C78C19AE94166CFECE17F3614.bnj1_worker
Daily Sale's new freebie is a cleavage control bra clip. This will be free and available to new customers only. http://dailysale.com/deal/sale/714/
Well this one is fun, a freebie after my own heart. Dr. Pepper and PS3 have teamed up to bring you a game located in the Hub at your nearest PS3 console. Accept the mission and you will receive a free 2 liter bottle of Dr. Pepper 10 and avatar gear including a sweet background.
(no link just get to that PS3 and get some of that delicious elixir.)
Are you prepared to survive the zombie hordes? Prepared to survive when the bird flu becomes airborne and spreads like wildfire? How about power outages, hurricanes, or floods? Sign up at the link below and get Preppers Magazine free for a limited time only. The first issue will be released this summer.
https://www.preppersmagazine.com/Subscribe.php?no_redirect=true
Free Honey Crystal Sweetener Pack. Just continue through check out there is no shipping free.
http://www.honeycrystalsweetener.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=BASK
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Top Ten Things You Should Be Doing To Get Free Stuff
1. Vary your search terms, do not rely on using the same search over and over.. Instead of using "free sample" every time try using terms like free stuff, free things, freebies, free to try, free trial, free junk, and free crap. This will greatly increase your chances of finding new and awesome free stuff.
2. Don't just check the Craigslist free section. You need to be checking Free Cycle, the Penny Savers and other local listings for free items.
3. Try asking around your neighborhood, ask family, and ask friends. You might be surprised how grateful people are when you help them declutter their space. They might give you even more free stuff.
4. Use Listia to list items that you no longer want or need and then use the points you receive to bid on new items that you will actually use. It is essentially trading unwanted items for free. Its time to clean out the garage and become a points millionaire.
5. Do surveys, really I know you are skeptical, they actually work. Sites like Points2shop and Swagbucks will give you points to do surveys, watch videos, and play games. Use those points to buy stuff, easiest way to get great stuff entirely free.
6. Dumpster dive if its legal in your area. Yes its kind of gross just don't actually go inside of it. Plenty of cool stuff can be found around the outsides especially during turnover for large apartment complexes.
7. Check the websites of large companies for promotional giveaways. For example tobacco and beverage companies have giveaways almost continuously. Other companies will give away their own full sized products in limited quantities and at certain times. Be on the look out for full size make up, candy bars, cleaning products, food items, clothing, and much more.
8. Pay attention to coupons online, in mailings, and at the store. Often times the value of these coupons are equal or greater to the price of the item and you can get it for free.
9. Offer your skills or services in exchange for goods; its bartering and people have been doing it for thousands of years and you can do it too. Whether your skill is woodworking, web design, or cryptozoology chances are good that someone will trade for your services.
10. Ditch the dish, or cable television. You can get all of the free TV from Hulu and from individual broadcast networks that you can ever, really, sanely watch in a week. Same goes for music, use Spotify and Pandora to get free streaming music.
Now get out there are start getting all the free stuff you never knew you were missing.
2. Don't just check the Craigslist free section. You need to be checking Free Cycle, the Penny Savers and other local listings for free items.
3. Try asking around your neighborhood, ask family, and ask friends. You might be surprised how grateful people are when you help them declutter their space. They might give you even more free stuff.
4. Use Listia to list items that you no longer want or need and then use the points you receive to bid on new items that you will actually use. It is essentially trading unwanted items for free. Its time to clean out the garage and become a points millionaire.
5. Do surveys, really I know you are skeptical, they actually work. Sites like Points2shop and Swagbucks will give you points to do surveys, watch videos, and play games. Use those points to buy stuff, easiest way to get great stuff entirely free.
6. Dumpster dive if its legal in your area. Yes its kind of gross just don't actually go inside of it. Plenty of cool stuff can be found around the outsides especially during turnover for large apartment complexes.
7. Check the websites of large companies for promotional giveaways. For example tobacco and beverage companies have giveaways almost continuously. Other companies will give away their own full sized products in limited quantities and at certain times. Be on the look out for full size make up, candy bars, cleaning products, food items, clothing, and much more.
8. Pay attention to coupons online, in mailings, and at the store. Often times the value of these coupons are equal or greater to the price of the item and you can get it for free.
9. Offer your skills or services in exchange for goods; its bartering and people have been doing it for thousands of years and you can do it too. Whether your skill is woodworking, web design, or cryptozoology chances are good that someone will trade for your services.
10. Ditch the dish, or cable television. You can get all of the free TV from Hulu and from individual broadcast networks that you can ever, really, sanely watch in a week. Same goes for music, use Spotify and Pandora to get free streaming music.
Now get out there are start getting all the free stuff you never knew you were missing.
Dumpster Diving 101: Get Free Furniture, Appliances, and More
Its coming upon graduation season here and all over town Uhauls, pick
ups, and (cars stuffed so full they might just explode) are parked
anywhere and everywhere. Really everywhere, no matter how illegal or
inconvenient. Its college students though, you can't really blame them,
they haven't learned to read for comprehension yet. I also see them make questionable choices when tying down their junk. Either they don't and it comes flying out or someone is holding a mattress on the top of a small car with their arms....
It was a dark and humid Wednesday night, we approach a maze like apartment complex to drop off a friend. Cars seem to appear and disappear without consideration to speed limits or good sense. All I can hear is the bass from a local party, and can only assume all those cars are drunk driving. There are of course the requisite amounts of beer cans, Busch Light is the poison of choice here, and according to my brother in law, with the right amount of wind those cans will rise gently in the breeze and deposit themselves miles away. I am sure there is a secret beer can fortress somewhere north of campus.
We slowly pull around the complex trying desperately to get out of that hell hole and suddenly I spot a shadow near a dumpster. Full stop. We try to back up but there is a car right up our bumper. But its furniture, I am sure of it, so we turn around and to go investigate. I wait for another car to leave, I am not super into getting run over, I don't think roadkill is my best look. I go over to the dumpster and peer around the corner. To my surprise what do I find? Its a freaking piano...seriously an upright piano. Nothing to be done there, cool though. Really...who leaves a piano by the dumpster and who has a piano in their pre-furnished apartment? Oh, the mysteries of life.
Anyway, this means that dumpsters everywhere are now filling with all kinds of awesome stuff. A lot kids here throw away almost their entire apartment when they move. They do this for a variety of reasons, either they are moving across the state, possibly out of the country, back into their parents where the stuff won't fit, or maybe moving into their partners apartments where their stuff is no longer necessary. This creates a plethora of aweosme sitting on or near dumpsters both on and off campus.
I realize that this is not legal in some places and quite possibly not very safe. I am neither encouraging or nor discouraging this behavior. This is information only, what you do with it is your own business. I am merely informing you of a yearly phenomenon. I am sure that those of you that live in college towns are probably quite aware of this.
Now lets say for the sake of science that it is legal in your area. Or at least that the apartment complexes really do not want to pay to haul away stuff so they will let you do it for them. What do you do then?
First you should locate different key areas where there are high concentrations of college students and dumpsters. This would be on campus and in those large multi-apartment buildings, the ones that are always blaring music and have beer cans around. Yep that sounds about right. After locating those you can do a preliminary drive by of these areas to see if there is stuff visible on or around the dumpster.
So you spot a particularly enticing dumpster, what now? Personally I would never actually climb into the dumpster. That is both spectacularly unsafe and unsanitary. It certainly is not for the faint of heart. If this is your thing always wear appropriate clothing. That means no shorts, sandals, or short sleeves. You will want as much of you covered as possible and possibly safety glasses. I mean you are dropping into something that could have glass, needles, caustic slime...Sasquatch. I mean anything could be in there. I really recommend that you do NOT actually go into the dumpster. But if you do, bring a friend that can pull you out or at least call for help.
Ok so without actually entering the dumpster you will still be able to find some cool stuff. When an apartment of 4 or 5 people are moving there tends to be accumulation. Lots of that will be on the top of the pile,within reach or piled around the base. I like to look for furniture when I am cruising by. This indicates that someone is moving and that particular dumpster may have other goodies. It is important to wear gloves if you touch anything in the dumpster, you never know whats on that stuff. If you find furniture make sure it will fit into your vehicle, never try to shove a desk into the trunk of a small car...it will break and you will be sorry. Always team lift and lift with your knees. Never get in the way of the garbage truck and really, really do not be in the dumpster when its garbage day, or you will be going to that sweet garbage pile in the sky. It is not advisable to put charcoal barbeques in your car, I have seen people do it and they are sorry afterwards, its messy.
There are some people that actually make money doing this. I see people with trucks and I have friends that cruise dumpsters regularly for furniture and other big ticket items like Televisions, kitchen appliances, and other cool junk. They then either keep or sell these items on Craigslist or other sites like that. You can make decent money on that if you have enough storage space for junk accumulation. So things for free and making money on the free stuff, doesn't get much better than that.
Things I have found on or near dumpsters: that piano, lamps, couches, chairs, a full knife set, expensive, unopened sauce pot, skateboards, roller blades, folding table with chairs, exercise bike, desks, bookcases, ottomans, lounges, kitchen tables, side tables, televisions, coffee tables, barbeques, mattresses(but really don't, do you want STDs???), rugs, backpacks, luggage, tons of other random stuff, and of course lots of broken stuff and garbage. But the best thing that I have ever found near a dumpster: A giant black velvet painting of a pirate ship, really I kid you not, its beautiful.
Happy Diving!
It was a dark and humid Wednesday night, we approach a maze like apartment complex to drop off a friend. Cars seem to appear and disappear without consideration to speed limits or good sense. All I can hear is the bass from a local party, and can only assume all those cars are drunk driving. There are of course the requisite amounts of beer cans, Busch Light is the poison of choice here, and according to my brother in law, with the right amount of wind those cans will rise gently in the breeze and deposit themselves miles away. I am sure there is a secret beer can fortress somewhere north of campus.
We slowly pull around the complex trying desperately to get out of that hell hole and suddenly I spot a shadow near a dumpster. Full stop. We try to back up but there is a car right up our bumper. But its furniture, I am sure of it, so we turn around and to go investigate. I wait for another car to leave, I am not super into getting run over, I don't think roadkill is my best look. I go over to the dumpster and peer around the corner. To my surprise what do I find? Its a freaking piano...seriously an upright piano. Nothing to be done there, cool though. Really...who leaves a piano by the dumpster and who has a piano in their pre-furnished apartment? Oh, the mysteries of life.
Anyway, this means that dumpsters everywhere are now filling with all kinds of awesome stuff. A lot kids here throw away almost their entire apartment when they move. They do this for a variety of reasons, either they are moving across the state, possibly out of the country, back into their parents where the stuff won't fit, or maybe moving into their partners apartments where their stuff is no longer necessary. This creates a plethora of aweosme sitting on or near dumpsters both on and off campus.
I realize that this is not legal in some places and quite possibly not very safe. I am neither encouraging or nor discouraging this behavior. This is information only, what you do with it is your own business. I am merely informing you of a yearly phenomenon. I am sure that those of you that live in college towns are probably quite aware of this.
Now lets say for the sake of science that it is legal in your area. Or at least that the apartment complexes really do not want to pay to haul away stuff so they will let you do it for them. What do you do then?
First you should locate different key areas where there are high concentrations of college students and dumpsters. This would be on campus and in those large multi-apartment buildings, the ones that are always blaring music and have beer cans around. Yep that sounds about right. After locating those you can do a preliminary drive by of these areas to see if there is stuff visible on or around the dumpster.
So you spot a particularly enticing dumpster, what now? Personally I would never actually climb into the dumpster. That is both spectacularly unsafe and unsanitary. It certainly is not for the faint of heart. If this is your thing always wear appropriate clothing. That means no shorts, sandals, or short sleeves. You will want as much of you covered as possible and possibly safety glasses. I mean you are dropping into something that could have glass, needles, caustic slime...Sasquatch. I mean anything could be in there. I really recommend that you do NOT actually go into the dumpster. But if you do, bring a friend that can pull you out or at least call for help.
Ok so without actually entering the dumpster you will still be able to find some cool stuff. When an apartment of 4 or 5 people are moving there tends to be accumulation. Lots of that will be on the top of the pile,within reach or piled around the base. I like to look for furniture when I am cruising by. This indicates that someone is moving and that particular dumpster may have other goodies. It is important to wear gloves if you touch anything in the dumpster, you never know whats on that stuff. If you find furniture make sure it will fit into your vehicle, never try to shove a desk into the trunk of a small car...it will break and you will be sorry. Always team lift and lift with your knees. Never get in the way of the garbage truck and really, really do not be in the dumpster when its garbage day, or you will be going to that sweet garbage pile in the sky. It is not advisable to put charcoal barbeques in your car, I have seen people do it and they are sorry afterwards, its messy.
There are some people that actually make money doing this. I see people with trucks and I have friends that cruise dumpsters regularly for furniture and other big ticket items like Televisions, kitchen appliances, and other cool junk. They then either keep or sell these items on Craigslist or other sites like that. You can make decent money on that if you have enough storage space for junk accumulation. So things for free and making money on the free stuff, doesn't get much better than that.
Things I have found on or near dumpsters: that piano, lamps, couches, chairs, a full knife set, expensive, unopened sauce pot, skateboards, roller blades, folding table with chairs, exercise bike, desks, bookcases, ottomans, lounges, kitchen tables, side tables, televisions, coffee tables, barbeques, mattresses(but really don't, do you want STDs???), rugs, backpacks, luggage, tons of other random stuff, and of course lots of broken stuff and garbage. But the best thing that I have ever found near a dumpster: A giant black velvet painting of a pirate ship, really I kid you not, its beautiful.
Happy Diving!
5/2 Samples For A Lovely Late Afternoon
Free goat sticker from Backcountry.
http://www.backcountry.com/Store/global/stickerRequest.jsp
Free stickers from Spy Optic.
http://www.spyoptic.com/stickers
Free stickers from Fox. You can pick between ATV, bike, moto, offroad, and snowmobile stickers.
http://www.ridefox.com/freestickers.php
New instant win game from Twizzlers. Enter 7/6/13 1,261 prizes.
https://www.facebook.com/Twizzlers
Everyday through 5/8 at 4 EST Marlboro will be giving away gourmet sea salt. First 800 each day only.
https://www.marlboro.com/gconnect/login_input.action
Costco has free Align and Metamucil for members. Probiotics and Fiber, there has to be literally nothing better than that to keep you regular.
http://www.costco.com/Free-Samples-Metamucil-Sugar-Free-MultiHealth-Fiber-%2526-Align-Probiotic-Supplement-.product.100017109.html
Free coupon for a bottle of Honest Tea when you tweet a compliment to your mother. You must include #honestcompliment in the tweet in order to receive the coupon.
http://honestteablog.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/a-tribute-to-moms-around-the-world/
Free Sample of nutritional probiotics from Bio 35. Its supposed to give you more energy, boost your immune system, help you heal faster, and give you a shiny coat (just kidding) just shiny hair and nails!
http://www.bio35.com/request-a-sample
Free Hat from Atlanta Cap Company. Look like all you have to do is fill out the form and approved samples are sent out 30 days from when they receive your order.
http://atlantacapcompany.com/contact-us/
http://www.backcountry.com/Store/global/stickerRequest.jsp
Free stickers from Spy Optic.
http://www.spyoptic.com/stickers
Free stickers from Fox. You can pick between ATV, bike, moto, offroad, and snowmobile stickers.
http://www.ridefox.com/freestickers.php
New instant win game from Twizzlers. Enter 7/6/13 1,261 prizes.
https://www.facebook.com/Twizzlers
Everyday through 5/8 at 4 EST Marlboro will be giving away gourmet sea salt. First 800 each day only.
https://www.marlboro.com/gconnect/login_input.action
Costco has free Align and Metamucil for members. Probiotics and Fiber, there has to be literally nothing better than that to keep you regular.
http://www.costco.com/Free-Samples-Metamucil-Sugar-Free-MultiHealth-Fiber-%2526-Align-Probiotic-Supplement-.product.100017109.html
Free coupon for a bottle of Honest Tea when you tweet a compliment to your mother. You must include #honestcompliment in the tweet in order to receive the coupon.
http://honestteablog.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/a-tribute-to-moms-around-the-world/
Free Sample of nutritional probiotics from Bio 35. Its supposed to give you more energy, boost your immune system, help you heal faster, and give you a shiny coat (just kidding) just shiny hair and nails!
http://www.bio35.com/request-a-sample
Free Hat from Atlanta Cap Company. Look like all you have to do is fill out the form and approved samples are sent out 30 days from when they receive your order.
http://atlantacapcompany.com/contact-us/
5/2 Free Samples and Free Trials
Free 'moms changing more than diapers' magnet from Moms Rising
http://action.momsrising.org/signup/2013_Magnet/?akid=4227.1983781.HmhU95&rd=1&t=5
Free coupon for a 1oz sample of dehydrated pet food from The Honest Kitchen. Redeemable at any Honest Kitchen retailer.
https://www.facebook.com/TheHonestKitchen/app_122139254463179
Free Trial Demo of Rosetta Stone in a variety if languages including French, German, Spanish, Japanese and many more. It will demo the first lesson in a particular language so you can get a feel for the language and the program. No obligation to purchase.
http://www.rosettastone.com/demo
Free Trial of Spotify Premium for 30 days. Spotify is regularly free, the premium has more content and lets you use Spotify in new ways and lets you play your music offline. It also has enhanced sound quality and no advertisements. Credit card will be required, it will not be charged as long as you cancel within your trail period.
https://www.spotify.com/us/freetrial/
http://action.momsrising.org/signup/2013_Magnet/?akid=4227.1983781.HmhU95&rd=1&t=5
Free coupon for a 1oz sample of dehydrated pet food from The Honest Kitchen. Redeemable at any Honest Kitchen retailer.
https://www.facebook.com/TheHonestKitchen/app_122139254463179
Free Trial Demo of Rosetta Stone in a variety if languages including French, German, Spanish, Japanese and many more. It will demo the first lesson in a particular language so you can get a feel for the language and the program. No obligation to purchase.
http://www.rosettastone.com/demo
Free Trial of Spotify Premium for 30 days. Spotify is regularly free, the premium has more content and lets you use Spotify in new ways and lets you play your music offline. It also has enhanced sound quality and no advertisements. Credit card will be required, it will not be charged as long as you cancel within your trail period.
https://www.spotify.com/us/freetrial/
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
5/1 Free Things
Free sample of Pureology Serious Color Care shampoo and conditioner. These samples are especially great for ditty bags or just to take traveling in general as well as use in home.
http://nep.nmi.cc/nep/microsite/redken/instantw/instantw/entry.jsp?entryPointAlias=mstag&mstag=&p=packet
GIV Mobile is offering a free mobile SIM kit to anyone that is interested. GIV Mobile is a no contract cell phone service that offers nationwide 4g service. Check it out and see if they measure up to your current contract.
http://givmobile.com/?cid=sdsim
Ahoy Mateys! Free Treasure Island audiobook download from DownPour. Enjoy some classic literature in your bathtub, on your boat, submarine, tropical island, and immerse yourself one of the greatest books of all time. Use code freeisland at checkout.
http://www.downpour.com/treasure-island-1
http://nep.nmi.cc/nep/microsite/redken/instantw/instantw/entry.jsp?entryPointAlias=mstag&mstag=&p=packet
GIV Mobile is offering a free mobile SIM kit to anyone that is interested. GIV Mobile is a no contract cell phone service that offers nationwide 4g service. Check it out and see if they measure up to your current contract.
http://givmobile.com/?cid=sdsim
Ahoy Mateys! Free Treasure Island audiobook download from DownPour. Enjoy some classic literature in your bathtub, on your boat, submarine, tropical island, and immerse yourself one of the greatest books of all time. Use code freeisland at checkout.
http://www.downpour.com/treasure-island-1
Geocaching 101 A Guide For Beginners
Geocaching, you may be asking what on earth is geocaching? Or maybe you are already one of the enlightened few who know. I once saw a t-shirt on a geocaching website that defined it as "using multimillion dollar satellites to find tupperware in the woods". That does pretty much sum up the basics however, there are a lot of guidelines, tips, and courtesies that you should follow when geocaching.
Pictured below is the geocaching symbol, I do not own it, all rights reserved to oregonparks.org.
This activity can be entirely free if you are determined enough. If you have a data phone chances are you already have a GPS. Most phones use phone towers to track your movement and that can be used to find the coordinates necessary to find a cache. Simple enough, but what is a GPS, what are caches, what are coordinates?
If you don't already know GPS stands for global positioning device and it will help guide you to locations or tell you where you are. Coordinates are a specified series of letters and numbers that are necessary when using a GPS or map to find locations. Did I mention that you can get maps of your local areas from the Forest Service and other places for free? I will get to caches a bit later. So your phone might have a limited GPS, you can use a map, or you could have a Garmin phone like I do(which I got for a penny) that has a real GPS system. By real I mean that it uses actual satellites instead of phone towers which is much more accurate. (There are other phones that use satellites too, I am just not sure which ones exactly) Or maybe you already have a handheld GPS or one for the car. If not older GPS models can often be found on Craigslist or online for very little money.
Pictured below is a Signal the Frog trackable found at http://shop.geocaching.com/default/trackable-items/trackable-tags/signal-the-frog-travel-tag.html
Ok but what is geocaching? Geocaching is an activity where you find objects with your GPS that someone else has hidden. These caches can be any size, shape, and contain a myriad of different items or possibly no items at all. Its basically a giant scavenger hunt that covers just about every country on Earth.
So why would you possibly want to do that? Well its exciting; a massive treasure hunt with as many caches as you could possibly ever want to find! You can find and exchange treasures inside of the caches, track certain items from cache to cache, and its great exercise. Picture below is my Garmin handheld gps which does happen to be upside down, a travel bug, and a cachekinz. The travel bug and cache kinz have numbers on the back that allow them to be logged into different caches and can be kept track of to find out where they are, where they have been, and how long they have been there.
In order to geocache you will need to sign up with a site that lists caches with coordinates to find. The best one is geocaching.com and its absolutely free to sign up. Another great option is http://www.opencaching.us/ with is also free. Once you have your account you can see local geocaches in your area and also search for caches all over the world. I like to find caches along the way and in the places that I vacation at. After that you will need a map or GPS of some kind. Enter the coordinates and follow them to the cache. These will be hidden and some are harder to find than others. They each have ratings of how hard they are to find and how rough the terrain is so pay attention or you might be going on a surprise hike. Always read the cache description first to make sure its appropriate for you and your families needs. Yes there are even handicap accessible geocaches.
Pictured below is an ammo can.
Caches as I have said before can be any size. Some examples of geocaches are ammo cans, lock and lock containers, pill containers, soda preforms, prescription bottles, old spice jars, and many many other things. Caches should always be water proof, mostly rust proof, and never have sharp edges or be anywhere dangerous. Caches also often contain fun things to trade. This is called swag and you could either use some of those awesome samples that you are getting, maybe things you already have, make things yourself or spend little amounts of money on some cool stuff. Geocaching does have some rules and some of the most important are: Always put the cache back where you found it, never steal a geocache, never put food in a geocache, never put anything sharp or anything flammable in a cache, and always trade for something of equal value or trade up as in put something more valuable in than what you took. This helps keep the game fun for everyone and encourages caches to have better and more awesome stuff.
The contents of my swag bag pictures below
Examples of good swag: foreign coins, home made crafts, cheap jewelry, souvenirs, flash lights, stickers, mini tools, toys for kids, first aid stuff, novelty items, pens, pencils, compasses, anything that someone might like.
Examples of things you should NOT leave in a geocache: bells, googly eyes, rocks unless they are awesome or have fossils or something, trash, material not suitable for children, offensive material, advertisements, anything dangerous, so no knives, guns, drugs etc, anything illegal, no fuel, matches, or flammable items. No junk or stuff that no one will ever remove from the cache, no broken stuff, no coupons, and most importantly no animals alive or dead. Believe me people find weird stuff all of the time so its best practice to just remove the trash and put nice stuff back in.
Other items you will want with you when geocaching are a pen or pencil to write in the log. There are logs in every geocache. These help the owner of the cache to track who has come to the cache, when, and possibly what they traded. Always sign the cache because they do check and when you go to log them online they might take your log down. Its handy to carry a multi tool and tweezers these are great for getting the tiny logs out of the micro caches. I will explain micros later. Also bring a flashlight in case it gets dark or for shining into dark places is also a good idea. Bandaids in case you get a scrape, extra pens to leave in logs that are without, possibly extra log paper and plastic ziplocs for caches that have water damage, and your camera. Geocaches are often in really beautiful areas and its always fun to get to take pictures of new places. It is very important to remember to bring extra batteries for your GPS. Otherwise you will be wandering around the woods, possibly lost, and you definitely won't find any caches. The GPS will lead you to the general area of the cache but its up to you to search the area thoroughly. Look for anything out of place like rock piles or often times there are pieces of wood on top of a cache or the cache will be wedged into something. Sometimes you will catch a glimpse of plastic under all of the camouflage. Be creative and ask yourself where you would hide it and most of the time that is exactly where you will find it.
Top of the ammo can.
So why should you start geocaching? Its fun and relatively cheap. It is a great way to get exercise, often times you can just walk out your front door(if you live in town) and geocache on foot. Or driving out somewhere to take a nice walk or hike will definitely keep you and your family healthy and active. Its rewarding when you are the first to spot a geocache and then you get bragging rights until someone else finds the next one. You get to find cool items and leave fun things for other people to find. The best part is You Can Hide One Too!!
Camo duct tape for disguising caches
All you need is a safe, water proof container such as the ones I have listed or another approved cache containers. It will also require some swag, a log, and a pen or maybe just a log in some cases. Here is how you do it: Select a cache location that is at least .1 of a mile away from the nearest cache, it is not allowed to be any closer. Pick a safe location so not near railroad tracks, construction sites, ravines, etc. Geocaches are allowed on public lands generally without permission but you should always check and ask permission whenever applicable. If your location is on private property make sure you ask and get permission before planting the geocache. Then put you cache in its location and start a new cache page on geocaching.com. Select the difficulty in finding it, you will want to hide it fairly well, and then select the terrain difficulty. Also select any applicable buttons such as length of hike if any, whether its handicap accessible, accessible to bikes, whether pets allowed etc. Put in a description, the coordinates, and then wait a few days for approval. Once your cache goes live people will be able to find it and your job will be to maintain it. Maintaining will involve checking your cache periodically to check on its container, replacing the log, and making sure that its still where its supposed to be.
Here are some other things not to go when Geocaching. Do not put geocaches in coffee cans or other cans that will rust, peanut butter jars are iffy, do not use plastic tuppperware from the dollar store or any other plastic container without snap lids. Do not use altoid cans, milk jugs, or other things that will be hard to retrieve the log out of. Don't let people see you find the geocache. You need to try and be stealthy so the geocache will not be stolen or messed with. Try and go to a cache when the area is the least busy and be discreet when removing the cache and signing it. On rare occasions geocachers are sometimes stopped by police and are asked what they are up to. Geocaching is 100 percent legal but sometimes it looks like loitering or you know just suspicious. Always be polite to police officers and tell them what you are up to and why. This should not be a problem for most of you and you will not get in trouble for caching.
Caches are ranked by size on their cache pages. There are micro, small, medium, large, and unknown. Large caches are often called traditional caches or traditional sized. You can search for them based on location, size, and popularity. Also, when you find them and log them on geocaching.com, the cache icon will turn into a cute smiley face. Micro caches are super small ranging from something the size of your thumbnail to a prescription bottle size. These often very difficult to find and only contain a log. Some are magnetic, some I have seen hung from trees or shrubs, and some are just hidden under rocks or grass. Small caches are things like soda preforms, and small tupperware, mediums are usually medium sized tupperware or nalgene bottles, or something similarly sized. Larges are ammo cans, large tupperware, and rarely giant caches like chests, barrels, etc. Unknown could any size but it might not be immediately recognizable as a geocache. These can be very very hard to locate. I have seen caches disguised as pine cones, (I even made one myself), caches that look like wires, solar lights, bolts, hidden in pieces of wood or stumps, disguised as animals, and other myriad super hard to find things. Its considered bad practice to hide caches on or near light posts or any other electrical outlet/station.
Other caches that are listed with a size might also be disguised or camouflaged as we cachers call it. Ammo cans and tupperware sometimes have camo duct tape on them. Other times there are rocks, sticks, fake mud, fake moss, or even real moss glued or set on top of them. Some are painted to match their surroundings. It can be challenging and even frustrating sometimes but there is nothing better than finally finding that one elusive cache. Good places to hide caches are in parks, somewhere with a nice view, somewhere historical, somewhere involving a hike, a nice area that people might not know about, or somewhere sneaky which could be in full view and no one would ever know unless they knew to look for it. Geocaches are also hidden in downtown areas and in cities. These are mostly micros and are hidden well, so don't despair if you do not live near nature, there are caches for city folk too.
In summary geocaches are fun to find, a great way to get exercise, a fun activity that the whole family can enjoy (kids love it because they get to find treasure), basically free if you already have a gps and a willingness to make cool swag, and you will discover many places whether you live there or not that you never knew existed.
If you liked this post try This one, its funny I promise.
Disclaimer: I do not speak for or work for geocaching.com all of my opinions in this post are my own as are any errors in information. I do not own the first two images, all rights reserved to oregonparks.org and to geocaching.com Please read the rules and regulations at geocaching.com and browse the forums for any topics you want more information on. Happy caching!
Pictured below is the geocaching symbol, I do not own it, all rights reserved to oregonparks.org.
If you don't already know GPS stands for global positioning device and it will help guide you to locations or tell you where you are. Coordinates are a specified series of letters and numbers that are necessary when using a GPS or map to find locations. Did I mention that you can get maps of your local areas from the Forest Service and other places for free? I will get to caches a bit later. So your phone might have a limited GPS, you can use a map, or you could have a Garmin phone like I do(which I got for a penny) that has a real GPS system. By real I mean that it uses actual satellites instead of phone towers which is much more accurate. (There are other phones that use satellites too, I am just not sure which ones exactly) Or maybe you already have a handheld GPS or one for the car. If not older GPS models can often be found on Craigslist or online for very little money.
Pictured below is a Signal the Frog trackable found at http://shop.geocaching.com/default/trackable-items/trackable-tags/signal-the-frog-travel-tag.html
Ok but what is geocaching? Geocaching is an activity where you find objects with your GPS that someone else has hidden. These caches can be any size, shape, and contain a myriad of different items or possibly no items at all. Its basically a giant scavenger hunt that covers just about every country on Earth. So why would you possibly want to do that? Well its exciting; a massive treasure hunt with as many caches as you could possibly ever want to find! You can find and exchange treasures inside of the caches, track certain items from cache to cache, and its great exercise. Picture below is my Garmin handheld gps which does happen to be upside down, a travel bug, and a cachekinz. The travel bug and cache kinz have numbers on the back that allow them to be logged into different caches and can be kept track of to find out where they are, where they have been, and how long they have been there.
In order to geocache you will need to sign up with a site that lists caches with coordinates to find. The best one is geocaching.com and its absolutely free to sign up. Another great option is http://www.opencaching.us/ with is also free. Once you have your account you can see local geocaches in your area and also search for caches all over the world. I like to find caches along the way and in the places that I vacation at. After that you will need a map or GPS of some kind. Enter the coordinates and follow them to the cache. These will be hidden and some are harder to find than others. They each have ratings of how hard they are to find and how rough the terrain is so pay attention or you might be going on a surprise hike. Always read the cache description first to make sure its appropriate for you and your families needs. Yes there are even handicap accessible geocaches.Pictured below is an ammo can.
Caches as I have said before can be any size. Some examples of geocaches are ammo cans, lock and lock containers, pill containers, soda preforms, prescription bottles, old spice jars, and many many other things. Caches should always be water proof, mostly rust proof, and never have sharp edges or be anywhere dangerous. Caches also often contain fun things to trade. This is called swag and you could either use some of those awesome samples that you are getting, maybe things you already have, make things yourself or spend little amounts of money on some cool stuff. Geocaching does have some rules and some of the most important are: Always put the cache back where you found it, never steal a geocache, never put food in a geocache, never put anything sharp or anything flammable in a cache, and always trade for something of equal value or trade up as in put something more valuable in than what you took. This helps keep the game fun for everyone and encourages caches to have better and more awesome stuff.The contents of my swag bag pictures below
Examples of good swag: foreign coins, home made crafts, cheap jewelry, souvenirs, flash lights, stickers, mini tools, toys for kids, first aid stuff, novelty items, pens, pencils, compasses, anything that someone might like.Examples of things you should NOT leave in a geocache: bells, googly eyes, rocks unless they are awesome or have fossils or something, trash, material not suitable for children, offensive material, advertisements, anything dangerous, so no knives, guns, drugs etc, anything illegal, no fuel, matches, or flammable items. No junk or stuff that no one will ever remove from the cache, no broken stuff, no coupons, and most importantly no animals alive or dead. Believe me people find weird stuff all of the time so its best practice to just remove the trash and put nice stuff back in.
Other items you will want with you when geocaching are a pen or pencil to write in the log. There are logs in every geocache. These help the owner of the cache to track who has come to the cache, when, and possibly what they traded. Always sign the cache because they do check and when you go to log them online they might take your log down. Its handy to carry a multi tool and tweezers these are great for getting the tiny logs out of the micro caches. I will explain micros later. Also bring a flashlight in case it gets dark or for shining into dark places is also a good idea. Bandaids in case you get a scrape, extra pens to leave in logs that are without, possibly extra log paper and plastic ziplocs for caches that have water damage, and your camera. Geocaches are often in really beautiful areas and its always fun to get to take pictures of new places. It is very important to remember to bring extra batteries for your GPS. Otherwise you will be wandering around the woods, possibly lost, and you definitely won't find any caches. The GPS will lead you to the general area of the cache but its up to you to search the area thoroughly. Look for anything out of place like rock piles or often times there are pieces of wood on top of a cache or the cache will be wedged into something. Sometimes you will catch a glimpse of plastic under all of the camouflage. Be creative and ask yourself where you would hide it and most of the time that is exactly where you will find it.
Top of the ammo can.
So why should you start geocaching? Its fun and relatively cheap. It is a great way to get exercise, often times you can just walk out your front door(if you live in town) and geocache on foot. Or driving out somewhere to take a nice walk or hike will definitely keep you and your family healthy and active. Its rewarding when you are the first to spot a geocache and then you get bragging rights until someone else finds the next one. You get to find cool items and leave fun things for other people to find. The best part is You Can Hide One Too!!Camo duct tape for disguising caches
All you need is a safe, water proof container such as the ones I have listed or another approved cache containers. It will also require some swag, a log, and a pen or maybe just a log in some cases. Here is how you do it: Select a cache location that is at least .1 of a mile away from the nearest cache, it is not allowed to be any closer. Pick a safe location so not near railroad tracks, construction sites, ravines, etc. Geocaches are allowed on public lands generally without permission but you should always check and ask permission whenever applicable. If your location is on private property make sure you ask and get permission before planting the geocache. Then put you cache in its location and start a new cache page on geocaching.com. Select the difficulty in finding it, you will want to hide it fairly well, and then select the terrain difficulty. Also select any applicable buttons such as length of hike if any, whether its handicap accessible, accessible to bikes, whether pets allowed etc. Put in a description, the coordinates, and then wait a few days for approval. Once your cache goes live people will be able to find it and your job will be to maintain it. Maintaining will involve checking your cache periodically to check on its container, replacing the log, and making sure that its still where its supposed to be.Here are some other things not to go when Geocaching. Do not put geocaches in coffee cans or other cans that will rust, peanut butter jars are iffy, do not use plastic tuppperware from the dollar store or any other plastic container without snap lids. Do not use altoid cans, milk jugs, or other things that will be hard to retrieve the log out of. Don't let people see you find the geocache. You need to try and be stealthy so the geocache will not be stolen or messed with. Try and go to a cache when the area is the least busy and be discreet when removing the cache and signing it. On rare occasions geocachers are sometimes stopped by police and are asked what they are up to. Geocaching is 100 percent legal but sometimes it looks like loitering or you know just suspicious. Always be polite to police officers and tell them what you are up to and why. This should not be a problem for most of you and you will not get in trouble for caching.
Caches are ranked by size on their cache pages. There are micro, small, medium, large, and unknown. Large caches are often called traditional caches or traditional sized. You can search for them based on location, size, and popularity. Also, when you find them and log them on geocaching.com, the cache icon will turn into a cute smiley face. Micro caches are super small ranging from something the size of your thumbnail to a prescription bottle size. These often very difficult to find and only contain a log. Some are magnetic, some I have seen hung from trees or shrubs, and some are just hidden under rocks or grass. Small caches are things like soda preforms, and small tupperware, mediums are usually medium sized tupperware or nalgene bottles, or something similarly sized. Larges are ammo cans, large tupperware, and rarely giant caches like chests, barrels, etc. Unknown could any size but it might not be immediately recognizable as a geocache. These can be very very hard to locate. I have seen caches disguised as pine cones, (I even made one myself), caches that look like wires, solar lights, bolts, hidden in pieces of wood or stumps, disguised as animals, and other myriad super hard to find things. Its considered bad practice to hide caches on or near light posts or any other electrical outlet/station.
Other caches that are listed with a size might also be disguised or camouflaged as we cachers call it. Ammo cans and tupperware sometimes have camo duct tape on them. Other times there are rocks, sticks, fake mud, fake moss, or even real moss glued or set on top of them. Some are painted to match their surroundings. It can be challenging and even frustrating sometimes but there is nothing better than finally finding that one elusive cache. Good places to hide caches are in parks, somewhere with a nice view, somewhere historical, somewhere involving a hike, a nice area that people might not know about, or somewhere sneaky which could be in full view and no one would ever know unless they knew to look for it. Geocaches are also hidden in downtown areas and in cities. These are mostly micros and are hidden well, so don't despair if you do not live near nature, there are caches for city folk too. In summary geocaches are fun to find, a great way to get exercise, a fun activity that the whole family can enjoy (kids love it because they get to find treasure), basically free if you already have a gps and a willingness to make cool swag, and you will discover many places whether you live there or not that you never knew existed.
If you liked this post try This one, its funny I promise.
Disclaimer: I do not speak for or work for geocaching.com all of my opinions in this post are my own as are any errors in information. I do not own the first two images, all rights reserved to oregonparks.org and to geocaching.com Please read the rules and regulations at geocaching.com and browse the forums for any topics you want more information on. Happy caching!
Sweet Free Hat!
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Pizza is a vegetable anyway, at least according to congress, so it has to be healthy right?
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You will get your first month free with unlimited streaming to your phone, tablet, or computer and four free rentals at any Redbox location. A credit card is required to sign up for this offer but if you cancel before your trial ends you will not be charged. If you choose to keep Redbox Instant they will charge 8.00 per month. They do seem to have quite a lot of fun looking B movies and a few blockbusters as well.
Netflix of course has a similar offer which I would bet most of you have already tried but for those few who haven't yet here is what that entails. It is also a one month trial and you will enjoy unlimited streaming but does not come with any free disc rentals. You can watch Netflix on your computer, PS2, XBOX, Wii, tablets, and phones. This will require a credit card and if you cancel your trial before it ends you will not be charged. Otherwise you will start being charged at 7.99 per month.
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Hulu already offers a free streaming service that offers both movies and televisions shows that can be streamed to your computer or gaming device of choice. There is also a paid version that gives you access to more episodes and stuff. I find that the free version is more than adequate and a great way to catch up on shows that you might not have caught when airing.
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Check out Smiley360 today to see if you qualify for the new Aveeno mission.
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Marlboro will be giving away Steak sauce every day at Noon EST until 5/31 to the first 2,000 people
https://www.marlboro.com/
Free Re-Body Saffron Hunger Chews
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=380733585374790&set=a.179799145468236.38851.172279696220181&type=1
Free pizza for home schooled students from Pizza Hut. The Book It! program rewards students with pizza and probably other cool stuff based on the amount of books they read during the school year. The Application deadline is September 1st, so make sure to get yours in right away.
http://www.bookitprogram.com/enrollment/homeschool.asp
Pizza is a vegetable anyway, at least according to congress, so it has to be healthy right?
Redbox Instant Free One Month Trial
www.redboxinstant.com
You will get your first month free with unlimited streaming to your phone, tablet, or computer and four free rentals at any Redbox location. A credit card is required to sign up for this offer but if you cancel before your trial ends you will not be charged. If you choose to keep Redbox Instant they will charge 8.00 per month. They do seem to have quite a lot of fun looking B movies and a few blockbusters as well.
Netflix of course has a similar offer which I would bet most of you have already tried but for those few who haven't yet here is what that entails. It is also a one month trial and you will enjoy unlimited streaming but does not come with any free disc rentals. You can watch Netflix on your computer, PS2, XBOX, Wii, tablets, and phones. This will require a credit card and if you cancel your trial before it ends you will not be charged. Otherwise you will start being charged at 7.99 per month.
www.netflix.com
Hulu already offers a free streaming service that offers both movies and televisions shows that can be streamed to your computer or gaming device of choice. There is also a paid version that gives you access to more episodes and stuff. I find that the free version is more than adequate and a great way to catch up on shows that you might not have caught when airing.
www.hulu.com
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Free Samples 4/30 Or How to Make Your Mailbox Happy
Most of the samples in my previous posts are still active, make sure to check them out
as I mostly likely will not repost them.
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For those of you that signed up for Smiley360, It seems like there is a new mission
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For those of you that signed up for Smiley360, It seems like there is a new mission
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Monday, April 29, 2013
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Vocal Point
Vocal Point is another place to gather and talk about products whether its reviews or just chatting to others that love free things and reviewing stuff. The reviews are actually read by the companies that provide the samples and they do take your feedback into consideration for future products or changes to current ones. They also do not must constructive criticism so really let them have it, if thats you kind of thing. This site also sponsors other activites like DIY projects, hosting parties, family tips, money saving ideas etc. Its more of a community than just a free sample blog. After signing up you will be able to see the goodies tab and this is where you will find samples to try and review or to get coupons for. Of course you can't get a sample of everything but I have tried a few things here and I think the more that you review and are active in the community the more you can receive the samples. The site will allow you to invite friends but it does not seem like that has any effect on how many or which samples you will receive. You can sign up for this offer at the link below.
http://www.vocalpoint.com
Smiley360
Smiley 360 is a lovely website where you can review items, share about them on social media, share coupons with friends and family and connect with others that have similar interests. After signing up you will be presented with a few 'missions' which are basically samples that companies will send you if you qualify for them. After qualifying you accept the mission and wait to receive the sample. I have so far recieved: Tom's of Maine toothpaste, Campbells Soup with a snazzy pair of socks, Advil Cold and Congestion, Bic 4 color pen, and will shortly receive some Seventh Generation products.Sign up at the link provided down and to the left of this text. Could you really say no to the smiley face up there, its just so happy to find you free things.
So it is well worth the time and effort put into the site. After receiving the sample there a sections of the mission that you will want to complete. These are reviewing the item, discussing with friends and family, distributing coupons, sharing on facebook and/or twitter. There are also online chats about the products that are optional. All of these missions will give you a certain amount of points. After these accumulate you will be invited to review more and better items. Note I am not that good at getting all of the points and I have never achieved full points for any mission, but I try and that seems to be enough to keep reviewing stuff.Here are some examples of how to share on a blog:
Dailybreak: I tried Dailybreak.com through Smiley360! You can join the fun and win rewards at http://bit.ly/O3cxhb #Dailybreakmission *Please remember the FTC requires you to mention that you received a free sample courtesy of Smiley360 when sharing.
NEW Toms of Maine® Wicked Cool! Toothpaste for Kids 8 Friends' Mission: Enter 4 a chance to win a $200 gift card from Smiley360 by taking a short survey http://smiley360.com/1677746.cfm *Please remember the FTC requires you to mention that you received a free sample courtesy of Smiley360 when sharing.
Or you can just post a link, this one is to the Seventh Generation mission:
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Other Reward Programs
Here are some recommended sites that will earn you some points that you can spend on free stuff. First is the Disney points program. http://www.disneymovierewards.go.com/ is the address where this can be found. To earn points for free all you have to do is sign up for the monthly emails and click on the rewards button each month. This is slow going but sometimes there are holiday bonuses. With these points you can purchase Disney items like movies, stickers, and art. Points can be earned with codes from movies that have been purchased however, that is not a requirement to use the program. So have at it and get as many statues of Mickey as your shelf can hold. 
Another program is Recycle Bank found at https://rcycle.it/yvnjy This site allows you to earn points by pledging to recycle certain items, by taking short questionnaires, watching videos, and playing games, referring friends, and by making green purchases. No purchase is necessary to enroll. With these points you can earn discounts, magazines, and gift cards. You can earn these points fairly quickly at first but it takes quite a few points to get anything worth while.Sampling is not always the greenest of things so hopefully this will erase some bad recycling karma. Trust me, the environment will thank you
Pampers gifts to grow found @ www.sharegiftstogrow.com will give you 100 points to sign up. I believe there is also an email list and you can find other points by searching them out or by purchasing Pampers products. No purchase is necessary to enroll. With these points I think you can get stuff for your baby, toddler, or super coddled dog. Just kidding they don't make dog diapers yet and I feel like they might be missing out on a lucrative niche market there. I have not personally used this site but I thought it would be nice to include it at least in a general sort of way.
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