Archive for free stuff
Giveaway: The Tightwad Gazette
Here’s your chance to win the bible of frugalites everywhere! Just leave your best, most creative money-saving tip in the comments to enter. I believe you should never buy new when you can find it used, so I’ll choose a random winner to receive a very gently used copy of The Tightwad Gazette. There are [...]
Hampton Hotels giving away 10 Amazon gift certificates every Thursday
Hampton is starting a Thursday Tweet Deal campaign in which the first 10 people to email hamptonfyi@gmail.com the correct answer to a challenge question will win a prize! Currently they’re giving away 10 $15 Amazon.com gift codes every Thursday. The challenge question is tweeted at 3pm ET. Last week’s question was, How many Hampton Hotels in [...]
Winners: H&R Block giveaway
Wow – we only had 23 entries on last week’s giveaway for 3 copies of H&R Block’s tax software or $50 discounts for taxes online. Maybe all you frugal people out there already did your taxes, unlike me. Those are some pretty good odds for the people who did enter. Here are the 3 happy [...]
Exclusive Swag code for new users
Swagbucks paid for Christmas in our house last year and continues to provide a steady source of free Amazon gift cards, which can be used to buy nearly anything on earth, including used books at great prices. We love it! If you’re not using Swagbucks to get free stuff yet, now is a great time [...]
Giveaway: H&R Block tax software
Comments are closed on this post and 3 winners have been announced. I recently posted a coupon for H&R Block and I mentioned that I am a happy user, and guess what: they contacted me offering to sponsor a giveaway! To enter, just leave a comment telling how you usually do your taxes. For up [...]
Share your failure and win a copy of The Tightwad Gazette
Many frugal zealots consider The Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn to be the handbook for frugal living. There is such a wide range of ideas in it that everyone can learn something new. Everyone can also find something that is just too extreme even for them. We all seem to love it or hate it, [...]
Freebies: milk, Atkin’s snack bars, Redbox rentals
Free half gallon of chocolate milk: Get a half gallon of chocolate milk when you buy a gallon of milk. The first 500,000 entries in this contest for a year’s worth of milk, will be emailed a link to print the coupon. Don’t panic if the screen freezes when you hit the submit button on [...]
Free food from Denny’s – hurry!
The first 500,000 people to sign up for the new Denny’s Rewards Program here will receive a coupon for a free burger and fries from Denny’s. HT to Money Saving Mom
Find unclaimed money
I’ve never paid much attention to the idea that I could have unclaimed money out there in the wide world, but when Jim at Bargaineering posted links to search all 50 states for free it was just too easy to take a quick look. After checking both states where hubby and I have lived as [...]
Family Feasts for $75 a Week: A winner and the interview!
Thank you to everyone who participated by asking questions. We had over 100 entries, and I know Mary had a great time choosing questions to answer! We chose one winner from among the entries to win a free copy of Family Feasts for $75 a Week. Here’s the lucky gal, courtesy of Random.org: Lindsey in [...]
Family Feasts for $75 a week: author interview and giveaway
update: Comments are closed and a winner has been chosen. Look for the announcement above! If you don’t read Owlhaven, you’re missing a treat. Mary is the compassionate, frugal and always-real mom of 10 children from various nations and the author of 2 books. Her latest book fits right in here at Frugal Hacks, and [...]
Ways to get free food
a guest post from the Frugal Fraulein Being the Frugal Fraulein that I am, the word free gives me tingles. This is my favorite time of year. The gardens are calling to be harvested, the trees are laden with fruit, the fish are moving up the streams and the deer and elk are fattening up [...]
Giveaway for over $50 worth of Charlie’s Soap
…over here on my family blog. Hurry up – we’ll be choosing a winner soon!
Swagbucks codes for everyone!
There are quite a few ways to earn money and acquire free stuff on the internet, but this is one of my favorites. If you use Swagbucks already, you’ll be happy to know that they are unveiling a new toolbar to make it even easier to use the search engine and to access your account. [...]
How to request a product for review
I mentioned requesting items for review in my list of 21 ways to get free stuff, and some readers asked how to do it. Here’s an outline of the procedure I use. HOW TO REQUEST A PRODUCT FOR REVIEW Be yourself. You don’t need to sound like a business manager. Blogging is generally a very [...]
