Archive for free stuff

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 winners, chosen [...]

Posted by: kimc on Monday, March 1st, 2010

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 to [...]

Posted by: kimc on Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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 to 3 [...]

Posted by: kimc on Saturday, February 20th, 2010

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, [...]

Posted by: kimc on Saturday, February 6th, 2010

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 [...]

Posted by: kimc on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

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

Posted by: kimc on Monday, February 1st, 2010

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 adults, [...]

Posted by: kimc on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

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 [...]

Posted by: kimc on Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

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 so [...]

Posted by: kimc on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

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 [...]

Posted by: guest on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Giveaway for over $50 worth of Charlie’s Soap

…over here on my family blog.  Hurry up – we’ll be choosing a winner soon!

Posted by: kimc on Monday, September 14th, 2009

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 [...]

Posted by: kimc on Monday, August 31st, 2009

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 informal platform, [...]

Posted by: kimc on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

21 Ways to Score Free Stuff

I’ll be the first to admit that many of these require an investment of time, but I suspect that many of us have more time than money.  A couple even require some cash outlay, but you get your money back.  Find the ways that work for you.

Ask your friends and family. Need a clock radio?  [...]

Posted by: kimc on Monday, August 24th, 2009

SwagBucks coupon

If you haven’t starting using SwagBucks.com yet, now’s the time.  SwagBucks is a search engine that  allows users to win prizes and  products for doing what they do every day  – searching the web. By using SwagBucks.com as your main search engine  you win digital  dollars (Swag Bucks) that are redeemable for [...]

Posted by: kimc on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009