Archive for free stuff

Cool deal of the week: 6 free photo products

Vistaprint has 6 photo gifts for free right now!  OK, maybe “free” is a little misleading because you do pay postage/handling, but these are awesome prices for  very cool gifts! Here’s what you pay when it’s all said and done: Calendar- $5.67 Flipbook – $5.89 Mug – $5.67 Mouse Pad- $4.41 T-shirt – $4.41 Magnets- [...]

Posted by: kimc on Monday, July 25th, 2011

Giveaways on Life in a Shoe

Pop over to my personal blog where I’m running a giveaway every week for at least 4 weeks.  Tuesday is your last chance to enter my giveaway for a free triple stack of delicious Apple Valley Natural Soap, and your first chance to win a hardwood drying rack valued at $85. I love to request items [...]

Posted by: kimc on Monday, February 7th, 2011

Weekend links and a fast $10

New on the Frugal Blogroll The Frugalist – Tips on how to spend less and still live just as well or better, including frugal recipes, saving money on bills, coupons and discounts and more. Plus green living tips too. Coupon Mama Massachusetts – Couponing blog. Coupon/sale matchups, freebies and other bargains. Graceful Little Honey Bee [...]

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

Winner of The Tightwad Gazette giveaway

Thanks to everyone who shared their tips and entered the giveaway.  The winner of The Tightwad Gazette is: kat martin Says:  i do matchups to sales with coupons, and keep all the free shampoo + conditioner samples for trips and shaving. Kat, enjoy your new book!

Posted by: kimc on Monday, September 6th, 2010

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 [...]

Posted by: kimc on Monday, August 30th, 2010

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 [...]

Posted by: kimc on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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