Hey, It’s Free!

Hello you crazy freebie getters! You’ve got Shaynon and special guest Abby here today to do a freebie review on Nabisco Oreo 100 Calorie Packs and Chewy Granola Bars.

This freebie was first posted in June 07 sometime, but it was still active and I signed up for it on December 4th and received it on December 20th 2007. This was a freebie from Sams Club.

I’ve set up a little tape recorder before hand so I can tape the conversation that Abby and I have about this freebie. What follows is our conversation!

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EDIT: This freebie is dead now.

I post this link to free Redken for Men simply as a call to all Hiffers - what the heck is this? Of course, I’m being semi-facetious as I figure it’s some sort of hair styling product. But I’m thinking this is some sort of food item that’s masquerading as a hair product. Just look at the description on Redken’s own page.

Construct styles with chunky separation, oversized pieces and a matte finish. Crunch-free formula contains mineral salts for immediate grab and texture with maximum control. Visit our product catalog to learn more about Outplay texture putty.

Chunky, oversized pieces, salts, and putty - four adjectives that could be used to describe peanut butter! In fact, I’m confident to break the news to the world right now: Redken for Men is in fact peanut butter. It’s the new, hip trend for men nation wide this summer and us Hiffers can get in on the look first. Freebies and trendsetting - how much cooler can we afford to get?

[via Moose]

I was never really into Magic The Gathering as a kid. A few of my friends played it in school, but I had far too short of an attention span to try and learn all those different rules and combona….oh look, there’s a butterfly! So pretty! Sorry, where was I? Oh yeah, freebies. My brothers and I collected Pokemon cards while growing up, but we never actually learned how to use them. We simply collected in a futile effort to get every card known to man. Gee, what a wasted youth! But who knows, maybe you’re reading this and thinking it sounds like fun.

Well then, I have just the freebie for you. Turns out there’s a new card game out there and in an effort to spread it across the country, you can now get two free demo decks of the Universal Fighting System card game. Just imagine if you and all your friends signed up for this and then started playing it in class - you’d be the envy of every nerd in sight! Then you’d probably get beat up by the jocks, but I’m telling ya, you’ve never lived until you’ve been shoved into a locker upside down. Not that I’d know anything about that though…

[via Moose]

How many times have you wanted to be healthy only to be iunterrupted by having to go? No, not that kind of “going,” get your mind out of the gutter. I’m talking about just being too busy to be healthy and always going places. Take for instance the following scene that I totally made up but that I feel like 100% accurate for everybody in the world.

Billy: Gee golly, I sure wish I could be healthy right now, but I’m so late! I need to go, go, go right now!
Sally: Why don’t worry, you can be healthy AND go! Just drink this free Healthy To Go drink mix and you’ll be all set!
Billy: Holy moly, that’s space age stuff right there! But does it taste good?
Sally: Who cares, it’s healthy and you can go with it!
Billy: Well in that case, I’m sold!

I know, my powers of imagination and dialogue writing are outstanding. I’ll be waiting for my Emmy now.

[via the forums]

How does Sunsilk even make a profit? It seems like every time I turn around, they’ve giving away another batch of free Sunsilk shampoo. Now don’t get me wrong, I love freebies, but I’m worries about Sunsilk. Is everything okay with them? Do they even have somebody in charge of overseeing how much money the company has? If not, they should totally hire me. On my first day, I’d get into the computers and change everything so that all Sunsilk shampoo at every store was free. I’d probably go to jail for a while after that, but it’d be totally worth it, as my hair would be silky smooth, clean, and smell great. Wait, on second thought, that might not be the best quality to have while in prison.

[via the forums]

EDIT: This is no longer available.

That’s it, after seeing this offer for a free Moon Pen, I think we need to start a petition here. From now on, no product is allowed to use the words “moon,” “galaxy,” or “space” in their product name unless the product comes from said universal reference. When I saw this free moon pen, I got all excited. SWEET! A pen that came from the moon. I expected some alien pen that was found on the surface of the moon, as if it was an ancient relic of a civilization that long ago abandoned our galaxy for unknown reasons and now all that was left of their once proud and dominant culture was this simple pen. Turns out this is just another bic pen. Dang, what a let down.

[via the forums]

The following text was taken from the Predictably / Irrational blog that is written by Dan Ariely. He’s recently written a book titled Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions and I thought the text below was really interesting in relation to our love for freebies. Something interesting to keep in mind and perspective.

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In one of our projects, Kristina Shampanier, Nina Mazar, and I examined whether our reaction to Free! is just a rational reaction to a low price (a very low price) or if it is an irrational overreaction to Free! We carried out a set of experiments in which we measured not only what people chose but also what they gave up in the process. By doing so we were able to show that Free! can tempt us so much that we are willing to forgo a really good deal for a mediocre one simply because it is Free! For now let’s skip the experiments and consider the following thought-experiment:

Consider how long you would be willing to stand in line for a free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream cone. Let’s assume that your answer is 20 minutes and that the cost of a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream cone is $1.45. Now answer this: would you be willing to stand in line for 20 minutes for $1.45 in cash? No way.

This is exactly what the experiments showed; when something is Free! we get excited and as a consequence we are willing to give up better deals - not to mention our time, money, etc.