Freebies and free stuff

If you have a Nintendo DS or Wii, chances are you also buy games for those systems (otherwise what’s the darn point of having the game system?!). Well if that’s the case, you should head over to Club Nintendo, sign up for a free account, and then collect all the game cases and start looking through them. Inside each case should be a little sheet of paper with a registration code printed on the back. Enter it into your Club Nintendo account and you’ll get 50 coins for each Wii game and 30 coins for each DS game. Then you can cash out the coins for free Nintendo swag or even a free DS game. My family had just enough games to earn 800 coins, so they cashed out and have a free game coming to them in the mail!

[via The Freebie Blogger]

EDIT: Looks like its dead now, folks…

To say that I’m easily distracted is an understatement. That’s why I couldn’t get far enough to get this free Mini Mag light. I couldn’t even complete the games on the website that you have to do to get the offer and I just sort of wandered off–

Ooo, shiny! Back later!

[via the forums]

Some food names just make you wonder what they are. I mean, “mashed potatoes” I get, same with “green bean casserole.” The words describe what it is. But what about “marshmallows?” How do you “marsh” a “mallow?” And what the heck is a “mallow” anyways? Thanks Google for telling me that its a plant.

Needless to say, I guess this free Cream of Wheat cereal sample doesn’t raise as many questions. But “cream OF wheat?” It seems like it should be more “cream AND wheat” to me…

[via the forums]

EDIT: This freebie is no longer available.

I feel like these free Canker Melts are purposefully trying to bait me with their goofy name. But I’m going to be the bigger man here and walk away. No siree, they can’t suck me in no matter OH COME ON! Canker melts? As in it’s going to melt away my canker sores? Isn’t that using the same kind of logic like the Simpsons quote where Homer and Chief Wiggum are stuck in a giant hole and propose to dig their way out?

Quimby: I guess we’re not going to find anything.
Otto: Um, how are we going to get out of here?
Homer: We’ll dig our way out!
Wiggum: No, dig UP, stupid.

If you’re thinking I was just looking for an excuse to quote the Simpsons today, then you know me far too well.

Who’s up for some free Cosamin MSM joint health formula? Heck, as if the name didn’t sell it enough, look at what each powder pack comes with!

1500 mg glucosamine HCl
800 mg chondroitin sulfate
1500 mg MSM (Methylsulfonylmethane)

YES! Now that’s what I’m talking about! Over a thousand milligrams of Methylsulfonylmethane?! You just know something is awesome when it’s name has eight vowels in it. Anything over six is high class in my book.

[via Dianna - thanks!]

Just a week into 2009 and I’m still holding onto my cute kittens wall calendar from 2008. Yup, I haven’t changed my calendar because I’m holding out hope that a free calendar will still come in the mail to me. And I actually can read through to tomorrow or Friday with dates on it, so I’m still good, I think.

Maybe this free laser printed calendar sample page from Xerox and Costco will be the one? I can only hope. I don’t want to have to say goodbye to my kittens just yet, though…

[via the forums]

Please raise your hand if you’re shocked when I reveal that I started a massive project and never found the time to finish it. Ok people, not cool, put your hands down! A while back, I decided I wanted to put together a list of every museum in the U.S. that offered free admission. Turns out there are a lot of museums in our country.

Here’s what we’ve got so far on the free museum admission list. As you can see, we’ve only completed 42 states and D.C. (Holy crap, that’s way more than I’d originally thought.) I understand that glancing at it for the first time might lead to some sensory overdosing, but it’s really not all that confusing when broken down. If a museum’s name is blue, it’s been verified. If it’s red, somebody (perhaps you?!) needs to check it out.

Some of the lingo can be confusing to a newbie as well, but again, it’s designed to save space while conveying as much info as possible. Here are a few examples and how to interpret them:

Patterson Homestead – Dayton – This museum is located in Dayton and since there’s no additional markings, it’s free to everybody on every day.

Southeast Museum of Photography – Daytona Beach – FTA? – This museum is located in Daytona Beach and we’re not quite sure if it’s free or not because their site was unclear. Anything with FTA? is a perfect opportunity for somebody to pitch in and help us figure out what their admission policy is!

Sometimes we group museums together in cities that have a ton of them, thus allowing us to save space by not repeatedly putting the city after the museum name. Like these, which are under New York:

New York Botanical Garden Museum – FTA Wednesdays – This museum is free to everybody all day on Wednesdays.

American Folk Art Museum – 11AU & FTA Friday after 5:30pm – This museum is free every day to anybody 11 and under. It’s also free to all (FTA) on Friday’s after 5:30.

You have to login to edit the wiki, but since I’m cool, I’ve integrated the wiki with the forums! So if you already have an account on the forums, simply use that info to sign in. Otherwise, why not create a free account today and join in on the fun?

Here’s to hoping you find some free fun the next time you’re stuck visiting distant relatives in an unknown city! We have a thread on the forums where we talk, ask questions about, etc. the wiki as well. Come chime in!

EDIT: This is no longer available.

Sometimes I wonder about the samples we see over and over again. Like this free SunSilk haircare products. Almost every third or fourth month, they offer this one again. Are they having so much of a problem selling their product that they’re just giving it away? Because if that’s the case, I’ll take a case of it for sure!

[via the forums]

The one luxury that I’ve always enjoyed has been checking the mail. That’s why I signed up for freebies in the first place: just to actually keep enjoying getting my mail. See, it seems that all I get are bills or catalogs nowadays.

That’s why Christmas was so nice: getting all of the cards in the mail. And now with the two free cards from GreetingStar.com by signing up using the promo code 2freesheknows, hopefully I can just link this post to a few friends and keep getting more mail that’s not someone else telling me that I owe them money…

[via the forums]

When I was growing up, my parents wanted us to have healthier snacks around, so I remember we’d have the rice cakes in the pantry. There was something about the chocolate flavored ones that tasted like they had just sprinkled some generic cocoa powder into the mixture, just to be like “Oooo lets trick some poor kid into thinking he’s getting something sweet when its really healthy for him!”

I’m getting my revenge when I click on this free Quaker Oats Rice Cakes Bites sample. And when I get that chocolatey drizzle one? I’ll show those old rice cakes what REAL chocolate is.

[via the forums]