Freebies and free stuff

EDIT: This freebie has been going up and down all day long.

Here’s another one of those freebies where you have to copy & paste the link (http://www.startsampling.com/sm/100803/) in order to get it to work. You know, I think the link is actually shorter than the freebie’s full name: Lea & Perrins Thick Classic Worcestershire Sauce and Jack Daniel’s Barbecue Sauce. Fingers crossed at least one of these suckers will help me with my abysmal cooking skills. If anybody out there is having trouble losing weight, might I suggest hiring me as your personal chef. You’ll drop 10 pounds within a week, guaranteed.

If you happen to like the Worcestershire sauce, Lea & Perrins has a $1 off coupon on their site.

Last summer, a few forum users and myself put the finishing touches on our massive free Museum Admissions page. Look at that sucker! It literally took us a few months to put together and I was in no hurry to start another list soon thereafter, but I recently decided to start another project. After thinking it over, I settled on compiling a list of the 244 National Parks that offer free admission on a regular basis. Yet as luck would have it, today I read that the National Park Service is throwing open the gates to the other 147 National Parks that charge money, thus giving free admission to all 391 parks on June 20-21, July 18-19, and August 15-16.

Talk about making my job obsolete. It’s only a matter of time before a company in Japan develops a freebie-finding robot who can do my job 24/7 and for half the price. And I work for free!

This Friday, June 5th, is National Donut Day and to celebrate, both Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts are giving away free donuts to each of their customers. As the KK press release says, you don’t have to do anything in order to get a free donut. However, DD is only giving away a donut with the purchase of any drink.

As luck would have it, I’ll be on a mini-road trip this Friday and thus will probably eat around a gazillion donuts. It sure was nice fitting into these shorts while it lasted!

EDIT: Darn it, looks like they’re already out of samples for the month.

If you missed out on this free Clairol Advanced Gray Solution in late April, now’s your chance to snag a sample as they have a new monthly supply. It takes six to eight weeks for the freebie to arrive though. If you have a pressing social engagement soon and don’t know what to do about that gray spot, allow me to make a few suggestions that would impress even MacGyver:

• Sharpie + 10 minutes = good as new.
• Christmas bows are out of season and thus very cheap.
• If the gray spot is noticed, casually say it must be ash from that house fire where you saved an entire family plus a litter of puppies.
• If your friends are geeks, mention that gray spots are common side effects from time traveling. Follow this up by slapping your hands over your mouth and mentioning that you’ve said too much.
• Did you know what scientific studies have shown that people with gray spots are happier, richer, and live longer? Your friends don’t have to know that you made this up.

You can get a free Friendly’s ice cream this Saturday, June 6th, from 12-5pm. And yes, the reason I am posting this now is a direct result of the HIF survey that so many of you have participated in over the past few days. I initially thought the “when should I post in-store freebies” question would end up around 50-50, but I think the current total is something like 80% of you said to post them as soon as I found them. So…hooray for Democracy!

And by now, surely you know to check your local joints to find out if they’re participating.

EDIT: StartSampling is StartingToTickMeOff today. They’re having some internal linking issues and thus this is no longer available.

EDIT 2: Looks like StartSampling has everything working again now.

EDIT 3: They’re out of carrying cases it seems, but the Carefree Ultra freebies are still there.

In addition to these free Carefree Ultra Protection Liners, you can also sign up for a free on-the-go carry case. From the picture, the case actually looks like a pencil case I used to have back in the first grade. Of course, mine wasn’t dark pink with light pink flowers on it. It was light pink with dark pink flowers on it.

Totally different.

Head on over to your local Sonic between 8pm-midnight on Wednesday, June 3rd and you’ll walk away with a free root beer float. I guess I should actually say “drive away” for most people. Personally, I’ll be floating away in my zeppelin, which I’ve named Led. Sure, the maintenance and helium are quite expensive and it’s slow as Christmas, but those are small prices to pay for making a grand entrance when I finally get to where I’m going.

Make sure your local store is participating in the Root Beer Float night before showing up. Beware though, their store locator page has a giant, creepy eye on it that is sure to haunt your dreams. (scratch that, it looks like their background changes ever few hours. Count your blessings.)

Holy moly! Adam’s back to posting! There’s a new free Redbox rental code for the first time in weeks! (FM63H7) This is almost too much excitement for me before noon on a Monday. At this rate, come Friday evening, I’ll be jumping out of a plane naked and without a parachute. Actually, if you take away the slight smashing into the ground problem, that sounds kind of fun.

If you’re new to Redbox, check out the Redbox Explanation Guide that covers all the basics of how to use the free rental codes as well as some personal tips & tricks I’ve discovered to help maximize your freebie movies.

This free $30 coupon book seems to turn up at a new address every few months and today is no different. I’ve received it a few times and basically it’s full of coupons for cleaning products from Proctor & Gamble, like Dawn, Cascade, Febreze. Unfortunately I don’t do much cleaning other than tying Swiffer pads to my dogs. But wouldn’t ya know, this sucker comes with coupons for them too!

[via the forums]

So today, if you’re one of the first 100 customers today at Victoria’s Secret with this printed e-mail, apparently you get to walk away with a free pair of panties. Guess we should have posted this one yesterday so we could have started some lines earlier, eh folks? Sorry about that…

While there’s one down the mall from where I work? I don’t think I’ll be visiting… That would be a liiiiiiiiittle too hard to explain to the other members of management why I had to make a “detour” before work…

(And if you miss being one of the first 100 people, well, at least its a nice $10 off of $50 or more coupon.)

[via the forums]