Hey, It’s Free!

I’m not much of a cook, but I try my hardest. And by “try my hardest” I mean “take food and then drench it in seasonings.” I don’t even care if this free McCormick steak seasoning isn’t any good. By the time I’m through cooking with it, there will be so many other seasonings mixed with it that your taste buds will probably implode after only two bites.

I’m still finding trash in my yard from the 4th of July weekend. I’m not joking. I’m not sure if you can have too much of a good time, but I’m seriously thinking about it now! I’m fairly confident that I’ll still be picking up garbage by the time these free Glad Force Flex trash bags arrive, so at least I’ll have somewhere to put it all.

Friend of the site Alissa of Free Samples Direct is giving away $25 to whoever sends the most traffic her way over the next week. Now, I doubt HIF will win, but if we do I’ll turn around and give it away to one of my lucky readers.**

No, the reason I like FSD is because it’s actually a darn good freebie site. There’s only six other freebie sites I read on a daily basis and it’s at the top of my list. Most people mention that they like how I keep all of those spammy fake “freebies” off of HIF - well, FSD is no different. In fact, she’s so good at finding legit freebies, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve found a freebie on her site before I’ve been able to post it on HIF

So check out Free Samples Direct!

** Here’s the deal. Leave a comment on this post telling me what you like best about HIF or what I could do to make it better and if I win the prize, I’ll pick a random commenter and forward the money to them!

It’s a well documented fact (in my head) that the freebie supply goes up and down. One month I’m search high and low for hours looking for quality freebies and the next I’ve got too many to post. I don’t mind this, because I have fun looking for freebies, but it does hinder my posting ability here on HIF.

So, I’m going to start including posts on how to get a lot of stuff for just a little bit of money. Case in point, how to get 6 full bags of candy and 4 movie tickets for a mere $14, which I found over on Centsible Sawyer yesterday. Our very own Froggie on the forums went to CVS the other day and paid around $20 for over $80 worth of stuff!

There are some great deals out there if you know where to look. Anybody care to share their best coupon saving stories?

Well, kinda. Head on over to Cheerios website and give them your e-mail address. Then they’ll e-mail you on July 28 when their Cheerios Challenge starts and offer you a way to get some free Cheerios. I’m not sure if it’ll be a printable coupon of it you’ll be able to sign up via the Internet for it, but I do know that I don’t case since I love Cheerios. I used to think they tasted like cardboard, but now I kinda dig the plainness of them.

It makes me wonder if they still taste like cardboard and I’ve just grown to like that taste though. I’ll go munch on a few old boxes outside and let you know how it turns out.

[via I can't remember]

I woke up last Friday already knowing about the free Slurpee’s at 7-11, but it wasn’t until around noon that I logged onto HIF and noticed the Dress Like A Cow Chick-Fil-A freebie. I didn’t have anything planned for the day, my little sister was pretty bored, so a few hours later…

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Ladies and gentlemen, I come to you as a concerned member of the freebie world. I’m no business executive, but I do know that in order to stay up and running, most companies need to sell various products for profit. With that in mind, I ask how in the world is Dove still operating? Every time I turn around, they’re giving away endless amounts of samples, like the free Dove Pro-Age lotion.

But it’s not just the fact that Dove is giving away countless freebies. There’s the trend in product names. Pro-age? Isn’t lotion supposed to be anti-age? Is the name supposed to be ironic? Is this a joke I’m not getting?

Some people might think I run a freebie website and develop relationships with the companies so that I can get even more free samples. Heck no! I just want their e-mail addresses so I can ask them what the heck their product names mean.

[via Nick]

What does the SciFi channel and Degree for Men deodorant have in common? I have no idea. Maybe they both enjoy creating websites that force even the newest of computers to stop everything it’s doing in an effort to load it. My computer almost ate itself trying to process that freaking page - I honestly thought it was going to catch on fire. I really like this computer and it’s expensive, so I got pretty worried and even started sweating a little.

I…wait a minute…Ooooooooooh, they’re good!

[via the forums]

I get the image of a chick running on this free Playtex sport page, but I’m a little baffled by the next one of her shopping. Is shopping a sport to women? You know, that might explain a lot. I enjoy the company of a woman who appreciates sports, but now I’m gonna have to rethink that position.

How about this new rule of thumb: If an activity involves trying on more than two pairs of outfits, it’s not a sport. Can we all agree to this? Oh, and here’s a secondary page for when the Wal Mart offer dies soon.

These free Powerful Girls journal and other goodies are being given away by a government agency (I think), so it’s pretty safe to say they’ll come (I hope). No word on just how powerful one must be in order to qualify for them, but they accepted my submission and I can only bench press 10 pounds.

I hardly ever post any freebies available only to our Canadian neighbors, but I feel it’s time to offer them some free Folgers coffee. This makes me wonder if their Folgers coffee is better than ours somehow. What’s up, Folgers? Why only offer this to Canadians? Are you putting gold bars in theirs or giving them the “real” coffee? I smell a conspiracy!

Oh no, wait, that was just the dog I was smelling. False alarm, everybody!

[via Pru]

Tracy from Candle-Samples.com has graciously offered to give away free candle samples to anybody who wants one. I just hope they don’t smell like food, because every time I get a chocolate or vanilla scented candle and burn it, I get hungry and eat everything I can get my hands on.

Including the candle wax once…that wasn’t a pretty sight…

There’s a chance that this free Pero Instant Natural Beverage won’t come since it looks like it’s from a small Ma & Pop type company, but I’m willing to take the risk. Why? Because I think it’s time for me to admit that I’m addicted to caffeine. If I don’t drink at least twenty gallons of coffee a day, I basically turn into a blob of incompetence. I need to start waning myself off this stuff and I figure a freebie is the best way to start!

[via Moose]

The U.S. Fire Administration (what the heck is that?) apparently gives away not only four different “fire prevention” posters, but they also have a whole plethora of DVDs, pamphlets, and a whole array of other goodies.

I didn’t order any since I’m a bit paste the stage where I put posters on my wall, but I’m sure there are a few parents out there who might be interested in getting a few for their kids. It’s either these or a bunch of Hannah Montana & High School Musical posters, which incidentally are the #1 source of fires in the Goob household. I can’t stand those freaking things and watching them burn is fun!

[via Moose]

EDIT: Guess what’s wrong with this freebie now. I’ll give you a clue. It rhymes with “bed.”

Every minute I waste typing up a description for this free Biore Daily Recharging sample is a minute closer to Wal Mart killing it, so I’ll shut up now and let everybody get to, uh, recharging?

Wait, this product is called “Daily Recharging?” Isn’t that what sleep is for? Sorry, I forgot that I promised to be quiet.

Raise your hand if your energy bill was over a gazillion dollars last month. Hopefully I’m the only fool with his hand in the air, but I have a feeling there are others out there like me. Thankfully fellow Hiffer Nick has our backs, as he sent in this free GE Caulk.

I’m no Bob Vila, but I think you can use this stuff to better insulate / seal things like your windows, thus lowering the amount of cold air you pump out to the neighborhood for free. Then again, maybe I’m totally off on this and am about to ruin a few of my windows. Anybody care to leave a comment with some advice?

[via Nick]

Apparently Oprah is getting into the on-line freebie business, as the free Suze Orman book below came from her as did this free Murad Resurgence sample. Now, I love books and goop to smear on my skin, but I could really use a new car, Oprah. Hint, hint. You see what I’m saying here? I need a new car!

Hopefully she gets the message. Now it’s time to sit back and wait for the best freebie ever.

Last Thursday, I put away my laptop with the hope of getting 24 hours of uninterrupted time with my family. It’s now Tuesday morning and I have no idea where the last five days went! I remember some fireworks, lots of laughter, plenty of grilled food, and approximately 9 trillion coolers of beer. I don’t even know how much money I spent recently. I probably should read this free Suze Orman e-book and get a few lessons in not buying a ton of crap.

[via Amanda]

I think there are more freebies aimed at women than there are at men, case in point this free Ponds towelette for makeup removal. I’m seriously considering becoming a drag queen simply so I can use a higher percentage of the freebies I find.

[via the forums]

Again, like my previous post, this is another baby freebie since that Baby To Bee freebie I posted a few days ago stunk. This time we’ve got some free Parent’s Choice baby formula, which seems like a pretty obvious name to me. Who else is going to choose the baby formula? The baby? If so, that’s one freaking smart baby. It wasn’t until I was three before I started putting things in the shopping cart and it sure wasn’t baby formula! I was was certain if I bought enough Captain Crunch that he’d let me go sailing with him.

[via the forums]