Freebies and free stuff

Here is yet another freebie from a tobacco company, this time being a free Copenhagen camouflage trucker hat. You have to sign up and confirm your identity before playing a three minute hunting game. At the end of the first round, you’ll be asked if you want the hat. If you play through the second and third rounds as well, you’ll be offered a free Bass Pro Shop giftcard. It didn’t say how much the card is worth, but I’d guess $5 or $10.

Hopefully none of the fake animals you have to slay in the game feel pain. I once killed a fish and spent weeks crying about it. He could have been Nemo! Well, not really, it was a bass fish … but maybe it was Nemo’s cousin or something!

EDIT: This is no longer available, but I’m glad so many Hiffers were able to get some discounted shoes!

Yesterday, Oprah gave away a coupon for 50% off any Payless shoes and it’s only valid for today, Friday, October 30. I just forwarded this to my brother, as his current shoes have more duct tape than actual shoe. It does have some benefits though. The last time we were out together, I didn’t have money for the parking meter and he happened to have $0.35 stuck to his soles!

[via Tina - thanks!]

I don’t smoke, but I do enjoy freebies, so I just signed up for a free personalized Marlboro t-shirt. Once logged in, click the Promos & Offers tab to completely customize a shirt. You can select any two letters (they suggest your initials) and then they have a ton of icons and graphics to add to the design. I whipped something together in a few minutes and in 8-12 weeks, I’ll have a new sleep shirt!

If you haven’t signed up for a Philip Morris freebie in the past, you’ll need to register on the site with a driver’s license and social security number. They use the info to cross-check the DMV’s database to make sure you’re 21 or older since the law is so strict.

[via Cassandra - thanks!]

Log-in or register on their site and then on the left hand side will be a coupon for a free pair of Victoria’s Secret pink panties plus $10 off any bra. I don’t really need a bra, then again, I don’t really need any pink panties either. But they’re free… Hmmm…

The coupon is valid until November 9 and it says you’ll need to bring a valid photo ID, so don’t use a fake name like Dr. Faker McFakerson. Unless that’s your real name, in which case, I’d love to meet your parents sometime. I have a feeling we’d hit it off.

It turns out that if you opt into their e-mail program, you can get a free $5 Kohl’s giftcard for your next in-store purchase plus a code for 10% off your next Kohls.com purchase. During the holiday season, I create a new e-mail account and sign up for newsletters at any of the stores my family shops at. Then I pass along the discount codes they send me and help the Goob Household save a little bit of money.

They used to make fun of me for running a freebie blog, but ever since I started giving them codes, they seem to have shut their yappers

EDIT: They sent me a polite letter asking that I take down the offer since we Hiffed it.

Free clothing offers never tend to last, so I expect this free hat or t-shirt offer from 4Moms to be dead by the time I wake up. Though that’s a weird emotion to expect in the am. Mornings are meant to be full of hope and rebirth – “ah, it’s a brand new day! I’m gonna make sure it’s a good one today and…oh yeah, there’s a dead freebie I need to take care of…” It’s like waking up to a dead rat in your pool. No fun.

They want a picture of you in exchange for the clothing item. Seems like a fair trade. I sent in a copy of the picture I drew of myself on a Unicorn jumping over a rainbow. I printed out 500 copies of them and am having the hardest time giving them away for some reason!

EDIT: Seems like they’ve exhausted their sunglasses supply and are now giving away free bracelets instead.

Team Privacy sounds like a cheesy name for a law office’s softball team, but apparently it’s part of a breast cancer awareness program from PRVCY. In fact, they’re giving away a free pair of sunglasses to anybody who signs up. I sure can’t wait for my pink pair to arrive! … I mean, the manly black pair that I obviously ordered …

EDIT: Sorry folks, we Hiffed it.

The only problem with a free I Heart Bacteria t-shirt is that I in no way, shape, or form “heart” bacteria. It’s not that I hate it, I simply don’t have any opinion on it whatsoever. Like Neptune or ocean currents; I’m told they exist and that’s about as far as my thought process goes on them.

The in-store Aerie freebie has switched for the month of September and this time around we get… free boybriefs or thongs. Even though they retail for $7.50, I think I’ll pass. Something tells me that if I went to get this, I’d also be placed on a few government databases as well.

In order to qualify, you have to sign up for their free A-list club. You can join in the store and get your freebie the same day! You may want to call ahead and make sure your local store has some left in supply before heading there.

EDIT: This has been Hiffed

JCPenny seems to be doing a lot recently… From adding a store a few blocks down from the flagship Herald’s Square Macy’s to giving away this free tank top? I don’t know what they’ll do next.

I’m assured, however, that it won’t be put a man on the moon. Or so my sources tell me…

[I've been getting mixed reports with this one and the submission page. Some people say it works, others have had issues with it. For me, I think it went in alright, but I'm just not sure, so I'm putting it here so you can try your luck!]

EDIT: I’ve been contacted and told they are out of shirts.

I like hummus. I’m not afraid to admit it. While sometimes folks around me might not like it as much, that’s what they have to live with.

A hummus t-shirt, though, might be a different thing. I’m glad that this free Tribe hummus shirt isn’t actually MADE of hummus. That might be a problem…

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]

Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend! Federal holidays are always bittersweet because there’s no mail, and therefore no freebies. For those days, you just might have to get your freebie fix by grabbing a burger off your neighbor’s grill when he’s not looking. (I’ve found that dressing up like a stray dog is a great disguise.) Of course, a slightly more reasonable option is to just settle for this weekend’s sales and coupons.

Groceries:
Kashi: $1.50 off new Kashi GoLean waffles
Tropicana: link removed, no longer working
Snapple: Buy one bottle, get one free (via their Facebook page)

Around the House:
Windex: $2.50 off Windex Outdoor All-in-One Starter Kit
PUR: $5 off PUR pitcher or faucet filter and/or $2 PUR flavor options cartridges

Health & Beauty:
CVS: $4 off a purchase of $20 or more. Hurry, expires today (5/25)!
Rite Aid: $5 off a purchase of $25 or more. Expires 5/31.
Aveeno: $2 off Aveeno suncare products

Dining:
Sonic: Free CroisSONIC breakfast sandwich with purchase of a large drink
Wendy’s: Buy a new coffee-flavored frosty, get one free when you “get frosty with your posse”

Clothing:
Payless: 15% off in-store purchase or $10 off an online purchase of $60 or more. Expires 6/1)
Aerie: Take 20% off, valid in Aerie stores only.

EDIT: See, I told you this wouldn’t last too long!

Something tells me that this free Sennheiser hat won’t last for very long, so you should sign up pronto if you want one. It’s almost as if I have a sixth sense for judging the lifespan of freebies. Just toss it up to being yet another of my many superhero powers.

Looks like this one is as dead as the fox of my new hat…

I have way way too many hats. Why, even though I’ve seen a few new ones that I really want, I just got a new fox hat right from China that I can’t even wear because the weather just warmed up! Of course, I could have brought that one to Wisconsin when my wife and I were there last weekend, but I didn’t think of that.

Then again, I do live in the midwest, and that means that this free John Deere hat is fashionable with whatever I wear…

[via the forums]