Freebies and free stuff

I’m been kind of a slow day for freebies, so I thought I’d write about a rewards program that I don’t think I’ve mentioned yet. Similar to Points & Prizes, Huggies has something called Enjoy the Ride where you can enter codes that can be redeemed for sweepstakes entries. They currently have almost 100 points available to new users and the best part is that anybody can join, no matter whether you have a kid or not

Here are a few of the codes that are worth 5 points each:
BBRJH-WHDPT-JZPGB
BGZQZ-JCXFC-HZPGB
JXBQX-LWHPP-HPPGB

A full list of the codes can be found on the forums!

• Points & Prizes Code Thread
• Huggies Enjoy the Ride Code Thread

So I’ve got a $50 Target gift card just sitting here and not being spent, so how about we remedy that? In order to win, all you have to do is follow Hey, It’s Free on Twitter and tweet the following message below:

Goob is giving away a free $50 Target giftcard! You can win by following @heyitsfree and retweeting. http://bit.ly/14tRIa

The contest will end this Sunday night at 11:59pm and the winner will be randomly selected from the people who are following Hey, It’s Free on Twitter. Fingers crossed Random.org doesn’t somehow try and force me to win my own contest again

I decided to film myself picking the winner for the free Walmart $50 giftcard this morning. The results are below. If you can’t get the video to play, a synopsis and links mentioned in the video are available after the jump.

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Ok, I’ve got bad news and then crazy awesome news.

The bad news is that I’m not going to be giving away all $400 in prizes over the next few days. Wait, put down the rotten vegetables!

The crazy awesome news is that I’m going to instead be giving away even more in prizes over the next few weeks! I was contacted by a few amazing companies last night that wanted to help sponsor some prizes, so I’m going to be stretching things out in terms of making the contests open to a lot of people. I’ll be holding a contest per week from now until at least March! Throw in the March Madness Contest and it’s hard for me to even fathom how much I’m going to be giving away over the next few weeks!

Of course, I said I’d give away something today and darn if I don’t keep my word! So for today, all you have to do is make a post on your blog about HIF while linking back to us with the anchor text “freebies” and then leave a comment here with a link to your post. Just write something cool about HIF and make sure you include the proper link back. Here’s an quick example:

Hey, It’s Free! is one of the leading sites on the internet for freebies. They filter out all the spammy freebie offers and the guy who runs it, Goob, is pretty legendary to boot! He’s even giving away a $50 giftcard to Walmart this week! So check out HIF and start getting some freebies in your mail!

Or something similar. See how the word “freebies” is linking back to HIF? That’s known as anchor text in nerdy, Internet lingo. You learn something new every day!

It doesn’t matter if your blog is on your own site, Blogger, Myspace, or wherever else you may write on the net. Just make sure you write a little something about HIF and link back to us with the anchor text “freebies.” If you don’t have a blog, then don’t fret! Posting this on a message board you frequent counts as well, as is any other place you can think of. Be creative and chances are I’ll accept your submission. Make sure you don’t forget to leave a comment here with a link to where you made the post so that I can verify it. Then, at the end of the week I’ll pick a winner!

As for what some of the future contests will be, well I will say that one of the upcoming ones rhymes with “scavenger hunt.” Wait a minute, I think I did that wrong… Oh well, if you’re not already a member of the forums, you might want to join up!

The next few weeks are going to be freaking awesome, if I do say so myself!

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HIF is undergoing some super awesome changes this week, (new server! new writers! and more!) and so I thought I’d take a minute to explain them. Oh, and maybe you’d be interested in learning that I’m giving away over $400 in prizes as well? Yeah, that’s what I thought!

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HIF is undergoing some super awesome changes this week, (new server! new writers! and more!) and so I thought I’d take a minute to explain them. Oh, and maybe you’d be interested in learning that I’m giving away over $400 in prizes as well? Yeah, that’s what I thought!

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I’m starting to run out space to place all the free stickers I’ve gotten over the years, but I had to sign up for this free No Fear stickers offer when I noticed it also entered you into a contest to win a $500 giftcard for their website. I don’t even think I know what No Fear clothes are, but as long as they have sleeves on the shirts and pockets in the pants, I think I’ll be good to go. My wardrobe could really go for an overhaul anyway: I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to be wearing Ghostbusters underwear or Ninja Turtles pajamas anymore.

[via Rebecca - thanks!]

EDIT: I guess this is no longer available

What does a free tampon carrying case and a Toyota Prius have in common? I haven’t the slightest, but if you sign up for the free case, you’ll be entered into a drawing for the Prius as well. Now some of you may be thinking “oh great, Goob’s about to go off on one of his rants again,” but you’re wrong. I love it when two seemingly random items are pared together. In fact, I’m going to go eat and peanut butter and cucumber* sandwich right now.

No idea what I’ll use the carrying case for though. I’m not a very big tampon user, so I don’t need to carry them with me. Maybe I could stuff my money in it and start a new fashion trend.

* And by cucumber I mean grape flavored jelly.

EDIT: Contest ended on 10/31/08.

In an effort to raise awareness for World Sight Day, LensShopper.com is holding a contest to give away a year’s supply of free contact lenses with a few runner up prizes of 6 month supplies. Who knows what the odds of winning are, but they can’t be any lower than the odds of me successfully putting in my contacts each morning without dropping them. At this point, I honestly think my contacts and sink have some sort of magnetic attraction.

I felt silly signing up for this free tampon carrying case since I don’t have too many tampons I need to carry around with me. But you are also entered into a drawing to win a new Toyota Prius as well, which is what got me hooked. I’m currently driving a truck that I’m fairly certain accounts for 14.3% of all carbon emissions made by mankind every year. It’s also a certifiable death trap once it tops 45 mph. If you ever see a story on CNN about a wreck caused by a truck vibrating itself to pieces, that’s me!

[via Heidi]

Woo hoo, more contest! This time, there are a ton of electronic goodies, which I’ve listed below, that you can win from a blog contest. For a more detailed description of them all, check out the contest’s main page.

Ultra X3 800Watt PSU
OCZ Equalizer gaming Mouse
15 Death Note Cellphone Charms from Strapya World
Xbox 360 Cooling Fan from Evercool
Fii Turbo Cooling Fan for Wii from Evercool
Fairy Laptop Cooling fan from Evercool
Snoopstick
Sexy Underwear Cell Phone Strap Erokawa Lingerie from Strapya World (10 pieces to giveaway)
CoolIT USB Beverage Cooler
CoolIt Ram Fan
CoolIT PCI Cooling Booster

All you need to do to enter the contest is to send an email to dsmcontest@gmail.com with the subject being the item you wish to win. I entered for the Snoopstick, but not because I actually want to spy on anybody. No, I want it because my memory is so horrible, I need help remembering half of the stuff I’ve recently done on the Internet!

[via the forums and DragonSteelMods]

Friend of the site KristoferBrozio.com is giving away a free Star Wars R2-D2 1gig USB drive. All you have to do to enter is either comment on the site, post a link to the free offer on your blog (if you have one), or send an e-mail to dsmcontest [@] gmail.com with the subject line as “MIMOBOT.” It’s actually a limited edition item, as there were only 3,500 of these made. This one is labeled as #667, so not only is it cool, but it’s kind of a collectible! You have until September 6th to enter, but why wait? Go do it now! Actually, on second though, don’t go enter. The fewer Hiffers who enter the contest means I have a better chance of winning it

[via KristoferBrozio.com]

EDIT: This is no longer available.

There’s a website out there that gives away free scented candles every week. All you have to do is submit your name and info and hope that you’re drawn each Monday. I’m not sure if you have to reenter every week or not, but I still signed up since I love candles. In fact, I’m burning my WoodWick candle that I got for my birthday the other day and it smells so good, I’m getting hungry. Damn you good-smelling candles – no wonder I’m gaining weight recently!

[via Kelly]

Well, it seems like Butterfinger isn’t just satisfied with giving away free cool shirts and yummy candy. They now have a contest up where anybody can submit a video to the Butterfinger YouTube page displaying how they make their normal days exciting by using Butterfingers and their infamous yellow finger icon.

• 1 winner of the Grand Prize will receive a handheld video camera, one MacBookPro and video editing software as well as a Butterfinger gift bag.
• 9 Finalists will win a video camera with a built-in MP3 player as well as a Butterfinger gift bag.
• All entrants receive Butterfinger product!

Submissions are due by November 1st, so you’ve got about 10 days or so. The best part is that you can submit as many videos as you want, each of which will be judged as follows: 35% Originality, 35% Laugh Factor, 25% Creative use of Butterfinger and/or The Finger, and 5% Quality of Production. I hope to have a video or two uploaded within a week and I’ll certainly link to them here for all to see. So far only 12 videos have been uploaded, so your chances of winning over $2500 in prizes isn’t too shabby! For full rules and requirements, click here and good luck!

[via: Candy Addict]

Well, it seems like Butterfinger isn’t just satisfied with giving away free cool shirts and yummy candy. They now have a contest up where anybody can submit a video to the Butterfinger YouTube page displaying how they make their normal days exciting by using Butterfingers and their infamous yellow finger icon.

• 1 winner of the Grand Prize will receive a handheld video camera, one MacBookPro and video editing software as well as a Butterfinger gift bag.
• 9 Finalists will win a video camera with a built-in MP3 player as well as a Butterfinger gift bag.
• All entrants receive Butterfinger product!

Submissions are due by November 1st, so you’ve got about 10 days or so. The best part is that you can submit as many videos as you want, each of which will be judged as follows: 35% Originality, 35% Laugh Factor, 25% Creative use of Butterfinger and/or The Finger, and 5% Quality of Production. I hope to have a video or two uploaded within a week and I’ll certainly link to them here for all to see. So far only 12 videos have been uploaded, so your chances of winning over $2500 in prizes isn’t too shabby! For full rules and requirements, click here and good luck!

[via: Candy Addict]