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Possible Free Papa John’s Pizza & Pepsi

Goob — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:40:19 +0000

Why is Peyton Manning flipping the coin here? Is he going to officiate the Super Bowl? I smell a slight conflict of interest seeing as his brother will be playing in it.

Here’s the deal. Papa John’s is holding a goofy promotion where people pick what the Super Bowl coin toss will be. If “America” correctly calls it, then everybody gets a free large one-toppings pizza and a 2-liter Pepsi Max.

Click yellow “CALL THE COIN TOSS” button
Skip Facebook integration
Watch stupid video of a grown man failing to flip a coin
Create a free Papa Rewards account, if you don’t already have one
Vote Heads or Tails
Watch the Super Bowl on … I don’t know. Who cares. The Packers aren’t in it.

If America gets it right, all Papa Rewards members will get an email telling them how to get their free food, regardless of whether you personally got the call right.

Contest: 1 Million Free Papa John’s Pizzas

Goob — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:12:33 +0000

Papa John’s is giving away one million free pizzas throughout the football season this year. The way it’s set up is that 60,000 random people will receive a free large one topping pizza each week. All you have to do is signup for a Papa John’s rewards account, click “My Account,” click “Enroll” under the Papa Points section, then cross your fingers. If you win any week, you’ll receive an email notification. I was hoping they’d just randomly deliver a pizza to my house, but I guess that’s asking a little too much.

[thanks Cha-Ching on a Shoestring!]

Free Splenda Essentials Sugar

Goob — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:00:17 +0000

There’s a free Splenda Essentials sugar offer on their Facebook page. You’ll also be entered into a contest where a $1000 Visa giftcard will be given away for every 10,000 samples they send out. In other words, tell your friends to get the freebie but stipulate you have dibs if they win the gift card. If they actually go for that, please let me hang out with them.

Free Dove Chocolate Instant Win Game

Goob — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:02:46 +0000

There are only 400 winners each day in Dove Chocolate’s new instant win game, but Hiffers tend to have amazing luck when it comes to these types of freebies. The Nerdburgers among us might point out it has something to do with the overwhelming number of us and how that skews statistical odds in our favor, but to that I say “booooo for using math.” Nobody likes math.

The “game” lasts through 12/17/11 and you can play once a day, so there are plenty of opportunities to win something. There’s no purchase necessary – when it asks for a UPC, click on “Don’t have a UPC Code?” Good luck!

Contest: 250,000 Free Twix Bars

Goob — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:20:52 +0000

Not all for the same person. That’d be unfair (unless it was me).

In addition to the Wrigley summer contest, there’s a Pick Your Pause contest where 250,000 free Twix bars will be handed out. You can play once a day and there’s no purchase necessary since you can get a free entry code.

Good luck!

IS: Free Adidas Underwear or Shirts

Goob — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:36:11 +0000

If you have an Adidas Outlet store nearby, bring this coupon in before June 14 to get a free pack of tees, low rise briefs, or boxer briefs. It’s been a while since we’ve had a good underwear freebie, which is a sentence I never thought I’d ever type.

Wrigley’s Summer Contest

Goob — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:14:42 +0000

There are 160,000 prizes for Wrigley Jr.’s Non-Stop Summer Fun Instant Win Game, which means at least three of us should win something. Maybe four. To the prizes!

(114) $100 Summer Fun Bucks
(25) Pair of Six Flag Theme Park Adult Admission Tickets
(1,000) $25 Summer Fun Bucks
(2,000) $10 Summer Fun Bucks
(31,021) $5 Summer Fun Bucks (That’s an odd number)
(130,000) FREE Single Size Starburst, Skittles or Lifesavers Gummies Coupon

There’s no purchase necessary as you can use codes JKJ736WWR4 and P75D533ED2 up to three times per day through September. I didn’t win anything except for a message that said “at least it’s not snowing.” Oh really? What if I happened to be in Antartica right now? (I’m not) What if I really enjoyed snow? (I really don’t)

$50 GC Contest and Red Cross Donation

Goob — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:59:59 +0000

EDIT: This contest has ended.

Social Goodies is a new daily deal site about to launch. In celebration, they are holding a contest where they’ll give away 100 free $50 Target gift cards. In addition, for every person who enters the contest, they’ll make a $1 donation to the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Fund.

I was fully prepared to make fun of them because the last thing we need is another Groupon clone. Yet how can I ridicule a site giving away $5,000 in prizes and making donations to the Red Cross? Turns out I actually have some of those “standards” everybody is always talking about!

Free Great American Cookie Today

Goob — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:02:34 +0000

If you’re out at the mall today, then swing by Great American Cookie and ask for a free Turtle or Red Velvet brownie. While you’re at it, you can enter a GAC contest to win a spa vacation for your mom plus a friend, which is valued at $5,000. If she wins and doesn’t take you, I’d reconsider entering her in any future contests.

Freebie may be a bit slow or incoherent today. I’m doing my taxes and can’t decide if I should do some calming yoga or bust open the liquor cabinet at 11am.

[thanks Penny Pinchin' Mom!]

Wendy’s Summer of Real Game

Goob — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:02:08 +0000

Wendy’s Summer of Real game is just what I needed to validate my existence and solidify my belief in the seasons. Turns out it’s also a game where you enter in Cup Code 329492855844 and will most likely win 30 MyCokeRewards points, which is enough for a free 20oz. Coke. They’ll email you the code, but it’s not instant, so don’t worry.

There are other potential prizes you could win, but I’m not holding my breath. Mainly because I want to live.

Free Veria Organic Lip Balm

Goob — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:15:03 +0000

Not only can you get free Veria Organic lip balm, but doing so will enter you into a contest for a trip for two to Hawaii! I’m calling dibs on being any Hiffers accompanying friend. What better setting for us to get to know each other than while sitting under umbrellas on a beach?

Actually, sitting under umbrellas on a beach would make any activity more enjoyable. I’d let my old high school bully beat my up again if that meant I also got to go swimming and drink mojitos for the rest of the day.

Free SoBe Instant Win Game

Goob — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:12:22 +0000

Check out SoBe’s instant win Heads or Tails game where you have a fairly decent chance of winning a coupon for free SoBe water. I signed up and won a BOGO coupon but lots of people are winning other (better) prizes.

MacBook Pro (13 inch) – 100 Available – $1,199
8 gb iPod nano – 1,000 Available – $149
SoBe Backpack by TIMBUK2 – 1,900 Available – $100
SoBe Track Jacket by American Apparel – 5,000 Available – $44
$10 iTunes Gift Card – 6,000 Available – $10
SoBe Flip Flops – 11,000 Available – $14.99
SoBe T-Shirt by Alternative Apparel – 15,000 Available – $19.95
Free 20 oz. SoBe Coupon – 450,000 Available – $1.69
Buy One, Get One Free 20 oz. SoBe Coupon – 18,260,000 Available – $1.69

So there you go. Half a million of us should win a free SoBe drink. I like those odds! Also, if anybody wins some flip flops, I call dibs on them. My current pair officially has more duct tape than rubber.

Try Your Luck Week #9

Goob — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:08:21 +0000

I’m changing up the format of these Try Your Luck posts. Instead of posting 5 contest descriptions and 20-25 contests beneath, I’m going to just post 5 to 10 good contests and leave it at that. Also, I’ll be posting them not just on Thursdays, but whichever day of the week seems to be slow in terms of freebies.

Dove starts us off with a spin and match game based on Glee. You get three spins every day and can win Dove or Glee products. Ends 6/9.

The Real Food Project has an instant win sweepstakes that you can play every day. Prizes include a portable grill, Bobby Flay cookbooks, and free food. Ends 1/4/11.

Seventeen magazine always has some ongoing contests. Right now, you can win a $50 Cheese Cake Factory gift card, Carlos Santana (the baseball player?) heels, and ASUS netbook computer among others. Various end dates.

For anyone with a full set of sweet teeth, be sure to enter Betty Crocker’s Cake Mix giveaway. Each day, one winner will get a cake gift pack that includes a mixing bowl, apron, and 6-piece cake decorator set. The grand prize winner will receive 50,000 Box Tops for Education points to donate to their local school. Ends 4/30.

Marshalls is running a promotion on Facebook where the winner will unlock a a $5,000 wardrobe makeover. You have to earn keys, but for each key that’s earned, $1 is donated to the Dress for Success charity. Ends 4/28.

Purex is handing $20,000 to a grand winner with $1,000 going to daily winners. Ends 4/30.

M&Ms has a contest up where you could win $50,000 just by voting for your favorite M&M color. I don’t even remotely have a favorite color, but for 50 grand, I’d paint my body blue. Other prizes include an M&M guitar, travel mug, and gumball machine. Ends 7/15.

Try Your Luck “Thursday” 03/22/2010

Goob — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:15:25 +0000

Since I was busy watching the opening of the NCAA tournament and didn’t post a Try Your Luck Thursday list last week, here’s a mini one.

Don’t forget about the super easy contests that you can enter daily from companies like Pace Picante, Kroger, Subway, and Cheerios. There are hundreds of comments all over HIF from people who have won at least one of those.

Victoria’s Secret is giving away $50 and $500 gift cards. You have to take a short quiz, but I got stuck on question #2 when it asked how much cleavage I like to show. Ends 3/29.

Nature Valley wants to fly you and three friends out to Yellowstone National Park for five days, which I’d be scared to do. The last time I was in a national park, I was almost eaten by a bear. Or squirrel. Whatever, it was mean. Ends 5/31.

Why Milk is giving 50 daily instant winners prizes such as Tyler Florence cook books, board games, gift cards, and more. Ends 4/12.

Lady Footlocker is holding a March Madness style tournament where the winner will win sneaker for a year. Am I the only person who goes well over a year without buying a new pair of shoes? Ends 4/05.

Dentyne is giving away gum as well as the chance to win a Mercedes-Bez C300 Sport Sedan. If I win the car, I’d actually be a little disappointed if it wasn’t filled to the brim with gum. You have to call an 800 number for an entry code. Ends 4/30.

Speaking of gum, Extra is giving away gum and the chance to win a training session with Bob Harper. Sorry Bob, but a free car is a tad better in my book, so Dentyne gets top billing. Ends 4/30.

Turner Classic Movies is holding a contest involving tons of movies I’ve never seen and flying people out to LA to watch them. But I’m not bagging on the contest because it’s only a matter of time before my grandchildren are laughing at me for watching Major League, Matrix, or Shawshank Redemption. I’ll make them drink a ton of prune juice though, so sucks for them. Ends today, 3/22!

If your home has a 70s decor, then check out this Crypton Ottoman / End Table sweepstakes. Ends 5/12.

AHAVA (who?) wants to somebody on a week trip to Israel or just give them a $10,000 cash prize. Ends 7/01.

And finally, Woman’s Day has twenty bajillion sweepstakes going on now. Trips to Palm Coast, Orlando, Myrtle Beach, San Antonio, and more. When you get to the bottom of the page that I just linked to, make sure you check out the second and third pages for more sweepstakes.

So there you go! Sorry about missing last week … okay, I’m not really that sorry.

Try Your Luck Thursday 03/11/2010

Goob — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:17:20 +0000

Today’s Try Your Luck Thursday was getting a little heavy on trips, so I went hunting for some contests with gift prizes. Then I took a break for lunch at which point I got distracted by a funny looking bird by my window. Long story short, if you win any of the sweepstakes below, you’re probably going someplace.

If this winter’s weather has gotten you down, then go for this 3 day Whitewater Trip on the Snake River through Hells Canyon. Speaking of which, we need to bring back the practice of naming things with awesome titles. The next planet we discover should be named Rock of Doom. Ends May 10.

All musicians might love a new Fender guitar worth $1099. Ends April 22.

I have no idea who this 10 year old Justin Bieber is, but you can hang out with him and Ryan Seacrest at Disneyland. That doesn’t really sound like a prize at all to me. Ends March 19.

As always, Rachael Ray has a boatload of giveaways, including a $50 Best Buy gift card, some books, and an oven lovin’ set. Various end dates.

Finally, I included the monogrammed barware set below, but Point Click Home has a large sweepstakes page. They’re giving away a cast-iron skillet, TITAN luggage, and maybe two dozen more prizes. Various end dates.

Trip to 2010 FIFA World Cup (05/01)
GarageVac (06/14)
Trip for two to Vegas & VIP Nascar tickets (04/11)
Trip to California, a guitar, and a jam session with Matt Costa (04/11)
$1,000 spa package from Oprah (04/05)
Personalized monogrammed bar set (05/07)
Trip for two to Stockholm, Sweden (07/31)
One Year of Organic Valley products (06/30)
HD TV (06/19)
Sonare flute, ARV $1700 (03/31)
One of four trips to Virginia (04/09)
Outdoor travel gear (06/01)
Lots of women’s outdoor gear (05/31)
Jamz High Performance In-Ear Headphones (04/07)
GSI Outdoors Ultralight Backpacker cookware kit (06/01)
Trip for four to New Orleans (06/20)
Trip to Universal Orlando’s Harry Potter World (06/01)
12×18 Thomas Kinkade Disney painting (03/31)
$200 American Express gift card (05/14)
Trip for two to Vegas & Barry Manilow tickets (03/17)
Crosley Archive portable turntable & 10 vinyl albums (04/16)

Try Your Luck Thursday 03/04/2010

Goob — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:54:16 +0000

Holy moly, I’m actually going to have this week’s contest post published in time for Thursday’s newsletter! Ring the church bells and kiss a stranger on the street! I expect to be on the front page of every leading newspaper tomorrow and will start my talk show tour later this month.

Don’t miss the Facebook special freebies near the end of this post. The odds of multiple Hiffers winning those prizes are through the roof.

All of Kroger’s stores have a Hit the Hoops contest, with over 80,000 instant prizes for items like Coke, California Pizza, and Oscar Mayer. You can play once a day until the contest ends, which is on 04/06.

Dr. Pepper will fly you and two friends to Las Vegas, Miami, or New York for 3 nights and give you $500 spending cash. Ends 03/31.

Reese’s is sending a winner and three friends to either the 2011 NCAA Men’s of Women’s Final Four Tournament next year while a thousand consolation winners get free Reese’s Dark Peanut Butter cups. Ends 04/11.

I haven’t dove in years, but it’d be fun to win this three night trip to Pelican Bay Hotel for two, which comes with two free SCUBA dives. Ends 08/31.

Finally, I get tons of e-mails from Hiffers saying they’re still winning prizes from the Pace Picante contest. I’ll probably start throwing this contest into the list below at least once a month. Ends 07/31.

Sony BluRay Player and 25 BluRay DVDs or an HDTV Enter soon! (03/06)
Racheal Ray, as always, is giving away tons of cooking products (various)
Mitsubishi 65-in. HDTV, Bose home theater, Playstation 3, and more (04/15)
Trip for two to Paris and $2,000 (06/27)
$5,000 Bed Bath & Beyond gc (01/12)
Sultra styling iron (05/03)
Jessica Szohr dress, makeup, and jewelry, ARV $1,000+ (03/29)
12-piece Le Creuset cookware set (03/31)
Rousseau 1209 Workstation, ARV $5,500 (12/31)
$100 AMI Clubwear gc (03/15)
iPod touch (05/02)
Trip for two to the 2010 NHL Awards in Vegas (05/10)
Trip for four to NC to play golf (04/30)
Spector ReBop4DLX Bass Guitar (04/02)
$100 Great Clips GC (12/31)
$6,000 fishing boat makeover (07/30)
Western Digital external HD, camera tripod, and more (04/30)
Trip for two to Las Vegas plus dinner and tickets to Cirque du Soleil (03/31)
Trip for two to Reno plus dinner and tickets to Eldorado Showroom (03/31)
$100,000 outdoor makeover (04/30)
$1,100 in Chris McMillan hair products (03/31)
55″ LED HDTV, home entertainment system, and game system (04/15)
Trip for two to the 2010 World Cup (04/15)
Trip to Playa del Carmen or $8,000 (09/09)

Special Facebook Edition

All of the contests below are where you have to become a fan of some company on Facebook and you’re automatically entered to win a prize. The key here is that most of these fan pages only have a few hundred fans! If just 10% of Hiffers entered these contest, we’d be almost guaranteed to win a few prizes.

Sony Handycam Camcorder (03/18)
$1,514 Nesting Newbies swag bag (03/15)
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic smartphone or a Flip Video Camcorder (03/14)
$250 Outdoor Cooking GC (03/24)
$100 Urban Outfitters GC (03/15)

Free Bora Bora Snack Bar

Goob — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:18:08 +0000

While hunting for contests last night, I came across this free Bora Bora snack bar that also carries with it a chance to win a trip for two to the island of Bora Bora. The trip is supposed to be a couples getaway, but let’s pretend for a minute that you’re single and you win the prize. Who should you take? No, you’re wrong, that was supposed to be a trick question – the answer is me.

More companies need to start offering contests like this. I could really go for a Seattle’s Best trip sometime during baseball season. No, wait, Moon Pies! Although I think some companies, like Hell’s Kitchen, should just stick to giving away free food.

Try Your Luck Thursday 02/25/2010

Goob — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:14:34 +0000

After missing the TYLT post last week, a bet a lot of you thought I’d just give up on this little venture. Well HA! Look at me now, putting together another post tonight! I think I deserve a victory beverage. *runs off to grab another drink*

No! Focus, Goob! You kept congratulating yourself last week and look where that got you.

Stride Rite shoes are giving away a Whirlpool Duet steam washer & dryer as well as a year’s supply of Tide detergent. If a Hiffer wins this, I demand they use the entire supply of Tide all at once and then film the ensuing hilarity. Ends 03/13.

Woman’s Day has a ton of giveaways available, including a Serena & Lily sheet set, tote & clutch made from repurposed candy wrappers, and different hair care products.

Elle must be owned by the same company as WD, because their sweepstakes page looks exactly the same. They’re offering free t-shirts, a Remington hair iron, and far more.

Here’s a contest to certainly bookmark. Goway is handing out 40 trips in 40 weeks. The next trip up is a 10-day excursion to the Cook Islands & New Zealand. Ends 03/28.

AT&T is giving away seven Acer Aspire One Netbooks, 195 Pantech cell phones, 175 Flip MinoHD camcorders, and hundreds more. Ends 04/03.

And finally, here’s a contest I would love to win. The Netherlands Board of Tourism is giving away a trip to Amsterdam plus a diamond valued at $3299. I don’t wear jewelry, but if I had a three grand diamond, I’d be getting my ring size tomorrow. Ends 03/05.

Toshiba T135 laptop (03/23)
50″ HDTV, Nintendo Wii, and more (04/16)
$500 Bath & Body Works GC (03/11)
Emporio Armani handbag, sunglasses, watch, & key ring (03/31)
Ink Dish Dinnerware (04/19)
Trip for 2 to a 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup (12/31)
Rockstar snowboard (04/30)
Pair of designer high heels, valued at $875 (04/20)
Charlotte Russe shopping spree worth $3,000 (04/15)
Trip to Las Vegas (03/21)
Trip to Chichen Itza, Mexico and 2012 Blu-Ray (03/23)
Red Cross leather jacket signed by Greg Biffle (11/21)
Amp Energy Flip camera, hat, watch, and headphones (04/12)
Two tickets to an MLB game near you. Quiz answers are A, C, B (03/31)
$1,000 Hansen’s gift card (04/15)
Trip for 2 to Los Angeles and tickets to WWE SummerSlam (05/02)
Orange Chexx pocket knife (02/28)
REI Tech Beast Rolling Duffel (03/22)
Toshiba laptop (03/18)
$500 Petsmart GC (12/31)

Try Your Luck Thursday 02/11/2010

Goob — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:00:32 +0000

Hey, I’m a day late! I know, shocked, right? As a consolation, I updated the Try Your Luck Thursday winners page and holy cow. Hiffers have already won more prizes this month than I expected would happen all year. NotLoggedIn won free milk for a year, Mariann and Amy won free pants through Dockers, and Wendy won a date night package prized at $1120! And those are only some of the bigger prizes over the past few weeks – there’s no telling what y’all will win in the coming months!

Speaking of Dockers, make sure you enter each day to win one of the 2,990 free pants they’re giving away. Expires 02/15.

How does free Subway footlongs for a year sound? The best part of the campaign is that you can enter up to three times daily. No purchase necessary; new playable codes are updated each day on their Official Rules page (Scroll down to (vi) Daily Complimentary Codes). Ends 04/15.

Brides.com is running a weekly Kohl’s giveaway over the next three months. This weeks prizes are Fiesta Dinnerware Sets. Ends 04/30.

Finally, Gillette is giving somebody and 10 of their friends a Hometown Bar-B-Q with an appearance by a NASCAR driver. They’ll also get a Gillette prize pack and an autographed hat (by the driver, not a Gillette employee). Ends 04/30.

EDIT: I just found out that Sears is giving away six Craftsman power tools. To enter, simply follow the BlueToolCrew on Twitter. End 02/18.

I’m looking for a new way to share the extra 20 or so contest I’ve found. The old way was a spam magnet, so for now, I’ll just list them.

Playtex $3,500 room makeover (04/02)
Maytag Washer and dryer combo Retail value: $2,398 (03/08)
Spy Optic Bodega Sunglasses (??/??)
3-day/2-night trip to L.A. & lunch with Patti Stanger (02/28)
One pair of Spidr Golf Gloves (03/02)
5-day, 4-night trip to Houston, TX (03/30)
Qdoba free lunch coupons or a coupon for % off (02/22)
2-night trip for two to NYC, & $500 American Express shopping spree along with dinner and going to a fashion show. Retail value: $5,000 (03/31)
Free pizza for a year from Unos Chicago Grill (03/31)
4-night trip for two to Huntington Beach, CA, surf lessons, and a $250 PacSun giftcard. (03/16)
Spider IV Signed (guitar amp) by Mick Thomson of Slipknot. Retail value: $499.99 (03/08)
Canon Rebel XS 10.1MP Digital SLR Camera (03/31)
Trip to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London (02/28)
$5,000 in Jimmy Choo shoes (03/08)
$2,500 and Sara Lee dessert for a year (03/31)
Cuisinart Chef’s Classic Stainless Steel 10-Piece Cookware Set Retail value: $450 (04/09)
Nintendo Wii, DSi, or iPod (02/14)
Elle beauty package (03/09)

If you’ve won anything or know of any other great contests, be sure to let us know in the comments.

Try Your Luck Thursday 02/04/2010

Goob — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:17:00 +0000

I’m a bit late with this weeks TYLT post, but there are some good prizes down there, including trips to Vegas, Orlando, and Aruba!

Kikkoman gets top dibs this week because it was through their Chinese New Year Celebration that I finally won my first prize – a free silicon basting brush! You can get a free pin code via e-mail on their site. Ends 04/30.

If you sign up for CiCis Pizza’s new e-Club, then you’ll be entered to win one of four roundtrip flights anywhere in the U.S. Expires 02/28.

During the Super Bowl, Dockers will run an ad for “men without pants” and if you’re among the first to register afterward, you could win a free pair of men’s Soft Khakis. Expires 02/15. [via Chris]

Create a wish list on CNET and be entered to win a Samsung LED TV or Blu-ray Disc player. Expires 02/07.

Finally, the Ellen Degeneres Show is giving away over $20,000 in prizes, including a 42″ Vizio HDTV, a Playstation 3, and a spa getaway. You can enter each day, but you have to watch the show to find out the trivia answer. Expires 03/05.

Do you happen to know of any ongoing contests? Then please, add them to the list below. And if you win a prize, let us know in the comments!