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Free Shipping Day

Goob — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:55:28 +0000

Today is Free Shipping Day where everybody gets a free tapdancing penguin. Okay, maybe not, but I wanted to make sure you were actually reading this instead of going straight to the links. Free Shipping Day is just that – a day where over 2,500 stores offer free shipping with the guarantee that your purchase arrives before Christmas.

And remember to go through your Ebates or Big Crumbs accounts to get cash back on any purchases you make!

Free Amazon Price Check App and $15

Goob — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:00:12 +0000

Amazon has updated their free Price Check app for your iPhone or your Android. Long story short, it lets you scan a product while shopping to see what the price is on Amazon.

For today only, Saturday December 10, you can get up to $15 on Amazon for free. You get a a 5% discount, up to $5 and on up to three items, just by checking a price. So let’s say you’re planning to buy a digital camera for a Christmas gift. If you’re going shopping today, swing by Best Buy or whoever else sells the camera, scan it with your Price Check app, then place the camera in your shopping cart on Amazon. If you then decide to purchase the camera on Amazon within the next 24 hours, you’ll get a 5% discount (up to $5) on it for free. And then you can do that again for two more additional items.

It’s kind of weird and complicated, but I know people are buying larger items this time of year and $15 is $15. The hardest part of all this for me is getting dressed and actually venturing out into the real world. *shudders*

Free ShopRunner Membership

Goob — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:20:58 +0000

For today only, some people can get a free one year ShopRunner membership on Facebook. They’re only giving away a limited number and I’m already a member, so I can’t tell how many they have left. But if you’re not a member, you should totally sign up. In case you missed my post last month, normally this costs $79 a year and what you get is free 2-day shipping to over 50 participating stores like Toys-R-Us, American Eagle, NFL.com, and even Domino’s Pizza! Because who doesn’t order their pizza two days in advance?

Also, you’re welcome for me avoiding the painful “I never run to shop!” joke.

Today’s Pizza Deals

Goob — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:29:11 +0000

The freebies are nonexistent today, so here are two pizza offers that some of you might find interesting. First is the contest on Domino’s Facebook page, where they are giving away a free $10 gift card every 60 seconds through August 15. It’s actually a video game contest with rage-inducing music. The game stars every minute and your odds are based on how many other people play. I came in 57th out of 110, so in other words, sucks to be me. Though if you can’t sleep one night, how many people do you think will be playing at 3:46am?

Or perhaps you’re craving Pizza Hut. If that’s the case, make your purchase online and you’ll get a free P’Zone thrown in. You’ll have to add a stupid application to your account in order to get the freebie, so here’s the handy guide I wrote last year on how to remove it.

Deal: Free Arby’s Value Meal Item

Goob — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:06:44 +0000

I marked this free Arby’s value meal item as a deal because you have to make a purchase to get it. Any purchase. So what’s the cheapest thing on their menu? A small coke? Sure, let’s say that.

I know the freebies have been kind of lame this week. It usually happens after weeks where lots of awesome freebies are given out, like last week. I promise things will pick up soon.

Deal: BOGO McDonald’s Lemonade, Frappé or Real Fruit Smoothie

Goob — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:12:17 +0000

Here’s a nice deal for anybody who loves unhealthy healthy drinks. McDonald’s is offering a BOGO coupon for one free Strawberry Lemonade, Frappé or Real Fruit Smoothie. The coupon is sneakily hidden behind the orange Pineapple Mango drink. Click it and you’ll see an option to print the coupon.

[thanks Robin!]

Deal: Cheap Custom Father’s Day Cards

Goob — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:01:46 +0000

TinyPrints is holding an offer today where you can get a custom Father’s Day card for only $0.99. If you have it sent elsewhere, it’ll cost an extra $0.44, so hopefully you live near your dad. All you have to do is use code GC99 at checkout.

They held the same deal for Mother’s Day, but I was traveling and didn’t get a chance to post it. However my sister made one for our mom and it was awesome, especially the part where she made it seem like it came from me and then purposefully misspelled everything and made it look like I was an idiot. Ahhh, the Goob family.

Next is an offer from CardStore. This deal is for a free card, shipping included. The coupon code for this is FREECARD and again, enter it at the checkout screen. Make sure you hit “apply” instead of hitting “next.” That way you’ll be able to skip the credit card section.

If anybody comes across any additional codes for Father’s Day cards, then please share them in the comments!

Deal: Lady Gaga Album for $1

Goob — Mon, 23 May 2011 16:41:07 +0000

EDIT: Looks like the sale was for one day only, so this deal is dead.

Lada Gaga’s new album dropped today (forgive me for using that phrase) and Amazon has it priced for only $1. I was first introduced to Mrs. Toddler Talk on this weekend’s SNL and if she puts even half as much energy into her music as she does finding weird hats, then I’m sure this will be excellent.

Amazon’s servers are being slammed right now, so you’ll probably have trouble downloading it immediately. However they promise everybody who buys it will get it, most likely by tonight.

[thanks Kyle!]

Deal: Cheap Lunch at Arby’s

Goob — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:45:45 +0000

You can print a coupon on Facebook for a free Market Fresh Grilled Chicken & Pecan Salad sandwich with and 22 oz. Pepsi purchase. It doesn’t expire until May 15 either, so you don’t have to cancel your lunch plans for today. That’s great news for my 1:00 business lunch with my dogs.

Deal: $0.31 Baskin Robbins Scoop Night

Goob — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:59:27 +0000

Tonight from 5-10pm is Baskin Robbins 31 cent scoop night. You’re limited to three scoops, so in effect you can get a bunch of ice cream for a buck. Pun fully intended when I say Sweet!

[thanks Margaret!]

Deal: 5 Blockbuster Rentals for $2

Goob — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:06:21 +0000

EDIT: This deal is no longer available!

If you routinely use the free Blockbuster movie rental codes we post then you’ll probably love Groupon’s latest offer of 5 Blockbuster rentals for only $2. That’s a $3 savings! My kindergarten teacher Mrs. Romanovich would be proud.

Like the Redbox offer they ran back in December, the codes will be available for use within the next few days and don’t expire until May 2013. The offer itself expires at midnight tonight, though, so make haste. Bonus points if you’re actually reading this immediately after I post it at 4am. I didn’t even know people could be awake at this hour. Go figure.

[thanks Carol!]

Deal: $20 Amazon GC for $10

Goob — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:29:10 +0000

EDIT: This was a one day offer, so it’s now dead.

I have no idea how they can afford to do this, but for the next 19 hours you can get a $20 Amazon gift card for $10. I buy stuff on Amazon all the time, so I snatched one of these up and sent a link to all of my friends letting them know about it. I might have also mentioned that my birthday is next month and casually remarked that some Ghostbusters sheets would look pretty rad on my bed. Fingers crossed at least one of them gets the hint!

Deal: 99 Christmas Songs For $1.99

Goob — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:15:36 +0000

My mom’s box of Christmas CDs were “mysteriously” “misplaced” by “me,” but it looks like I taught her how to hunt for deals a little too well because within minutes she’d found 99 Christmas songs for $1.99. It’s pretty much all orchestral and choir music, but heck, I’ll take it. In the spirit of the season, I’ll put up with the unending Christmas music in exchange for the unending baked goods that are being produced.

Free Amazon Two and One-Day Shipping

Goob — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:00:50 +0000

We’re T-Minus 5 days away from Christmas, which is depressing not only because that’s the closest I’ll ever come to being an astronaut, but also due to the fact that I have a ton of presents left to buy. However, thanks to the free Amazon Prime trial being offered, we all have until the end of the day tomorrow to make sure our gifts arrive by Christmas.

Prime is a program that normally costs $80 a year to guarantee two-day shipping on hundreds of thousands of items that Amazon sells. The trial is free, but this won’t work if you’ve been an Amazon Prime member in the last 13 months! That means if you signed up for a free trial last year, then you don’t qualify this time around. Are you out of luck? Heck no! Just sign up for Amazon Mom! It’s a program that gives free two day shipping as well and is aimed at anyone with a kid, though, uh … it’s not like they can check. Dig me?

There’s also Amazon Student, which gives anybody with a .edu email address a full year of Amazon Prime.

Of course chances are you only want these shipping deals for this week. Well that’s cool, just make sure you cancel the service by doing the following:

Go to the Manage Your Prime Membership page and click “do not upgrade.” You’ll continue to enjoy your Amazon Prime benefits until your free trial period is over. Then your membership will automatically cancel. Your credit card will not be charged.

Now what’s up with the free one-day shipping? Well, Amazon is offering this on certain electronics, video games, and software. A full list of free one-day shipping items can be found here.

The free two-day shipping end tomorrow night (Tuesday, Dec. 21) while the free one-day shipping ends the following night (Wednesday, Dec. 22). Good luck!

Today is Free Shipping Day

Goob — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:47:36 +0000

While laid up in bed a month ago, I vowed to get my Christmas shopping completed by the start of December. “No, to heck with that,” I said, “I’m gonna have it finished by Thanksgiving!”

I have three gifts bought so far.

Luckily for me and anybody else in the same boat, today is Free Shipping Day. Over 1,000 merchants have agreed to ship any purchases made today not only for free but with the guarantee that they’ll arrive by Christmas. And we’re not talking about MomAndPasCoolAwesomeHandmadeSoaps.com (I really hope that’s not a real company), but big retailers like:

American Eagle
Barnes & Noble – Code B4D4P3U saves 20% off any 1 item.
Best Buy
Borders
Coldwater Creek – Save 40% with code AFLA977.
Disney Store – Pajamas & plush animals are BOGO.
NFL.com – Save 20% on Outlet items with code NFLSHIP.
Shoes.com – Save 20% with code HOLIDAY20.

Another 733 stores are offering free shipping as well, but only on purchases with a minimum order. They include:

Banana Republic – Free shipping (FS) with $50 purchase plus save 35% with code BR35PRE.
Gap – FS with $50 purchase plus save 25% with code GAPSAVENOW.
Kodak Gallery – FS with $30 purchase plus save 30% with code SHIP30.
Kohl’s – FS with $50 purchase plus save 30% with code GIFTGIVING.
Old Navy – FS with $50 purchase plus save 20% with code ONSAVE20.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to hunt for yet another Adventure Time t-shirt. For my brother. *looks around sheepishly*

Deal: Free Movie Ticket from General Mills

Goob — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:15:32 +0000

The next time you’re grocery shopping (with a handful of coupons, of course) be on the lookout for General Mills cereal boxes that have a blue “Free Movie!” banner on them. All you have to do is buy two boxes, enter the box codes here, and you’ll then get a movie ticket valued at up to $12 for participating theaters. I’ll give you bonus points if you try to then sneak the boxes of cereal into the theater for a snack.

Participating brands are Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Honey Nut Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Reese’s Puffs, and Trix. I currently see the following coupons that will make this deal even more thrifty:

$1/2 Cinnamon Toast Crunch on Coupons.com or
$1/2 Cinnamon Toast Crunch on SmartSource

Deal: Free Tropical Flip Flops

Goob — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:52:45 +0000

EDIT: Doh! Adam beat me to the punch already!

If you have a pack of Orbit gum lying around, then use the code on it to snag a free pair of tropical flip flops. They’re the perfect footwear for the approaching winter as long as you don’t mind frostbite.

Offer expires 12/31 and the fine print actually says you can get three pairs of flip flops per person, per address. There are a lot of six digit codes floating around, such as 074941, but I have a feeling that the more people who use the same code the less likely it’ll. Still, can’t hurt to try if you don’t buy Orbit gum.

Deal: Free Picaboo Hardcover Photo Book

Goob — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:29:07 +0000

Edit: Despite saying they’d run this through Dec. 31, it looks like they killed the offer early. The current promo I see is 40% off via code NOV40, which stinks compared to 100% off.

Last month I wrote about the free Picaboo 20-page hardcover photo book and tons of Hiffers (+/- an actual ton) have recently emailed me to say they love their book. The deal was supposed to expire in August, but it turns out that new members can now take advantage of the deal through December 31! Like before, you have to pay $8.99 for shipping, but the freebie is worth $39.99 so it’s nice quality and could make for a great, frugal gift!

Here are the steps if you’re interested:

Signup for a Picaboo account.
Launch the photo software on your computer. It took me about 20 seconds.
Create your 20-page photo book. It can be Large Classic, Classic Leather, or Classic Custom.
Use code 1FBLGB-7W at checkout.

You’re not completely out of luck if you participated in last months deal. There are two offers for current users: either 50% off any custom photo book or a BOGO any custom photo book.

Use code PNTG50 at checkout to get 50% off. Expires 12/31/10.
Use code BGFSEPT at checkout to get BOGO. Expires 9/28/10. Note this is for two copies of the same book you create.

Deal: $50 GAP Giftcard for $25

Goob — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:05:01 +0000

I have an upcoming post explaining how Groupon works, but in the meantime you might be interested to know that for today only (Thur. Aug. 19), you can get a $50 GAP giftcard for only $25. This is one of those deals that I wouldn’t go out of my way for, but if you already shop at GAP regularly, it’s like getting a free $25 store credit.

The card expires Nov. 19, 2010 and is valid in-store only. Not valid at any Gap Outlet, Factory, Generation, or online.

Deal: Free 20-Page Hardcover Photo Book

Goob — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:58:40 +0000

Picaboo (the company, not the game that gets annoying after 10 seconds) is offering a free 20-page hardcover photo book that looks to be top notch in quality. They usually run for $39.99 and you can even get them leather bound, but the reason this is marked as a deal is because you have to pay $8.99 in shipping. Still, this could make for a sweet gift and after the fiasco I went through last year, I’m starting my Christmas shopping now.

If you’re interested, here are the steps:

Enter your email at the link above
Launch the photo software on your computer. It took me about 20 seconds
Create a new account
Create your photo book and then use FREEBK at checkout

The code is valid through Tuesday, August 31, so no rush. Has anybody ordered a book through Picaboo before? I Googled around and found good reviews, but I trust an opinion of a Hiffer even more.

[thanks Marry!]