Freebies and free stuff

Here’s a slick Pantene shampoo freebie available on Facebook that I doubt will be available for long. Call it a gut feeling. Or maybe I’m just feeling one of the many bruises I mysteriously acquired last night.

Anyway, here’s how to get the freebie.

1. Become a fan of Pantene on Facebook.
2. Click this link.
3. You’ll now be on your Facebook homepage. Look at the right sidebar and you’ll see a section that says “Sponsored” where a Pantene ad should now be. It looks like this. Click on “get a free sample of Pantene” and you’re all set.

[via Freebies 4 Mom]

While on a leisurely stroll today, I swung by my local Walgreens and confirmed that the steps below will score you two free bags of Planters Trail Mix.

1. Become a fan of Planters on Facebook and print two $1.50 coupons. You can hit back on your browser to print the second coupon after the first finishes.
2. Buy two bags of Planters Trail Mix for $1.99 each (they’re on sale).
3. Use the two coupons you printed and then use the $1 Planters coupon found in the March Walgreens coupon booklet.
4. Final cost should be free.

It’s important that you always use the manufacturers coupons before using the Walgreens coupons. Otherwise, the computer gets confused and you end up paying some money. You’d think they could find some old NASA computers from the 60s that helped put guys on the moon to handle the basic math. Heck, I’m pretty sure my watch from the 3rd grade could come through in a pinch.

If you have a Baja Fresh nearby and want to get a free Burrito today, then fan them on Facebook, print out the coupon, and bring it with you to Baja Fresh today only until 8pm while wearing green. Because nothing says Happy St. Patrick’s day like Mexican food!

Fan Ritz on Facebook and get a free pack of Ritz Munchables Pretzel Crisps. I can’t say that I’ve ever really understood the allure of munchable or snackable or bite size food. I’ve never had any trouble munching on regular sized Ritz crackers.

Don’t forget to become a fan of Hey, It’s Free while you’re at it. You won’t get any free food, but you may get to see a rare glimpse of Goob making an unwarranted status update while inebriated one Saturday night! It’s what my friends know as a typical text message from me.

This Daylight Saving business is really messing me up. I overslept today plus I was late returning my Redbox last night. Sure, I was three hours late in both cases, but focusing on that would be ignoring the greater fact that I want to blame my sleepiness on Congress!

Though, until I figure how best to do so, I’ll keep setting an alarm and renting free movies. In fact, if you become a fan of Redbox on Facebook, you’ll get a free Redbox rental code that will be good on Wednesday, March 17.

EDIT: Looks like these are all gone.

I try and eat as healthy as possible, but this free bag of SunChips from Facebook is one of my many weaknesses. There’s no way I avoid downing this entire bag in one sitting. I plan on immediately taping a note to it that reads, “Goob, do not eat these all at once. OR ELSE!”

Taking the initiative against myself is smart. So smart, that I think it should be rewarded with a snack. A small snack. You know, a chip or two. Maybe a handful. Both hands! Repeatedly.

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.

1. Sony BluRay Player and 25 BluRay DVDs or an HDTV Enter soon! (03/06)
2. Racheal Ray, as always, is giving away tons of cooking products (various)
3. Mitsubishi 65-in. HDTV, Bose home theater, Playstation 3, and more (04/15)
4. Trip for two to Paris and $2,000 (06/27)
5. $5,000 Bed Bath & Beyond gc (01/12)
6. Sultra styling iron (05/03)
7. Jessica Szohr dress, makeup, and jewelry, ARV $1,000+ (03/29)
8. 12-piece Le Creuset cookware set (03/31)
9. Rousseau 1209 Workstation, ARV $5,500 (12/31)
10. $100 AMI Clubwear gc (03/15)
11. iPod touch (05/02)
12. Trip for two to the 2010 NHL Awards in Vegas (05/10)
13. Trip for four to NC to play golf (04/30)
14. Spector ReBop4DLX Bass Guitar (04/02)
15. $100 Great Clips GC (12/31)
16. $6,000 fishing boat makeover (07/30)
17. Western Digital external HD, camera tripod, and more (04/30)
18. Trip for two to Las Vegas plus dinner and tickets to Cirque du Soleil (03/31)
19. Trip for two to Reno plus dinner and tickets to Eldorado Showroom (03/31)
20. $100,000 outdoor makeover (04/30)
21. $1,100 in Chris McMillan hair products (03/31)
22. 55″ LED HDTV, home entertainment system, and game system (04/15)
23. Trip for two to the 2010 World Cup (04/15)
24. 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.

1. Sony Handycam Camcorder (03/18)
2. $1,514 Nesting Newbies swag bag (03/15)
3. Nokia 5530 XpressMusic smartphone or a Flip Video Camcorder (03/14)
4. $250 Outdoor Cooking GC (03/24)
5. $100 Urban Outfitters GC (03/15)

In order to get a free sample of Nescafe Taster’s Choice, simply become a fan on Facebook and then tell me to go to bed, because I need some sleep. Apparently I don’t listen to myself, but instead take my cues from peer pressure. It’s why I currently have 42 tattoos. Luckily, I was smart enough to make them all look like freckles.

When I found this free Vitamin Water offer on Facebook last night, I thought there was no way it’d still be available within the hour, let alone this morning. Yet the form is still up, so it looks like I’m an idiot. The best case scenario is tons of Hiffers are still able to get it and months from now, we all look back fondly on this freebie and laugh at my silly delay. Worst case; I’m attacked by an angry, thirsty mob. Hey, put down that pitchfork!

Remember the post I made last week about possible free Nabisco cookies? Well, it’s March 1, and you can now print a coupon for free cookies. The fine print says you have to also buy a gallon of milk and a second pack of cookies in order for the coupon to work, which kind of stinks. But then again, it’s free cookies, so…woo!

A giant ad prints after the coupon, so if you’re fast, you can shut down your printer after the coupon has come out and save a little ink.