Hey, It’s Free!

I miss being a kid. Sippy cups were awesome. Sadly, I don’t have any more now, but…

Now, I can go get this free sippy cup from Juicy Juice, and you know what will be the first thing that goes in it? Budweiser. While its still all American.

This sippy cup had better get here fast before the InBev deal goes through…

[via the forums]

Tracy from Candle-Samples.com has graciously offered to give away free candle samples to anybody who wants one. I just hope they don’t smell like food, because every time I get a chocolate or vanilla scented candle and burn it, I get hungry and eat everything I can get my hands on.

Including the candle wax once…that wasn’t a pretty sight…

Raise your hand if your energy bill was over a gazillion dollars last month. Hopefully I’m the only fool with his hand in the air, but I have a feeling there are others out there like me. Thankfully fellow Hiffer Nick has our backs, as he sent in this free GE Caulk.

I’m no Bob Vila, but I think you can use this stuff to better insulate / seal things like your windows, thus lowering the amount of cold air you pump out to the neighborhood for free. Then again, maybe I’m totally off on this and am about to ruin a few of my windows. Anybody care to leave a comment with some advice?

[via Nick]

I’ve got some bad news for the makers of this free coffee mug. Let me preface this by saying I’m no zoologist, but I have BEEN to a zoo and I’ve also seen a few shows on Animal Planet before, so I feel I’m qualified to point this out: that animal looks like the bad guy from Terminator 2. I know he’s supposed to represent the product they sell, but in my mind, he looks not only like a lethal wild animal, but also one I couldn’t kill. Call me crazy, but that scares me, even if the creature is only on a coffee mug. For all I know, he could pounce off of it and eat me at any second.

I’ll be the first to say that I doubt this freebie will come, too. I answered truthfully that I have no idea what they’re trying to sell me and that I won’t buy it even if I did. You might want to fib and say otherwise. Then we’ll see which of us receives the futuristic animal coffee mug.

Yeah, that title doesn’t make much sense to me either. I didn’t even know there was a Pfizer Animal Heath division, but it turns out there is. And they want to send us a free pen! Um….ok.

I put that I look after 1095 pigs a year, which is 3 (younger siblings) multiplied by 365 days. If anything, I think looking after that many pigs a year would actually be easier than cleaning up after my family.

[via Moose]

EDIT: Xerox sent me a nice letter and asked that I take this offer down, so it’s dead now folks.

I’m a sucker for office supplies. Just sitting at a desk stocked with pens and paper and envelopes and everything else makes me feel like I’m getting work done, even if I’m just playing Minesweeper. So adding a free glow pen to this clutter can only increase my productivity by, say, a trillion percent according to my calculations.

Be sure you check the box that says you only want the glow pen and not a bunch of Xerox information, because otherwise I have a feeling you’ll get a few e-mails and calls asking when you’re looking to purchase your next $5000 coping machine. I don’t know about you, but that’s just a little out of my price range…

[via Moose]

That’s it, after seeing this offer for a free Moon Pen, I think we need to start a petition here. From now on, no product is allowed to use the words “moon,” “galaxy,” or “space” in their product name unless the product comes from said universal reference. When I saw this free moon pen, I got all excited. SWEET! A pen that came from the moon. I expected some alien pen that was found on the surface of the moon, as if it was an ancient relic of a civilization that long ago abandoned our galaxy for unknown reasons and now all that was left of their once proud and dominant culture was this simple pen. Turns out this is just another bic pen. Dang, what a let down.

[via the forums]

I don’t know about anyone else in school or anyone who might have kids in school, but I can tell you that I go through pens, paper, and notebooks like four hippos go through marbles!

Needless to say, on the forums we’ve had folks hard hard at work finding tons of freebees for many of these necessary items… Pens, paper, folders, envelopes, mousepads–you name it!

Instead of picking one or two and featuring them here, I think it’s about time that you head over to the forums and sign up for all of them that you feel like!

Thank you Froggie and Moose for the phenomenal work!

[via the forums]

Imagine, you’re reading a book about Smucker’s Jelly but you start feeling hungry for a sandwich, so what better thing to hold your place than a George Washington Carver bookmark? Or how about this one: a book about the WNBA and you decide you’d rather go outside and play some basketball so you reach for your Susan B. Anthony bookmark. Or your book on Edison and Tesla’s feud, so you zap your Ben Franklin bookmark into place.

The possibilities are seemingly endless for historical humor with these free historical figure bookmarks… Just think of taking Eisenhower with you to to the beach, Jefferson on the plane with you when you fly in for Mardi Gras at the Big Easy, or Roosevelt with you to your finance class!

[via the forums]

I have to fully agree with Goob when he says that he loves maps. When I was growing up, I had two on the back of my bedroom door: One world one from Publix and one US one with Snoopy from MetLife with all of the state capitals on it. When I moved to college, I left them there.

So maybe it’s just right that now there’s this free World Heritage world map for registering on their website. I knew that I needed a new dart board.

Dart board? Yes. Oh come on, its the best way to learn about the world! Hang up a map, throw some darts at it, and look up the country you land on and study them for a few days. Oh don’t tell me that I’m the only one who did that…

[via the forums]

If you’re anything like me, you hate touching anything cold. In fact, almost every woman in my life thinks it’s hilarious to wait until their hands are ice cold and then grab my arm or face with them. What is up with that, ladies?! Come on! Us men are not fans of that! So with that said, you can understand why I’d be signing up for one of these free koozies to keep my beverages chilled but my hands nice and toasty (you can see examples of the different options here). Unfortunately, it’s freezing where I live right now and I’m bundled in about 19 blankets, so I doubt I’ll be able to use this thing anytime soon!

[via the forums]

As seen from my videos on the site, I wear glasses from time to time. Of course, when I’m not, I’m wearing my contacts. When I was growing up, I always had the cheap soft cases that you could clip to the inside of your pocket for the ultimate nerd effect. I hated them. I always wanted to have the cool hard shell cases, sort of like this free eye glasses case. To me, it wasn’t just a glasses case. No sir, it was like a monster that would eat anything. Just glue some googly eyes to the top, some green glitter for scales, and a piece of red construction paper for a tongue, and there you go!

Now, when I get this in the mail? I think I’ll need to get myself some googly eyes to complete the effect…

[via the forums]

Right next to my keyboard, I have a stack of mechanical pencils, sharpies, and pens. And if that wasn’t enough, I carry a pen and a sharpie with me everywhere I go. I’m afraid that I’m not going to have some sort of writing implement nearby me at any given time in my life for that one crucial second that I might need it.

With that neurotic mindset, its only right that I sign up for this free storm pen sample. I have no idea what a “storm pen” is, but I’ll take it to further incubate my desire for its ink-filled goodness to be close to hand.

EDIT: Looks like this one is dead now, folks…

[via the forums]

It’s that time of year again; when our wall calendars are only a month away from becoming yet another piece of trash. So with that in mind, I give you a list of a few active free 2008 calendar freebies that I was able to find this morning. Hopefully at least one of these will come and then we’ll all be set for yet another year to come. Enjoy!

Ace Adventures is giving away a free DVD as well as a free calendar. Though I’m not quite sure if the calendar comes inside the catalogue they send as well, or if the calendar is a pull out and stand alone freebie. Either way, it can’t hurt to sign up for it and find out yourself!

The Alberta Heritage for Medical Research is giving away free 2008 calendars to anybody in Canada if they simply e-mail them asking for one. I assume they’re the same calendars that we in the states would use, but you never know with those crazy Canucks. For all I know, they have 14 months up there and an 8th day between Friday and Saturday called “Hockey Day.”

Charles Rivers Laboratories is giving away a free 2008 calendar featuring some of the artwork of their employees. I have no idea what CRL does, but after typing that previous sentence, I like to think they do experiments on their own employees and then make them draw pictures all in an effort to scientifically create a robotic version of Picasso. Anyways, you have to call (1-877-CRIVER-1) or e-mail them for this, but seeing as how it only takes a few minutes at max to do either of those, that shouldn’t be a problem.

A 2008 Day-Timers Coastlines Tabbed Calendar - You also get a Wilson Jones View-Tab Professional Notebook, 9″ x 6″, Five Subjects and a Swingline convenient Portable Notebook Punch…whatever all that stuff is. I just need something that let’s me know if I need to go to the dentist today or not.

Gus the Gopher - This one is being given away by the state of Pennsylvania, but it can’t hurt to try and see if they won’t send one to you anyways! Just tell them you have a summer home in PA or something, haha.

I remember signing up for a free calendar from Mercy Ships last year and I never got it. Hopefully their 2008 calendar actually comes!

One of the calendars I got in 2007 was from Turkey Hill Ice Cream, but I didn’t see a link to sign up for a free 2008 calendar from them. So I gave their customer support number a call and they said that anybody who wants one can call 1-800-MY-DAIRY and request one for free! They were extremely nice and after checking their computers, pulled up my address and said they’d make sure to get a free 2008 calendar out to me. They even said that this year, there will be coupons for free Turkey Hill Ice Cream! Wooo!

Unity Ministries is offering a free 2008 calendar as well, which comes with “uplifting and inspiring quotes from God” on each page. Personally, I think I should make a calendar with some of my best quotes on it and give that away as well, haha.

Good morning, HIFers! Well, as you can tell other than Goob’s post this morning, us here on the blog have been tied up with one thing or another. For me, it was a huge turkey-day weekend with my family and one set of my in-laws, and my sister staying with my wife and I for most of it. Cap that off with a bit of r&r, and most of the action for freebees has been over on the forums.

Which, speaking of that, we received some sad news from one of our members about PrivatePhone (post on the forums and original post on the blog). Apparently, as of December 15th, service over there will be ending. Very sad. I know that Goob and I used ours a lot–him for girls he’d meet in bars and me for a front for my “production company” when meeting strangers and talking music. One way or another, it got us both through a lot of hard times.

With that being said, one of our members, our loyal and hardworking moderator Pru, sprung into action and found us GrandCentral.com, a service that she attested to using herself. Me? I just had to try it. And believe me, it works wonderfully! My review and her comments on it can be found on the link at the end where it always says “via the forums.”

So needless to say, it’s an option for folks interested. It’s currently in beta testing now, but for everyone in on the beta testing, it gives them 10 invite codes. I’ve got one or two to spare which I’ll be giving out to the board members, but have no fear! For me, I got my beta invite just by signing up for more information and a few hours later, I had my beta invite link! So its worth a shot, and if not that, join the boards and see if anyone has any invite codes to give away, and I’m certain we all have plenty to share around.

And with the holidays gone, I’ll be back here more often and our fearless leader has returned from the Australian outback, so I’m sure he’ll have more stories of koalas, kangaroos, and good beer (not Fosters, not that its bad) for us on the blog. And me? I’ve just got final exams to procrastinate from…

Goob Edit: This is the perfect opportunity to check out the Invite Share website I posted about earlier! They’ve already given away over 4000 invites to Grand Central!

EDIT: Wow, never underestimate HIF, eh? I’ve received a lot of messages asking me for invite codes, and all I can say is this: I don’t have enough to go around. So because I got them all at the same time, I can’t give any out right away. What I would advise is this: apply for information with them and see if you get accepted. Like I said with mine, I was invited by them for the Beta within a few hours of applying for more information. So just go to the site, if you don’t hear anything in a few days, come to me then, and we’ll get you set up.

[via the forums and Pru]

This free “It’s Cool To Care” Earth poster would be great for any classroom or kid’s room. When I was a kid, my walls were decked out in posters of my favorite sports players. Ok, so maybe there was a poster or two of My Little Pony. And in the corner, there was that one of the Cabbage Patch Kids. But I swear, those weren’t mine! I was, uh, you know, holding them for my sister. So what if she wasn’t even born at the time, I knew she’d be around eventually. Ok, fine, I admit, they were mine. But I just liked the colors, that’s all!

All of these tons of free stuff from Mastercard are obviously intended for restaurants, but as you can read here in the forums, people have been getting this for over a year now with no hassle whatsoever. Basically, you can get any of the following just for signing up:

100 Coat Check Tags
40 Tip Trays
25 Pens
40 Check Presenters

You can even get the check presenters stamped with your logo, if you even have a logo. I have no idea why you might need all of that, but the 25 pens might be cool! And I guess if you have a massive dinner party, you could make your kids handle the coats with the check tags. But then what happens if more than 100 people check their coats? Oh boy…

I’ve never been a big fan of work. Any work, that is. That includes writing my return address on a letter. Yes, I am that lazy. But thankfully I just found these free mailing labels so now all is well in the life of Goob, as I can now save a precious 15 seconds every time I mail a letter!

[via the forums]

EDIT: Sorry folks, but this is now dead.

Last night, I couldn’t sleep.

I think it was the combination of caffeine and sugar. I mean, my last class on Tuesdays does run from 6pm-9pm, and seeing I stayed on campus studying from then through on till 11:30, well, I thought I’d be tired when I got home at midnight. But still, after laying in bed for an hour or two without falling asleep, I thought of this freebee I saw last night: a free hypoallergenic pillow cover. And all I needed to do was submit some information about my allergies.

Too bad I don’t have any allergies, but I think I found my own hypoallergenic pillow cover: a black trash bag. I shall name it Fred.

See… This is what happens when I don’t get enough sleep…

[via the forums]

Do you have a case of the Mondays? Or more like a freebee withdrawal from a quiet and slow weekend? Hah, don’t blame me or Goob. That sucker was out of town for a wedding, and me? I’ve been studying for a Quantitative Business Tools II test this Wednesday almost as hard as I might have been if I’d spent all day Saturday filing TPS reports.

Well, cozy on up with Milton and head on over to grab this free Swingline Stapler pack offer. With it, you’ll get the stapler, some high quality staples, and a staple remover. And yes, I know it looks like a sweepstakes or contest, but let me assure you, it’s just a very limited supply so you’d better act fast.

They’re like Michael Bolton CDs… They just fly right off the shelves…

[via the forums]