Freebies and free stuff

I call bologna on this free Better Homes and Gardens magazine subscription. I’ve been receiving this magazine for months now. Yet no matter how often I throw my issues against the wall, they never seem to better my home. In fact, they make it look like I just throw trash everywhere.

I guarantee this dies fast, so good luck. Also, make sure you uncheck the box at the bottom where it asks if you want to join some opinion survey site.

EDIT: Arrrrg, this died after I posted it.

Martha Stewart decided her Living magazine wasn’t enough, so she’s create a new free Everyday Food magazine subscription. She really likes those basic names.

Head Honcho: So, Martha, we need a name for your magazines. What kind of hobbies do you have?
Martha Stewart: Well, I like living.
Suit Man #2: Perfect! Martha Stewart Living has a great ring to it. What’s your thought on food?
Martha Stewart: Oh, I eat it every day.
Head Honcho: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Food…every day? Why didn’t I think of that?

There’s a new free Martha Stewart Living magazine subscription offer available from RewardsGold. I guess nothing says living like making a table centerpiece out of pine cones and potpourri.

There is a short survey you have to take as well as four breakfast food reviews, but those only have to be 25 words long. Have fun with it. They really don’t care what you write.

Every time I post a Freebies Received entry, people comment asking where I get all my magazines. The first is at Recycle Bank, which is why I post those free codes from time to time. The other is from RewardsGold. In fact, they have five free magazine subscriptions currently available.

• Free two year Bloomberg Businessweek magazine subscription
• Free one year Maxim magazine subscription
• Free one year Forbes magazine subscription
• Free one year Playboy magazine subscription
• Free 26 week Barron’s magazine subscription

So there ya go. Financial / business advice and scantily clad models. Just make sure you don’t confuse the two. I’d hate for you to invest your life savings in lingerie and Adobe Photoshop stock.

As you may have noticed from the recent Freebies Received posts, I stopped getting free Wall Street Journal newspapers a few months back. Well luckily my local recycling station will soon be getting plenty more because the free 26 week Wall Street Journal subscription offer has returned.

You have to take a two page survey on business lunches and wallets. I don’t even go on business lunches, unless you could sitting in the booth of a burger joint while surfing HIF on my laptop. If so, then I’m a regular Rockefeller.

[thanks to Zach for sending this in!]

EDIT: It looks like this offer is no longer available.

When I got the mail this evening and unloaded the latest issue of Martha Stewart Living that I’ll probably never read, it occurred to me that I seem to find all of the free magazines that I’m just not interested in. And then, I came home and I found this link for two free magazine subscriptions of your choice: http://www.neamag.com/2011FREE. Sure, I was a little frustrated that I had to copy and paste, but seeing I could actually find some magazines there that interested me? Well, its about time that I find something intellectually stimulating to take me away from playing Angry Birds on my bus rides to and from work…

EDIT: Geez, just barely posted and already dead… Ugh, these are going too fast nowadays…

After finding this free Horse Illustrated Magazine subscription, I have just one question: Do they run a swimsuit issue?

Let’s just leave that question rhetorical. I don’t think any of us really want to know…

If you were to ask me what a Numismatist was about 15 minutes ago, I would have assumed it was something to do with someone’s nose. But now learning that its coin collecting, I can consider myself one of those and nose some nasal guy. I mean, you should see the jars of coins that I collect to use in claw machines.

Somehow, though I think this free 6 month ANA membership and magazine subscription is a little different than my obsession with winning that stuffed ninja turtle from the Fred Meijer by my house…

So back in August, Lollapalooza was giving away this free Spin magazine subscription. It makes me wonder how Spin magazine can even stay in print, seeing every other month there’s a different free subscription offer from them…

You know, Goob and I don’t post many books. That’s not to say we don’t read, but most of these book freebies nowadays are for eBooks or downloadable content that’s a dime a dozen. Sometimes, however, I come across something like this free pdf book on negotiation that’s just way too good to pass up. Maybe I could use what I learn in this book to e-mail the site and negotiate getting a print copy of the book? Or maybe I’ll just negotiate a bigger slice of the pie. Mmm… pie…