Hey, It’s Free!

Last Thursday, I put away my laptop with the hope of getting 24 hours of uninterrupted time with my family. It’s now Tuesday morning and I have no idea where the last five days went! I remember some fireworks, lots of laughter, plenty of grilled food, and approximately 9 trillion coolers of beer. I don’t even know how much money I spent recently. I probably should read this free Suze Orman e-book and get a few lessons in not buying a ton of crap.

[via Amanda]

Quick question folks. Raise your hand if you’re a fan of getting a lot of money for hardly any work. If you just thrust both of your hands in the air so quickly that you might have dislocated your shoulder, then you’re gonna love me in just a minute here. Earlier this month, I discovered a site called ExpoTV.com that pays you for making video reviews of items. I wanted to make sure this site was legit before I posted it here on HIF, but after having 10 of my videos approved yesterday, I have a smooth $100 waiting for me in my account.

You read that correctly! $100 for 10 reviews means I netted $10 per review. Now, it turns out that this site has been around for over a year now and as such, a lot of people are getting in on the action. Which means they are lowering the price for most reviews to $2 (an updated guide can be found here letting you know how much everything is worth). However, electronics are still $10 and will be for at least the rest of this month, which means you have over a week to review things!

For instance, I reviewed the following 10 electronics: My ipod, cell phone, digital camera, xbox360, xbox360 wireless controller, nintendo wii wireless controller, Nintendo Wii gaming system, my mom’s cell phone, my mom’s digital camera, my Macbook pro laptop. And later on today I play on reviewing everything else I can find. All of my TV’s, my dvd player, my playstaion 3, all of my old video gaming systems, my universal remote control, my webcam, my older computers, etc.

Just to give you an idea of what some of the reviews are like, here are two of my favorite reviews so far: A slurpee review and a box of grits review. Seriously, you don’t have to be a regular Steven Spielberg or Brad Pitt here. Just record yourself for 2+ minutes talking about a product and then upload it. I’d highly suggest getting in on this now, as it’s insanely easy. There’s no telling how much longer the site will be paying some reviews for $10, so I’d sign up now rather than later. I just wish I’d found out about this sooner.

You also get $5 for every friend you refer who completes just 1 video review, so for everybody who thinks they are going to sign up for this site, I ask that you please do so through this link and help support HIF! Every dollar I earn from referrals will go towards running the site and creating new contests and whatnot. Thanks!

I’ve posted more info on the forums, so check that post out and ask me any questions you’ve got there! Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go review some pet food.

QUICK EDIT: You’ve got until tonight to review anything related to pets, baby products, or sports and have your review still count for $10. After tonight, those three categories drop to $2. So get in on it quick!

Technorati Tags: Expotv, expotv.com, video reviews, paid reviews, product reviews

When you’re in college, there are two things that are great: free money and free shirts. Free money usually isn’t free, though. It involves some of the cross dressing activities that Goob mentioned yesterday with Shania, or maybe actually visiting your parents every so often and mowing the lawn. I call that work. Both the cross dressing and mowing the lawn.

And as to the free shirts, I can’t help you there.

But today, my freebee loving friends, we can rejoice and buy 150 packs of ramen with this free $15 prepaid MasterCard from Obopay.com. Yes, free money. Another PayPal-esque service, with their latest financing bid and extra money in their pockets, they’re giving out free money. And you know what, 150 packs of ramen go a long way. That’s 50 square days of square noodle meals.

And maybe, just maybe, I’ll find myself a free XXL shirt when I’m done…

[via the forums]

Technorati Tags: free, money, obopay, ramen, shirts, crossdressing

EDIT: Looks like they don’t have any of these left. Sorry.

Who knows if this free $10 Lowes giftcard will actually come or not, but it’s a 2 minute phone call with an automated voice service if you ask me. Just call up 1-877-569-3740 and enter prize code 67251780634047370 when prompted. Then give them your personal info and wait! If they do end up sending this, I’ll probably head on over to Lowes and buy a bunch of super glue. If you’ve never super glued your little brother to the wall, I highly suggest trying it out!*

[via the forums]

Technorati Tags: Lowes, giftcard

*Hey, It’s Free! bears no responsibility, liability, or any other -bility if you damage your wall and/or little brother. Also, be careful of angry parents when they see what you’ve done!

Hold on, let me pull out my checklist here to see if this Price Protectr is a Web 2.0 site. Standard pastel colored logo? Check. Reflected water effect? You got it. Misspelling of domain name to end in three consonants? Ding ding ding!

This site actually isn’t a “freebie” per say, but is a new startup to help you get any deserving cash you may be “owed.” Any time you purchase something from Amazon, Best Buy, Circuit City, and a host of other stores, enter the product into the site. Price Protectr will then watch the item for a while and if the price drops, it’ll let you know. Most stores will give you the difference in what you paid versus what the current price is if you have a receipt and it’s been within a reasonable time frame.

Technorati Tags: price protectr, price protector, sales, money, discount, refund, rebate

Four companies are offering free advertising worth up to $600. I just signed up with all four, so this might be good for anybody out there with a site they want to get some more traffic on. All four require a credit card number, but as long as you cancel your ad before you use up all your credit, you’ll be fine.

Microsoft: Go to the $200 free offer page to get started with Microsoft AdCenter and use promo code DM-2-1106 (also listed on site) before January 15, 2007. This $200 of free advertising requires a charge of $5 (so I lied, that makes it actually $195 of free advertising).

Google: Click here to sign up for Google AdWords and take advantage of their Christmas season $50 advertising coupon. No expiration date seems to be listed for this one (but that doesn’t mean there isn’t one).

LookSmart: Follow this link to sign up for LookSmart and make sure to use promo code SESCHQ4 at check-out for your $300 credit. This offer is good for first time LookSmart advertisers only and your daily budget must be set to $10 or higher, meaning you can only freeload for a maximum of 30 days. Also, this offer expires December 25, 2006.

Ask: Go to this sign up page and enter promo code SESCHI06 during the check-out process.

Some of them might try and auto renew you, but for $600 in free ads, I don’t mind checking the stats frequently and shutting down my ad right before I go over the freebie limit

This isn’t quite a freebie, but it’s still a good cause. Nestle has set up a page where you can send an inspirational message to children with cancer and in exchange for doing so, Nestle will donate .25 to City of Hope.

I’m posting this freebie in addition to the regular 3 or 4 I try and post each day. Normally I wouldn’t post anything that was only free in 1 specific state (this time being New Jersey) but since I don’t know how many of HIF’s readers actually reside in New York’s Mexico, I thought I’d toss this out there.

If you live in NJ, and agree to carpool 24 days out of 60, the state will give you a free $100 gas giftcard. Now that’s a pretty sweet deal if you ask me.

I don’t know for sure if this is legit or not, but it looks fine to me. I just filled out an extensive form for a free $3 Starbucks giftcard and I must say, I had trouble with the jewelry section. I suck royally at picking that kind of stuff out, which is why my girlfriends always get as a present from me something I actually made. Rings? Necklaces? Bracelets? THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME! And the ones that my significant others always have ended up saying they liked looked absolutely hideous to me. Why can’t you women be more like me and just get excited over electronics and books?!

Looks like this is dead now…hope everybody got their free GC!

I honestly don’t get the point of this survey, but if you complete it (takes about 10 minutes) then you get a free $10 Amazon giftcard in 2-3 weeks. And seeing as how I want to but a DVD player off Amazon that will play divx encoded movies, this giftcard will come in handy

Just as an FYI, I had a few people e-mail me asking if that free $20 Paypal freebie below was actually legit. I can’t think of any better proof than this screenshot of the e-mail I got this afternoon.

This looks to be completely legit, mainly due to the fact that they just sent me my $20 about 5 minutes ago If you want to follow along in the discussion of this offer, however, check out the SlickDeals forum about it.

The site called UnwiredBuyer is offering $20 to test out their new e-bay service where you can bid on auctions over the phone. They are a partner of e-bay’s, so giving them your e-bay username and all is fine. Basically, this is all you have to do.

1) Find something on eBay that is ending very soon and add the item to your Watch List.
2) Register at URL above (When doing so, use your paypal e-mail address as your UWB address so there is no confussion as to where to send the money.)
3) After you login to UWB, sync with your eBay auctions and you should see your auction appear.
4) Wait for a phone call on your auction and follow the voice commands to bid by phone. You don’t have to actually win it!
5) Get paid $$ via PayPal!

RULES (from their site):

* To qualify for the $20 signup bonus, the user must register for UnWired Buyer and use the service to bid on an auction using their phone within 30 days. The $20 signup bonus is for new users only.
* New users MUST USE UNWIRED BUYER TO BID ON AN AUCTION WITHIN 30 DAYS from date of signup. This promotional offer cannot be transferred or forwarded.
* TO QUALIFY, USERS MUST HAVE AN EBAY FEEDBACK SCORE OF 10 OR MORE (or the user must have been a registered eBay user for over 12 months).
* The $20 Signup Bonus is limited to one (1) per valid eBay account.
* The $20 Signup Bonus is valid only to legal residents of the US and Canada.

With rising gas costs and summer on the horizon, I thought this might be a helpful if not cool freebie for those of you who are planning on driving this summer. AAA has put together a free fuel cost calculator. After seeing how much it’s gonna cost me to go to the beach this summer, I might just stay at home and fill my bathtub with cold water instead!

Looks like this one is dead now, folks!

Nobody knows how much the giftcard is worth, but if you take this amazingly short survery you can get a free Blockbuster giftcard. It should be noted that you have to create an account, which takes about 3 or 4 minutes while the survery takes about 20 seconds. I just gave them a bunch of random answers on the survey seeing as how all the questions were asking about what space and air machines I use at work

Get a free $5 Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts giftcard when you sign up and watch some promotional video. You have to sign up in advance and watch it at a certain time, but I just plan on “watching” it while I’m off taking a shower or something. Anyways, here are the date and time slots you can pick from:

Tuesday, March 28, 2006
9:00 AM Eastern Time (6:00 AM Pacific Time)
4:00 PM Eastern Time (1:00 PM Pacific Time)

Thursday, March 30, 2006
11:00 AM Eastern Time (8:00 AM Pacific Time)
3:00 PM Eastern Time (12:00 PM Pacific Time)

For filling out a short survey that takes all of 3 minutes, you can get a free $5 Starbucks Giftcard.

And if you don’t want yours, send it to me!

I did this on Monday and got my money yesterday and trust me, all I did was mumble a few Spanish words I knew. Here are the exact instructions copied from where I found out about this:

Ordinate Corporation is looking for non-native Spanish speakers to participate in a research on an automated test of Spanish oral fluency. You should have studied Spanish for at least 2-3 years and be able to understand basic instructions in Spanish. Advanced speakers are welcome, but you should not be a native Spanish speaker. You must be at least 18 years old.

Participants will take a 20 minute automated Spanish test over the phone. The number to access the test is toll-free and should be called from a land line only (no cell phones or internet/VoIP phones). We will send you $10 via Paypal immediately upon your completion of the test.

For more information, or if you’d like to participate, simply e-mail Nicole at nwilson@ordinate.com. If you’d like to participate be sure to include these 3 pieces of information: Your native language, your gender, and your age range: 18- 25, 25-34, 35-44, or 45+.

Jackson, NJ – Six Flags Great Adventure and Wild Safari announced today the launch of a massive 45,000 ticket online giveaway on its opening weekend, March 31 to April 2, to kick off Six Flags’ year-long 45th anniversary celebration. Throughout the 2006 season, the anniversary will be marked by exciting rides, new shows, animals and enhanced guest service features.

Thanks for taking advantage of this offer from Six Flags Great Adventure. Here’s all you need to do:

• Select the day of opening weekend you’d like to go.

• Fill in all required fields.

• Submit your information.

You’ll be sent a promo code by email within 48 hours to print your tickets. If button is gray, ticket allotment for the day has been given away. So click here for your free Six Flags Tickets

I gotta say, if I lived anywhere near Six Flags, I’d be all over this, because this is a huge savings!

EA is giving away free $10 giftcards in exchange for taking a short survey.