Freebies and free stuff

Today Ebates is running a Cyber Monday 2 campaign (…really? That was the best name they could come up with? I would have gone with Super Awesome Bonus Money day.) where they’re at least doubling the rebates at over 500 stores. Some examples include:

Toys R Us – 10% cash back instead of 2%
Barnes and Noble – 10% cash back instead of 4%
Disney Store – 10% cash back instead of 5%
Walmart – 6% cash back instead of 1%
Nordstrom – 6% cash back instead of 3%
Old Navy – 5% cash back instead of 2%
Kohl’s – 4% cash back instead of 2%
Apple – 2% cash back instead of 1%

Those just scratch the surface – there honestly are a boatload more. Not only that, but new members to Ebates can get a free $10 gift card after making their first purchase. So if you’ve still got some Christmas shopping to do, today might be the day to stop procrastinating.

Now I just need to figure out what to actually buy for a few people. I’m open to suggestions. *crickets*

I love these free $2 Amazon MP3 credit offers because they never care how many times you participate. Most sites would only let you participate once – ever – but I’ve gotten at least $20 in credit over the years. It’s how I’ve built my entire Devo collection.

In order to get the credit, connect your Amazon and Twitter accounts. This will then automatically follow @amazonmp3 and @amazondeals and tweet out a message from your account. But, you know, there’s always that delete button you could press. Finally, you have to follow @heyitsfree for the credit to, uh, be credited to your … ah … credit account bank thingy.

Okay, I made one of those steps up.

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…

If you liked the Mozart for Munchkins offer that Adam posted earlier but loathe the fact that you’re all grown up, then take solace in this boatload of free classical music available for download – for adults!

Wait, that makes it sound dirty.

Well, it’s not quite 24 hours worth of access by now, but now through 3am on July 6th you can get free access to ConsumerReports.org. So if you’ve had your eye on a new TV or refrigerator, log in and check out their ratings.

I’m typing this with one hand on a cell phone dating back to the Reagan Administration. If this post comes through with properly working links and no errors, then I’ve hit my yearly quota for miracles.

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!

A boatload of Hiffers have emailed asking if I’d post this free personalized video from Santa again and I don’t mean some piddly canoe. We’re talking about gigantic cruise ship boatload. Every third email seems to be asking for me to post this, which is actually a nice break from the letters I typically receive. You’d think being told how handsome I am every day would be nice, but it sure can get tiring.

As part of a Black Friday deal, you can get $3 worth of free Amazon.com mp3 credit by entering code GET3MP3S. You have to redeem the credits by Nov. 29th, so don’t eat too much this week and pass out in a turkey coma.

If you’re having trouble deciding what to “buy,” you might want to start out on Amazon’s mp3 music page.

[thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

With just under a week to go, I still have to do some shopping for my wife’s and my Thanksgiving feast. Thankfully with getting some free laundry done today at our complex, we don’t have to pull up the sofa cushions to look for some extra change for groceries. Nor do we need to search for a cookbook after the Martha Stewart offer the other day and this free Mr Food Thanksgiving e-Cookbook today.

Now, despite the cookbook? Until they actually find a cookbook that’s a book that cooks and isn’t just a book that tells you how to cook? I can’t guarantee that we’ll have the best looking turkey here…

Last year when my wife and I tried to do turkey, to call it a disaster would be an understatement. This year we have a much simpler chicken dinner planned for now, but there’s something about having that darn turkey on your plate that one day out of the year that’s just right.

So maybe with the directions in this free Martha Stewart e-cookbook I won’t mess it up this year? Nah, probably not, but at least there’s a Perkins open somewhere!