Free Nexcare Bandages

Free Nexcare Bandages

It's been a while since we've seen any free Nexcare bandages. They regularly gave them away in the summer from 2010-2015, but now all I can find are some free Nexcare coupons.

Wait, I lied, I also found some old jokes from before!

June 14 is World Blood Donor Day, which has to be the least fun world holiday out there. Giving blood is something I used to do regularly before I went through chemo and I miss it. Well, I miss the cookies and responding with “because I gave blood!” whenever people sneeringly asked why I napped that afternoon. My consolation is still qualifying for free Nexcare Give bandages. They might not taste as good as cookies, but if you're eating them you probably shouldn't be donating blood in the first place.


Trying to type this free Nexcare bandage offer on a phone is like trying to explain to my grandpa how to record a show on his DVR. It's tedious, ends in failure, and somebody will be drinking hard liquor by noon.


We're down to 20,000 free Nexcare waterproof bandages right now, so get moving. Or as the video says “don't just apply an ordinary dressing, apply science!” You heard the random voiceover lady! The next time you get a cut, apply science to it by…I don't know. Stick a Mentos in it and pour coke on top?


Ohhh, what a sneaky game 3M plays with us. They say these free Nexcare Give bandages are to raise awareness for the seriousness of donating blood, but I know what they're really up to. Sure, that's the perfect cover for a freebie giveaway, but it's also the perfect diversion for a paper product company that causes millions of paper cuts every year. Paper cuts so bad they require a blood transfusion. All stemming from a paper company like … 3M!

Na, seriously, please donate blood if you can. I still can't because of my chemo and I miss doing it.


Here's a fun game I like to play with freebies similar to these free Nexcare bandages. After receiving the sample, see how long you can go without accidentally cutting yourself and requiring the usage of said sample. My current record is 18 seconds.


Free Kiva.org Credit

Free $25 Kiva.org Credit

Wow. This free $25 in Kiva.org credit is an amazing offer I'm thrilled to see return. For those unfamiliar with Kiva, it's a micro-loan site where anybody can loan small amounts of money ($25 and up) to vetted recipients in need of finance to start or upgrade their small businesses around the world. After the loans are paid back, you can then re-lend the money to somebody else and start the entire process over again. As you can see, I've made loans all over the world and the only people who defaulted are living in a region currently controlled by ISIS, so they get a pass.

The credit didn't show up in my account, however it appeared at checkout and I wasn't charged a penny for helping ol' Barnohol buy some cattle.

It's worth noting that you won't be able to re-lend this free $25 credit once it's paid back, but hey, at least you can help change a single life for the better!


Free Marlboro Aluminum Water Bottle

Free Water Bottle

If you're looking how to get a free water bottle, then you're on the right path! While never a huge freebie, we still see these freebies given away once or twice a year. Surprisingly, the most frequent sources of free water bottles are health insurance companies and tobacco companies. 😄

While we wait for the next sample, here are some of the classic jokes we made!


Camel is giving away free water bottles that you get to customize no less. Mine features a wolf wearing a helmet alongside a tiger donning a fedora because … well why not?!

Click Activities then Bottle Lab to get to the freebie section.


If you're anything like me, you're scared to death of opening that cabinet in the kitchen right above the microwave. The second you crack the door, you'll be buried in 900 free water bottles, some of which your parents have kept from a local bank sponsorship in 1989. They'll come tumbling since you've stuffed way too many in there and then you'll never be able to cram them all back in and meanwhile, you're busy trying to pick which one you want to take to the park with you and finally you become too flustered and just plop back down in front of the computer to see what you can find on YouTube. What, I'm the only one who does this?


Unfortunately, the second word in the title above only contains two n's, which means this is just a free water bottle from Canon. I think we all can agree it would have been much cooler if this was a “cannon water bottle.” I could go either way with it too: it could be a cannon that shoots water bottles or a water bottle in the shape of a cannon.

You know, the next President should make a new Cabinet position titled Secretary of Awesome Ideas and then give me a call. I wouldn't even mind being placed near the bottom of the line of succession!


The only habit from running cross country in high school that I've carried with me through life is drinking water. I probably go through a gallon of water a day by constantly filling up a water bottle similar to this free PUR water bottle. In fact, I've probably got like 9000 of these things in my kitchen cabinets, but of course I just signed up for this as well. 🙂


This free C'elle water bottle offer has me worried. The survey is about storing blood cells from a baby’s umbilical cord and then they juuuust happen to give away an object that holds liquid?


Free Kit Kat & Sierra Mist

Man oh man, am I sad today. Talk about an end of an era. I first discovered both The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert while channel surfing on September 12, 2002. To say I was hooked from the start would be an understatement. You don't just happen to randomly remember what you watched on TV 12 years ago.

For me and millions of others, The Colbert Report wasn’t just a goofy comedy show, it was “must see TV” for the twenty-first century. I’d be flabbergasted if I missed more than 3 of the 1440+ episodes. I can’t think of a single show that flopped either. Sure, there were segments here or there that missed the mark, but overall Colbert was in my life and making me laugh more than any other stranger over the past decade. And all while in character! I can't imagine what that must be like 🙂

I shouldn't be tearing up all day like I have been. The man's not dead! He'll be back on TV before the end of next summer! I'm clearly biased, but there's no doubt in my mind he'll be amazing filling Letterman's shoes. But for the next nine months, my evenings will be a tad dimmer. September is an eternity away right now.

To Stephen and everybody who ever put an hour of work into that show, I cannot thank you enough. Colbert is my comedy idol and if I ever have an ounce of his talent or charisma, I'll die a happy man.

I think the only thing that could cheer me up would be a little comfort food like a free Kit Kat candy bar or a free Sierra Mist 2 liter.

Well hey, look at that!


Sponsored: Free Nike 2-Day Shipping

This post is sponsored by Savings.com

Summer is amazing for so many reasons. Warm weather. Vacations. Afternoon beers with friends. Warm weather. Baseball! Did I mention warm weather?

Part of the reason I love this time of year is all the time it allows me to spend outside. I'm no health nut, but I do enjoy a weekly game of pickup softball or kickball. What can I say, I'm still a kid at heart. I'm also a kid who hates chaffing and running around in old 100% cotton t-shirts that feel like they weigh 100 pounds.

Enter Nike and their sweet shipping deal. It's pretty rare to see free 2-day shipping outside of Amazon or ShopRunner, but that's exactly what Nike is offering! All you have to do is sign up for the Nike email newsletter and you'll receive free 2-Day shipping on any sized order.

Free shipping. New clothes to enjoy summer with. And of course those afternoon beers with friends 🙂


$100 Checks in the Mail Giveaway

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post and giveaway on behalf of Savings.com and Checks in the Mail. However all opinions written below are 100% my own. I ate a bug once in the 1st grade. I also had a huge crush on Christine Taylor when she was in Hey, Dude. How much more do I have to share here?

Actually, let me share one more thing. I used to hate checks. Like, really, I hated them. It wasn't for the typical reasons though. Sure, I thought they were antiquated and I couldn't understand why anybody in their right mind would use, let alone prefer them.

It probably didn't help that my typical interactions with them always involved giving away money too. Making a car payment, insurance, probably a few repairs in there as well. Bills, which apparently come every month. Students loans! HAHA! I paid how much for what exactly again?! I still don't know.

No, the reason I grew to hate checks was because they were forced on me. Some bills could only be paid by check, because that makes sense. Others weren't as macabre, but they charged a few dollars to pay by card.

As a broke 20 year old, I didn't just pinch pennies, I named them and there was no way I could justify giving away Frank, Yolanda, George, Stephanie, Little P, Maryanne, Sir Elton of Dover, Little P Jr., and Winkin' Lincoln as punishment for rejecting what I considered dinosaur technology. “Fine,” I meekly mumbled to myself as I paid $30 I didn't have for a box of checks I didn't want, “I'll buy these, but I'm drawing the line at faxing in my payment!”

Flash forward a decade.

I don't know how it happened, but I developed a habit of saving. I squirreled money away, got a steady job (or whatever the heck this is!), and even *gulp* drank cheap liquor. When my lease ended in August, I kicked around the idea of getting my first apartment alone. I'd always had some sort of roommate situation, be it friends, family, or strangers. (There've been some characters. Remind me to tell you about Phil one day.) It was never a huge deal, but hey, I like walking around naked after a shower or drinking milk from the carton as much as the next guy. Unfortunately I learned the hard way both are activities others frown upon.

The lease I signed last month only had one signature when I submitted it for approval. My new apartment isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Drop a ball in my living room and I know the exact spot it'll end up. The guy next door loves blaring the television at volumes most high orbit spy satellites pick up. Oh and windows are apparently optional!

But it's all mine 🙂 It's my first “home” that I get to make completely my own, something that excites me, and that is something I never saw coming in a million years.

Landlords are probably one of the biggest holdouts in the “Vive la Checks!” camp. However when I pulled my checkbook out last month while signing the lease, I wasn't filled with hate or annoyance or even apathy. There was happiness and pride and excitement and holy crap it felt stupendous!!!

I'd never had that experience while holding a check. I'm thrilled to say those emotions carried over to the first of this month as well. I guess you can say I don't hate checks anymore.

 

Discount Code

I've never personally used Checks in the Mail and I'm not in the market for more at the moment, but I've bookmarked them and will use them next year when I run out. They've got good reviews online and an A+ rating with the BBB to boot. If you happen to need checks now, you can't go wrong with their current offer. New customers get 60% off plus free shipping via code GET60. Sounds pretty rad to me.

 

Awesome Giveaway Details

Most of us get monthly Valpaks stuffed with coupons, which is already great enough. However Checks in the Mail got in touch with them recently and offered to place $100 checks in Valpaks across the country. So make sure to open your Valpak ASAP the next time it arrives

As if that wasn't enough, Checks in the Mail has teamed up with a few bloggers to give away $100 to 10 of our lucky readers. You can enter via the widget below and the fine print can be found beneath it.

I hope all 10 winners are Hiffers. Okay, I'll settle for 9. So go enter, good luck, and just for fun leave a comment saying what you'd spend your winnings on! Just a warning: if you say Macallan, we might become best friends.


Chat With Goob This Thursday

These live video chats are about to become a regular thing!

I had such a blast talking with people last week that I want to do it all the time. A lot of people who tuned in said they had fun as well, so it wasn't just me!

The next chat will be this Thursday at 4:00pm EST. Like before, we can talk about whatever. This doesn't have to be a Freebie Chat only because freebies are boring. Though if you have any specific questions pertaining to HIF or freebies, these chats are as good a time as any to ask!

So if you're free, please join us! I'll be hosting it on Justin.tv again, so you can enter the chat room after making a free account, which takes no longer than 15 seconds. You don't even have to verify your email. It's nice and easy.

Update: Over for now! Thanks to everybody who came out, we broke 20 active viewers this time! Next chat will be soon!


Chat With Goob at 5:00pm EST

EDIT: Thanks to everybody who came out and chatted today! We had a blast, I'll definitely host another early next week.

One of the nice perks of working for yourself is not having to screw around with a car or public transportation. You get to roll out of bed and immediately step into your “office.” However the total lack of human interaction can start to mess with you. I get out of my apartment at least once a day, but with the way technology is now there's no reason why I can't hang out with Hiffers!

So today around 5:00 est I'm going to host a live video chat on Twitch. You should be able to join the chat room after making a free account, which takes no longer than 15 seconds. You don't even have to verify your email. It's nice and easy.

Who knows, maybe nobody is interested in this and I just sit in a chat room talking to myself. Wouldn't be the first time! 😀 We can talk about whatever though! Freebies, sports, the meaning of life. I don't really care, let's just hang out and chat!


Three Free Hydroxycut Samples

Three Free Hydroxycut Samples

Hydroxycut has moved their freebie system over to an internal VIP club. All you have to do is make a free account and you'll be the first to hear about samples, coupons, and other freebies.

We used to be able to select up to three free Hydroxycut samples on their Facebook page, ranging from gummies to sprinkles. Sprinkles?! Heck yeah! I guess that means I can lose weight while eating tons of ice cream.


Goob Is In Oman

At least I should be. If I'm in any other country than Oman right now, I am seriously lost.

So why am I gone this week? *shoulders shrug* Why not?

I left last Sunday, hence the sparse amount of posts since then. I return this Sunday as well, so things should return to normal before you know it. Oh, I found the cause of HIF's recent slow load time! So having squashed that bug is nice.

Okay, I've run out of information to share. Have a good few days without me! How about y'all talk to each other in the comments? Make a few new friends from fellow Hiffers.


Hope You Had a Magic Christmas!

I was in Amsterdam last week with my brother and there were signs everywhere saying “Magic Christmas!” It's become one of our newest favorite sayings.

I hope everybody had a Magic Christmas or Hanukkah or Boxing Day or Festivus or casual Tuesday or whatever the heck you happen to be celebrating this week. I've been home for a few days and probably won't work until tomorrow. It's my brother's birthday and it's snowing outside! All I can focus on right now is making snowballs and launching sneak attacks.

Magic Christmas!