Hey, It’s Free Press!

Earlier this month, I was interviewed by a few fantastic reporters who were interested in putting together a story on HIF and the freebie world in general for their respective newspapers!

The first article to come out was written for the FSView, the college newspaper for Florida State University. We conducted a phone interview for the story and I was pretty nervous. It was the first time I'd ever been in the interviewees shoes instead of the interviewer's, but I think the article came out pretty darn well.

The next article was written for the Ka Leo O Hawai'i newspaper, which represents the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. Their website is down at the moment, but the reporter, Kathleen, was nice enough to promise to send me a few copies of the newspaper itself! So as soon as I get them, I'll scan the article and upload it here to HIF!

The rest of the interviews I've given recently have yet to produce any articles, but I'm told that a few will be running in the near future. As soon as they do, I'll post them here on HIF. But I wanted to add that if you're a college student yourself, or have any friends that work for a newspaper or radio station and you want to help support HIF, then PLEASE e-mail them and let them know about HIF!

One of the best ways to get new readers here on HIF (and with that, new people who can find some freebies!) is to spread the word via any form of media whatsoever. Newspapers, radio, TV, even blogs! Each and every bit helps and with each new article comes new readers! Heck, even if you just e-mail your local newspaper and tell them about us, I'd be forever grateful, even if nothing ever comes of it. So thank you in advance for helping to spreading the word about HIF!


Free Hair Scrunchies?

I think I've found a site that's giving away free hair scrunchies, but I can't really tell since all the models on the site look far too serious to be showing off simple hair scrunchies. What is it with models and looking as if they're staring down the gaze of death. Does it hurt to smile? Does it make the product less appealing if it's no longer on the body of a human who looks scared? I'm at a loss here, folks.

This might be the first freebie marketed towards girls that I'll end up using, though, because this hair of mine has gotten out of control. I can barely see the computer monitor. In fact, I hope I'm publishing this post on HIF and not another one of my random sites. Oh well, time to hit the “Publish” button and find out!


Free World Heritage Map Poster

Woo hoo, a new map! This free World Heritage map poster will be sent to anybody who becomes a free member over at their site. They even have a .pdf copy of the map on their site that you can stare at in awe until your own copy arrives in the mail. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some staring to do.

They've since added a small shipping fee, so I've marked this as expired. However, they're still offering a free map if you're interested!


Merry Christmas

From the entire Hey, It's Free crew, I want to wish each and every Hiffer a Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Rocking Boxer Day, Vengeful Festivus. Here's to a day full of family, friends, food, and fun!

I've said it many times before, it's worth repeating: this place wouldn't be anything without each and every one of y'all. I hope everyone reading this has/had a fantastic holiday and I'll be back with more freebies and deals soon.


Free NASCAR Poster

The free NASCAR poster promo has enter, but we have an huge, current list of free NASCAR racing cards from both drivers and racing teams!

This is actually a contest to win a car as well as a trip to Miami to see a race, but just for entering they'll send you a free NASCAR poster which features Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin, Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards. I never did get into NASCAR. I always felt if I was gonna watch something that was a borderline sport, I might as well watch some celebrity poker and laugh every now and then.


Free John Frieda Wonder Drops Hair Mask

Free John Frieda Hair Products

John Frieda hair product freebies and samples were quite numerous from 2006-2012. They even gave a single freebie away in 2013, 14, 15, and 19. All told, we found 46 different John Frieda freebies over the years!

While we wait for the next round of available freebies, enjoy some old jokes!

Old HIF Jokes

Here's a super simple form where you can print a coupon good for a full-size free John Frieda Wonder Drops hair mask. That means our hair can rob a bank and possibly get away with it!


You can get a free sample of either Radiant Red, Brilliant Brunette, or Sheer Blonde John Frieda's Hair products by clicking that link and entering your info.

You got that? Click the link. THEN enter in your info. Not here in the comments. For the love of God, if I get another person coming here through a search engine and leaving their address in the comments, I'm going to scream!


This free John Frieda shampoo made me realize my hair volume is pretty low. Heck, it's muted. Does that even make sense? No? DOES IT MAKE SENSE IF I YELL?

Oh man, see what I did there? I “yelled” it by typing in all caps. Like I turned up the “volume.” Get it? Cause we were talking about hair volume and then I wittily started talking about sound volume. You know, cause hair volume is in relation to the amount of space the hair occupies while sound volume correlates to the amplitude of a sound wave. It's a play on words; a pun if you will. But the two definitions are actually closely related, because both volumes increase as the space occupied or amplitude increases. I guess that's why volume is used for both definitions. You could actually argue that they're one in same and that…

But I'm sure you got the pun right away, but continued just to make sure that the pun was intended. I bet you like reading about puns, its a lot of pun… hey, I see what you did there! Replacing the f in pun. What a cheeky Hiffer you are.


The previous free John Frieda shampoo offer this month was limited to certain states, which was pretty annoying. But not this one! It's open to everyone in the good ol' US of A. From Maine to Portugal, from Nebraska to Africa – everybody gets a sample! Okay, I admit, I tended to sleep throughout Social Studies as a kid.


Here's a free John Frieda Root Awakening shampoo offer on Facebook where we're all invited to receive “an exclusive scalp invigorating offer.” They go on to say we should “purify, feed and nourish” our hair. You know what? No. I won't do any of that. I'll wash it and that's it. I already have to remember to feed my dogs, my plants, and myself. I can't be in charge of nourishing anything else.


Folks, somebody broke into my house and ate all of the Halloween candy I'm supposed to give out tomorrow. And, uh, they … okay, I confess, it was me, but it wasn't my fault! Okay, maybe it was my fault, but there was a good reason! Fine, you got me, there wasn't a good reason, but I was hungry and there was nothing else to eat! Oh stop looking at me that way, I admit it, I wasn't even hungry and my pantry is stocked. Dang, you're good at this – are you sure you're not a cop?

As soon as this free John Frieda Brilliant Brunette Liquid Shine Illuminating shampoo and conditioner arrives, I'll use it to wash the shame off.


While signing up for free John Frieda Frizz-Ease shampoo, you'll encounter a drop-down list with over a dozen hair colors and yet not a single one is blue! It's not my fault I happen to be in a rockin' Simpsons tribute band. Although I'm not sure why I chose to be Marge. There were plenty of other male characters to pick from…


I wonder if this free John Frieda Full Repair shampoo and conditioner will fully repair your hair enough to make it grow back fast. Specifically on dogs. Long story short, mine accidentally got into some gum and I had to shave a small part of her back. I think she's self-conscious about it now. Yesterday I caught her wearing a totally noticeable toupee.


This free John Frieda Full Repair is one of those freebies that I have no idea if it'll actually come. There's not much information available on it, but the page is legit and it mentions a freebie at the bottom, so I went ahead and signed up. Tell ya what, if you don't think this will come, I'll guarantee you'll be surprised in six to eight weeks. Either the freebie will show up in your mailbox or I'll personally jump out of a dark doorway and scream at you.


There's a new John Frieda Root Awakening sample available from Walmart and I'm now naturally daydreaming of a world where it actually awakens roots in people's heads. Some people get dandelions sprouting, others get full blown oak trees, and a lucky few get a fruit tree. My luck, I'd get a plum tree or crap grass.


Make sure you take a shot at this free Precision Foam colour offer. It's a coupon for a free full size box but it may take a little patience as their site is getting hammered. It's kind of like getting me to eat my vegetables. You need to take your time, calmly explain that it's in my best interest to eat them, and then maybe hide a portion in my mashed potatoes. I know, I know, first dates with me can be super awkward.


I'll be honest, trying to figure out the secret to this free John Frieda hair care sample is well beyond my mental capacity right now. Based on your answers, you can get either a coupon for a free full sized box of Precision Foam Hair Colour or a small shampoo sample. I'm sure there's a way to game the system, but don't expect me to figure it out any time soon. I just spent an hour watching a how-to show on remodeling your home because I was too tired to change the channel.


John Frieda has given away hair care for brunettes and red heads in the past, but now blonds can get in on the action with some free Sheer Blonde hair care.

I can never tell what color my hair is. Is it brown or black? Then I start to wonder if I see colors like everybody else. What if my version of green is really purple to others? Heck, what else does my body interpret incorrectly?! Five hours later, I'm usually curled up in a fetal position and muttering to myself.


Looks like I'm talking about my hair a bunch today. This free John Frieda Frizz-Ease shampoo & serum is definitely not for me as my hair is the furthest from frizzy possible. Like ironed straight. Well, I actually don't have hair now since it's hot out. I had it buzzed a few weeks ago. Wait, who cares? I bet nobody is even still reading at this point.


Dear Freebie Gods

Have I offended you? Was it something I said? Ok….I'm sorry. I'll be honest with you, I don't know what it was I did, but I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. What with trying to find freebies, think of something interesting about them, my other websites, my job, the family, the dog, taxes, the heat wave, losing my socks, global strife, cell phone reception, The Mariners sucking, my pillows having stupid feathers in them so that I can't sleep…it's just too much sometimes and I simply hope that whatever it was that I did, well, can you see it in your hearts to forgive me? Because it's been 36 hours and my freebie addiction is really starting to kick in now. I NEED SOME FREE TOOTHPASTE SAMPLES OR SOMETHING!

Sorry. Didn't mean to yell, not to you at least. And I'd take whatever freebie you felt like blessing us with. Just toss me a bone here, I'm beggin' ya.


Free Schiff Vitamins Freebies

The first Schiff freebie was found in June 2006, but the next five all came steady across 2011-14. Unfortunately, I haven't found a Schiff freebie since then, so here are my previous comments in the meantime!

Old HIF Jokes

I used to make fun of people who wore these types of things since I associated anybody who wore them with being old. And myself, well I was a young bucking lad who had nary the back problems. Now I'm a 23 year old in the body of a 90 year old, a guy who can't get out of bed without straining 18 ligaments. To put it another way, if I was a baseball player, I'd be Kerry Wood and Mark Prior rolled into one. Thankfully, the good people at Schiff have made products like this free Move Free Advanced that enable old folks like me to get around without harm!


Who wants some free Schiff MegaRed Omega-3 Krill Oil!? It's … ah … okay, I really don't know what this is. I understand those words individually. Yet when put together in that particular sequence they make about as much sense as “briefcase trivia falafel” does.


This is the fourth time I've posted a free Schiff MegaRed krill oil offer and I still don't know what this stuff is. I can't wait until I'm applying for another job sometime in the next decade.

Guy in Suit: So, what did you do at your previous job?
Goob: Uh. I found links to freebies and then made corny jokes.
Suit: And…
Goob: That's it. I didn't know what I was doing half the time though.
Suit: …
Goob: I'll show myself out.

Sometimes I wish the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come would hurry up and get here so I can see whether or not I get buried in a freak pile of freebies.


When I sat down to write about this free Schiff Move Free Ultra on Facebook, I decided I first needed to investigate what in the heck “total joint health” even meant. And, uh, I'm not really sure how, but about an hour later I was reading about Australia's 2,021 mile anti-rabbit fence.

I'm sure there's a “falling down the rabbit's hole” joke somewhere in there.



Free Sunsilk Shampoo

Free Sunsilk shampoo was a popular offer in 2006-2008. Sadly, I haven't seen any offered in the decade since.


When I was in college, some of my friends and I were what others called “poor.” Most of my friends ended up worrying and stressing out over their situation, but not I. Oh no, I saw it simply as a game that I could beat and thus, I went on a massive spree of slashing costs and saving money to splurge on the the fancy ramen noodles that cost 0.10 instead of those cheap-o ones that were only a nickel a pop. One such cost cutting move I took was shaving my head, which eliminated the need to purchase shampoo! See, that's the kind of thinking that goes on in my brain. And if only I had known that I could have just gotten some free Sunsilk shampoo instead…


While signing up for this free Sunsilk shampoo, I saw the following message.

No worries, we're not out to stalk your friends. We only send what you want us to send and we'll never give away your info. If you ever want out, just let us know we're being annoying and we'll stop.

You know you're in good hands when a website promises they won't send somebody to stalk you! Just do me a favor and don't look down at the bottom of HIF for a similar message.


I'm not sure how many different samples of this free Sunsilk shampoo you'll end up getting, but chances are it'll be a few since this is coming from Walmart. I think most of us would agree that the big W has positioned itself as the top freebie-provider out there. I've yet to not get anything I signed up for on Walmart's website, which is amazing when you think about all the samples I've gotten from them over the years! Now if Walmart could just somehow find a way to offer free samples of a one million dollar bill, that would really help me out.


How does Sunsilk even make a profit? It seems like every time I turn around, they've giving away another batch of free Sunsilk shampoo. Now don't get me wrong, I love freebies, but I'm worries about Sunsilk. Is everything okay with them? Do they even have somebody in charge of overseeing how much money the company has? If not, they should totally hire me. On my first day, I'd get into the computers and change everything so that all Sunsilk shampoo at every store was free. I'd probably go to jail for a while after that, but it'd be totally worth it, as my hair would be silky smooth, clean, and smell great. Wait, on second thought, that might not be the best quality to have while in prison.


free ipod proof

This Free Stuff Works!

When I originally started HIF, I had in mind a much different site from what it is today. You see, I was big in the high tech freebie scene as long as two years ago and on my personal site, I even talked about how you could get free iPods. (Although the info in that post is a little dated since I wrote it two years ago.) I ended up getting my free iPod only a few months after making that post and happily spent the next year or so jamming out and enjoying it to the fullest extent.

And then while I was over in Australia, I stumbled onto a message board that had lists of all the free stuff you could get from these companies and I was astounded. IPods, desktop and laptop computers, digital cameras, flatscreen monitors and televisions, video game systems and games, even designer handbags for the ladies – you name it, you can get it for free. I made a mental note to look into it again when I got back to the states and I did just that. I signed up for a few sites, began getting / buying referrals and started going “green” on a few sites in December. (Going green is slang for getting all your refs, having your account go through the normal review process, and be approved for your freebie prize – but I'm sure y'all know about that since it's over in the HIF FAQ =)

Of course, some people still didn't believe me, despite my accompanying pictures of proof.

Free ipod proof

free ipod proof

free ipod proof

free ipod proof

free ipod proof

free ipod proof

So, I decided to up and make a site talking about how to get free items such as iPods and such. But I soon realized that if that's all my new site had, there wouldn't be much in the way of updating and posting on a daily basis, which is why I decided to go more with the daily non-expensive freebies that I post here every day.

But even yet, I still work on getting free iPods and laptops and flatscreen monitors. And so I'm going to try and mix a little bit of that up into here as well, showing y'all not only how to get free shirts and candy, but iPods as well. What I'm going to do is look at a different site each week and let you know the pros and cons of it. I'll also post news of the freebie world here as well and let you know which companies to stay away from and those that are awesome. And finally, I'll be opening up a message board here so that people can swap/sell/trade referral links and talk about the freebie world, both high tech and low tech. It should be a fun new shift here at Hey, It's Free! and I hope people are interested in it!


Free Rosary Beads

Free Rosary Beads

Here's yet another free rosary beads offer from Rosary Army!

I'm not religious at all, but I must admit that when I saw the offer for a free Rosary beads, I signed up within 30 seconds. This is a classic freebie that's been around for quite some time!

Note both signup forms have a field for donations, but they're marked optional.