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Sampler Files for Bankruptcy

Published on Aug 21, 2024 at 4:51 pm · Disclosure

It’s being reported that Sampler recently filed for bankruptcy. ☠ Toronto-based Sampler has filed for bankruptcy, BetaKit has learned. The digital product sampling startup filed an assignment of bankruptcy on June 27 and held its first meeting of creditors on July 22, according to documents BetaKit obtained from Canada’s Office …

Fake Freebie Alert – Smplit is a Scam Site

Updated on Mar 28, 2024 at 5:11 pm · Disclosure

I’m on a bit of a fake freebie bender. Last month I discovered the high probability of Samplesso being a fake freebie site. Today, once again, I believe I’ve discovered that Smplit[.]com is also a fake freebie site. Before I show my work, I once again want to ask – …

Fake Freebie Alert – Samplesso is a Scam Site

Updated on Mar 22, 2024 at 8:43 pm · Disclosure

So the headline pretty much sums up my thoughts here. After digging into their website this week, I believe Samplesso[.]com is a scam site that only intends to harvest our information in order to resell it. I recently posted my findings to Reddit, but I wanted to repost them here …

Free USPS Informed Delivery

Published on Sep 7, 2021 at 4:25 pm · Disclosure

Ever wish you could see the freebies arriving in your mailbox before they show up? I know I have! What you may not realize is that you can! The USPS offers a free service called Informed Delivery. Each morning, they’ll email scanned photos of your mail hours before it’s delivered! …

Amazon now sends out Freebies & Samples!

Updated on May 11, 2023 at 7:34 pm · Disclosure

Now you see it, now you don’t! Amazon quietly shut down this program in 2020. 🙁 I was surprised to learn Amazon quietly launched a pilot program towards offering freebies! Their initial foray into the freebie world is technically called their Product Sampling program, but differs slightly than how we’re …

Comparing Costco and Sam’s Club Freebies

Updated on Dec 18, 2021 at 7:02 pm · Disclosure

This article is freebie-adjacent, so I felt like sharing it here. Business Insider compared Costco and Sam’s Club free samples and came away with a clear winner. On paper, Sam’s Club and Costco are almost identical – both are membership-based warehouse stores that offer customers discounted prices on products bought …

A Freebie Helped Save a Lost Toy

Updated on Dec 18, 2021 at 1:30 pm · Disclosure

This isn’t a freebie, but I recently read an article on a boy who lost his favorite toy in an airport and loved this part: If a boy named Owen suspects his stuffed tiger named Hobbes has a secret life, the staff of Tampa International Airport won’t disagree. Owen recently …

Freebie Review – Dress Like A Cow Day!

Updated on Dec 18, 2021 at 4:39 pm · Disclosure

I woke up last Friday already knowing about the free Slurpee's at 7-11, but it wasn't until around noon that I logged onto HIF and noticed the Dress Like A Cow Chick-Fil-A freebie. I didn't have anything planned for the day, my little sister was pretty bored, so a few hours later…

The Power of FREE!

Updated on Dec 18, 2021 at 2:25 am · Disclosure

The following text was taken from the Predictably / Irrational blog that is written by Dan Ariely. He’s recently written a book titled Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions and I thought the text below was really interesting in relation to our love for freebies. Something interesting …

The Future Of Business Is Free!

Updated on Oct 22, 2021 at 2:30 pm · Disclosure

This isn’t really a freebie, in fact, it’s not a freebie at all. But I just read this article on Wired.com about how businesses and companies are embracing the concept of giving more and more things away for free and I thought some other freebie fanatics might enjoy reading it …