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Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Before I flop on the couch for one of my many food comas today, I wanted to stop and wish every Hiffer a Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone out there has a fantastic day with friends, family, and feasting. Wherever you are, whoever you’re with, and whatever y’all are doing, …

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Follow heyitsfree on bluesky for freebies

Hey, It’s Free is on Bluesky

As more and more people flee Twitter for Bluesky, I wanted to let everyone know that Hey, It’s Free has been on the site for over a year! I cross-post all of our freebies to Bluesky and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. As for Twitter, I …

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Juls and I barreling down a mountain in Spain

In Remembrance of Juls ❤️ 🌈

My amazing, wonderful, gifted, beautiful, and only sister Julianne recently passed away in her sleep. She was my favorite sibling (sorry bros), my guiding light, my moral compass, and my tether to reality. We vibed on the same wavelength immediately from the first day I held her in the hospital. …

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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 …

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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 …

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HIF: Saving Fingers Since 2006

I love getting emails from readers. I might not respond to them in a timely fashion, but I read each and every one that comes across my screen and sometimes they are just too good not to share. Hiffer Carrie sent in this tale that I thought you all would …

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Goob Is Cramming Last Summer Into This One

Hey, remember that crappy cancer last summer? I sure do. Thankfully I’m still 100% in remission, but I bring it up because it kind of killed my summer. I spent 95% of it in a hospital chair or hugging a toilet bowl, but I guess it was worth it since, …

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Happy Birthday to HeyItsFree.net

Happy Birthday To HIF

I’m bad at remembering things. Dates, things to do, names!, the point of this post. TL;DR I think today was HIF’s anniversary. I registered HeyItsFree.net in May 2005. I was a few months away from graduating with a degree in History and, as Gob Bluth would say, it was clear …

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Goob has hair again

So About That Cancer…

This awesome news was originally posted on November 24, 2011 Yep, that’s a month of hair and a week of beard growth. And the eyebrows are back! I’m thankful for two out of those three. I’m a private guy by nature. Heck, my sense of humor is a textbook case …

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Thank you from Goob and heyitsfree

Thank You

I have a confession to make. I’m not 100% incompetent when it comes to freebies. I know I’ve missed a bit over the past few weeks and I HATE to make excuses, but long story short I’ve got cancer and am in the middle of chemotherapy. I debated announcing this …

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My Painkillers Were Free!

Hey Hiffers. I had some major surgery yesterday and will be taking the next day or two off from posting, emails, and the sort. I might try getting a few posts up this afternoon if my laptop plays along (what a perfect time for my battery to die!), but I …

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Freebie Decision Making Process

On Why I Don’t Post All Freebies

Recently I've gotten an increase in the number of emails that more or less say “Hey, why didn't you post X?” and thus I thought I'd take a moment to address this.

The freebie isn't free. There's shipping. Or a minimum purchase. Or an “identification check” via your credit card. Or any number of other strings that are attached to freebies which make them not worth our while. This doesn't mean I won't post something that isn't 100% free, but it is the first bar that an offer generally has to cross in order for me to even consider it on the site.

The freebie stinks. Seriously, who wants a DVD for vacationing in Montana just because it's free? Anybody even remotely interested in that would have already Googled for it instead of waiting for a freebie site to post it.

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