Freebie Tips and Advice

I was so excited when I saw this post on Hip2Save!  I tried to research and find the answer before to no avail!  Have you ever been so frustrated to find a Target coupon online, only to print it and it’s a manufacturer coupon or vice versa?  Well here’s how you can tell what type of coupon it is BEFORE you print it!

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*Go to the Target coupon site and right-click on any Coupon image.

*Click on the “View Image” text and a new tab or window will open up with the image in your browser.

*Look at the html coding at the top of your browser. You will see a long string of text for the image source.  Look closely at the link and you’ll notice that if a coupon is a Target store coupon, it will say “target” in the text.

*If the coupon is a manufacturer’s coupon, it will look like one of the above pictures and have either the word “manufact” in the HTML OR you may also see the particular manufacturer name in the link instead, like “files.cncdn.co/partners/norelco/….” as seen above.

UPDATE: TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE!  Just a quick reminder.. you can vote for me one time a day.  Thank you so much to everyone who has voted so far! It meas A LOT to me!

This is the first time I’ve entered anything like this! I am trying to make it into the Top 25 Couponing Websites on Circle Of Moms. You can vote for me by clicking here and hitting the “vote” button! You can vote once a day until January 31st!

I think it would be so incredibly cool to even get 1 or 2 votes from you guys! I really hope the services I provide help you in the smallest way! I LOVE my job and LOVE my readers! Thanks a MILLION!!

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR OUR SITE!

UPDATE: I just got an email from Bzz Agent saying if you’re the age of 13-20 and a dude, you’ll be eligible to get a free Premium Shaver!! Click here for details!!

I talk about BzzAgent.com in a lot of my videos, but just realized I have  never done a post about them! Have you joined BzzAgent yet? If you LOVE getting FREE stuff in the mail, you’re gonna love BzzAgent!

BzzAgent is a word of mouth company. As an agent, you’ll receive FREE products to test so that you can “buzz” around and spread the word about these new products by letting people know how good – or bad they are. Most of the time, you’ll get additional FREE copuons to pass out to friends and neighbors, so that they’ll have a chance to test out these new products as well!

Once you sign up, Look under “My BzzAgent” then “My Surveys.”  Fill out as many surveys as you can right now! The more surveys you fill out, the better chance you have at getting to review a product for free!

SIGN UP FOR FREE HERE!

Hey Gang! I REALLY try to make sure all of the offers I post on My Free Product Samples are posted by reputable companies and are real offers. Sadly, there are HUNDREDS of offers out there which are FAKE!

Here is a list posted by Actually Free which is Fake Freebies and Scams to Avoid!  (Thanks to Kristal for sharing this on our Facebook wall!)

If you have signed up for any of these offers, it’s not the end of the world. Most likely you’ll just get a few more spam offers to you inbox, so be careful what emails you click on! Remember you can always unsubscribe from offers by clicking the link usually in the bottom of the emails to unsubscribe.

I found only 3 offers on our entire site which were posted on this list and have promptly removed them. Please accept my sincere apologies for these. I honestly try my very hardest to make this site clean and spam free for everyone! Sometimes that means I need your help in alerting me to any sketchy behavior or fake offers you see listed.  I’m so grateful for everyone of my readers and wish you a very happy new year full of freebies!!

Check out my short post on How to Avoid Spam Offers!

Ok, I just had to share this resourceful site I found with everyone for booking flights!  If you’re like me, I search and search flights for the best price!  Well in January, we’re going to Hawaii (hurray, I know)!! I kept conducting the same search after search trying to find the cheapest flights and cheapest days to fly.

Well… problem solved!  All you have to do is use the website Matrix Software!  I believe it is sponsored by Google. You can type in the month you’re looking to fly and it will shoot out a  calendar of all the flight costs for each day! It searches ALL of the air line flights so you can for sure find the best price!

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE MATRIX SITE!

I don’t know about you guys, but I definitely have a few people on my Christmas list each year that I end up giving a gift card to! Check out this guest post I received with a few extra ideas for how you can use gift cards and vouchers to your benefit!  This is a guest post from Nisha Sharma, who represents a deals site for people in the UK called Freebies365.co.uk. (If you’ve got UK friends, send them to her site!)

When searching for the perfect gift for everyone on your gift list, freebies and vouchers offer a number of benefits for both the gift buyer as well as the recipient. Everyone has those family members or friends that are difficult to buy for regardless of the occasion. For these loved ones in our lives, the voucher offers an exceptional way to give the gift that anyone can appreciate and put to good use.

The sheer variety of gift vouchers available provides the shopper with a wonderful selection to choose the perfect present for everyone on the gift-giving list. Vouchers are available for experiences and specialty shops, such as gourmet foods, clothing, personal care products or luxury items. This allows the shopper to select the shop or event type and leave the specifics of the gift up to the recipient. For example, for those with friends or family members who love to garden, a gift voucher to a gardening supply store is the perfect present for a birthday, Christmas, anniversary or special occasion in the recipient’s life. The loved one can select the exact gift that they would most appreciate.

Valentine’s day is a perfect time to use a voucher for a special experience for your special sweetheart. Choose a gift voucher for a fabulous dinner or show tickets that allow your loved one to select the perfect night for an evening of romance. Men can select a voucher for a day of pampering for the woman in their life and women can select an experience voucher that allows their special guy to drive a race car.

Moms can be difficult to buy for on Mother’s day, birthdays and Christmas. Select a voucher for mom’s favourite shop and let her choose the gift she most wants on her special day. Mom can linger over her selection and plan a special shopping day to pick out her gift.

Restaurant vouchers are a romantic gift for a special couple celebrating an anniversary. Your gift will give the happy couple a night out on the town at their favourite restaurant. A night out or an event is a gift that creates special memories for the anniversary couple.

Gift vouchers are also the ideal gift for an office gift exchange during the holidays. If your office does a secret Santa, it can be almost impossible to choose a gift for a co-worker who you don’t know all that well. Choosing a voucher for a big store that offers a variety of goods allows the recipient to select their own gift. Restaurant vouchers can be the perfect choice for an office gift exchange as well.

Vouchers are the best method for giving well received presents to everyone on your gift list. The gift of a voucher allows the recipient to select the exact item they want, experience an event or enjoy a day of pampering whenever they choose. For any event, special occasion or holiday, you are giving the gift of choice to your loved ones and family members.

Sign up and receive money saving newsletter from Scrubbing Bubbles.  I’m willing to bet they will have coupons or free samples in just about every newsletter! So it would be worth signing up for!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR FREE!

A few of you have requested more info on how to make money from taking surveys online.  I have never done these, so I can’t vouch personally for them. But after doing some research and getting some input from readers, here are the ones I’ve learned to be the best!  PLEASE LET EVERYONE KNOW IF YOU’VE HAD SUCCESS OR BAD EXPERIENCES WITH PLACES!!

Inbox Dollars – You can take surveys, watch videos, complete offers and more to qualify to get paid! I have heard the most positive response back on this one from our readers!

Ipsos-I-Say You’ll have the opportunity to take surveys and earn rewards that can be redeemed for money (in the form of an authorized check), donations and prepaid American Express cards. Most members receive surveys at least once each month with an average of about four per month, and the more surveys you take, the more points you earn.

Synovate offers members the opportunity to try full-sized products as well as take paid surveys. They are very reputable and I know many people who love working with them. However, I can’t guarantee that if you sign up with them you’ll get paid survey opportunities or free products to try as it really depends upon what demographics they are looking for with each campaign.

Pinecone Research is one of the most well-know and recommended paid survey sites. They pay $3 for every survey taken and are very prompt with payment. They also occasionally have offer opportunities to try free products. (It’s harder to register with them though.)

Mindfieldonline All you have to do is participate in a wide variety of interesting opinion research surveys. The good news is, you earn cash incentives for every survey you complete. There are no gimmicks, points or sweepstakes that frustrate you and waste your time and valuable input.

OpinionPlace Once you have completed an Opinion Place survey you’ll receive the reward of your choice: Amazon.com® gift card claim codes, PayPal® credits, AAdvantage® miles, or entry into our monthly $1000 sweepstakes.

National Consumer Panel You will be provided with a hand-held scanner and every time you or members of your household shop, you’ll use the scanner to scan the bar codes on all of your purchases. They also have short surveys to take as well. I hear it’s really hard to get on their list, so best of luck to you!

GlobalTestMarket  Here’s a quote from one of our readers about this site. “Just yesterday on GTM, I made $3.25 on a 5 min. survey. They are not all high paying like that one, but when I screen out, it is usually within 30-60 seconds, vs. other sites I have tried that screen you out after you are 70% completed with a survey!!! Very frustrating.

LEGIT SURVEY SITES, BUT DON’T PAY AS WELL

• Toluna
• Synovate
• Mysurvey
• Opinion Outpost

Hey gang!  I wanted to quickly make sure everybody knows about 3 things on our website that will help you get all the latest freebies as soon as they’re posted!

1. Our Facebook Page – Sometimes offers go so quickly, I’ll only post them on our Facebook page. So you’ll want to follow us for sure!

2. The “Newest Offers” section on our website – If you check under “Free Samples” then click “Newest Offers” this will take you to the list of deals I post in order of date!

3. The “RSS Feed” – You can sign up for our RSS feed! It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the MFPS website!  You save time by not needing to visit each site individually.

4. Our Daily Newsletter – Of course if you don’t have time to check Facebook, RSS, or our website all the time, the best way to go is sign up for our daily newsletter!  It’s just in the top right hand side of the page!

We all like our home to smell pretty, but let’s face it: the plug-in type fragrances can get a little pricey. Luckily, I found a simple and inexpensive solution that The Krazy Coupon Lady posted!. DIY Plug-Ins!

What you need:

• A plug-in of your choice (with an empty bulb).
• An essential oil you like.
• Water
• A butter knife to pry off the cap on the plug-in bulb

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Directions:

Step 1: Remove the cap from the plug-in bulb then clean it out with warm water.

Step 2: Put about 20 drops of your favorite essential oil into the plug-in bulb. I used the scent of cloves because it reminds me of the upcoming holiday season, and it was one of the essential oils I had hanging around. You may also like vanilla, lavender, orange, lemon or cinnamon.

Step 3: Pour water into the bulb, but leave some space so the water doesn’t overflow when you place the wick back in.

Step 4: Put the wick back in the bulb. Be sure it snaps back into to place.

Step 5: Plug that baby in, and enjoy your fragrant home!

A few of you have emailed and commented that you can’t see the MFPS Facebook posts anymore. I googled and here’s the answer I thing might help.

Facebook just added a new feature to your news feed, you can now have the most recent activity in your feed show up first (like it did before Facebook updated).
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Here’s what you need to do:

*HINT: Click here to see an image of this!

1. Go to the top right of your “News Feed”
2. Click where it says “Sort”
3. You will then get a drop down box
4. Click “Recent Stories First” and you will be all set!

I sure hope this helps everybody!

If you’re like me, I try to find a coupon for every place we eat out! Lol But sometimes you just can’t. Learn to have fun and ENJOY those special occasion when you eat out even if you don’t have a coupon for it!

• Get a $25 Restaurant.com voucher for $2 with code: HAM + 35% cash back from Shop at Home.
• Many restaurants offer bonus $5-$10 gift cards when you purchase a $25+ gift card during the holiday season.
• Get the 2012 Entertainment Book and save $7 plus free shipping.  The book for my local area costs $28 shipped after discount and contains over $17,000 in local coupons.
• Get coupons for free Fruit Smoothies from McDonalds using your Recyclebank points
• Get a $20 Taco Bell gift card and a free bonus Chicken Flatbread meal with purchase.
• Get discounted restaurant vouchers from Groupon or Eversave.
• Get the 2012 Chick-fil-A calendars for $6 filled with coupons for free food and drink.
• Look for discounted gift cards on Ebay.
• Take surveys and earn free gift cards from Daily Survey Panel, Reward Port and Ipsos.
• Join Swagbucks and MyPoints and earn free gift cards by reading email, searching the web and referring your friends.