FREEBIE 101! Quick & Easy tips to get started!
These easy tips and ideas should get you on your way to getting lots of wonderful freebies.
QUICK FREEBIE TIPS:
1. Create a separate free email account to use for your freebies – so your personal email doesn’t get filled with junk emails.
2. Create a separate Facebook account without your personal info, to sign up for Facebook freebies without sharing your info.
3. Create a Facebook and Twitter account to get freebies, even if you only use it for that.
4. Be cautious about where you give out your personal information. Don’t provide any more information than you are comfortable with.
5. Don’t request every offer you see. Only request those that really interest you, or will donate to charity.
6. If you don’t feel comfortable with an offer, just skip it.
7. Remember that many freebies come with great high-value coupons!
8. Keep an attitude of gratitude. Freebie hunting is more of a game of being at the right place at the right time – if you get the freebie, you won!
9. Read the fine print on all free stuff offers. Don’t sign up if they ask for your credit card information unless you are absolutely sure it’s a legitimate offer.
10. Sometimes when printing coupons, you can hit back and print it again. Or you can change the number of copies in the pop-up print menu to print more.
11. A freebie isn’t a freebie unless it’s free! If a website wants you to pay for a freebie, then don’t request it. If they ask for shipping cost, you’ll have to decide if it’s worth it to you.
12. Checking for free sample opportunities every day, or even several times a day, will greatly increase your chances of getting them. Since there are only a certain number of free samples per offer, you’ll want to sign up as soon as you can. Free samples are almost always offered on a first come first served basis.
13. Make sure that everything you entered in the form is correct. A wrong address may get the free sample to a neighbor instead of you!
14. Freebies generally takes anywhere from 4-16 weeks to arrive, some can take over a year! I personally have had a few arrive after a year! It depends on what you requested. Try to be patient.
15. Give us feedback on freebies. When you give feedback, you help other freebie hunters! For example, if you see a freebie that is no longer available – leave a comment here and let us know.
16. Have realistic expectations: While I try very hard to only provide links to legitimate offers, sometimes the freebies still don’t arrive. This could be because the company did not having a large enough supply to cover the response they got. It is also possible that a spammer has set up a site to gather email addresses (another important reason to use an alternate email account) and never intended to send you a freebie at all. Be aware that this can happen and although I do my best to avoid such sites, it is a part of getting freebies over the Internet.
17. If you really like a freebie you received, think about emailing the company. Sometime they respond by mailing you high-value coupons for their product… yet another freebie!
18. Check to see if there is an opt out or opt in check box. You don’t need to sign up for extra email. Uncheck that box unless you really do want more email from that company.
20. Remember, Megan’s Freebies and deals doesn’t give out the freebies, we only post the freebies, you need to sign up for anything you want or you will not get it.
21. All freebies are posted without prejudice. I have no political/religious/personal agenda to promote here, and I may not even agree with the message the freebie is promoting. But freebie censorship is not what this group is about. If you don’t agree with the message a freebie is promoting, just pass on the freebie. The next one I find might be one you do believe in, and someone else might disagree.
22. Some members have told us that, “I thought just because I “liked” something it meant I was automatically signed up for something”. No, sorry, you need to sign up for the freebies by clicking on the links, each freebie separately.
23. Whenever you receive a freebie that leaks all over your mail – you should email the company and tell them. You might even get a full-size bottle of their product in compensation!
24. ALWAYS email companies when you have a problem, because you might just get something for your time! But don’t forget to ALWAYS send them your positive feedback as well, because they might reward you for taking the time to offer a compliment.
25. Printer failed to print your coupon? Don’t have a printer? Look for a Help/Contact link or button on the page and tell them the printer failed and they will often send you a coupon in the mail.
26. Make sure to check the email address you used for freebie hunting daily to see if you need to click on a confirmation link to receive your sample.
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