FREE STUFF FRIDAY: March 23, 2012

Welcome to Free Stuff Friday, the end-of-the-week event featuring real, tangible freebies that are actually free. Here are today's freebies:

Free Breakfast at IKEA - Get a free 99 cent breakfast at IKEA on Mondays before 11 am.

Free Sample of Lactaid Dietary Supplements - Fill out the form the to have the sample mailed.

Free Quart of Paint from Ace Hardware - Valid only on March 24. Print the voucher and take to your local Ace Hardware for a free quart of Clark-Kensington paint.

Free Sample of Beneful Baked Delights Dog Treats - Fill out the form to have the sample mailed. More info on Walmart's samples page.

Free "Rebuild the Dream" Sticker - Fill out the form to get a free sticker.

Free After Rebate from Fry's Electronics:

• Retratable Universal Notebook Charger
• McAfee Internet Security 2012 - 3 Users
• Susteen Datapilot Universal Pro Kit
• TurboCAD Designer
• Digital TV for PC 2 (Tried this one, it wasn't that great)

Free After Rebate from Newegg.com

• Kaspersky Lab Anti-Virus 2012
• McAfee Internet Security 2012 - 3 Users
• AVG PC TuneUp - 3 PCs
• Panda Security Global Protection 2012

Free After Rebate from Staples (March 25 - 31)

• Trend Micro Anti Virus
• McAfee Antivirus Plus

Be sure to read all the fine print when it comes to rebates. Also you can get free antivirus software without having to deal with rebates. Visit AVG.com.

WEB FREEBIE WEDNESDAY: Mozilla Firefox

Welcome to Web Freebie Wednesday, the mid-week event featuring the best freebies of the web. Today's freebie is Mozilla Firefox. Firefox is a free web browser from the folks that gave us last week's freebie, Thunderbird. It is feature-rich, much safer than Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and free. Its presence is perhaps the reason why most popular web browsers have tabbed browsing today and why they are all free. I still keep Microsoft IE since there are some web pages and web-based applications that require it. But for most other internet activities, Firefox is a good way to go.



WEB FREEBIE WEDNESDAY: Mozilla Thunderbird

Welcome to Web Freebie Wednesday, the mid-week event featuring the best freebies of the web. Today's freebie is Mozilla Thunderbird. Last week the freebie was Gmail, a free POP3 email service from Google. A POP3 email account allows you to use an email client from your desktop. An email client downloads your email and offers tons of additional features to emailing activities. Many of these features are especially good for business purposes, but can be applied at home for personal uses as well. Such features include an audio announcement for when you receive mail (either a bell ring or the classic "you've got mail" voice). You can also set up automatic replies, create email templates, include an automatic footer to all your outgoing emails featuring your name and business, as well as many other features. If you sell digital content online, then an email client can be especially useful since you can set it up to recognize when you've made a sale and automatically send the digital goods to the buyer. The most common email client is Microsoft Outlook which is included when you buy Microsoft Office. One of the best free alternative email clients is Mozilla Thunderbird, brought to us by the same folks that created next week's web freebie. Thunderbird has a very clean look to it and it has most, if not all, of the features that are expected with an email client.

FREE STUFF FRIDAY: Mar 2, 2012

Welcome to Free Stuff Friday, Mar 2, 2012. Here are today's freebies:

Free quart of Clark + Kensington from Ace Hardware - print the coupon and take it to your local Ace Hardware. Deal expires tomorrow, March 3.

Free Sample of SnoreRx Therapeutic Pillow Liners - As seen on TV. Order online to have the sample mailed to you.

Free Samples of Timmie Bitties drink mixes - drink mixes are for weight watchers. Order online to have them mailed, allow 6-8 weeks for delivery.

Two Free Sample Size Packets of Miracle Whip - order online to have them mailed. This is part of the Kraft brand's try it before you judge it campaign for Miracle Whip. More info on their facebook page.

Free 5 Hour Energy Drink Sample - Order online to have it mailed. 5 Hour Energy is a small drink that is claimed to give you the extra energy you need during the day.

Free Game Rentals from Redbox - Get one free game rental every day between now and 3/8 when you reserve the games online. Free rental is good for one night, then $2 per day afterward. Games available for Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3.

Free After Rebate from Fry's Electronics

• Asus Earbuds Headphones
• Notebook Cooler Fan
• Floor Plan 3D Software
• Resume Maker Pro
• Smart Security 5
• Print Artist Gold

Free After Rebate from Newegg.com

• Titanium Internet Security
• Bitdefender 2012

Free After Rebate from Staples (Sunday and Monday, March 4 and 5 only, ad page 12)

• Staples Copy Paper
• Staples Pastels Colored Paper
• HP Everyday Photo Paper

Be sure to read the Free After Rebate page for tips and warnings about rebates.

FREE STUFF FRIDAY: Feb 24, 2012

Welcome to Free Stuff Friday, Feb 24, 2012. Here are today's freebies:

Free After Rebate Wireless Mouse - Buy the wireless mouse for $20 at Tiger Direct and use the $20 rebate to get it free.

Free Mouse Pad with coupon code - Create and buy the $9.99 mouse pad from Rite Aid and use the coupon code FREEPAD3 at the checkout to get it free. THIS EXPIRES TODAY (2/24), sorry I didn't find it sooner.

Free Original Chili Dog from Wienerschnitzel - Get a free chili dog when you sign up for the Winerschnitzel email club and one on your one year anniversary of signing up using printable coupons.

Free After Rebate 20 lb kitty litter from Arm and Hammer - Use the rebate form to get a rebate up to $8.99.

Free Sample of Crest Pro Health Mouthwash - get the free sample from Costco, for Costco members only.

Free Slice of Pie from Waffle House - Use the coupon to get a free slice of pie. No purchase necessary.

Free After Rebate from Fry's Electronics

• Antec Laptop Cooler - up to 17"
• Panda Internet Security 2012
• McAfee Internet Security 2012
• Laplink PCmover Ultimate Software
• Nova Photo Explosion 4.0 Deluxe

Free After Rebate from Newegg.com

• Multiple xigmatek fans still free after rebate
• Symantec Norton Anti-virus 2012
• McAfee Total Protection 2012
• AVG Anti-virus 2012
• AVG PC tune up
• Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security

Note: you can get anti-virus software for free without having to deal with rebates.

Free After Rebate from Office Depot - QuickBooks Online (page 8 in the ad, valid until tomorrow 2/25)

Be sure to read the Free After Rebate page for tips and warnings about rebates.

WEB FREEBIE WEDNESDAY: Gimp

Welcome to Web Freebie Wednesday, the mid-week event featuring some of the best freebies of the web. Today's freebie is Gimp open source software. Open source software is free as in "free speech" and it is also free as in "free beer". The idea of open source is to encourage programmers to contribute to an overall and improved finished product. Gimp is one of the most well-known open source programs that is comparable to Adobe Photoshop. So, if you need photo editing software, you can either pay $700 for Adobe Photoshop or get Gimp for free.



Web Freebie Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012, Sumo Paint

Welcome to the first Web Freebie Wednesday! One of the unique things about ActuallyFree.info is that there is a clear distinction between tangible freebies and electronic freebies. Other free sites may have a free sample here and there and then be loaded free ebooks, other downloads or even scams.

Freebie Friday is an event that we've already started doing, and that will only involve tangible freebies and select services (which are admittedly not tangible but can still help individuals live within a budget). However, a freebie doesn't absolutely have to be tangible to be valuable or useful. That's why Web Freebie Wednesday is also an event we'll start doing often on this blog. Web Freebie Wednesday will mention freebies that are downloadable, digital or electronic. In other words, this event will mention freebies that you can get through the world wide web.

Today's freebie is Sumo Paint. You could potentially spend up to $500 or more on a graphics editing program such as Adobe Photoshop. Maybe if you're a professional graphics artist you'll have to invest in the name brand software if it is the standard for your industry. But the rest of us should never have to pay that kind of money for any software.

Sumo Paint is a paint and graphics program that is run entirely through the internet browser, so you don't even have to download it. It has many of the features that any paid program has and its completely free. You can use it as long as you want, whenever you want, and where ever you want as long as you have internet access. There is a paid upgrade if you are an advanced artist. Have fun.

Freebie Friday! Jan 6, 2012

Welcome to the very first Freebie Friday; an event we hope to have more often on the ActuallyFree.info blog.

Free After Rebate at Fry's Electronics:

• Cooler Master Slim Notebook Cooler (up to 17")
• 12-in-1 Memory Card Reder with USB
• Panda Global Protection 2012 Software
• Instant Architect Software

Fry's Electronics is advertising other software items as free after rebate, but they're not actually free since they are upgrade rebates, meaning you have to own the previous version of the software, or they require the purchase of tax software.

Free After Rebate at NewEgg.com

• AVG Antivirus Software- 3 users

Free After Rebate Woolite Deep Carpet Stain & Odor Remover. The rebate is good for $5.99 and the product retails for $4.72, find a retailer.

Be sure to read the Free After Rebate page for tips on how to claim rebates and to read information you should know about rebates.

Black Friday Freebies

Happy Black Friday!

I've found a couple of freebies with all of the Black Friday deals. The most notable is that Office Depot is giving away at least 14 items of software that are Free After Rebate. I purchased McAfee Total protection for 3 users. The rebates do not cover sales tax, so you may end up paying around $5 for each item. My rebate receipt states that the item must be purchased between 11/21 and 11/27.

On Staples' ads I also found free after rebate photo paper 8.5 x 11 pack of 50 and 4 items of free software after rebate.

And for the disappointing news: I've seen offers that are similar to Free After Rebate deals, but you don't actually get the rebate. Walgreens used to be awesome at giving away items after rebate. Not anymore. Now they offer store credit for every dollar you spend on certain items. So it's kinda like saying, buy these items and you get the same value of other items in the store for free, or a buy-one-get-a-different-one free type of deal. This could still be a good for those who are interested in these products. However, its not free :(

Happy Black Friday, Happy Freebie Hunting, Happy belated Thanksgiving, and Happy Holidays in the months to come.