How To Get What You Need….For Free
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Free StuffIn this bad economy, there’s no better price than “free.“ We’re all looking to save money. Did you know there are several ways of getting the things you need for free?
“Everything in this basket I got for free or they paid me money to buy it,“ said money saving expert Brandy Long. “I stocked up on a hair dryer just in case mine goes bad one day.“
For everything from beauty products to household items, companies put coupons in the Sunday paper offering free samples.
Did you know you can get a bike for free? The Partners For Active Living in Spartanburg run Hub Cycle. They’ll loan you a bike, helmet, and lock for 3 months for $15 dollars. You get the money back when you return the bike. Said John Meyer with Hub Cycle, “If they enjoyed their rental, we can extend it for three more months, for a total of six months. So its basically six months free bike.“ You can learn more at
Jennifer Joyner showed us stuff she’s gotten for free through a website called www.freecycle.com. Said Joyner, showing us, “We’ve gotten this rocker we picked up in Greenwood, a coffee table, which I plan on re-doing.“
People offer up stuff they don’t need. You email them back and arrange to pick it up.
News Channel 7 writer Jamarcus Gaston got a variety of items free through a website called www.heyitsfree.com. Jamarcus showed us, “This is my 20 pieces of Nicorette Gum. Two weeks of vitamins, free. There’s some all natural granola here from Bare Naked.“ It’s all free stuff from companies who want you to try their products.
Enter your zipcode on www.kidsmealdeals.com. It shows you which days local restaurants let kids eat free. Some local Golden Corral restaurants lets kids under three eat free everyday.
You can get a free book for your children every month until they’re five through the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Said mother Melanie Pruett, “Just to be able to go to the mailbox once a month and know there is a new box in there for her. She loves to open it and she gets all excited about that.“
Several Upstate communities participate. But if yours doesn’t, don’t forget local libraries will loan you books, movies, and magazines all for free.
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((a website called www.freecycle.com))
Just wanted to add another note.
Freecycle.org is correct link to find Freecycle (TM) Groups
Thank you Spartanburg Freecycle Yahoo Mod Team
I am a regular on heyit’sfree.com and I get free stuff every week. I may take a survey now and then but I get stuff. You can get signed up for coupons for free stuff too. I am waiting on my free Mars candy bar coupon right now….just takes time sometimes. I am a stickler for free stuff!!
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Thank you all for your comments.
Spartanburg Mod Team
I went to www.heyitsfree.com and I did not find anything on the site that was free without a catch. If you find something you like you must do a survey and then complete suggested offers to qualify for the “free” stuff.
If you use any of the freecycle.com places, be CAREFUL!! I used them, and now have over 25,000 emails in my inbox. I had to create a new email account bc of them. If you dont change your freecycle.com account settings to not recieve notifications, everytime someone puts something new on there, you will get an email! There are MANY users and at one point there were over 1,000 a day coming in. And you cannot unsubscribe. No matter how much you click unsubscribe on the bottom of the email, it doesnt work. It is a good site as long as you change the settings!
If you have any questions on freecycle please write us at Freecycle_Spartanburg-owner@yahoogroups.com
Please remember its not all about (free stuff) its about giving back too.
Freecycle is an ecological movement.
Freecycle is…
- about keeping things out of the landfill.
- about sharing an item that retains usefulness.
- about clearing out unused clutter.
- about COMMUNITY.
Freecycle is NOT…
- a charity.
- a lending closet.
- a free-for-all.
- a means to get as much free stuff as you can.
- a way to get more stuff to sell, EBAY, or auction.
- a way to keep from taking your broken items to the dump if that’s where they really belong.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Freecycle_Spartanburg/
Thank you Spartanburg Mods.
For groups in other areas please visit freecycle.org groups. And search there.
I didn’t find anything that is free there is a catch to all of it unless you want a sample and that is a tiny dab of something.
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