free-money

No More Food Stamps For $1 Million Michigan Lottery Winner
By Chris Morran on March 8, 2012 11:19 AM  
Remember that story about the woman in Michigan who won $1 million in the lottery but also managed to keep receiving $200/month in food assistance? Apparently people at the Michigan Dept. of Human Services also read the news, because they've now cut off her benefits. More »

Anonymous El Paso Woman Passes Out $100 Bills To Discount Store Customers
By Phil Villarreal on March 18, 2011 12:15 PM  
Some shoppers who happened to be hanging around an El Paso Big Lots Wednesday morning received some unexpected gifts — $100 bills handed out by a mysterious woman who sought to "bless them" with a Benjamin. More »

Someone Paid Half My Cell Phone Bill By Mistake
By Phil Villarreal on June 1, 2010 9:30 AM  
Don't you just hate it when someone pays your phone bill instead of theirs by mistake? Such a mishap befell James, who noticed an $82 credit on his Verizon account that turned out to have come from someone who intended to pay their own bill. More »

Company Pays Man It Never Employed For More Than 4 Years, Sues To Get Money Back
By Phil Villarreal on October 27, 2009 3:15 PM  

—>Anthony accepted a job at New Jersey telemarketing company Avaya Inc. in September 2002 but decided at the last minute not to start working for the company.  More »

Man Twists Amazon's Arm, Gets It To Accept Money It Gave Away
By Phil Villarreal on October 14, 2009 2:34 PM  

—>Joshua had a problem with Amazon. He and his wife bought Kindles, broke one and went for a return/exchange, in which the couple ended up with a new Kindle and $300 of Amazon's money in its account.  More »

Amazon Is Just Giving Money Away Now
By Phil Villarreal on October 13, 2009 1:19 PM  

—>It's not often that we get an email from a reader complaining about a company that gives him money and won't take it back, but with Amazon, anything is possibleMore »

$100 For Opening Chase Checking Account
By Ben Popken on June 4, 2009 11:33 AM  

—>Who couldn't use an extra $100 these days? Chase is giving $100 if you open a new Chase checking accounts. Just go here, enter an email address, take the coupon they send you to a nearby branch, and open a new checking account. Of course, there are a few caveats: 1) You have to deposit $100 into it. 2) The $100 can't come from another Chase account or an affiliate. 3) Within 60 days, you have to either make 5 debit card purchases, or set up direct deposit. 4) You have to keep the account open for 6 months or they take the $100 back. 5) If you don't set up direct deposit and you don't make at least 5 debits a month, you get hit with a fee. Still, a hundred bucks is a hundred bucks.  More »

Hack Amazon Price Drops
By consumerist.com on December 19, 2006 11:41 PM  

—>Amazon has a policy that if you buy something from them, and the price drops within 30 days, they will refund you the difference.  More »

We Enjoy Getting Starbucked
By consumerist.com on September 27, 2006 10:26 PM  
This is the free $5 Starbucks card we received today. We got it for calling up Starbucks twelve days ago and pretending to be heartbroken about their inability to honor the free iced coffee coupon they accidentally emailed around the world.  More »

AudioEdit: Getting Five Starbucks
By consumerist.com on September 15, 2006 9:10 PM  

According to Meredith, the free coupons had to be nulled because they were "tampered with."  More »

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