Yay! Free New York Times! The NYT will discontinue its pay wall tomorrow, freeing the opinions of various smart people to roam the internet unchecked by that pesky $7.95 per month subscription fee. Oh, happy day.
free stuff
By 9.10.07
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Walgreens will fill up select empty ink cartridges for free on Sep 12. [Wise Bread]
Publix Offers 7 Types Of Antibiotics For Free
By 8.7.07
Fourteen-day supplies of the seven drugs, among the most commonly prescribed, will be available at all 684 of the chain’s pharmacies in five states. Publix said it is not limiting the number of prescriptions that customers may fill for free.
10 Nifty Free Security Programs For Your PC
By 7.30.07
ZDNet has a list of 10 spiffy free security programs for your PC. We already use CCleaner, a program that removes cookies, URL history and unused files from your PC. Deleting cookies is very cathartic. Try it.
Get Free Shipping Materials From The Post Office
By 7.9.07
If you’re going to be mailing stuff, why pay for envelopes and boxes when the USPS will send you great ones for free? The USPS will send you Priority Mail flat rate boxes, shoe boxes, envelopes, video boxes, address labels, stickers…. as well as all the various forms you might need… for free.
Chase: Free Money Transfers From NYC To Mexico
By 6.13.07
“At Chase we are committed to serving the Hispanic community by providing products and services tailored to their specific needs,” said Rebeca Vargas, head of multicultural marketing at Chase. “When customers told us that they wanted an affordable, safe and convenient way to send their hard-earned money back to loved ones in Mexico, we created Rapid Cash. Now, we are bringing it to customers in New York.”
Chase will offer 3 free transfer per month, for up to $1,500 each. The money can be picked up at any Banorte bank, for no fee.
Mentos To Give Away "Mentos Soda Geyser Loading Tubes"?
By 6.7.07
This is excellent news, because as far as we’re concerned Diet Coke isn’t good for anything except for making Mentos geysers. Come to think of it, Mentos aren’t good for anything else either. A loading tube provides a valuable service to consumers. —MEGHANN MARCO
Free Doughnuts Today At Krispy Kreme!
By 6.1.07
Today is National Doughnut Day and Krispy Kreme is giving away free doughnuts. According to Krispy Kreme’s press release:
National Doughnut Day was established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army to raise much-needed funds during the Great Depression and to honor the work of World War I Salvation Army volunteers who prepared doughnuts for thousands of soldiers. National Doughnut Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday in June.
Well, that’s nice. Yay, doughnuts! —MEGHANN MARCO
6 Free Alternatives To Quicken And Money
By 5.24.07
Awhile back we linked to a discussion over at Zen Habits about the best budgeting software/web apps. Lo and behold, there is a follow up post that contains 6 free alternatives to Quicken and Money. And hey, good news! GNU Cash is now available for Windows.
Anybody Want A Free Wedding Dress?
By 5.3.07
I did get married in October, and I did wear a wedding dress. But it was not my wedding dress: the simple, strapless, A-line gown that made me feel teeny-tiny. (I’m not.) The dress I got married in was my Back-up, bought off the rack two weeks before the big day, in the kind of frenzy I’d sworn I’d never get sucked into.
Tomorrow is Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day… and Tax Day
By 4.16.07
Tomorrow is Free Cone Day at all participating Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream shops.
Free Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream On Tax Day, April 17th
By 4.5.07
Tax Day is April 17th, but don’t be depressed. It’s also free cone day at Ben & Jerry’s. From 12pm to 8pm, at all participating Ben & Jerry’s, you, yes you, can be the recipient of free ice cream.
Pizza Hut: Wear Your Seatbelt, Get Free Pizza
By 4.2.07
Here’s another one for the “Book It!” haters, Pizza Hut is giving away free pizza to Ohio High School kids if they’re seen wearing their seatbelts during Ohio’s “Buckle Up for a Successful Season” campaign.
Free Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee Today
By 3.21.07
Yes. Today is the day! If you do decide to join the madness and get a free iced coffee, please take pictures of any incidents of depravity, murder, or coffee induced panic and send them to tips [at] consumerist [dot] com. Alternatively you can upload them to Flickr and submit them to our Flickr pool. Be sure to tag them with some variation of “dunkin donuts.”
Put Down Your #2 Pencils And Use Your .EDU Email To Get Free TimesSelect
By 3.20.07
The time is now, use your .edu email to access TimesSelect, the subscription section of the New York Times. It’s free for students and teachers. Yay!—MEGHANN MARCO
Download Tax Cut For Free
By 3.20.07
Still haven’t done the old taxes? Here’s your chance to download TaxCut Premium Federal from HRBlock for free.
Free Iced Coffee At Dunkin Donuts On Wednesday
By 3.16.07
On Wednesday, March 21, the official first day of spring, Dunkin’ Donuts will host its first-ever all day, nationwide “Free Iced Coffee Day.”
