Get through to a real person!

Tired of waiting on the phone for 45 minutes while arguing with an automated service? And then you get disconnected? Get Human finally gives you that option! This wonderful free website gives you numbers and instructions on how to get through to a REAL LIVE PERSON. Wow, novel concept, right? They have a couple hundred businesses and corporations listed on their website that they have personally verified. Many of these numbers are ones that are hard to get hold of. You are allowed to submit numbers and instructions for a company that is not listed, they will just note that it has not been verified by them. Customer service made easier. Good luck!

YouData pays you

Introducing YouData, Inc., the company that actually PAYS you to see advertisements! Annoyed with all those popups that keep bombarding you? With YouData, you actually get paid to view advertisements. You choose when and how many to see, and they tell you ahead of time how much each ad is worth. Earnings are depositied into your PayPal account every Friday. You won't get rich off this network, but who can complain about a few extra dollars every week for a few minutes of "work?" The company is pretty new and will only keep attracting more advertisers, which will mean more money for you! And who knows, you might actually see something useful in one of the ads? After the first week YouData deposited $4.15 into my PayPal account. That's my ebay fund right there! :) If you're interested in free money, here's the steps to take.

1) Create your YouData Account.
You will enter some basic information. They don't ask for your mailing address, but they do require your cell phone number to send 1 confirmation text. After that, they don't bother you. They do this as a double opt-in feature to prevent spammers from entering falst accounts and to enforce the one account per person rule. And all they need to pay you is for you to enter the email address you have registered on PayPal. (Create a PayPal account if you don't already have one.) And the great thing is that, unlike many online work-from-home type programs, there is NO MINIMUM payment to deposit!!!

2) Fill out optional surveys in your MeFile. YouData gives optional surveys that help target ads specifically to you. Just click the tab that says "MeFile" and then click "surveys." It's that easy!

3) Come back to Rapunzal's Castle and look for the adstacker on the right hand of the page. It'll look like this Login using your YouData ID. Click on the lower right hand corner where it says "get ads" Then look at the top where you see a slider bar. This sort of works as a tip jar, and it's set to 50/50%. Slide all the way to the left ot keep 100% of the money that you earn. (you can only see the slider bar when you have ads to view) Then click "reveal ads" and you can then click on the ads individually. You get paid for paying attention for a few seconds. Cool, right?

That's all there is to it. I hope this was helpful. Enjoy your fun money from YouData. Thanks to Freebies4Mom for getting me started on this idea. I'm off to check my ads. Friday I'm buying the jogging case for my MP3 player!

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50 Free prints from Snapfish plus 20% off

Special April savings at Snapfish! One of my favorite online stores, Snapfish is providing a wonderful, money saving promotion for the entire month. Get your Easter memories printed off for FREE. Or, if you're like me and still haven't gotten all of your Christmas shots printed, here's your opportunity! Or you can take the year's best pictures and turn them into a photo book, just in time for Mother's Day. 50 Free Prints plus a choice of either 20% Off Photo Cards OR 20% Off Photo Books Exp 4/30

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Update on Victoria's Secret Freebie - good until April 6

For those of you who read my earlier post about VS giving away a $10 minimum (could be up to $500) gift card with any $10 purchase-- you have four more days. I contacted Victoria's Secret customer service and found out that the offer is ending on April 6 because the gift card is valid starting April 7. Didn't want anyone to go into the store a few days late and be disappointed.

Freebies from Victoria's Secret

I was just in the store to claim the free PINK bag that I had a coupon for. (See freebies4mom post) and was talking to the saleslady trying to find out how I had to use the coupon. By the way, when you sign up at Pink Nation for you bag, you also get a coupon to $10 off a $35 purchase. Well, they have a sale going on for the all the underwear collections in the store, buy X and pay $X off the price. For instance, the PINK underwear that I liked was going for $10 a pair, but were on sale 5 for $25. Not a bad deal. What most people do not realize about Victoria's Secret (and her sister, Bath and Body Works) is that any deal like that, you have to buy the minimum number, but you can keep going! So 5/$25 goes to 6/$30, 7/$35, etc. So I bought 7 pairs of underwear for a store price of $35, then applied my $10 coupon and paid $25. Quite a saving to go from $70 worth of merchandise down to $25!!!

Back to the main point... I'm not sure for how long, but whenever you make a $10 purchase in store you receive a FREE gift card/coupon worth a minimum of $10!!! What happens is after checkout they hand you a small envelop with a coupon inside, which is valid starting April 3(?) You won't know how much the card is worth until that time, but each card is guaranteed to have at least $10 on it, and some go up to $500! In the very least, you're getting your money back and at the most you might win some!!!

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More Freebies and cost-saving sites

You are allowed to view your credit report from each of the three major credit bureaus for free. Annual credit reports help you to ensure that your credit has not been stolen.

Freecycle is established in different communities. Members of the group offer items that they own that they no longer want. Other users can then arrange to take the items of they want. Money is not allowed to change hands, the items must be free. The goal of the group is to help people save money, clean out their attics, and keep the landfills from further filling up.

Angel Food Ministries is a non-profit, non-denominational organization whose goal is to contribute to food relief throughout the United States. Go to the website, enter your ZIP code to find the nearest distribution center and order through them. You are able to purchase for a very small price (significant savings) a box of groceries full of canned items, fresh fruit and veggies, fresh meat, and dessert.

Debt Proof Living is a website chock full of money-saving, and debt-managing resources. Who doesn't need this in the current economy???

The Grocery Game. This website scours the sales in your community and helps you find all the money saving grocery deals--even the ones that aren't in the store circulars! Start off with a four-week trial for just $1.

At The Organized Christmas website you'll find a Christmas countdown, simple craft ideas, and tons of free ideas to simplify the holidays. Sorry that I didn't list this before Christmas...

Some things are free

Below is a list of things that I've seen either in Women's Day Magazine or on the Today Show, or wherever else I've collected them. Who says you can't get anything for free? All of these sites are either places that I have personally used (which is most of them) or have seen recommended by somplace reliable like Women's Day.

One of my favorites. Like most moms, I am constantly snapping photos of my children. Snapfish makes it easy to download the pictures, send them to relatives, order the prints and have them delivered to my door. You also have the option of having them sent to local places like CVS or Walgreens. You don't pay the shipping then, but you also can't pay online. Just for joining, Snapfish gives you 20 free prints.

How I pay for some of those prints is also really fun. I recently ordered 300 free prints from Snapfish by way of My Coke Rewards. For every coke product (extensive list including Coke, Sprite, Minute Maid, Vault, Fanta, Barq's, Pibb, Powerade, and a few others) you receive points that can be redeemed for merchandise, not only from Coca-cola, but from numerous other retailers. A bottle cap receives 3 points, a 12-pack receives 10 points, and a 24-pack receives 20 points. And yes, this does require a purchase, but not necessarily by you. I have relatives who are almost addicted to diet Coke and are very happy to collect the bottle caps and box ends for me. Due to their generosity I'll have enough prints to order my prints after Christmas! There are numerous other prizes as well from the website, including electronics, music, travel sweepstakes, and the like. I just happen to be a photo nut. And my snapfish deal? 64 points=50 free prints. One Thanksgiving weekend can pay for the prints to document the occasion. Not a bad deal. If people are going to drink it anyway, why not be rewarded?

For all of those music lovers out there, you know how expensive buying sheet music can be. At the Mutopia Project they have free, printable versions of thousands of classical and contemporary pieces. This is legal because the editions are ones that are classified as public domain works.

Walmart offers about 8-10 different free samples every week. All you have to do is select which ones you want, enter name and address. No shipping fees, and samples generally arrive within 4 weeks. I've received everything from shampoo samples, feminine hygiene samples, coffe, trash bags, to pull-ups. You may only get three tampax in one sample, but that's still three that you didn't have to buy. Plus you get to try out some stuff that you may have never purchased before. Also look on the Walmart page for the free music download of the week.

Sign up at for a free 6 free issues of the American Baby magazine! I never failed to have the magazine address certain things that were coming up, like preventing babies from getting overwhelmed during a family Christmas party, or potty training tips. Additionally, while you're signing up, there are several newsletters that can get sent straight to your email address that are customizable to your child's developmental stage. Also check out their free offers page.

Many people are hesitant about trying the online survey gig, but I found one that really works. Lightspeed Panel doesn't pay you in cash, but surveys are rewarded with points which can be redeemed for everything from DVD's to gift certificates. I've been a member less than a year and didn't put much time into it at first, but I've earned enough to trade in on $30 worth of PayPal certificates (which went to buy new rechargable batteries for the camera so I can take the pictures that I need the Coke reward points to prints...)

Listing of free Wifi spots.

Free Sterling Silver Jewelry. You do have to pay shipping on the items, but it's only $6.99. I bought a lovely pendant with two london blue topaz set in it that I wear constantly. All jewelery comes stamped with ".925," the symbol of sterling silver. I consider the deal a bargain! great birthday ideas, presents, Christmas, etc. Thanks to Women's Day for this wonderful website!


Protonic. In their own words, "Got a headache with your computer and no budget to fix it ..... protonic.com is here to help. We are a free service manned by volunteers all over the planet, helping people fix technology problems. We enjoy the challenge of solving your problem, we are up to date and work as a team. Our standards are assured by Quality Assurance sampling .... we do our best to put the smile back on your face."

PC world rated this on their list of 101 fantastic freebies in May 2007. It's an spam filter for your e-mail program. Unfortunately, from what I read, it won't work with my hotmail account...

Well, that's probably enough for tonight. Enjoy the offerings here. I'll post more freebies as I find them. I would love to hear what you all have discovered out there!