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How to Get Free Stuff Without Scam Offers

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By Palmer Owyoung
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Do you want to get free stuff without all the scamming offers? Economically it's a difficult time and most people are trying to stretch every penny they have. So if you are trying to save money there are many ways to get things for free. Everything from video games, to coffee to beauty products can be yours in exchange for an e-mail and shipping address.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • A computer with Internet
  • A spare e-mail account
  1. Step 1

    Get an extra e-mail account

    Companies usually want to send you free samples for two reasons. 1. They want you to try out their products in the hopes that you will become a lifelong customer. 2. They want to capture your details such as e-mail or zip codes so that they can continue to market to you.  If you are afraid of getting lots of spam, simply sign up for a free e-mail account with hotmail or Gmail, and use it only for free trial offers.

  2. Step 2

    Avoid Scams

    Be careful of the free trials that require your credit cards. While many of these are completely legitimate, some are scams.  The scamming ones will put you into a monthly rebill once the free trial is over and then make it very difficult to cancel. If you are in doubt then you can use a prepaid debit card instead of a credit card, or you can simply call their customer service office before you subscribe just to make sure that you will be able to speak to someone. Also you can check out Scams.com to see if there have been any complaints against the company you are purchasing from.

  3. Step 3

    Auto Fill Your Forms

    One of the reasons that many people don’t take advantage of freebies is that they hate filling out forms with their details.  You can alleviate this task by using a tool such as the Formautofiller.com for Internet Explorer or InformEnter for Mozilla. These tools will take care of the tedious task of entering in address and e-mail information.

  4. Step 4

    Use trusted sites

    Try out sites like CoolFreebieSite.com or Thunderfap.com for scam free offers.

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