Health and beauty:

Free hearing aid batteries from Energizer.

Join Kiss my Face "to receive special offers, discounts, samples and opportunities to test the latest products!"

Odds and Ends:

Do your online searches with Swagbucks.com and earn points which can then be redeemed in their store. (They use Google and Ask.com search engines.)


Grocery:

Receive a free sample of San Antonio Coffee Roaster's coffee when you sign up for their email newsletter. (Note: I did not see any mention of a free sample on the website itself, so I'm not sure if they are really offering one or not.)

Remember that free Southwest Lifestyle Lotion I told you about? Well, it turns out that the free 1- ounce sample is no longer being offered. Instead, they are offering a free 4-ounce jar ($14 value) IF you pay almost $8.00 shipping and handling. That's not free in my book, so don't bother requesting it. If you have requested it, they'll send you an email. Just delete it. I do my best to only mention the completely free offers that have no strings attached, but sometimes I goof up. And now I'm off to find you some REAL freebies!

Every coupon user must be on the lookout for fraudulent coupons and this article by Heather (Freebies 4 Mom) contains some very, very useful information for all of us. It is so good, I have reposted the article here.

Fraudulent coupons ultimately hurt you as a consumer because they discourage stores from accepting coupons and they discourage both stores and manufacturers from issuing coupons. The purpose of a coupon is for a store or manufacturer to offer you money savings on a specific product. When a fraudulent coupon is accepted by a cashier, then the store loses money because it can either not get the coupon reimbursed by the manufacturer or the store ends up giving you a discount it didn't intend to give. Ultimately we as consumers lose because fraudulent coupon use affects the policies stores set for accepting coupons and influences the types of coupons issued in the future.

My opinion is that all coupon users need to be aware of a few things to help protect themselves from being tricked into thinking a fraudulent coupon is a legitimate one. Not all cashiers are properly trained to spot fraudulent coupons, so my hope is that you will be smart enough to never even use one! Here are some things I want to share with you:

Is it too good to be true?
Then the coupon might not be a legitimate one. Question the source of the coupon - if you saw it posted on a message board or you received it from a friend in email then you need to really question whether the coupon is real and who the coupon was intended to be distributed to. An example of this is the coupon for a free Blockbuster rental (no strings attached) that was circulating by email (probably still is being circulated). It was just too good to be true so I did some research and found out that someone was trying to pass along their coupon from My Cokes Reward to everyone, when this coupon was intended for only one specific person.

A good coupon gone bad
Sometimes stores or manufacturers make mistakes and issue a coupon accidentally or the coupon gets distributed more widely than intended. This can result in the coupon issuer rescinding the coupon at some future date. I've seen this happen with Nestle, Sears, Toys 'R Us, and Target. The stores enforce this by not accepting the coupon. The Thomas the Train coupon was a great recent example of this - it seemed too good to be true, and Toys 'R Us posted signs in their stores stating that this coupon was issued by mistake and was not being accepted. Target recently did the same thing with the $5 off $25 toy purchase coupon that expired in October. They are no longer accepting this printable coupon. Maybe the store didn't make a mistake on a coupon, but if it gets illegally modified and then circulated on the internet (like the Target toy coupon), they may decide to stop accepting the original coupon along with the fraudulent modification in order to avoid confusion.

PDF and JPG Coupons
Sometimes these types of coupons are red flags as fraudulent ones. Any time you see one coupon appear multiple times on one page you've got to ask yourself if the manufacturer issued the coupon this way or if someone used PhotoShop to create this fraudulent coupon page? I do not post PDF or JPG coupons on my blog unless I know that they can easily be accessed by anyone directly through the manufacturer's website. Even then, I prefer to send you to the website and tell you how to access the coupon yourself. There are legitimate coupons posted by manufacturers and stores in PDF or JPG form, but these coupons are often prime candidates for illegal modification and fraudulent distribution. Sometimes I will see a request (often by smaller companies) to please only print one coupon per household. Please respect these spoken limitations and do not abuse these coupons.

How many copies can you print?
Many manufacturers use technology to limit the number of times you can print a coupon and prevent hackers from modifying the coupon by never displaying an image of the coupon on your screen. That's why you can only print one or two coupons per household or per computer. Manufacturer's need to have some control over the coupons they issue, especially the high value ones. This is a wonderful thing because it hopefully prevents these coupons from being distributed in a manner beyond the manufacturer's control.

Never photocopy or scan a coupon
Just a reminder that this is illegal to do. Some stores are having problems with people bringing in copies of coupons and have started requiring you to bring in the full sheet of paper with the URL on the bottom to prove you printed it and did not photocopy it. It's usually easy to identify a copy because most printable coupons have a unique barcode or PIN on them - and copies look like copies. Theoretically, copied coupons can be tracked back to the computer where the original coupon was printed from. Never photocopy or scan a coupon.

I've shared with you what I've learned from my past year of intense couponing. Most coupons you will encounter are legitimate ones. Question any coupon that seems suspicious. For more information, please visit the Coupon Information Center. They are a not-for-profit association of manufacturers that issue coupons.

The freebies look rather thin this morning, but here they are anyway!

Free sample of Aquafresh Extreme Clean toothpaste.

Free sample pack of Garlic Gold.

Free sample of Eucerin Redness Relief.

Free sample of Garnier UltraLift Pro-X.

I found this on MoneySavingMom.com and thought I'd share it here!

"Oral-B will donate one foot of dental floss to Operation Smile for every visitor that clicks through this link on their web site. No strings attached, no personal information required. It takes less than 5 seconds. Operation Smile is an organization that helps repair facial deformities in children throughout the world."

Click HERE for a free sample of Southwest Lifestyle Body Cream.

Odds and Ends:

Free subscription to Walls & Ceilings.

"Free educational dvd on the causes and treatments of varicose veins."

Free guide to sleep disorders.

Free sample of Herbalife Total Control weight lose system.

Free cookbook with 8 budget friendly recipes.

Free sample of Downy Wrinkle Releaser.

Free sample of kai body butter and body buffer.

Join the Blizzard Fan Club and get a free Blizzard on your birthday.

Health and beauty freebies:

Free samples of Sunsilk shampoo and conditioners (you can request all 5 samples!).

Free Tampax pearl.

Free sample of Pantene Pro-V Expressions shampoo and conditioner.

Coupons:

Get two $5 Kmart coupons when you sign up for Kmart email updates.

Mission foods coupons.

$2 off Kashi Vive Cereal.

You can get your digital photos printed at Walmart starting at $0.09 per print. Click HERE to get started. We have used their service before and have been pleased with their prints.

Free sample of Biore Daily Recharging.

Previous Walmart freebies still available:

Health and beauty:

Huggies Supreme diapers.

Playtex personal cleansing cloths.

Playtex® Gentle Glide® NEW Slender Applicator.

Old Spice body wash for men.

Celine Dion Sensational perfume.

TENA Serenity.

Benefiber.

Nivea for Men Extreme Comfort.

Grocery:

Multigrain Cheerios. (Oh, so yummy!)

Here's what was in our mailbox yesterday waiting for me. It's so exciting to wonder what the mailman will bring when you are a freebie freak! I got three different blends of herbal tea from Yogi Tea, plus a 50 cents off coupon. I also got a small trial size sample of Positively Ageless Lifting & Firming night cream from Aveeno, plus a $1.50 off coupon for any Aveeno facial care products. I got a nice sized bottle of Gillette Body Wash + Face Wash. Lastly, I received a box of Muligrain cheerios from Walmart. As far as I can tell, all these samples are still available, excepting the Yogi Tea, so you can still request them if you haven't already done so by clicking on the provided links. Have fun!

Get some free recipes from the National Honey Board. (Thanks Money Saving Mom!)

Get a free decorating book HERE. (Click "order book" near the top of the page.)

Free sample of Original Pho HERE.

Free Kid's Meal from Shoney's with Birthday Club Sign Up HERE.

FREE Samples from Health Plus Inc. HERE (First browse through the website and choose an item you'd like to try. Then click on the "Free Samples" button near the bottom left corner of the Homepage.).

Health and beauty:

Goldwell colorglow

Scott Xtreme rags

FREE Skin Savvy pack from Dove with $10 in savings for FINACEA^® plus more savings

Odds and Ends:

Sign up to become a Club Jungle member and receive a free sample of their Start Right water conditioner.

Get a free Earthbound Farm recipe brochure.

Click HERE to see them all!