More Free Tips

The following free tips didn't exactly fall under the other categories so they are mentioned here.

Free Items and Goods:

Find out if any local colleges or universities have a floral design class. There are always leftover flowers that they'll probably give you for free unless the students take them home.

Go to garage sales and offer to haul away whatever is left at the end of the day. You must be willing to haul everythigng. An article at WikiHow even suggests making business cards for this so they can call you when they're done. Then you can keep what you like and take the rest to good will or have the Salvation Army come pick it up.

 

Check the bulletin boards in local churches, restaurants, libraries, markets, laundromats, etc. People who are not as internet savvy don't know to post stuff on Craigslist, so they post them in these places.

Start your own business. Dentists never have to pay for their own toothbrush. If you're an expert in a service, manufacturers will find you and buy you lunch so that you'll sell the product they're giving you free samples of. A pawn shop owner never pays for his own watch. A carwash owner never pays for a carwash. If you like a product, and want a lot of it for free, start a business selling that product (Movies, Surfboards, Car Parts, whatever). You'll first want to make sure that it can sell; do the research and then find a market for it. Once you're in business buying hundreds of you're product at wholesale price, then you'll never have to pay if you're just keeping one for yourself. Just make sure to charge yourself a use tax according your state laws.

Don't search for "free stuff" on Google. Well, you can if you want to, but if you're going to use Google, then search for specific items and you might get more success. Searching for "free stuff" on google will only reveal web pages that have the phrase "free stuff" written on them somewhere, and there are too many junk websites that fill up the ranks. The hidden free stuff secrets are found in other places, like Yahoo! answers, YouTube, Digg, file hosts, news and magazine websites, blogs, etc. 

Become a freelance critic. If you're good at writing, then you might as well benefit from it. If you can get a place to publish you're reviews and some professional-business-letter wrtting under your belt, then you would only need to contact local businesses to let them know your're coming to try their stuff and that your reviews get published. Often they'll probably go the extra mile to make your experience a good one. The get-paid-to page lists mystery shopping as a way of getting free stuff. I've often wondered if it would be possible to research best businesses practices independently and then be a mystery shopper by private contract instead of going through an agency. Let me know if you have a source that describes someone who has tried this.

Free jewelry at silverjewelryclub.com, shipping and handling fees apply ($7)

Free Clothes

Learn to sew.

Dumpster dive outside thrift stores at late hours

Theres always duck tape

Free Services

Check your local newspaper for free community events. These could include free movies, free public transport days, free pool or gym use days, etc.

Call information for free. Don't simply call 411 and get charged for it. Call 1-800-Free411 or 1-800-GOOG411

Check your local library to rent or check out movies and music for free (and of course books). How does "free" compare with renting from Blockbuster or Netflix?

Get free genealogy tools and resources at a LDS (Mormon) Family History center. Go to www.familysearch.org to find free online tools and a Family History Center near you. Sometimes these centers have paid subscriptions to other genealogy sites that you can use for free, such as Ancestry.com

Check the Internet Freebies page for free services proved through the internet, such as free phone calls.

Instead of paying for a gym membership, you can find free "fitness zones" and outdoor gyms in your city.

Get a free Hug - freehugscampaign.org

Free Transportation

Find a carpool ride at erideshare.com or carpoolconnect.com. Drivers will sometimes pick up extra passengers so they can use the carpool lane. You get a free ride and they get to their destination faster.

Keep an eye out for free transport days provided by public transportation. You can go to the websites for your local public transport and check their calendar.

Vacation & Travel Freebies

Rent your house while you're on vacation. Use the funds to cover some of your expenses. Article at Kiplinger.com describes more. Another article here.

Try house switching. You can get free housing by trading locations. couchsurfing.org, homeexchange.com, intervacus.com, digsville.com, homebase-hols.com, homelink.org/index.jsp

Find free camp sites: recreation.gov

Find free tour guides for many major cities. globalgreeternetwork.info

Find airline reviews and get cheap flights on the Free Services Online page.

See the Free Samples and Gifts Directory under "Vacation and Travel Freebies" for free travel guides and other freebies.

See Freebies by State to find Cheap and Free events.

Free Things to do in Europe - freeineurope.com

itasoftware.com - find the cheapest flights in any given month.

10 Ways to Cut Your Travel Costs This Year.

wejustgotback.com - travel advice from families who have been there.

kayak.com - search for the cheapest fares online.