Friday, January 13, 2012

Freebie Friday, Jan 13, 2012

Welcome to Freebie Friday, Jan 13, 2012. Here are today's freebies:

Free After Rebate from Fry's Electronics:
Fry's Electronics is also advertising a device similar to Magic Jack, which allows you get phone calls through your internet service, by Phone Power. The device is Free After Rebate and the service is $200 a year. A Magic Jack device is $30-$70 and cost $20 a year for the service. They're both more economic than paying $25 a month to Cox Cable or any other phone company, but if this is something you want to do, the Magic Jack may still be a better deal overall even if this Phone Power device is free after rebate.

Fry's Electronics and other retailers below are also advertising many other software titles for free after rebate that are not actually free. These titles either require a tax software purchase or a proof of purchase of an older edition of the software they are advertising. The later is called a users upgrade rebate.

Free After Rebate from Newegg.com:

Free After Rebate from Office Depot (Starting Monday, Jan 15, 2012, see their ad):
  • McAfee Internet Security 2012

Free After Rebate from Staples (Starting Monday, Jan 15, 2012, see their ad):
  • Easy Peel Address Labels, 25 sheets
  • McAffee AntiVirus Plus 2012 1 user Software
  • Titanium Internet Security 2012
  • Kaspersky Internet Security 2012

Free After Rebate from MacMall:

Be sure to read the Free After Rebate page for details on how rebates can actually get you to spend money. Also be sure to read the details of all the rebates before purchasing these items.

Office Max is having a 1 cent sale according to their ad starting on Monday. However, these deals are 1 cent after Max Perks Rewards. Rewards programs in my opinion are not actually free. Just like a buy-one-get-one-free sale is not actually free. But they can be good deals for anyone who already shops at the store frequently.

There are a lot of software titles here, probably because software is cheap to mass produce and they are already competing with Free Software. The most common software that is free after rebate is AntiVirus software, and you can get that for free without having to even deal with a rebate.

More Freebies:
  • Buffalo Wild Wings Free 6 Wings Coupon (the link shows an ad you might see in an email, I'd suggest going their website and signing up for the email club if you want to be sure you'll get this freebie).
  • Free Breakfast Entrees at Chick-fil-A for customers at select locations who make a reservation online. Chick-fil-A seems to be having lots of freebie promotions. Just two days ago my wife and I went to Chick-fil-A to use coupons for free breakfast entrees and when we were served there was another coupon for free chicken noodle soup on our tray. A freebie for getting freebies. I like it.

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