Yes, I have to confess I am an addict, I love a great freebie & have had so many now I am hooked! I have received free tee shirts, candles, energy drinks, laundry soap, fabric softener, make up, perfume, Cologne, stickers, magnets, key chains, cup holders, Picture frames, tooth paste, deodorant, nail polish, cleaning products, posters, food, drinks, coupons & many other products to try for free.I could not possibility name everything I have received as a free sample over the years. I have been a free sample junky for many years now & I love it.

For my first free sample I will start with a very important one that seems to be one of the best kept secrets because all of my friends I have told about it look at me like I am crazy & say are you sure it's free?Yes, it is 100% free!

One thing that is very important is your credit rating & your credit history. Do you keep up with your yearly credit rating? You get a free yearly credit report that does not cost a dime yes it's completely free. The main problem with getting a free credit report truly for free is that there are so many people out there that try to profit from this free report & do profit from it every year just because people are none the wiser to the fact it can be obtained for free by going right straight to the source of your credit report.

Now days I think everyone needs to keep track of their credit rating so why not do it once a year for free? That brings me to my main point freebies are every where & like most things there are some bad & some good. How can you tell what freebie is bad & what freebie is good? Let me keep this very simple, a freebie is a freebie no matter how you look at it. If someone says this is free but I need you to pay shipping that is a bad freebie & you should never sign up for it. It is never a freebie if you have to pay anything it is just that simple. A freebie is just that it is free, 100% free, no catch just a company wanting to up it's product sales by saying to you the consumer, "try my great product & buy it often".

Next I will say some of my friends do not feel comfortable giving out their home address so they get a P. O. box to collect freebies from. It's up to you what you want to do. I myself think that if I am listed online under the white pages even a friend with an unlisted number was still listed online in the white pages with the address as well as the phone number. In my opinion if someone wants to steal my identity they can do it online or even going through my trash can so I just keep track of my credit report & have never had any problems. I refuse to live my life in fear. A friend of mine had her husband's identity stolen from one of his ex-wives so for that matter don't give out your social security number to anyone. I did how ever get a free email address to use for my freebies that ask for one but that free email is on Gmail & has become my primary email because I love Gmail so much. Once again a freebie has turned into one of my favorite things. There is a link at the end of the page if anyone would like to try a free Gmail account.

Freebies work! I have changed my brand because of a freebie I have tried. Honestly I would have never bought that item just to try it. I tried a new item loved it & now I'm hooked on a few I never would have know about had it not been for freebies. Once you receive that first Tee shirt, deodorant, make up, perfume, free meal or energy drink freebie you get hooked. I will be honest it's my addiction, I quit smoking years ago, am a moderate drinker but I am a PC junky freebies are my addiction!

With out further adu here is my first freebie post on this site but I really must warn you it is highly addictive try it at your own risk. Enjoy freebie friends & have a great day!

You can go to the Federal Trade Commission for more information

"Under federal law, you are entitled to one free credit report every year from each of the nation's three major credit bureaus. To order your free reports or for more information, go to http://www.annualcreditreport.com/ or call toll-free 1-877-322-8228."

Quoted from the FDIC:

Most of my freebie friends set up a FREE Email account to receive freebies instead of their main email account. There are a lot of good free email clients out there almost to many to count. You have your choice of Gmail, Yahoo, and Msn Hotmail just to name a few. My all time favorite is Google with the handy feature of showing you if you have had an email from a certain person before I don't have to wonder who the person was or what they said because Google will pull it out of a folder that I have it archieved in to show me that I have already either sent them an email or received an email fromn them. This is a great feature. I love Gmail. Let me know what you use and how you like it.

Pssst...

Here's a little secret you know that cool commercial freecreditreport.com the one that sings "Free credit report dot com baby" It's NOT FREE. Just thought I'd let you know.

This is what the website says on the left hand side as soon as you get on their page:

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

When you order your free report here, you will begin your free trial membership in Triple Advantage^SM Credit Monitoring. If you don't cancel your membership within the 7-day trial period**, you will be billed $14.95 for each month that you continue your membership.

This my friend is NOT free!