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SPECK FIL
FEBIURE
Sites for bargain hunters f
You won't find a free lunch—but you can find dozens of giveaways.
By Erin Hagedorn
Money management takes many
forms—sneaking utensils out
from the dining hall, hoarding
bagels, re-using dryer sheets (all the
better if taken from someone else's
dryer), using Starbucks napkins as cof
fee filters. There are plenty of cyber
freebies as well—from sneakers and
lotto cards to cold hard cash. So surf
and earn—here’s a list of sites that offer
freebies for a little bit of your time.
Freestuffcenter.com is loaded with
earn-money-while-you-do-nothing sites.
The site gets more than 25,000 visitors a
day—if not for its free screen savers,
then for the dozens of other freebie links.
Similarly, totallyfreestuff.com and
FreeBCity.com are site with lots of gen
eral categories to browse.
Looking for free Internet service,
call waiting or voice mail? Gratis
cologne, no-pay pantyhose or
miserlv makeup? Here’s a list of
sites that offer freebies for a little
bitofvourtime.
UltraFreeStuff.com has more than
1,500 links to free samples, cosmetics,
food, graphics, a large assortment of
magazines, web space and contests.
PlanetFreebee.com has daily free give
aways. FreePalace.com has free jokes,
pictures and other cool items.
AIIHere.com has links to free DSL, e
mail and web pages; FreeNetwerk.com
has hundreds of free downloads, CD
ROMs and cash.
CoolFreebieLinks offers a compre
hensive roundup of bargain-oriented
sites—all with plenty of worthwhile free
bie content. There’s lots of links, includ
ing Free-n-Cool.com (from samples to
gifts to sweepstakes), FreewareFiles.com
(free software, utilities, programming files
and games) and Free2Try.com (a little
of everything).
Virtualfreesites.com/free is fast
loading, nicely organized and well
maintained, providing more than 3,500
free offers into 100 convenient cate
gories. Also, thefreesite.com is broken
down by category: free personals serv
ices, web cards, prizes and contests,
online giveaways, CD-ROMs, videos
and more. It links to
DirectFreebies.com (a directory to
arts & crafts, business, catalogs, com
puters, entertainment, food and travel).
Reverse sticker shock sets in when
you click on freestuffonline.com—
where you can find for the specific items.
Search for “free pants” and you get links
to four pants-giveaway sites, search for
“free coffee” and you get 10 sites.
MerchandiseForFree.com displays
pictures of the several free (although a
tad tacky) knick-knacks they offer—all
bargain hunter-friendly. Browse through
items (limit one per person) like a point
and-shoot camera, pocketknife and a
super soaker.
Looking for free Internet service, call
waiting or voice mail? Gratis cologne,
no-pay pantyhose or miserly make-up?
Go to Goofballs.com. How about spin
ster-friendly stamps? Check out
Postage4Free.com, where you get 10
free pre-stamped envelopes.
Another sloth-friendly option is
ezsweeps.com. It does the dirty work
for you: Fill out a form, pick contests to
enter, and Lucky the RoboHound fetches
the choicest sweepstakes for you.
Feeling lucky? Check out iwon.com,
which gives away $10,000 cash a week
($10 million a year). Or iwin.com,
where you can choose from 48 games.
Also play for free on freestatelotto.com
and freelotto.com. •
Editor's Pick
GET INVOLVED
Activism
activism.net
Do you want to get involved? This site is a
great jumping off point for those who wish to
express themselves politically and socially. The
links are efficiently organized and comprehen
sive, giving you many sides to an issue. You will
find information here on everything from the
environment to drug reform laws to sexuality
concerns. JWorkman
FASHION
Fashion Planet
fp1.com
Fashion Planet is an extensive site on the fashion
and beauty world. FP features shopping,
columns, travel, food, horoscopes and much
more. You can find out the latest trends in
swimwear, how to care for your beach bod, and
why Victoria’s Secret’s dress code is upsetting
society. To keep yourself updated on the world
of appearance, surf your way to Fashion Planet.
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STUDY AIDS
SparkNotes
sparknotes.com
It’s a big jump from high school (where we
breezed through small classes full of familiar
faces, with a teacher who knew everybody by
name) to college (where we sit in an auditorium
full of strangers, in front of a professor who
probably doesn’t know what your name is). Visit
SparkNotes.com, a collection of other college
students’ notes as varied as the hair colors in
your freshman philosophy class. You’ll still have