For Those Who Love Stuff and Want More.. (freestuffjunction.co.uk)

Member Name: angiepanj

Product:	freestuffjunction.co.uk
Date:	02/07/04 (103 review reads)
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Advantages: free stuff!, free stuff!, free stuff!

Disadvantages: icky colouring on website, not much imagination shown in design of site, junk mail!

I regularly send off for lots of junk, purely on the grounds that if I don't have to pay for it, no matter how useless the object is it must be good. I actually came across this site wandering through dooyoo, and seeing that it hadn't had any reviews as yet, thought I would give it a go. Especially since it appears to have lots of Stuff available at zero cost.

The front page for this site is very straightforward, so at first impression the site is very easy to navigate. The left hand site has a menu of free things, the right a menu of special offers- obviously where the site gets its revenue from. No pop-ups on this page though, so it must be doing quite well. The page is fast to load, and whilst not the most attractive website in the world (black and white and a beigey colour for the headings), it does everything it needs to.

Reading the about us page, the site has been going since 2000, which is pretty good for a site of this nature. It has its own personal server (good for the high volumes of traffic of which it boasts), and had a dead link reporting feature. All very useful in making sure the stuff is still available and still as free as when the original entry was posted.

Free email is available- I didn't try this out as I have too many email addresses and didn't feel the need for another one. The site will also provide you with an update newsletter once a fortnight to let you know about any extra stuff they've listed. Another link provides a long list of testimonials where people who have had good free stuff write about how wonderful their stuff is.

The freebies they have vary from books and magazines to windows freeware, and includes good stuff such as shampoo free samples, food and drink and pet food. I sent off for a couple of samples, and got a free baileys froth maker thingy and some free shower gel within a week. So
not bad at all really. I did notice though, that whilst Ciao! is listed in their Web Currency section- there's no sign of dooyoo as yet! I may email the Webmaster to see if this can be corrected.

I found this site on whole very easy to navigate, the freebies actually work, and the offers and bargains have comparison engines which allow to you see what you can save on phone, gas, electricity or ISP. Very good value for money considering you don't have to spend a penny to use the services this site provides.

So all in all, despite the vague yuckiness of its decor, this site is very good at doing what it does, very straightforward, although in signing up to the offers you may end up inundated with junk mail via post and email, this is as a result of the companies you send off to for free stuff and not because of this site selling on your info. The junk can be annoying, but you do get it in exchange for lots of stuff, which you may someday find useful. Just goes to show really- there isn't such a thing as a free lunch.

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