Freebiedoobiedoo! (A postal worker's nightmare...) (just4fun.ipfox.com)

Member Name: zusy

Product:	just4fun.ipfox.com
Date:	17/03/01 (219 review reads)
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Advantages: High-quality freebies, updated daily, easy to use/search, clean design, clickable links, searchable archive, dedicated info pages!

Disadvantages: None!

My name is Suzy and I am a freebie junkie. I refuse to go into recovery, and if I go a few days without logging on to Just4Fun's 'Freestuff' section, I come over all funny and break out in a rash...

Well, okay, perhaps I don't break out in a rash, but I *do* get very itchy fingers, I can't wait to find out all the newest free offers (having surfed and searched the back archive of offers). There was a point, over Christmas, that I didn't have access to a computer. That meant: No Dooyoo and No Freebies! Arrrgggh!

What an incrdibly sad person I must be, I thought (and as my boyfriend used to comment...) when I started getting addicted to looking for free stuff over the Internet. All thoughts of sadness ended, however, when the rewards of my efforts started flooding in!

I have built up something of a rappor with my Postwoman. She struggles up the path, almost daily, burdened by the weight of my parcels, envelopes and postcards.

Packages from all over the world are handed to me - books, CD's, PC Games, samples of cosmetics, vitamin tablets, cat food (and I don't even have a cat!!!), perfume, catalogues, mousemats, t-shirts, nail varnish, money-off vouchers, magazines, mugs, greetings cards, paper, t-shirt transfers, disposable cameras... the list goes on and on.

Practically all these items are FREE, sometimes you may have to pay a small p&p charge, but the great thing about this site is that they weed out the crappy 'just for the sake of it' freebies that many other free sites are glutted with - they take the time and trouble to check over all the small print.

It is *so* annoying, when using some other similar sites, to spend time filling out a form, only to discover the 'amazing freebie' is actually only valid in America... This has happened countless times before, so now I tend to stick to Just4Fun, where they have done all the footwork for you!

I suppose we
can't give all the credit to the people who run the site - a lot of people do email them to let them know of orginal freebies they have found whilst scouring the Internet (I have done this a few times, too - I think it's vital to 'give something back' and contribute to the site. This keeps the quality, and orginality, high!)

The freestuff section is updated daily - the design of the site makes it simple and quick to use: You get a 'headline' (brief outline of freebie' which is a clickable link - this takes you straight to the optimum page (form to fill out, pop-up box etc...) Next to the 'headline' is a much fuller description of the freebie. What do you need to do to get it? How long should it take to get to you? Has anyone actaully received the freebie? Many of these points are discussed, often with further links to dedicated pages.

For example: Amazon Gift Vouchers Page - this page has a huge number of options for you to read and consider. You can:

- Request a free £5 amazon voucher from Just4Fun (incredibly useful if you haven't shopped with them before and don't know anyone else who get you one of their 'refer a friend' vouchers)

- Cheap Deals (they list the very best deals or freebies by using your free voucher at Amazon)

- Hot 100 Books list (the very best selling books at Amazon, updated hourly)
Similar list for Music, DVD and videos

- Fully serachable all-new amazon DVD list (by price): "You talk, we listen... that's how it works. We launched a set of pages late last year listing the Amazon.co.uk DVD Catalogue by price because it's not possible to search for DVDs by price at their store and yet we often find ourselves wanting to do that. You said... "Great idea, incredibly useful but could you make the following improvements...?"

Well, we have made those improvements now and you can find the brand new, redesigned fro
m the ground up Amazon.co.uk DVD search-engine now allows you to define the search you want. Care to see all DVDs costing £9.99? Not a problem. How about all DVDs featuring Joe Pesci? Still not a problem.

Better still, the returned results list to whatever query you make is fully click-able so if you make one search you may find yourself clicking around making several others."

Fantastic!

I have had some brilliant free things from the links on this site, they are generally of a very high quality, and are all explained thoroughly in an easy to understand manner.

The site is uncluttered, fast-loading and a dream to click-by. You don't need to register, or have a secret password, you don't get 500 pop-up adverts filling your screen (none at all, as it happens...) and you have nothing to lose.

What possible drawbacks are there to getting free stuff?

Welllll..... You have to be careful you're not signing a form that is simply there to collect email addresses to sell on to advertising companies. A lot of the 'too good to be true' free offers seem to do this, these days. The free offer may not even exist! This is why it's good to have a reputable freestuff site, where the people don't just paste up hundreds of links - they check them out for you!

Not all the offers are to my taste - but generally, I find a great freebie on most of the days I visit this site. Start with the newest daily free stuff, and then work your way back throught the archive for other great offers...

I would suggest you try to visit the newsest daily section as often as possible, as the best freebies can be gone (i.e the company offering it has run out of stock or is overloaded with requests) in a matter of hours!!!

I broke a mug this morning, whilst washing up...shall I buy a new one....or shall I get it free? Hmmm....

I want a disposable camera to give to my niece (who's just
starting to get interested in taking pics, but can't be trusted with an expensive camera just yet) Shall I nip down to Boots and pay £10 for a single-use camera...or shall I click on this link and get one free? Hmmm...

I want to buy a Bloom Lipgloss (R.R.P £10) Shall I get it at a department store, or get it for £2.50 by following these instructions? Hmmm...

Quite frankly, there's no 'hmmm' about it! Get clicking!

(P.S: If you have understanding parents, like what I do, then I'd suggest sending off for the best offers in their name/address, too!)

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