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Dirty Laundry? Free Tide Total Care Sample

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drying my big patch blanket in the sunGet a free sample of Tide Total Care.  It helps you protect colors, maintain finish, fights stains, prevents pilling, enhances softness, preserve shape and cleans throughly.  Total Care is available in two scents, cool cotton and renewing rain.   

Tide is a luxury detergent around our home.  With other brands offering more competitive prices with generous coupon values, it’s smart money to buy other brands.  I do buy Tide when there is a great sale and I have a coupon, but that’s not too often.  I prefer Tide to other brands because of their cleaning power, thickness of the liquid and the inviting scents.

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Free Energizer Battery Sample

long life battery, ha ha!Energizer.com is offering a free sample of a hearing aid battery in a new perforated pack.  You need to know which size your requesting.  You have a choice between 10, 13, 312 and 675. 

Even if you do not have a personal need for hearing aid batteries, most of us know someone who does.  These little suckers are expensive, don’t forget to request one for them, they’ll thank you for it!

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Clean to the Xtreme! Free Scott Rags Sample

xtreme rags getting the job done

The Kimberly Clark Do-It-Yourself website is offering a free sample of Scott’s Xtreme Rags. These are professional, contractor strength and quality towels for clean up.  Scott’s claims to that their Xtreme Rags are the only clean up tool you’ll ever need.

My husband is always working on projects around the house or finding projects to work on and having a ‘rag bag’ is a garage or workshop essential.  He definitely has his favorites that have passed the tests of durability and affordability.  Free is affordability!

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Hate Calling Customer Support? Bookmark This Site!

Here @ Mr. Cheap Stuff we are dedicated to providing you quality deals, tips, freebies and discounts that are worth your precious time…our motto is "Just The Good Stuff"  Having searched the web finding great deals to share on Mr. Cheap Stuff I’ve run across of a lot of great websites offering free services, tips, ideas that should be voiced here, on Mr. Cheap Stuff!  This idea started with www.freerice.com posted on March 20, 2008
 
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This site offers a blog to tell your customer service accounts, also you can request a company be added to their list.  I’ve been lucky and have not had to make too many calls to companies I pay bills to or have questions for, but when I do, I check with www.gethuman.com. It saves me precious time, lessens CSA, Customer Service Aggravation and I can make my call and get on with my day!
 
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Bath & Body Works Semi-Annual Sale & Freebie

Rubber DuckBath & Body Works is having there Semi-Annual BIG SALE!  Savings up to 75% on-line and in-store.  They’re also offering a printable coupon redeemable in-store only for a free anti-bacterial hand gel or free lip product from now until July 6, 2008.
 
Everything is on sale including there home fragrance line, which includes there jar candles that smell and burn fantastic, but are so expensive that I won’t buy them, until, you guessed it SALE TIME!  I love, love, love Bath & Body Works.  I love the diversity in there products and product lines.  They not only make great everyday products for personal use, but they’re always a welcome gift.  Who doesn’t want to be pampered?

Expiration Date:  Sale Officially Ends In-Store and On-Line, July 6, 2008

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Free Shave Courtesy Of Noxema

Rubber DuckyNoxema is offering a Try Me FREE Rebate offer.  It’s simple, just purchase one of there many razors and then print the rebate offer from your computer, complete the form and mail it in to receive your rebate check.
 
I am partial to which razor I use, I have a couple of favorites and some I won’t touch-OUCH!  I have used Noxema razors before and they’re not bad.  They’re affordable and travel well.  They have a bikini razor that is in high demand.  With this rebate offer, I think I’ll give them a try again, I’ve got nothing to lose except unwanted hair!
 
Expiration Date:  Rebate should be completed and mailed within 30 days of purchase or on or before July 30, 2008

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Kids Growing Fast? Free Hanes Tape Measure

a tape measuring an appleHanes is giving you a free tape measure to keep your kids in the right sized undies during their growing years.  Hanes is a well-known company that makes whjte shirts, panties and other undergarments.  Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time is their spokesperson with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Kevin Bacon.
 
If you have kids you know that growth spurts can be out of control and always in between seasons. My oldest jumped 3 pant sizes in one school year.  That was a costly wardrobe year for us.  With this measuring tape you can purchase sizes for now and purchase sizes for the near future, just in case! 

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Bug Off! OFF! PowerPad Coupon

citronella candle buring in the nightClean Home Journal is offering a buy one get one free offer on their new OFF! PowerPad Lamp.  It has more repelling power than 15 citronella candles and repells up to a 15 square feet area.  Your printable coupon is for buy one get one free up to $10.00.  WOW!
 
We just purchased 3 of these to go on our patio before this coupon was available.  They were on sale, but buy one get one free would have saved us much more than a couple of bucks.  We have invested in citronella candles, tiki torches, oil lamps, and that annoying zapper which is a huge nuisance.  We have been pleased so far with our PowerPad Lamp for 3 reasons.  It’s refillable, it matches our current patio decor, and we have not spent our evenings slapping each other from disease carrying mosquitoes!  It will be put to the test in August when St. Louis summers get hot, muggy, and buggy! 

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Free Vaseline Men Sample

a bottle of lotionGet a free sample of Vaseline MEN Fast Absorbing Body and Face Lotion.  This lotion is specially designed for daily skin care of men.  Other products are extra strength body lotion, extra strength hand lotion and body and face bar. 

It is refreshing to my husband that mainstream products are getting hip to the unique needs of male skin and body care.  In this economy, shopping at speciality shops and paying 2 to 3 times as much for everyday person care items, just isn’t smart money.

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Send Your Kids to the Moon!

fly me to the moon!

You can be part of the next NASA journey to the moon later this year aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter for FREE! Just click on the yellow and black bordered box to send your name, your kids names, spouse, pets, etc. When you submit your name you will be directed to the official certificate you can print from your own printer. 
 
My cousin, who works in the Aerospace Industry e-mailed this to me. Now my idol threats to send my kids to the moon when they misbehave are now a reality! According to the website their flight leaves no later than November 24th of this year! To infinity and beyond….

Expiration Date: 6/27/2008

What Can You Get For A Dollar?

Dollar BillsWould you like to cut out the middle man and buy direct for 50 cents to a dollar per item?  Intrigued?  I’ll continue…Dollar Tree Direct www.dollartreedirect.com is offering substantial savings for buying specific quantities of items directly from their website.
 
Example, champagne flutes, $12.00 per case, you receive 12 glasses.  Perfect for anyone getting married on a budget.  Having a party or picnic of any occasion?  They have party favors and supplies, galore!  All at an affordable price.  Other categories of items available:  Teaching Supplies, Cleaning Supplies, Floral Supplies, Health & Beauty, the list goes on and on.  Applicable sales tax and shipping are added with your order.

Dean writes, "Awesome find Sunnie, with the weak dollar it is surprising what you can still by for under a buck."

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Summer Fun Coupon Booklet

Rainbow UmbrellaThe first 10,000 to sign up at Clean Home Journal have the opportunity to embark on substantial savings.  $8.10 worth of savings on Ziploc storage and steam bags, Off insect repellents and Raid, disposable yellow jacket traps.  The coupons will be mailed out August 15.
 
By the time the booklet is mailed out you’ll be able to take advantage of end of summer sales along with the coupons.  My motto is if it’s not free, almost free is fine with me!
 
Expiration Date:  June 27, 2008

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Got Allergies? Save with Claritin Coupons!

a beautiful place in spainClaritin savings has arrived!  Claritin.com is offering us a combined savings of $8.00 in coupons that you can print from the comfort of your own home.  Check your local pharmacy or retail outlet for a sale first, then combine it with one of these coupons and that’s a savings you won’t sneeze at!
 
If you live anywhere near the mid-west, you’re probably buying extra boxes of Kleenex and stocking up on allergy medications.   With the convenience of purchasing some of the more effective and popular allergy medications without a prescription a coupon is a must.  The last I checked over the counter doesn’t accept prescription insurance coverage, even though I’ve tried! Allergy medication is a commodity and a necessity in our medicine cabinet! 

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Free Skin Cancer Screening!

a beautiful sunset in paradiseComing to a location near you, The Skin Cancer Foundation partnered with Aveeno, Rite Aid, and Columbia Sportswear in sponsoring their ‘Road to Healthy Skin Tour’.  Starting this month, their 38-foot customized RV will stop at participating Rite Aid and various other locations to provide early skin cancer detection exams absolutely FREE.  Screenings are conducted by local board-certified dermatologists offering full body skin cancer screenings absolutely FREE of charge.
 
Having never had a sunburn and blessed with olive skin. I personally do not give sun screen or skin cancer a second thought.  But, that’s an ignorant way to think about the most common form of cancer in the United States today.  With the ozone layer getting thinner and the suns rays getting hotter, this is something that we all need to educate ourselves about.   

Expiration Date: 10/31/2008

Regal Free Family Film Festival!

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Schools out, what do we do with the kids?  Regal Theaters has the answer for all!  For 9 weeks through the summer you can pencil in on your calendar every Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 10 am as family film day.  Between June and August they will feature a G or PG film perfect for all ages.  Seating is based on a first come first serve basis so arrive early.
 
I have a friend that has been taking her kids to this summer event for about 4 years now.   The kids enjoy the experience and it’s a way to entertain them for a couple of hours.  A couple of the films that are coming up in my area are Bratz, Hook, Charlotte’s Web and Muppets In Manhattan…I can’t wait!

Expiration Date: 8/20/2008