Contests/Surveys/Freebiesetc

So I enter a number of contest everyday that I've found online. There are a few sites that I trust implicitly and some that I refuse to enter because I am not certain of the legitimacy of the contest. My success rate is variable but I firmly believe that if you don't try you can't win. That being said I only spend about 15 minutes a day doing this. I know there are several people you spend all day doing contest and that is just to much for me. However, I do wish I could find more child friendly contests.

Do you do surveys? I do, usually 2 online per day and one or 2 written ones per week. The online ones are pretty straight forward with some offering point rewards that you save up for cash or material rewards. These are the one's I prefer. As for the written ones, they are interesting but a lot of work. I also find the rewards are not reflective of the amount of work involved. Lastly I do one that is done using a scanner and some on-line activity. This one is probably the easiest. I enjoy providing the information but doing surveys is not a way to get rich quickly.

I take advantage of almost any freeebiew I can get. In the trunk of my car there are too many enviro bags to count and yet all but one of them was free. I use bins from the Loblaws chain of companies to organize and again these were free. I find that freebies, often sample , are great for when packing for trips, filling in gaps in a gift bag, entertaining my daughter or just because. Freebies can come from almost anywhere including the toothbrushes at the dentist office or the small trial sizes you get with coupon packages.

Now coupons are probably the one thing that can benefit you the most if used properly, but they can be the most elusive. I know it doesn't make sense to buy something just because you have a coupon, however,, cutting coupons just to have them expire before you use them doesn't make a lot of sense either. I'm not perfect and tend to do both regularly!

Recently, I've started to use online coupons, better know as deal codes, when doing online purchases. These have a benefit over store coupons because you know immediately if they work rather than potentially being embarrassed at checkout.