2016 Amazon free crap thread

[pbj]

The dawn of a new era.

 

[Generic Eric]

The dawn of a new era.

 

To everyone else:  If you aren't ordering your paper goods online, you should be.  Less reasons to go to the store, less impulse buys.

[yotsuya]

Or, conversely, Jim wipes his ass a WHOLE lot.

[nitrogen_widget]

Better than not wiping enough.

[BadMouth]

I wish I'd bought more of those 1lb bags of beef jerky.

I still have a desk drawer full of Planters Fruit and Nut Trail mix.

 

[pbj]

For the first time in my life, we actually had beef jerky go bad.  We ate so damn much of it we couldn't finish a package.  I never thought that would happen.

 

Anyway, about $210 in free junk from Amazon in 2015 thus far.  I'll try to reduce updates to just the highlights.

 

[bfauska]

What?How?

[pbj]

Well, after 2.5 pounds of jerky in a week, we got sick of it and threw the remaining half pound into the back of the pantry.  Three weeks later?  Mold.

[SlammedNiss]

I buy quite a bit of "free" stuff, but never hear of anything from Amazon.

[bfauska]

Well, after 2.5 pounds of jerky in a week, we got sick of it and threw the remaining half pound into the back of the pantry.  Three weeks later?  Mold.

I meant "free stuff" what how. Too much beef jerky resulting in old moldy beef jerky I understand. I'm good at ruining food.

[nitrogen_widget]

I'm good at leaving my lunch by the front door when I goto work.
My dog is amazing at ruining it.

[pbj]

I've been reluctant to share this for a long time but I don't think people from the forum will present much competition.

The trick is to keep at it and be satisfied with small returns.  You also have to be believable.  If things are too cute, or implausible then nobody will go for it.  I'm gonna keep my best angles to myself but below are some moderate earners.  Keep moving and don't approach anyone with kids and you'll do alright.



One hint, tactics like, "why lie?  Need cash for drugs" don't work too well.

[Vigo]

  Oh ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, that is gold.

[jennifer]

  OMG!!!...

[Locke141]

[JMB]

PBJ's garage. All running bots for Bing Rewards searches to get $5 Amazon gift cards

[BadMouth]

Well, after 2.5 pounds of jerky in a week, we got sick of it and threw the remaining half pound into the back of the pantry.  Three weeks later?  Mold.

I meant "free stuff" what how. Too much beef jerky resulting in old moldy beef jerky I understand. I'm good at ruining food.

So I shouldn't eat the pieces with white fuzz on them?
This is my last bag, maybe I did order the correct amount.

[pbj]

Yo, dawg,I herd you like boxes.



 



 



 

[Malenko]

I wouldnt take those for free.  Did you mark "return to sender" on the box?

[pbj]

Yes, malenko, I returned my wife's favorite candy to sender.   

[bfauska]

I wouldnt take those for free.  Did you mark "return to sender" on the box?

What the hell is wrong with you? That's a perfect "dinner for 1" in that box.

[Malenko]

Yes, malenko, I returned my wife's favorite candy to sender.   

So she has bad taste in more than just men.






BOOOOOOSH, you just got served.

[pbj]

You salty, bro.

[hypernova]

Black Forest and Howe brands are so much better than Haribo.

[Malenko]

You salty, bro.

Naw, I'm jelly you get free stuffs and wont tell me how

[DeLuSioNal29]

Yo, dawg,I herd you like boxes.

[SlammedNiss]

Free stuffs you say?

http://imgur.com/a/K2LHP

http://imgur.com/a/qa5Cx

[hypernova]

Does this have anything to do with it?

[Vigo]

Does this have anything to do with it?

Well, PBJ could easily be the reviewer on any of these top amazon reviews of Haribo Gummies. 

http://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Sugar-Free-Gummy-Bears/dp/B008JELLCA

[pbj]

Got this on its way:



2 years of entering Coke points. 

TWO YEARS

[jdbailey1206]

Best movie ever....

[Vigo]

I do coke points. Wait until around Christmas where they give away coke certificates for next to nothing. Also, dummy accounts are a good thing, but be clever enough to put micro tweaks in the address and change the name completely. I've lost about 3 accounts from stupidity. Done right, it pays off. I've walked out of Walmart With about $300 of cases of coke, completely filling a couple shopping carts.

[pbj]

I do coke points. Wait until around Christmas where they give away coke certificates for next to nothing. Also, dummy accounts are a good thing, but be clever enough to put micro tweaks in the address and change the name completely. I've lost about 3 accounts from stupidity. Done right, it pays off. I've walked out of Walmart With about $300 of cases of coke, completely filling a couple shopping carts.

I don't accumulate enough points for it to be worth having multiple accounts, and the 75 points a week thing has supremely devalued them (and it's really more like 73 points because who the hell buys six packs anymore). 

People will trade the codes for ANYTHING these days if Ebay sales and Slickdeals are barometers of value.  I'm going to be mildly surprised if Coke renews the program next year, to be honest.

Anyway, this is my second belt buckle, I got the first one in 2013.  They retail for $150 and the first one cost 1,500 points.  That was basically a $1 per 12 pack subsidy which I thought was doing pretty good.  Certainly not for everyone but the shock value of ---my bottom--- walking around in one of these things is priceless.  Plus the Houston Rodeo gave my wife money so we like them.

 

[Vigo]

Yeah, the program is a pain in the ass. Don't feed it for a couple months and they snatch your points as well. My extended family collect for me, so it is the only reason why it is worth it in my case.

That is one spendy buckle. I never quite got the buckle thing, but I am a northerner. One of these days I will probably buy a buckle and a leather belt that will last more than a year, but I think I will feel obligated to "mosey" everywhere I go.

[Slippyblade]

...and a leather belt that will last more than a year...

So hard to find actual leather anymore though.  Most belts are crappy leather "look" nonsense that disintegrate after a few months.  I've taken to cutting my own belts, that way I get good quality and actual leather.

[JDFan]

I do coke points. Wait until around Christmas where they give away coke certificates for next to nothing. Also, dummy accounts are a good thing, but be clever enough to put micro tweaks in the address and change the name completely. I've lost about 3 accounts from stupidity. Done right, it pays off. I've walked out of Walmart With about $300 of cases of coke, completely filling a couple shopping carts.

That's what I used to buy the book for the programming class -- the $10 Amazon card was 690 points so a couple months worth of points.

[pbj]

Once I got a Sprite t-shirt for something like 50 points.  My wife wears it occasionally.  Besides a few coupons and the belt buckles that's been about it for me.  Couldn't give away the "distressed" Sprite hat.   

I've taken to cutting my own belts, that way I get good quality and actual leather.

Go on.  How big can you cut them? 

[Slippyblade]

Go on.  How big can you cut them? 

I like big belts and I cannot lie!

Seriously though, it's a side effect of that medieval thing that I do.  I occasionally have leftover leather fromn other projects, usually armor building or repair.  When that happens I make a belt.  As a man with no hips, a belt is a serious must else I look like this.

[pbj]

56"?

[hypernova]

Now that is one fine looking, svelte gentleman!