Posts made by FrugalFreak

What belongs in Free Stuff?

• Stuff that’s free, usually stuff you would otherwise pay for.
• Stuff that’s always free but not everyone knows about it.
• Samples, Stickers, swag, etc.
• Stuff that hasn’t already been posted.

What doesn’t belong in Free Stuff?

• Always-free stuff that everyone knows about.
• Bad stuff that is spam, referrals, MLM, etc.
• Stuff that requires ship cost.
• If the value of the freebie is more than $10, it belongs in Hot Deals
  *Free Items where another purchase of some kind is required. (ie: Bath Body Works, FREE ITEM w/any purchase)
• Free items that are subject to sales tax (where coupon or offer specifically notes sales tax is the responsibility of the customer) Some states do require that sales tax be paid on the selling price prior to coupon promo discount (New Jersey does for example)
• Free Items based on prior purchase to earn free item: ie, Rewards Programs - Free 12 Pack of Coca-Cola with 10 cap codes. While the item is free, you have to spend a good deal OOP to obtain the cap codes, thus it is not free w/o a purchase of some kind.

Ethics

• Free stuff is awesome, and seeking out free items is part of the fun. Receiving it is the other Part. Many free offers have B2B restrictions, Please give the offers some thought before applying for them. If you don’t qualify, don’t request. Leave the freebie for someone that is eligible.

Fake Freebies to Avoid

Please Comment and leave your own tips, comments, or advice, The best advice is from someone with knowledge.

Phatwallet forums Code of Conduct

Be polite because it promotes more connected community. When people feel attacked they get defensive. The progress goes awry and that benefits no one, and productive discussion ends. There is no victor.

If your family member were behind the user you are communicating with, how would you treat them? You should treat everyone with same regard.

Stay focused on the topic. Criticize the argument but not the member. If you have a point, there’s is no need to personally attack the other person to clarify your stance.

Personal attacks aren’t just direct name-calling. These are all attacks to the intelligence and character of the member and are not acceptable:
Bad Examples:

• “Even you can understand this.”
  “Let me spell it out in numbnuts language.”
  “Only an moron would think like that.”
  “I think I lost brain cells reading that.”
  "I will not dignify that nonsense”

Be respectful and bring value to the conversation.
** Good examples:

• “I hate to criticize, but that is an awful price”
  “great value, but product build is faulty”
  “That is not the cheapest price, it is cheaper here Http://etc”
  “I have experience with this item, let me explain my issues”
  “I saw something else, it says something else about this item.”

Self-referral posts are not allowed, but you may go here for referrals: https://phatwalletforums.com/topic/133/official-request-a-referral-thread
Always use the most direct link available in making posts.

Avoid the drama Be more polite than you think is required. Check this out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeJj41-spgg

What skin? I’m with no skin and still grey

Self Promotion/Self Referred deals are not allowed, Posting deals related to a website/store you own or employed at is unethical and you will be removed and posts deleted.

How to Post

There is a single essential you need to know. Title must be self-sufficient!
An ideal post will have;
1.Title containing all the information. Must-have info in the title includes product name, important product specs, Price, Shipping cost or if “Free ship” and Merchants website name. use a price range if necessary for multiple items or for Amazon changing pricing and expiration date if applicable. Use “name dropping” in the title compare the price you have with Amazon price or PWF historical price to show your awesome find. If it’s the lowest price ever according to price tracker such as Camel, indicate that.
2. Information in the body of the post describing the deal.
3. Direct Link/URL to deal in the post
4. Photo/Graphic descriptive of the deal.
Example:
Nike Air Jordans Special edition freestyle, $100 Org $300 W/Free Ship @/At Walmart.com

Why?
If a deal is not interesting to the reader, he/she will simply skip it instead of clicking it and reading more. That’s it, These are good posting techniques. We are all busy folks - a self-sufficient title, a Link, and a photo make a post.
You Need to Care for Your Posts, Not Just Post and Leave, periodically check and update your links, check if deal is still active if not, notify mod to move to expired deals. Make necessary changes depending on feedback received from mods or phatwalleters. Mods aren’t perfect, if we lock a post and it comes alive again, let us know.

Acronyms that may be used on Phatwalletforums.com:
AAFES Army and Air Force Exchange Service (relates to special deals for military, their dependents and relatives)
AC After Coupon
AFAIK As Far as I Know
AMEX American Express
APM After Price Match
AR After Rebate
B&M – Brick and Mortar store (A physical retail store as opposed to an online merchant)
B1G1 or BOGO – Buy One get One free
BB – Best Buy
BB&B Bed, Bath & Beyond
BBB Better Business Bureau
BF Black Friday: Friday after Thanksgiving. Sales on BF show if stores will profit on the year (run in the black)
BTW By The Way
Bump Replying to a thread to move it to the top of a forum to make it more prominent
CC – Credit card
DD Deal Discussion
DMCA Digital Millennium Copyright Act
DPA Dell Preferred Account
FAR/FAMIR Free After Rebate or Free a/mail in rebate
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FW Fat Wallet
PWF/PhWF PhatWallet Forums
FWIW For What It’s Worth
GC – Gift Card or Gift Certificate
GPT Get Paid To
HD Hot Deal(s)
HSN – Home Shopping Network
HTH Hope This Helps
IIRC If I Recall Correctly
IMHO In My Honest/Humble Opinion
IMO In My Opinion
IP Internet Printable Coupon (may require coupon website software to be installed on your PC)
IR Instant Rebate
ISO In Search Of, or type of CDRom image file
LMAO Laughing My A$$ Off
LOL Laugh Out Loud
MFG Manufacturer/Manufacturing
MFR Manufacturer
MIR – Mail In Rebate
MM Money Maker (either in $ or overage towards other merchandise)
Noob, newbie a new user/member (usually used in a demeaning way)
OD – Office Depot
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OM – Office Max
OOS Out Of Stock
OP Original Post or Original Poster (author of thread)
OT Off Topic
OTD Out The Door
PM – Price Match (see below)
PM Private Message
Q Coupon (may refer to any type, printed, newspaper, shown on phone, etc)
RAOK – Random Act Of kindness
RMA Return merchandise authorization
ROFL Rolling on floor laughing
ROTFLMAO Rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off
SD Slickdeals
SER Staples Easy Rebate
SKU Unique product ID number assigned by the retailer
SPAM Unwanted commercial email advertisements, usually unsolicited. Your legislators can stop SPAM!
S/H – Shipping and handling
TIA Thanks in advance
TOS Terms of service
TRU – Toys R Us
TY Thank you
UPC Universal product code (unique product ID assigned by MFR)
UPS United Parcel Service
USPS United States Postal Service
YMMV Your mileage may vary

Please Comment and leave your own tips, comments, or advice, The best advice is from someone with knowledge.

@dangeruss said in Feature Request: PLEASE add RSS feeds:

There’s an RSS feed on literally almost every page.

There’s one on this thread:

Look at the little icon to the right of the thread title.

is it possible to change the color to customary orange?

Mod post
GiggleGreen
PE8SB36AKT
Valid 9/1/17 thru 12/31/17
Original post: https://phatwalletforums.com/topic/209/free-rebox-multi-use#

@gigglegreen expiration?

@elguache next time they put out a code, I’ll test.

gonna give a tip, when redbox releases general codes, you CAN use it up to 5 times! you just have to do 5 orders of 1 selection each.

yes needed, last prize i won was from marlboro, snatched up a 75qt cooler

@dpid netscape

@dangeruss yup went back to 20 for me, but seeing more than 20

@dangeruss changed mine to 50, it is working for me

@spitfiresuz hey suz, long time!