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Free Stuff Everyday: How Customers And Companies Can Unlock The Power of Freebies [Kindle Edition]

Mike Essex (Author)
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  • Includes: Easy ways to get free fashion, books, furniture, food, and anything else
  • Author Seen In: USA Today, BBC News, The Guardian, The Times and ABC News
  • Proven Results: Over 25 Amazon reviews (UK and US) with an averge 4.5/5 stars
  • Loved By Thousands: By an author who has helped over 100,000 people get freebies
Forget coupons or special offers and learn a new way of getting products for free. If you want free cosmetics, gadgets, clothes, video games or anything else, this book will show you how.

Based on techniques used by over 100,000 customers, by an author featured in USA Today, BBC News, The Guardian, ABC News and many more across the globe.

This book includes simple legal methods of getting freebies that are proven to work time and time again.

Discover how the author got over 700 products for free, and follow his step by step plan to learn how you can get started in less than 10 minutes.

With 90 examples included this is a simple guide that anyone can follow and use.

Contents

* A 30 Day Plan
* The lost art of bartering
* The reasons why companies want you to have free stuff
* Rundowns of contact methods for companies
* The five types of companies you can contact
* Over 90 examples
* A simple, effective guide

* Blagman.co.uk readership 2005-2011

About the Author

Essex has over five years experience of getting freebies, and has been nicknamed 'Freebieman' from his expertise. He has been interviewed on BBC News, the Times, ABC News, USA Today and more, sharing his secrets as the master of free stuff.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 206 KB
  • Print Length: 128 pages
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004Q7CNWQ
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #24,435 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Julie Cutler TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Kindle Edition
"Life as a slayer is very simple. Want, take, have." Faith the Vampire Slayer.

Ok but I'm a shy wimp. The author also claims to be shy (although he sent me a copy of the book to blag a review!). I've recently tried getting freebies from the established sites (got plagued by salesmen), tried competitions (NEVER win) and got bored of submitting neverendless opinion surveys to build towards a teensy Amazon voucher.

Contemporary self help books are generally dull and propagate out of date options. So I was all the more surprised with myself that I interrupted my reading at about page 30 which was all about creating a confident persona, and sent my first blagging email for something that I wanted to try, and had resigned myself to waiting to rent a few months' from now. It might have been better to have waited until the chapter which suggested that you emphasize to the company that you have no intention of returning the free goods....but hey, I was inspired. There's enough examples of different approaches in the book to suit any personality, and the author makes sure he tells you what pitfalls not to fall into if you want repeat freebies. His website is good too!

Note: it starts to get interesting AFTER the sample Kindle chapter ends.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Well worth a read 20 Feb 2012
By Mister G TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book was an eye opener but it took me time to realise it. The start was either too basic for me or contained unnecessary advice (e.g. creating a persona) but some people will find that information useful so it has a place in the book. Things for me started getting interesting about 25% of the way through the book.

And that is the nature of this book - you are looking for the diamonds in the rough. What will help one person will be irrelevant to you, and vice-versa. Occasionally you come across a nugget of information which really helps you.

As I read further I realised that actually the slow start to the book is indicative of the author's approach - he goes above and beyond the call of duty. He hasn't simply hammered out a book in order to sell it, putting in the bare minimum of effort. Quite the contrary - he shares tips and advice to help you emulate his success, and when you think he's given you enough he gives you some more.

There's a good little snippet on the ability of emails to be misinterpreted (location 1014 on the Kindle) ['We will review any product we are sent for free' implying that the products will be returned. He changes the wording to make it clear, politely, that products will not be returned].

Of course, what you receive isn't truly free - there is a price, and that price is your time in writing the review.

I loved this paragraph of the book: 'Contrary to popular belief, walking into a shop and asking to be give something for nothing is not the best method of getting freebies'. Popular belief? I would have thought it dead obvious that doing that is a quick route to being asked to leave the shop to the sound of laughter. (That doesn't reflect badly on the author - I assume that people have suggested this method to him, or assumed that this is what he does).

A few comments about the Kindle version:
* Pressing the 5-way controller right or left normally skips to the next/previous chapter respectively. It does not work on this e-book.
* I tried to get around that by using the 'Go To' menu, accessing the 'Table of Contents' and using the links there to skip to my chosen chapter. You can't because there is no 'Table of Contents'. The only option is to skip to the start, end or a location. The latter is clumsy as it involves guessing.
* If you use this book to set up a website then you will use it as a reference book so the ability to skip chapters as above is essential.

It's a good book, and the price of the Kindle version is a bargain. I look forward to reading the author's second book.

Edit 12/4/12: I have since kindly been informed that the Chapter Skip function now works (see 'Comments' below).
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Awesome idea 12 Oct 2011
Format:Paperback
Everyone occasionally gets things for free that they didn't expect, but very few people explore why they got that thing for free and look into scaling it up. In Free Stuff Everyday Mike does exactly that and explores how you could potentially furnish a house by understanding what makes brands give away free products. I tried some of techniques from FSE and the results were pretty surprising - I run a music marketing blog in my spare time, and it's amazing how willing music companies were to send free samples of instrument products for me to try out. Definitely recommended!
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Beginners' guide with something for everyone
It strikes me as slightly ironic that I got this book, about getting free stuff, as a freebie. And maybe that just demonstrates that I'm not quite in the target demographic: I've... Read more
Published 1 month ago by R Cotterill
A guide to successful blagging
As a money saving enthusiast I am always keen to find new ways of saving cash and getting good deals, so I was interested to find out more about Mike's approach for getting stuff... Read more
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Well written, engaging and with practical steps
This is a fabulous book that gives you a step by step guide to getting stuff for free using battering as its core principal. It was simple, easy to read and very enjoyable. Read more
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Good guide with great ideas
I was lucky enough to win a free copy of this book, and I have to say it was a good read, and contains some very useful information. Read more
Published 6 months ago by James Davis
A real eye-opener
Free Stuff Everyday reveals how anyone can get free products or services from businesses. It's all legit and above board, though! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. N. Daws
A well written informational read
As someone who loves freebies the book is written for people like me. I was sceptical at first but after some research decided to buy the book. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Dave Wales
Fantastic read!!
This book is fantastic!! Once I had heard the story of how Mike had managed to get his hands on so many products for free, I had to read the book - and I was not disappointed. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Paul
Genuinely inspired blagger!
I recently purchased and read "Free Stuff Everyday" and am genuinely impressed with what it has to say. Read more
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There's no such thing as a free lunch. You can't get something for nothing. While that may be true, that doesn't mean that you have to pay for everything. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Tami Brady
A "something for nothing" book
I find myself in the slightly odd position of having been offered a free (electronic) copy of a book in return for writing a review, when the book is about getting things for free... Read more
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