Use the Internet to Make Your Birthday Special
July 23, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under Freebies, Kids & Family
Today is my 35th birthday. Not a really big deal, but this year I noticed something I haven’t noticed in previous years. I got A LOT of emails from places that I do business with throughout the year that wished me a Happy Birthday by giving me free stuff.
If you haven’t done it, I really recommend you lookup the business you do business with all the time and register for whatever they have. These can be restaurants, online retailers, bricks and mortar retailers, golf courses, etc. Just about anything you can think of really. Here’s a list of some places I received email from this week with freebies.
- AMC Theaters – Free Large Drink
- Qdoba – Free Burrito
- Uno Chicago Grill – Free Entree
- Arni’s (Local Restaurant) – Free 2 Topping 7" Pizza
- Buca di Beppo – Free Dessert
- Logan’s Roadhouse – Free Nutter Butter Fudgeslide Dessert
- Fazoli’s – Free Dessert
- Champps – Free Mile High Ice-Cream Pie
- Rainforest Cafe – $5 Off Coupon
- The Melting Pot – Free Chocolate Fondue for Two
- a local golf courses also gives a free round on your birthday for signing up for their newsletter
That’s just a short list. I haven’t pursued many of these places, just signed up for things as it’s come around. There’s probably $100+ in savings just in that list alone.
I would recommend setting up an email address with an one of the free, online services to use as your email address for these types of things though to help control overwhelming your primary Inbox with these types of things and to help provide a bit of a filter for spam.
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