coupons, promotions and free stuff

Here something I love, stuff for nothing, or reduced price, I am a bit of a magpie on such things and I dip into it from time to time, as anyone who disturbed me in my lunch break would find, I love suddenly getting something in the mail I have forgotten I ordered, these things take 4-6 weeks to be delivered.
The main disadvantage is of course these thing start blocking up you e-mail so top tip, get a Yahoo or Google account which you use for free samples and signing up and never look at it! you might think that giving your address to companies will clog up the mail box, but it doesn't seem too, I think the companies rely on e-mail to save money.
It is very female centric as most offers appeal to women and it make me chuckle to think that the new inmate at our old apartment is male and still receiving sanitary and make up freebies.
Make up is brilliant, well lippie, glosses and body washes you get a lot of sample sizes which is great for travel and handbags.
Some great stuff I have found in the US; Upromise, cash back and discounts $50 dollars so far and saved about $450, Example Best Buy- Internet price for plasma TV $50 less than in store price, $40 best buy loyalty credit, Free Portable DVD player, store price $175 (not available free in store with TV) and $30 back on Upromise, and best of all ordered at home for in store pick up which we did, and got it 1 hour later without waiting BRILLIANT!
Even if you don't want or need College credit of (this is what it is set up for) you can donate your savings or request a check to be paid into any account but my feeling is this maybe taxable income so ask an accountant.
Upromise is also for anyone thinking of college education, so not just for children and family and friends can sign up to help you.
Ebates, same principle only straight cash back, sign up for both as the rebates differ between sites, so Upromise Joann Fabric 6% back, Target 2%, Ebates Joann Fabric 5% back, Target 3%.
Research before buying, no point in buying from best buy at say 2% back if radioshack is cheaper without rebate!
Coupons- proper coupon hunters will change brand willy nilly to secure the best price, which I do on certain items, but I do have some brand loyalty, such as ONLY Hellmann's Mayo, so I wouldn't brand swap, on the other stuff I don't care about such as tomato ketchup, I will only use the coupon, if it make the branded item cheaper, but another cool thing here is that supermarkets do coupon doubling, so say in Stop and Shop (my local) I have a coupon for 75c they will make it a discount of $1.50, up to 99c, so a coupon for $1 is actually $1.99 (I think having read their policy?, not actually check my till receipts cos I only found that out today, all I know is recently a cashier said "wow! that's one hell of a saving on those coupons you have there") they will not give you the product for free so say the coupon is 75c but the product is $1.30 they will not double you may pay a nominal charge.
Best time in life for hunting, early 20's all that make up, pregnancy and babies,menopause but only if you want tenalady and multivits!
happy hunting