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To ask what little freebies you get in life?

138 replies

Funfreethings · 10/07/2025 13:20

So not much in life is free…we all know that.
im moving house soon and i was on the hunt for boxes so i asked in work. The waste management guys told me they would keep some boxes to the side for me. When I went down he had a stack for me already flattened so I could get them in my car and he gave me a big roll of tape to use also. I was so happy, I feel like I’m haemorrhaging money at the moment so even though it was something small it made such a difference for me.
we also have free tea/coffee/milk/water in work! Love that too!
whats your freebie? ☺️

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Sidebeforeself · 10/07/2025 15:49

IHopeYouStepOnALegPiece · 10/07/2025 13:27

Bamboo socks. I signed up for a free pair from BAM maybe 8 or 9 years ago and have received 3-5 pairs a year since. Its slightly bizarre but I do enjoy receiving the even if someone else will be getting them as I don't wear them 😂

Are you my husband?! He keeps getting free pairs too and we are drowning in them !

Definitelynotme2022 · 10/07/2025 15:48

Probably moving soon, so free boxes etc from work. Also I can take in some rubbish instead of a tip run. Really useful.

Oh is a postie, and we get parking at the mail centre near the airport for £2 a day. Not free, but an absolute bargain!

ConnieHeart · 10/07/2025 15:43

givemushypeasachance · 10/07/2025 15:04

Where I live we get a "free birthday bus pass" - you can apply to get a card to use for free bus travel in your birthday month. I don't use buses very much as I cycle to work and I have a car, but I make a point of doing a few trips as it's free!

Me too! My birthday is in a few days. I haven't actually used my pass yet but fully intend to...

ConnieHeart · 10/07/2025 15:42

Anything I spend on food & drink for my job gets reimbursed (up to around £10 per day) so I can usually get a sandwich & a nice coffee

InMyOpenOnion · 10/07/2025 15:40

Pret a Manger are allowed to give away a certain number of free coffees in a day. I have three times had this honour bestowed upon me. I must look like someone who really needs a coffee 🤣

ItsFridayIminLoveJS · 10/07/2025 15:37

Can't remember last time l got anything free... or " owt for nowt".
Only gifts..
Flowers from my daughter other day ( I'd just come out of hospital) ..
But now I've just remembered...
Best free thing ever!
Hugs and kisses from my 10 year old Grandson. ❤️
Surely that counts?

Funfreethings · 10/07/2025 15:23

scaredfriend · 10/07/2025 15:13

Ladies’ products in the loos at work

Oooh yes we have this too! I totally forgot!

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scaredfriend · 10/07/2025 15:13

Ladies’ products in the loos at work

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 10/07/2025 15:09

Books. I'm frequently sent books by authors who are with the same publisher as me so I can give a cover quote. Lots and lots of books. Plus many of my friends who are authors send me their books when they come out.
My house is 90% paperback.

givemushypeasachance · 10/07/2025 15:04

Where I live we get a "free birthday bus pass" - you can apply to get a card to use for free bus travel in your birthday month. I don't use buses very much as I cycle to work and I have a car, but I make a point of doing a few trips as it's free!

RavenHairedwoman · 10/07/2025 15:00

Recently

Free cinema tickets to odd type of films

Free money when switching banks & the last one also included a free night in a hotel as part of their deal

Free National Trust days out if you buy certain news papers offer ongoing. We have already used some of the vouchers for days out
Huge money saver.

Free food when I have been volunteering

Serencwtch · 10/07/2025 14:40

I work in a supermarket & get a lot of free food if it's not sold. We get really generous discounts too.
Free fruit, pastries & coffee at work too.

DH & I are also farmers - mainly sheep but we have 2 pet jersey cows & 4 goats so fresh milk is never an issue (although not sure that counts as free 😂)

Grestaforn · 10/07/2025 14:32

I live in central London and there are frequently promo stalls outside my local station giving away snacks and drinks - yoghurt, bottled drinks, cereal bars, crisps.

Diydanny · 10/07/2025 14:15

Moving to London and getting a Freedom Pass (we’re over 70).

Free transport on buses, trains and tube. Only had free bus pass up north. It delights me every time I use it.

NellieJean · 10/07/2025 14:14

Free parking at the hospital where I volunteer.

Mimsykins · 10/07/2025 14:14

Howmanycatsistoomany · 10/07/2025 13:46

Eggs from my lovely chooks (I know they're not strictly free because I buy food etc but still).
One of my chooks went missing recently and when I found her hiding in the barn a few days later she was sitting on eggs, so now I have 12 free baby chooks!

Love this! Definitely my favourite freebie story.

Mossstitch · 10/07/2025 14:11

Free knitting patterns on the Internet, I give all my knitting away and often a baby garment only costs a couple of pounds to make but if I had to pay £3 for a pattern I wouldn't be able to do so many.

ImWearingPantaloons · 10/07/2025 14:04

We get freebies of items which aren’t perfect enough to sell to the public (like bunches of flowers) or food that won’t be sold by its use by.

Ritzitup · 10/07/2025 14:02

My husband gets a free coffee in waitrose at the weekend.

I got a free plum and apple from Riverford today. Nearly got a free cookbook too but they wanted me to provisionally sign up.

Got a free cookbook from Pizza Express last year which is lovely - hardcover and everything!

My mum buys a magazine bundle every month and gives me the ones I like.

I don't like tea and coffee but every workplace I've been in provides it for free. I always wished they would think about non tea/coffee drinkers too!

MoominUnderWater · 10/07/2025 14:01

I’m in the Amazon vine program so get to order quite a bit of free stuff in exchange for reviews.

i also do some part time modelling for a clothing brand and kept to keep any of the trousers I model (as we don’t wear knickers under the trousers). Have to give the tops back though sadly. But they do give me some other freebies of tops and jackets as well.

ShallIstart · 10/07/2025 14:01

We got a really fancy expensive dining table, chairs and sideboard off a friend of a friend for free.
Also, little things like was scabbling for my card to work as the beeper thing wasnt working in the petrol station and the man behind me paid for me and my sons sweets, and his own petrol in cash. I think he didnt want to wait. I try and pay those types of things forward though and paid for a young girls sweets in the corner shop a few days later when she didnt have enough.

Chicheguevara · 10/07/2025 14:01

We get free fruit, free breakfasts (cereal) and a weekly delivery of stuff to toast. Tea, coffee, fruit tea, hot chocolate etc. Also filter water machines on each floor. It’s nice.

Purplebunnie · 10/07/2025 14:00

I get free cross stitch patterns from various places. Will have to live to 4360 years old to do them all 😂Some are a bit rubbish but one is absolutely gorgeous and I need to do it soon but I'm such a procrastinator

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Katemax82 · 10/07/2025 13:58

DragonTrainor · 10/07/2025 13:25

Our office has fruit on Fridays and I always take an apple and banana home for the kids. I can afford fruit but it feels so good to get it for free!

Free fruit friday! They used to do that everywhere pre pandemic

XenoBitch · 10/07/2025 13:55

I walked past a house that had little spider plants for free on their garden wall. I took one and it is doing really well. It has loads of it's own babies now so I will pay them forward too.

I am a regular in my local Costa, and I often get free cake just before closing.