Jane emailed in the following tip:
I recently came across Listia, an online auction site that uses points instead of money.
Listia works very much like Ebay, but you bid on auctions with points instead of money. You can earn points by posting things that you want to give away, and spend those points on things other people are giving away. Some auctions include free shipping or free local pick-up, while others charge for shipping.
As a buyer, Listia is very cool. I earned 600 points in the first half-hour just by signing up, watching a tutorial video, and listing an item for sale. There are many other offers you can do to get more points — like signing up for (and then immediately canceling) the free trial for Lumosity, or signing up for Spotify, which I’ve been meaning to do anyway.
If you are a parent or teacher, there are lots of items with free shipping that you can win for around 100 points, such as stickers and other small rewards.
For an extra 100 points, you can sign up here.
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Listia is great, I’ve been using it for over a year now and got tons of free stuff.
The TV trivia game is a good way to get 300+ points. It takes about 10 minutes to play two trivia games. And since they don’t send a confirmation email, you can make up an email address if you want (you’re still helping them by giving them valuable feedback data on ads and product placement, which is what they want.)
How do you find the tv trivia game?
I have used Listia myself and have “bought” several things for free too! It’s definitely something everyone should try out!
Right? It’s so fun! Just getting little free surprises in the mail really makes dreary February a little more pleasant 🙂
I have account, but I’ve never used it.
I saw people “selling” coupons on there though!
Yeah, they can “sell” coupons because they are technically free. So there are lots of free product coupons! I’ve gotten coupons for a free pizza, free popcorn, 5 free bags of Riceworks chips, free pasta sauce… it’s really been great. A search for “free coupon” brings up the options, and most have free shipping!