52 Ways To Save: Look for the Free Stuff

Sep 15 | Money Saving Tips

Every Monday in 2015, I’ll be sharing a different idea to help you save money! Add all of these tips to your frugal repertoire and you’ll be able to save a lot of money this year! I hope you’ll gather a few new ideas or at least some inspiration from this series.

Today's post is coming at you because I scored a couple of great baby items this weekend. They were great deals because they were FREE!  Mostly because I was online at the right time.

I'm a part of a few Facebook buy & sell groups (I love, love buying and selling this way) and I happened to be browsing one group at the right time. (I tend to browse when I'm selling stuff.) Anyways, someone was offering a baby swing and a bouncy/vibrating chair for free to the first person to come by her garage sale. I happened to be on my way out the door anyways so I just changed my direction. I was first to the loot so I loaded up the car. Score!

While many of you may not be a part of these buy & sell groups, you can still nab free stuff if you look, and ask.

One of my favorite ways to get "free" things is by borrowing something I need. I particularly like this technique because I always give the item back once I'm finished, and it doesn't take up any precious storage space! I always accept hand-me-downs, unless I really don't need the items.

Another way to grab free stuff is by watching the curbs! My Mom snapped up a baby chair and a playpen in good condition one day while she was driving past a storage centre. She's also found free walnuts because of a sign by a tree.

So, that's my tip for the week!  Always be on the look out for free stuff. You'll save big!

Have you scored any freebies? How and what did you get? Let us know!

See the other articles in this series, here.