~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GiftFinder.ca Newsletter November 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this issue: 1. Caption Contest October winner 2. A few sites added 3. Greetings / eCards section added... 4. New promotions and special offers 5. Contests, contests and more contests 6. Lots of awesome freebies 7. In closing 8. Forward away 1. Caption Contest October winner... Congratulations to Kevin Macdonald of New Glasgow, NS who submitted the winning caption to our Funny Caption Contest for the month of October. Kevin wins a Blue Jays baseball cap. Thanks to all who participated and please feel free to play in our November Funny Caption Contest, currently underway, for your chance to win a Blue Jays baseball cap. Enter our contest now at: http://www.GiftFinder.ca/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. A few sites added... - We added quite a few websites to our roster in the month of October. We hope to keep adding more quality Canadian content sites month after month. Here's a brief look at the recently added sites: Ritz Camera and Boaters World - These are two separate sites but they are related. Ritz Camera has been added to our Electronics section and Boaters World to our Cellular / Wireless section. These two have their prices in US dollars, however have a "Canadian Checkout". Baby Universe has been added to our Toys / Games section. This site is massive! Check them out. Visa savings for online shopping has been added to our Coupons / Rebates section. Exclusive to Visa credit card holders. Excellent discounts at several online shopping websites. Four websites were added to our Donation clicks section: . Heinz jarred baby food label program for the Children's Miracle Network . Avon Virtual Kiss for Breast Cancer Research . Cyber Flowers 5% to the charity of your choice . Oxfam Canada Stamp and Envelope Programme Four websites were added to our Webmaster Stuff section: . Bravenet free webmaster tools and resources . DotCanuck excellent web hosting plans . EasyDNS management for country code domains and registrations . Overture, the fastest growing search engine, advertising and placement options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Greetings / eCards section added... - There are hundreds of websites out there where you can send an electronic greeting card to someone special or to yourself (in case you need cheering up). We've decided to just list a few websites that don't necessarily specialize in eCards, however do provide this service. Here are some sites we've added so far: . Natural Resources Canada - over 1,000 scenic pictures of all provinces . Exchanges Canada - a dozen pictures from all provinces . Talking Presents - customize your cards with music and pictures of your choosing; huge library! . Cyber Flowers - choose pics, change backgrounds, add music and send away ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. New promotions and special offers... - VIA Rail 2-for-1 passenger travel with your Sears Card. Buy 1 Economy Class one-way or return trip ticket on VIA Rail to any Canadian destination with your Sears Card and get 1 free ticket for the same trip. And, earn Sears Club points on your purchase. Offer good on travel until December 16th. Call 1-888-VIA-Rail. - VIA Rail 2-for-1 Senior passenger travel. To take advantage of this offer, you must be 60 years of age or over. No age restrictions apply to your travel companion. You must book one full Senior ticket (which is 10% off of full Adult fare). You are not eligible for any additional discount for advance ticket purchase or other. In Economy Class, you will be offered one free ticket for your travel companion. In VIA 1, Sleeper Car or Totem Class, or aboard the Bras d'Or, you will be offered a 75% discount off the purchase price of a companion ticket. Certain other conditions apply. For information and details, call us at 1 888 VIA-RAIL or visit: http://www.viarail.ca/planner/en_plan_truc_offr_cond_aine.html - M&M Meatshops has a printable coupon from their website for a free Strawberry-Rhubard Pie for spending $40 or more at any of their stores. Coupon expires November 30th. Get your coupon here: http://www.mmmeatshops.com/en/ecoupon/index.asp - Toys"R"Us is offering you over $250 in savings for 2003. Starting November 2nd, with any purchase of $50 (before taxes), you'll get a coupon book with over $250 in savings for all of next year! This is while quantities last. For further details, visit their website at: http://www.toysrus.ca - Levi's Pledge to Stay Alive promotion. Sign the Levi's® Staying Alive virtual Jacket today and Levi's® Jeans will donate $1.00 US (that's about $472 CDN) to PSI's YouthAIDS Program for each signature. The jacket will then be auctioned off for charity on eBay starting November 22nd. To participate, go to http://www.levi.com and click on the scolling News headline link. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Contests expiring this month... Here’s a list of contests we’ve found that Canadians can enter: - Kraft Canada and HGTV.ca Holiday Entertaining Contest - Win a chance for Nik Manojlovich to personally decorate your home for the holiday entertaining season! And have the food experts at Kraft Kitchens bake all of your holiday goodies. Contest ends on November 10th. Enter online at: http://www.hgtv.ca/contests/kraft_holiday/default.asp - TTC 24 Billionth Rider Contest - Win a VIA Rail Canada trip for 2 to any Canadian destination of your choice, a year’s worth of travel on the TTC and a special TTC jacket, worth a total value of $9,000. Several other prizes for runner-ups. Contest is open to residents of Ontario only. Submit a story, maximum 75 words, about an experience you've had on any TTC vehicle or property to be entered into their contest, which ends on November 19th. Full details here: http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/ttc/24billion/ - Videoflicks IceAge DVD Contest - Win a DVD of the movie Ice Age. Contest ends on November 25th. Answer a trivia question about the movie online at this location (click on the "Ice Age DVD Contest" image on the right): http://www.videoflicks.com/index.htm?25667 - 3M Canada Corporate Ladder Contest - Win one of two $3000 Travel Gift Certificates from Carlson Wagonlit Travel and hundreds of 3M Products. Contest ends on November 28th. Play the Corporate Ladder game to be entered into the draw at the following site: http://www.3M.com/CA/office - Trans Canada Trail Photo Contest - Win various prizes including Raleigh mountain bikes, coffee-table books, subscriptions to Canadian Geographic and Maclean's. Contest ends on November 28th. For more details, visit: http://www.tctrail.ca/promo2/index.php - O.B. Loyalty Carry Pack Contest and Free Sample - Win a trip to New York City for you and three friends to stay 4 days and 3 nights at a fantastic hotel or win 1 of 30 cash prizes of $300. Contest ends on November 30th. Enter online at: http://www.obsimple.ca/en/enter.asp - GiftFinder.ca Caption Contest – Enter your funny caption for your chance to win a Blue Jays baseball cap! Contest expires on November 30th. Enter once daily at: http://www.GiftFinder.ca - Volkswagen Famous 50 Contest - Win a 50th Anniversary Edition Jetta GLI (2 year lease) or Rogers AT&T cell phone packages or Rogers Video gift certificates. Contest ends on December 1st. Enter online at: http://www.driverswantedcontest.com/ - Kodak Capture the Colours Contest - Win Kodak Fall Prize Packs - Contest ends on December 1st. Just fill in your name and email address online here: http://www.kodak.ca/CA/en/nav/contests.jhtml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Awesome freebies... Freebies come and go very quickly on the internet, so best to take advantage of the ones that interest you as soon as possible. If the link is broken, the promotion is over... move on to the next one. If you request a free sample and never receive it, don't lose sleep over it; these things happen. - Ocean Spray is giving away a 24 exposure roll of Fujifilm to the first 30,000 applicants. You'll need a UPC number from an Ocean Spray product (use can use this one: 31200 44579). Request your free roll of film here: http://www.oceanspray.ca/english/free_film_offer/form.cfm - Profectiv is sending out free samples of their specialty products designed to stop breakage, split-ends and dryness by more than 80%. Describe to them the condition of your hair and they will customize the sample combinations that will work best for you. Click on this link: http://www.strengthofnature.com/forms/samples.html - Gay Lea Foods' is offering a free 2003 Recipe Calendar along with free recipe booklets of your choice! Request this awesome freebie at the following link: http://www.gaylea.com/recipes/calendar.html - Office Depot is giving away free Papermate Ingenuity Liquid Pencils plus a coupon good towards your next Papermate Ingenuity Liquid Pencil purchase. Limited to the first 20,000 people. Request your free pencil here: http://www.officedepot.com/promo/newitems/form.asp - Total Shaving Solution is giving away free samples of their HIS or HERS all natural compound comprised of a proprietary blend of the highest quality natural essential oils combined with the naturally refreshing coolness of menthol. This company claims that after you use their product you will never shave with gels or foams again. Request your freebie here: http://www.dxtremestudios.com/tss_freesample.htm - Hewlett-Packard is offering owners of the HP DeskJet 600 or OfficeJet 500, 600 and 700 series printer a free HP cleaning kit. I requested one for my DeskJet 690C and the kit includes a CD and some cleaning sheets. This excellent freebie can be ordered from: http://hpcleankit.bgt.com/Cleankit.jsp?Lang=eng - Ronsons is giving away free shoe polish. Join Club Ronsons (free) and print out a coupon for a free jar of Ronsons Polish (value $7.95). Then, drop in to any Ronsons store and redeem your coupon. Looks like Ronsons is only in B.C. Visit their awesome dynamic website and click on "Club Ronsons" for details on getting your freebie: http://www.ronsons.ca/home_fall_2002.htm - Save.ca currently has a free sample of Always Thin Ultra feminine pads. When you're done requesting your sample, go through all their free coupons and print out the ones you would like to use. Check them out at: http://www.save.ca/ - Highway International is giving away free samples of their revolutionary Chewitt disposable toothbrush; the toothbrush that is simply chewed. Learn about this new product and request a free sample here: http://www.highwayinternational.com/freesample/index.asp - Tylenol is offering free trial offers of their new Arthritis Pain caplets. Complete a short survey to receive your sample: http://www.tylenol.ca/english/about/wnew_promotions.html - Loréal Paris is giving away free gift certificates redeemable for an Endless lipstick of your choice. And, your name gets entered into their Endless Day of Beauty Contest! Enter here: http://www.lorealparis.ca/endless/en/challenge.asp - Loréal Paris is also giving away free samples of their new Idéal Balance foundation. Complete a quick survey, choose which shade of foundation you would like and they'll send your free sample. Go to the site below, then click on "Want to be one of the first to try Ideal Balance?": http://www.lorealparis.ca/en/cosmetics/index_idealbalance.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. In closing... The goal of GiftFinder.ca is to make it easier for Canadian shoppers wanting to purchase goods online to find everything they want from our site, including freebies, contests and discounts. THIS SITE IS FOR YOU! If you know of a reputable Canadian website that has products listed in Canadian dollars, or if you find cool freebies, contests or rebates, please send us an email at webmaster@GiftFinder.ca and we'll post it online or in our next newsletter. Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Forward away... Do you know someone that would benefit from the information in this Newsletter or the contents of our website!? If so, feel free to forward them this email and spread the word about our site. And, thanks for your support. 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